| Summary: | 590 The North Dakota Indians ner never before accorded a dumb animal in the history of the United States. General Orders Assured Care In April, 1878, General Sturgis issued the following order in reference to Comanche: Headquarters Seventh United States Cavalry, Fort A. Lincoln, D. T„ April 10, 1878. General Orders No. 7. (1) The horse known as 'Comanche', being the only living representative of the bloody- tragedy of the Little Big Flora, June 25, 1876, his kind treatment and comfort shall be a matter of special pride and solicitude on the part of every member of the Seventh Cavalry to the end that his life be preserved to the utmost limit. Wounded and scarred as he is, his very existence speaks in terms more eloquent than words, of the desperate struggle against overwhelming numbers of the hopeless conflict and the heoric manner in which all went down on that fatal day. (2) The commanding officer of Company I will see that a special and comfortable stable is fitted up for him and he will not be ridden by any person whatsoever, under any circumstances, nor will he be put to any kind of work. (3) Hereafter, upon all occasions of ceremony of mounted regimental formation, Comanche, saddled, bridled and draped m mourning, and led by a mounted trooper of Company I will be paraded with the regiment. By Command of Col. Sturgis; E. A. Garlington, First lieutenant and adjutant, Seventh Cavalry. Trooper Fred Richter died in the Black Hills in recent years. Red River Hunters were Pembina half breeds descended from every nation of Europe, with Scotch, English, Irish and French Canadian predominating. They spoke a jargon made up of those languages intermingled with Chippewa and Dakota words. Patois French was the prevailing language spoken. Their money was notes of the Hudson Bay Company, payable at York Factory in Canada and signed by Sir George Simpson and was used as currency throughout the traders country. The expedition of Maj. Stephen R. Long, U.S.A., visited Pem- Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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