““I’ve seen a lot of battlefields during my time in the cavalry, Rob, but I’ve never seen anything like that. There were dead Indians everywhere, and I do mean everywhere: men, women, children. I read in the Deseret News edition a week later that between 250 and 300 Indians were killed. Well, I can tell you the number of dead Shoshone was a lot higher than that. Some of the bodies were in big piles together; others scattered around in smaller bunches and a lot them alone or in twos or threes. Most of ‘em shot at close range–the powder burns on their frozen skin were plain to see. That whole action was a disgrace to the U.S. Army and all those in government that let it happen.””
