the treaty of Medicine Lodge. The principal mischief-makers were the

Cheyennes. Next in deviltry were the Kiowas, and then the Arapahoes

and Comanches. Some few of these last two tribes continued friendly,

or at least took no active part in the raiding, but nearly all the

young men of both were the constant allies of the Cheyennes and

Kiowas. All four tribes together could put on the war-path a

formidable force of about 6,000 warriors. The subjugation of this

number of savages would be no easy task, so to give the matter my