Circle the wagons!
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This saying came from an amazing battle where 32 soldiers and workers held off over 1000 indians. The victory was also aided by the new breach loading rifles they used.
Well worth reading the article on the link above and below.
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In the Wagon Box Fight, August 2, 1867, near Ft. Kearney a detail under Capt. James Powell, barricaded behind behind wagon bodies that had been removed from their running gear, held off several thousand Sioux and Cheyenne, attacking in waves of several hundred at a time, for over four hours with a loss of only 3 killed and 2 wounded.
One of the three killed was Capt. John Janness. Janneess was standing in a wagon and was ordered to get down. His last words were his response, "I know how to fight Indians." The words were hardly out of his lips when he fell to an Indian bullet.