The friendly Indians say that whenever the hostile bands are made aware of our ability and determination to whip them, they will readily and in good faith treat with our officers and comply with any demands we may make.
Dodge relays the perspective of friendly Native Americans who believe that military strength will lead to peace negotiations.
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Colonel Dodge having discovered the enemy in the timber to the right, opened the First Iowa Battery on them, causing considerable execution; two rebels on horseback were seen to fall, and the rest fled.
They crawled in on their hands and knees, and swept the enemy from that front.
We fixed bayonets, and as I gave the order the boys cheered and cheered, swinging their hats in every direction.
Suppose the Sixteenth Corps, with less than 5,000 men, seeing at least three times their number in their front, should have retreated, instead of standing and fighting as it did: What would have been the result?
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