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This scout was William Comstock.
b One of these three women was outraged by thirteen Indians, who afterward killed and scalped her, leaving a hatchet stuck in her head. They then killed her four little children.
c Fifteen of these persons were burned to death by the Indians, who attacked the train to which they belonged.
d These persons were Mr. Bassett, his wife, and child. The Indians having plundered and burned Bassett’s house, took the inmates captive; but Mrs. Bassett, being weak and unable to travel, was stripped, and, together with her child (two days old), left on the prairie. Mr. Bassett is supposed to have been murdered.
e Mrs. Blinn and child, afterward murdered by the Indians during Custer’s attack on Black Kettle’s camp.
f These scouts were Marshall and Davis.
g These fourteen children were afterward frozen to death while in captivity.
h Two of these children were given up to Colonel Leavenworth; the remaining three were taken to Kansas.
i These children belonged to Mr. McIlroy.
A Committed by Kiowa Indians.
B Committed by Comanche Indians.
C Additional murders and outrages committed by Indians, not heretofore enumerated, reported by P. McCusker, U. S. Interpreter, and S. T. Walkley, Acting Indian Agent.