Pugs, you’ve seen more of Ft Clark than I have. Tks for the link, some great info there.
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55412From that comprehensive roll of scouts we get
Miller, William. Sergeant 1874 - 1878Miller was one of those guys one wishes we knew more about…..
…and William Miller, son, of a German father and a mulatto mother. Miller, who “looked like a white man and acted like an Indian”, became a most daring and successful scout….
In early February 1876, Sergeant William Miller boldly infiltrated a camp “of Comanches, Apaches, Mescaleros and Lipans” in Mexico. The mixed-blood Seminole scout stayed with them for five days to learn their plans. Then he slipped away and returned to Fort Clark. After Miller’s daring exploit, Lieutenant Bullis and his men were almost continually on the march or in action. They entered Mexico several times in 1876 in pursuit of marauders.I can find no other info on Milller before or after his service with the Scouts. The last time the book The Black Seminoles mentions him was in reference to November of ‘78. On this occasion Bullis led a detachment of Scouts and more than 150 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers on an incursion into Mexico in pursuit of Lipan raiders.
The 162-man force reentered Mexico, and followed the Apache Trail, now, 23 days old. Because of the Black Seminoles exceptional tracking ability the command, “which suffered greatly from the cold… water in canteens frozen solid ….the men only had summer allowances of clothing”…. located the hostiles on November 29th.
During a sharp, running fight…. the men killed two tribesmen and wounded three others. The soldiers captured 23 horses and mules, one of which belonged to Bullis. Amid the action, three Black Seminoles…. including the intrepid Sergeant William Miller, were rescued. They had been ambushed earlier that morning while scouting the advance. The men “took shelter in a deep and rocky ravine and for some hours defended themselves against heavy odds, with the loss of one horse.”
