... same mines of Washington County,Missouri, where Major Andrew Henry the fur-hunter also was working, heard of the rich lands of the Spanishprovince of Texas. Major Henry thought mainly of beaver-fur ... traders killed;a party of Comanches who knew nothing of the killings were invited into camp and were shot, except one, out of revenge. The one escaped, to tell his friends. Of course, after this ... companies of the Sixth United States Infantry commanded by Captain(brevet Major) Bennet Riley, after whom Fort Riley of Kansas is named. Major Riley had fought as a youngofficer in the War of 1812....