(part 1) or “Funeral March For A Marionette”
Carlos Pitts
The spontaneous buffalo hunt on the Arkansas River with the Comanche on July 16, 1853 was arguably the most positive encounter with Native peoples in Captain Gunnison’s entire military career. Traveling westward the following day, Captain Gunnison had no way of knowing about the murder of Walkara’s relative, Shower – o – Cats, near Springville, Utah that same day nor how it would set the stage for…
