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Infantry deserves great praise for his conduct on this march, he was in command of the Infantry, but had a horse with him, which however I do not think he mounted during the entire campaign. He boldly waded? streams, filled with ice and snow often for the distance of ten miles + I really believe that owing solely to his example the courage of his men was kept up. I can not understand how they were able to undergo such hardships. The marches were long and over high mountains covered with snow and owing to a lack of the proper means of transportation of their baggage the troops were generally on half rations. They surely would have failed through fatigue and the want of provisions had they not had an officer in command willing to go through the hardships they all had to undergo and who was always in their lead. When the Indians were finally sighted he and his company were in advance of the troops, the spies being some distance in front of him, but when he was told the Indians had been seen he and his men started to run and entered the Indian village in company with the Dragoons. One man of his compy.? was killed and one wounded in the engagement. The Indians were pursued through a deep canon for about four miles, many of them not seen? at all but of them seven were killed and a number were wounded. When it became dark, the command returned to where the Indians had been encamped and bivouacked for the night. In the morning the wounded man was sent back for the purpose of receiving medical aid, a Corporal and a party of privates attended him as escorts. The command now took the trail of the Indians