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Show 206 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS nison, accompanied by a body of cavalry under Col-onel John R. Winder, followed by a company of in-fantry from the regiment of Col. Samuel W. Rich-ards under command of Major William W. Cas-per and Peter Sinclair, battalion adjutant, with Jesse West as captain and Alexander Burt, Byron Groo and others as lieutenants. The cavalry force was assigned to patrol duty along the Sevier River, and the infantry detailed to the settlements of San-pete. Colonel Winder was immediately assigned to duty as assistant adjutant to General Wells ; the lat-ter gave orders that the pursuit of Black Hawk should be at once resumed and another effort made to recover the stock; the trail of the savages was again struck and after passing the point where the pursuit had been abandoned, the troops found that they had been at the time within twelve miles of the enemy and the stolen cattle. A longer march confronted them now, and one beset with many difficulties. The trail was follow ed over rocky ridges, up and down almost impassa-ble gorges, across occasional streams of alkali water and into the most forbidding and desolate deserts. At the conclusion of the first day's march the men He followed the wash nearly to the mouth, and then and animals were well- nigh exhausted from the trials of the journey, all having suffered intensely from thirst. ( During two days more and the larger part of the two nights the toilsome march continued; and when futility of further pursuit was recognized and the condition of the troops was seen to be perilious, a retreat was again ordered, and it was none too soon; the command was scarcely able to get out of |