Buffalo Soldiers

A group of men who hunted men for the 10th cavalry right after the war. They hunted mostly Cheyenne, Comanches, and Apaches. Good gun fighters, said to be better than most white men.

They were given their name when John Randall held off, by himself, 70 Cheyenne with only a pistol and a few rounds of ammunition. By the time help from the nearby camp came, 13 Cheyenne braves were dead, John had a bullet wound to the shoulder and a dozen lance wounds, but he survived. He inspired the Cheyenne rumor about a new kind of soldier who fought like a cornered buffalo. A man who, like a buffalo, suffered wound after wound but wouldn't die. A man who, like a buffalo, had a thick, curly head of hair.