Nelson A. Miles Quotes
The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.
Miles, Nelson A. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles. Werner Company, 1896.
Hull surrendered a few days later.
He and the 7th Cavalry were themselves whipped and killed shortly thereafter.
Cody had fought a one-against-one battle against Chief Yellow Hair whom he killed and scalped. He then rode back to his troops shouting the quotation. Later, he displayed the scalp publicly.
Shabonee in a warning ride reminiscent of Paul Revere, warned many white settlers of an impending attack by unfriendly Indians. He also gave an eyewitness account of the Battle of Tippecanoe which propelled Harrison to the Presidency. The U. S. Navy named a ship in his honor in the 1940s. Several schools are named for him also.
Nelson Appleton Miles was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, he served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army before the office was abolished.
