Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and Sully had united in an appeal for the remission of the remaining weeks of Custer's sentence so that he might participate in the coming campaign. The reports from the different scouting parties were eminently satisfactory. Large bands of tribes from the north had crossed the railroad and the Denver stage route going south. A body, supposed to be Sioux, was also reported crossing the Platte, going north. The harassment to which these Indians had yielded in the vicinity of their old hunting grounds, along the Republican and its tributaries, had so wholly disbanded their feelings of safety that the northern bands had almost entirely abandoned that section and were searching for new locations for their villages and families. The season was far advanced, and aside from their repeated disasters, their desire to be left alone was now gaining a bastion on the minds of the southern plains tribes. However, as the cold weather approached, Sheridan became more active in his preparations, and the time to strike came nearer.Support the showCattle Drives WebsiteLegends of Dodge City WebsiteOrder Books