Hundred in the Hand

The Sioux continually raided small Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming for wood and supplies. In the fall of 1866, they waylaid a wagon train, killing all teamsters except a blacksmith named Hornsby. Held briefly in a Sioux camp, he glimpsed a captive white woman. Though unaccountably released, he was determined to help free her. Appointed scout by Lt. Col. Fetterman, who  planned to use a wood party as bait on December 21, Hornsby moved 80 of his troops into a strategically planned ambush led by th