Continued from Part one in the September 30 "Mountaineer"
Most casualties resulted from accidents in the field and on post, disease, alcoholism, desertion, fights among soldiers and suicides. Some soldiers were wounded on patrol but reportedly there were no direct combat deaths.
Temporary excitement resulted from a short tour of duty in the Little Rockies on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation during the gold strike of 1884 but the miners were impossible to stop short of shooting them. Métis Northwest territories Rebellion of 1885 caused worry, yet brought no enemy, just many Cree and Métis re...
