This memorial is dedicated to a fifteen year old boy that was watching the pony heard of the Indians while in camp.
He was one of the first to see the soldiers coming. As a result he stampeded the heard into the center of the camp. This did two things gave alarm to the camp and gave a measure of time for the inhabitants to try and make an escape to the east and south.
Luther North one of the US Army's scouts said of the boy, "No Braver Man Ever Lived." The youth was killed during his efforts to save the tribal group.
From what I have learned this battle was a culmination of events that started during May of 1869.
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Summit Springs Battlefield is the site of the last major battle in Colorado between the United States Government and the Cheyenne Indians. It is on private land but access to the memorials is available.
The actual battle took up much more land then what public access is allowed currently. At the time of the battle the land was not fenced. There were 450 Indians present, made up of men women and children. Primarily made up of Cheyenne but also present were some Souix and Arapahoe. This group of Cheyenne were part of the Dog Soldier society and were led by Chief Tall Bull. They had two white women in camp that had been captured near what is now Lincoln, Kansas some six weeks earlier.
The U.S. Government was represented by the 5th U.S. Cavlary out of Ft. Lyon, Colorado. With the Army were some 50 Pawnee scouts, along with William F. Cody. The whole group was under the comand of Major Eugene Carr.
