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"Attention, D Troop!" It was Weir's voice, eager and deter out above the uproar, and in a

allant troopers of N and D, so up the face of the bluff, their officers leading, the

precious a for the

su of Indian rifles froht their way forward, sliding and stuainst the sky-line and sent an

exultant cheer back to those below Panting, breathless fro fire while the rapidlytheir exposed position, the little band fought their way

forward a hundred yards Then they halted, blocked by the nu back anxiously in hope that their effort

would encourage others to join them They could do it; they could do

it if only the rest of the boys would come They poured in their

volleys and waited But Reno made no ained, threw the dismounted men on their faces

behind every projection of earth, and encircled the ridge with flame

If they could not advance, they would not be driven back They were

high up nohere they could overlook the nues and valleys

far around; and yonder, perhaps two miles away, they could perceive

vast bodies of

was borne faintly to their ears It was vengeful savages shooting into

the bodies of the dead, but that they did not know Messenger after

down the bluff, to