Wilson's Fight

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19 November 1868; Rush Center, Kansas: A detachment of ten troopers from Capt. Nicholas Nolan's Company A of the 10th Cavalry, on a scout from Fort Larned led by Sgt. Augustus Wilson, came upon a small party of Indians. In a chase of nearly 20 miles, the soldiers killed two of them.

Encyclopedia of Indian Wars by Gregory F. Michno
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