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Native scouts found approximately 500 Comanches, including Buffalo Hump, camped outside a Wichita village in Indian Territory.

Early in the battle, Ross and his men successfully stampeded the Comanche horses, leaving the Comanche warriors at a disadvantage when facing the mounted troops.

When many Comanche tried to flee the area, Ross, one of his scouts, Lieutenant Cornelius Van Camp of the 2nd Cavalry and one of his troopers chased a party of noncombatants that appeared to contain a white child.

On Ross's orders, his man grabbed the child ; as the four turned to rejoin the battle, they were confronted by 25 Comanche warriors.

Van Camp and the private were killed with arrows, and Ross received an arrow through his shoulder.

A Comanche picked up the trooper's carbine and fired a 0. 58 caliber bullet through Ross's chest.

His attacker, Mohee, was a Comanche brave Ross had known since childhood.

Mohee was killed by buckshot fired by Lieutenant James Majors of the 2nd Cavalry as the warrior approached the temporarily paralyzed Ross with a scalping knife.