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Report of Major Edward W. Wynkoop, First Colorado Cavalry.
FORT LYON, COLO. TER., February 4, 1865.
instant, bringing news to the effect that the sutler trains destined for Fort Lyon, which left Fort Larned on the 17th day of January, 1865, with an escort of twenty-five First Veteran Cavalry of Colorado and six men of the Second Colorado Cavalry, were attacked by a party of Indians when three days this side of Fort Larned. Our loss was 1 man killed and 2 wounded, viz: Private Fields, Second Colorado Cavalry, killed; Robert F, Cole, Company A, First Veteran Cavalry of Colorado, severely wounded; Private Donihue, Second Colorado Cavalry, severely wounded. The Indians lost 3 killed and 3 wounded. They were supposed to be Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and numbered about forty-five. The train returned to Fort Larned. I inclose a rough sketch* of the defenses I am throwing up at this post. The nature of the ground requires the peculiar construction represented in the draft. I will continue to keep the colonel commanding advised of any movements of importance in this vicinity as frequently as possible.
Source: United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Powder River Expedition," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared Under the Direction of the Honorable Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War, by Major George W. Davis, U. S. Army, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Civilian Expert, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Civilian Expert, Board of Publication. Series I - Volume XLVIII - In Two Parts. Part I - Reports, Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1896. pp. 57-58.
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