Oklahoma Writerst Project
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	They sent us here (Oklahoma Territory) to keep the immigrants from sett1in~ up Oklahoma. I went to Port Rileď the ist day of October 1883, and. stayed there three weeks. Left Port Riley and. went to Pt. Worth, Texas, and. landed. in Henryetta, Texas, on the 14th clay of October 1883. Then, we had. 65 miles to walk to Pt. Sill. Vie walked there in three days. I was assigned to my Company, Troop G. 9th Calvary, and we stayed and. drilled. in Pt. Sill six months, when we was assi~ied to duty. VJe got orders to come to Pt. Reno, Okia., on the 6th day of January 1885 where we was ordered to Stiliwater, Okia., to move five hundred. immigrant s under Cap~ . Couch. We landed there on the 23rd. day of January, Saturday evening, and Sund.ay was the 24th. We had. general inspection Mond.ay, J‘anuary 25, 1885. We feil in line of battle, sixteen com. panies of soldiers, to move 500 immigrants to the Arkansas City, Kansas line. ~ ~ We formed a line at 9:00 &clock Mond.a~ morning and. Captain Couch run up his white flag, and Colonel Hatch he sent the ord.erly up to see what he mea~it by putting up the flag, so Captain Couch sent word. back, “If you dontt fire on me, 1111 leave tomorrow.“ Colonel Hatch turned around to the

Major and. told him to turn his troops back to the camp, and. detailed three
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camps of soldiers of the 8th ~ to carry CaDtain Couch‘ s troop of 500

immigrants to Arkansas City, Kansas. Troop L., Troop D., and TroopB. taken them back with 43 wagons and. put them over the line of Kansas. Then we were ordered. back to our supply camp at Camp Alice, 9 miles north of Giithrie in the Ciniarron horseshoe bottom. ~7e stayed there about three months, and. Capt. Couch and. his colony came back into the territory at CaIdwell, Kansas June 1885.

	I laid. there ‘tU Aug~ist 8, then we changed regi~iexits with the 5th Calvary to go to Nebraska. There was a breakout with the Indians at Ft. Reno the . Ist of Ju1~~ 1885. The Indian Agency tried to make the Indians wear citizens1