2023 hat es sich so ergeben das bei einem Ranchabend auf einmal fünf Gleichgesinnte da waren in der Uniformierung der US Kavallerie des Zeitraumes um 1872 bis 1877. So eintstand die Idee eine eigene Truppe zu gründen. 

Eine Vielzahl der US Soldaten in den Plains waren Auswanderer aus Deutschland, Irland und auch der Schweiz. Ein gutes Beispiel dafür ist Christian Barthelmess der als junger Mann von Bayern aus in nach Amerika auswanderte und dort 1876 zur US Kavallerie ging. Er war ein Hobbyfotograf und hielt mit seiner Kamera sein Leben als Soldat im Westen und das Leben der Indianer zu dieser Zeit fest. (Das Buch dazu: Photographer on an Army Mule)

Unster Ziel ist die Darstellung des Soldatenlebens während der Zeit der sogenannten "Plains Indian Wars" wie sie in den USA genannt wird. Wir stehen dabai auch im Austausch mit Darstellern und Gruppen der Ureinwohner in Kontakt.

Have you ever wondered what was in a typical Tipi village of the Indian Wars era?

On April 18th 1867, General W. Hancock burned a combined  Sioux-Cheyenne Village on the Pawnee Fork river in Kansas. Lt. Col.  George Custer was ordered to surround the abandoned village, but it was  Hancock’s decision to burn the village. Hancock determined to destroy  the village, except for 40 lodges that were retained and to be given to the  newly recruited Indian Scouts. Scouts Ed Guerrier, Bill Comstock and  Delaware Indian scouts assisted. Everything else was inventoried, piled  together, and burned.  Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Davidson, 10th Cavalry under Hancock’s  command, made a list of the items a

Items from the Cheyenne Village

Lodges 111

Bridles 11

Buffalo Robes 522

Curry-combs 11

Traventers (travois?) 238

Blacksmith Tongs 1

Parfleches 144

Lariats 164

Whet-stones 8

Coffee-mills 13

Rubbing bones 9

Rawhide ropes 48

Water kegs 35

Sacks paint 142

Saddles 197

Oven 1

Hoes 22

Hammers 6

Head-mats 142

Stew-pans 4

Axes 49

Spades 5

Crow-bars 12

Pitchforks 5

Fleshing-irons 39

Knives 9

Brass kettles 19

Pick-axe 6

Coffee-pots 8

Wooden spoons 14

Tin cups 134

Meat-stones 22

Fry-pans 34

Files 8

Skillets 1

Scythes 4

Horn spoons 55

Meat-skewers 7

Chairs 78

Kettles 49

Drawing-knives 4

Tea-kettles 12

Inventory of Articles in the Sioux Camp:

Lodges 140

Hoes 34

Buffalo robes 420

Head-mats 145

Traventers (travois) 197

Axes 142

Parfleches 159

Crowbars 15

Whet-stones 2

Fleshing-irons 42

Rubbing-bones 2

Brass kettles 54

Water-kegs 63

Coffee-pots 59

Saddles 239

Tin pans 179

Iron spoons 25

Spades 2

Tin cups 216

Pitch-forks 3

Fry-pans 43

Knives 3

Horn spoons 94

Pick-axes 6

Chairs 51

Wooden spoons 4

Drawing-knives 9

Door-mats 140

Bridles 9

Stone mallets 61

Curry-combs 4

Swords 1

Lariats 280

Bayonets 1

Coffee-mill 15

U.S. mail-bags 1

Sacks paint 70

Lances 1

Ovens 5

Kettles 141

Hammers 11

Tea-kettles 3

Stew-pans 4

Remarks- Six (6) ponies were also found running loose near the  villages.

(signed) J.W. DAVIDSON Lieutenant Colonel, 10th Cavalry Brevet Major General, Acting Inspector General A true copy: W.G. MITCHELL, Captain and A.A.A.G

Another list of goods came from a Cheyenne village captured July  11th, 1869, at Susanna Springs (Summit Springs).

This was the last big  fight of the Cheyenne Dog Men society, and the last time a Dog Rope  wearer deployed or used his Dog Rope in battle.

When the 5th United States Cavalry, commanded by General Eugene A. Carr, left the village site, there were 160 separate fires burning an  estimated ten tons of items.

Some items were carried off as souvenirs by  some of the soldiers, but the itemized list contained the following:

56 Rifles

22 Revolvers

40 Sets of bows and arrows

20 Tomahawks

47 Axes

150 Knives

50 Pounds powder

20 Pounds bullets

14 Bullet molds

8 Bars lead

25 Boxes percussion caps

17 Sabers

17 War Shields

9 Lances

13 War Bonnets

690 Buffalo robes

552 Panniers (Parfleches)

152 Moccasins

319 Raw hides

361 Saddles

31 Mess pans

52 Water kegs

67 Brass & iron camp kettles

200 Rawhide lariats

16 Bottles strychnine

84 Lodges, complete

125 Travois

9300 Pounds meat, dried

160 Tin cups

180 Tin plates

200 Dressing knives

8 Shovels

75 Lodge skins (new)

40 Saddle bags

75 Bridles

28 Woman dresses

50 Hammers

9 Coats

100 Pounds tobacco

200 Coffee pots (tin)

1500 Dollars (in gold & national bank notes)

25 Horses and mules killed

At the Washita, Black Kettles’ village with forty seven  lodges of Southern Cheyenne, two Arapaho lodges, and two Sioux lodges,  lost the following items:

53 women and children captured

875 horses and mules (800 horses killed)

241 saddles

700 pounds of tobacco

775 lariats

940 saddlebags

93 coats

573 buffalo robes

390 buffalo skins for lodges

160 buff robes

470 blankets

210 axes

140 hatchets

35 revolvers

47 rifles

535 lbs of powder

1050 lbs of lead

75 spears

35 bows and quivers

4000 arrows

12 shields

90 bullet molds

300 lbs of bullets  and a large supply of meat

Source: Plains Indians Regalia and Customs