Last of the Dogmen Page #2

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I tracked them for 4 days. The

trail ended in a meadow 20 miles in

Somebody got to those men before I did.

There was blood everywhere, and that

Quite a story

Do you know what this is?

I call it a wild guess...

An arrow?

Cheyenne arrow.

Dog soldier to be exact

Dog soldier?

Within the Cheyenne tribes, there

used to be a military society made up

of the strongest and bravest men

They were fierce fighters, unyielding

They called themselves,

Hotametaneo'o... Dogmen

The cavalry called them Dog

Soldiers, they were suicide soldiers

They often acted as rear guards

A sort of sacrificial decoy

So the rest of the

tribe could escape

You see?

What does it mean?

Nothing

Except maybe another one of your

Civil Servant speech to those men

So what about this?

An authentic reproduction.

About $15 in any tourist shop

I saw something in that meadow

What, exactly?

I do not know. It was just

later I found horse tracks.

And what's unusual about that?

They weren't shod

I checked with the Forest Service and

nobodies running stock up in that country

And nobody rides unshod

horses except

Indians. That's what you're

implying isn't it?

You don't seriously believe

Cheyenne Dog Soldiers are running

around loose in the Oxbow?

Do you?

No of course not. Just...

I'm not a nut case, ok

I'm sorry I can't help you, but

Drop that bone

Get back here

Is that your dog?

Give it back to him Zip

The group from the Institute

are here Doctor

I'll be right there

Mr. Gates... It's been...

entertaining

Drive carefully

Somebody killed

those men Doctor

Wasn't me, and it wasn't

another bounty hunter

Zip!

Sorry.

Are you always this persistent?

I got half way home

before turning back

Call it gut instinct

And what is this gut instinct

of yours telling you?

You're not telling me everything

You want something to drink?

Thought you'd never ask!

Well, I'm not hiding anything

You wouldn't eventually uncover

Give me that. Let go!

So I'm willing to

satisfy your curiosity

If you promise not to

bother me again

Yep

Mineral water.

It's good for you

Here we are

By late1864,

Many tribes

were raiding settlements, stealing horses.

Making a general nuisance of themselves

But one of the few Cheyenne chiefs

Really trying to make peace

Was Black Kettle

He and his people were instructed to

make camp at Sand Creek, near Ft. Lyon

They'd been promised protection.

So that night they had a

feast with dancing and games

To celebrate peace

The following dawn,

November 29th was freezing

A group of Colorado volunteers known as

the Bloodless Third surrounded the camp

They were instructed to

take off their coats

Strange, huh?

Black Kettle immediately raised the

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