that valley on the return, the victims left there originally had fled

to Fort Harker, as already explained, and Captain Benteen was now

nearing the little settlement with a troop of cavalry, which he had

hurriedly marched from Fort Zarah. The savages were attacking the

house of a Mr. Schermerhorn, where a few of the settlers had

collected for defense, when Benteen approached. Hearing the firing,

the troopers rode toward the sound at a gallop, but when they

appeared in view, coming over the hills, the Indians fled in all