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Page 21 Febuary 10th 1866 Still at Camp Wheaton. Weather cold. Snowing at 3.30. P.M. Febuary 11th 1866. Some 4 inches of snow on the ground. Cold. Febuary 12th 1866 Left Camp Wheaton this morning at 8.A.M. weather intensely cold. The high winds from the North blowing the snow in our faces. This is colder than any day we have yet had. Marched but 23 miles to day and camped on Medicine creek. near our old camp on our way South. Very cold to night. Febuary 13th 1866 Left camp at day light, and taking old wagon road marched 25 miles through the coldest day we have had it being colder than yesterday. Several of our men have their hands and feet frozen. The men of the Battery once while on the march turned back with the cannon and were going back to the creek to get out of the cold wind. But I forced them to continue on the road. and we went into camp on Medicine creek at 3.15.P.M. Col. Brown and his Adjuant Thomas Porter went on to cottonwood, to transact Expeditionry buisness, haveing command and encamped here under command of Major Thomas J. Majors. 1th Nebraska Vet Cavry Vols. Remained in camp untill Febuary 16th Febuary 16th 1866 This morning at 2.O'Clock. A.M. a party of Indians some 40 of them leaving their Poneys on the south west side of Medicine creek, crossed afoot. and coming up to our camp for the purpose of stampeding and steeling our Horses most likely. But they were fired upon by the pickets. and the Indians returned the fire and threw a few rifle ball