Wichita County, Texas
Company C & D, Ninth U.S. Cavalry; Lt. I.N. Walter
in command, had one trooper and two citizens killed on May 30th on Holiday
Creek.
The following story is from the book, Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke, by Stanley S. McGowen.
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