“1st Lt. Edward Wanton Casey”

Commanding Cheyenne Scouts, on January 7th, 1891 on reconnoiter of hostile Sioux camps at ‘No Waters’ east of here, accompanied by ‘White Moon’ & “Rock Road’ scouts, was talking to Pete Richard near hear when shot in back of head by Plenty Horses, a young Sioux. Tried for murder, Plenty Horses was exonerated under claim it was an act of war in Messiah Craze.”