145. BATTLE OF WASHITA CAVALRY OBITUARY An early Indian War printed, 1p. 4to., 7th US Cavalry circular being the obituary for Capt. Louis McLane Hamilton who was killed by Cheyenne warriors at the battle Washita River, Indian Territory on Nov. 27, 1868. Reprinted from the original that appeared in the New York Herald, Dec. 21, 1868, reading, in small part: "...Grandson of General Alexander Hamilton...and late a captain of cavalry in General Custer's command, was recently killed in an encounter with a large, concentrated Indian force on the Washita river. The brave Major Elliot and nineteen privates were also among the dead, and a number of officers dangerously wounded. When a pure, gallant and youthful heart ceases to beat and finds a grave...young Hamilton...aided to...clear a way for [the] grand march of westward empire, [that is] fiercely obstructed by mysteriously doomed aboriginal savages, this descendent of...Alexander Hamilton, has contributed his young unsullied life...". Usual folds, else very good. $500-700