The post was originally one of the trading houses of Bent bros & St. Vrain


I was very impressed with Carson’s very successful retrograde out of his particular fight. He attributed the success to the stellar abilities of the crews of the two mountain howitzers they had taken along. He stated without those two guns they would have all been goners.

Another interesting bit of trivia from the earlier Carson fight is one of the Comanches ( some stories feel this fellow may have been a deserter living with the indians) had a bugle and had learned to play several bugle calls. This played some part in confusing Carson’s men during the attack. Mixed signals and all.

Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS