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or Fort Sill without complying with instructions to give up arms &c, as required by the Great Father. As soon as I got this news I got in the saddle and came here to take the Noconies, as prisoners, where they belong. When I got here I met all the Caddoes, Wichitas and Kiowas as friends, I met them as friends. [underline] I sent for the Chief of the Noconies and told him what my instructions were, he promised me to go to Sill. Believing in this fellows word I sent him to his Camp with a guard and as soon as he broke away, my guard fired at him. So soon as I dismounted my troops to go through the Noconic Camp the cowardly, thieving Kiowas fired into the backs of my soldiers. I never was so bothered in my life to know what to do, if they had been all hostile men my course was plain, but I did not want to hurt friends.

You know the rest how the Kiowas fired at me from all sides, brunt forage; you know all. I did not come after Kiowas, I came after Noconies. The very Kiowas who did this mischief were men with papers in their pockets and were not to leave the Fort Sill reservation. The Government is going to make this a big war and finial, on all these bad Indians and it wants to gather together all friendly Indians at agencies to keep them out of the trouble. When I go away from here, after these bad Indians, I am going to leave troops here to protect the good Indians and prevent the burning of their buildings. I want them to come in and live right at their Agencies, until the trouble is all over, come into the Agency [4 words underline] & put their Camps where we will know that the good Indians are all together. (Sgt. Corax-ti-choo-ish, Pawnee scout presents War Dept. paper for gallantry in battle and a medal