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FORT RICHARDSON   2:45 -1-

In 1867, Buglers blew "To The Colors" for the
first time at Fort Richardson, near Jacskboro.
The fort was the most northerly of a chain of forte
built in Texas to control the rampaging Indians
after the civil war. In 1871, a Kiowa war party
liquidated the Warren wagon train near Salt Creek
Prairie, hours after General William Tecuseh Sher-
man had passed on his way to Fort Richardson.
The three Kiowa chieftains who led the raid were
subsequently captured, brought to Fort Richardson
and tried, on Uuly 4th and 5th, 1871. This was

the first time

been held
such a trial had               in he   US,

SCARED LOOKING KID WITH WIG ON
And speaking of      \     wide-eyed youngster
waits in fear and trembling as Moses Poolaw,
a full-blood Kiowa, demonstrates the fine art
of scalping. The youngster might fehl better if
he knew Moses was a lay Baptist preacher, World
War I hero, and former semi-professional base-ball