Wild West Podcast proudly presents The Battle of Beecher Island, Part II. (You can purchase the book Trails, Forts Treaties, and Indian Wars now on sale for a limited time at Amazon.com.)  In part two of the Battle of Beecher Island, Jack Stilwell tells the story of how Roman Nose leads the second attack against a small force of military scouts at the Arickaree fork of the Republican River. The mission was under the command of Major Forsyth, who received information that Indians had attacked a freighter's train 13 miles east of Ft. Wallace, near the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The mission was to counter the Indian attack by trailing and punishing the raiding Party. ALSO BY MICHAEL KINGThe Machiavellian's of Dodge City Return of the Great Hunters: Tales of the FrontierA Man in A Black Derby Hat: Bat Masterson: Selected Short Stories