Bicentennial Story #15-Scare at Heart River Camp

Title

Bicentennial Story #15-Scare at Heart River Camp

Description

General Alfred Sully and company camp along the Heart River southeast of Richardton on July 31, 1864.

Date

5/21/1975
1/21/1976

Contributor

Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort

Rights

This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.

Format

mp3

Medium

audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

Language

English

Identifier

BS-015

Spatial Coverage

Richardton, ND

Rights Holder

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

Transcription

On the evening of July 31, 1864, Sully's jaded troops staggered through a downpour of rain into the base camp on the Heart River, southeast of present Richardton. In the two days following the Killdeer Battle they had covered 66 miles and were anticipating a well-earned rest from a week of forced marching and fighting. But one of the officers recorded: "First the shrill yell of a wolf startled the drowsy senses, and then another, and then the air was filled with piercing, harrowing sounds: a picket gun was fired, and then another the men thought they had seen something and fired....[and]… the firing kept up all night long, and only the warm sunshine of the morning dispelled the delusions of the night."

This is Bicentennial Story No.15, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.

Pfaller, Sully Expedition, 31

Original Format

Sound recordings

Duration

1:17

Bit Rate/Frequency

128kbps

Decade

1970 1979

Physical Location

Bicentennial tape #1, Bicentennial stories 1-22

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

Citation

“Bicentennial Story #15-Scare at Heart River Camp,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed March 28, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/404.