 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 1164 pages
...sacrificed life struggling to maiutain the authority and power of the government, and add new lustre to our arms and fame. Of those who have been more...Phil. Kearney, there were only five companies allowed. The Minneconjoux band of Sioux, under the direction of their head chief, High Back Bone, originated... | |
 | Margaret Irvin Carrington, Henry B. Carrington - Crow Indians - 1878 - 418 pages
...enable yourself and the President, who have much official information that we cannot have, to determino where the censure must fall. The difficulty, '.'in...Phil Kearney, there were only five companies allowed. 872 ABSARAKA. omens IIra IOTIAH OPJSATIONS ON TIM PLAIKS 1864-1878. First Lieutenant Napoleon H. Daniels,... | |
 | George Armstrong Custer - Indians of North America - 1883 - 546 pages
...commanding the Phil Kearny district was furnished no more troops for a state of war than had been provided for a state of profound peace. " In regions where...stationed ; while in regions where all was war, as at Phil Kearny, there were only five companies allowed." The game criticism regarding the distribution of troops... | |
 | Henry Inman, Buffalo Bill - History - 1898 - 574 pages
...maintain the authority and power of the government and add new lustre to our arms and fame. . . . " The difficulty, in a ' nutshell,' was that the commanding...and furnished him for a state of profound peace." CHAPTER XVI BUFFALO BILL'S * ADVENTURES ON THE SALT LAKE TRAIL IN CHARGE OF A HERD OF BEEF CATTLE KILLS... | |
 | Charles G. Coutant - California - 1899 - 804 pages
...specifically as to enable yourself and the President, who have much official information that we cannot hare, to determine where the censure must fall. The difficulty,...and furnished him for a state of profound peace." The investigation by this commission settled, in the minds of people who took the trouble to follow... | |
 | Mark Herbert Brown - History - 1961 - 492 pages
...eyewitness accounts which were utterly fantastic. The report of the Congressional investigation noted: The difficulty, "in a nutshell," was that the commanding officer of the distr1ct was furnished no more troops or supplies for this state of war than had been provided and... | |
 | George Armstrong Custer - Biography & Autobiography - 1976 - 452 pages
...commanding the Phil Kearny district was furnished no more troops for a state of war than had been provided for a state of profound peace. "In regions where all...stationed; while in regions where all was war, as at Phil Kearny, there were only five companies allowed." The same criticism regarding the distribution of troops... | |
 | Margaret Irvin Carrington - History - 1983 - 296 pages
...any officer living deserving of censure; and even if evidence justifies it, it would ill become us to speak evil of or censure those dead who sacrificed...Phil Kearney, there were only five companies allowed. II. SKETCH OP THE EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. THE 18th Regiment United States Infantry has served... | |
 | Robert Marshall Utley - History - 1984 - 514 pages
...subscribed to a joint report, but the conclusions of its spokesman, John B. Sanborn, exonerated Carrington: "The difficulty 'in a nutshell' was, that the commanding...provided and furnished him for a state of profound peace."37 This was indeed a large difficulty. But there was another large difficulty, clearly revealed... | |
 | Dee Alexander Brown - History - 1984 - 270 pages
...censuring Carrington, gently absolved him from blame. "The difficulty 'in a nutshell,' " said Sanborn, "was that the commanding officer of the district was...state of war than had been provided and furnished him in a state of profound peace. In regions where all was peace, as at Laramie in November, twelve companies... | |
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in a nutshell," was that the commanding officer of the district was furnished no more troops or supplies for this state of war than had been provided and furnished him for a state of profound peace. In regions where all was peace, as at Laramie in November,... 
