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Death on the prairie

Johnny Langford, a half-breed Cherokee, completed a risky 100-mile dispatch mission during Indian raids; he survived a shooting but was later killed by a mob seeking revenge, officials said.

Death on the prairie The 7th Cavalry was a force to be reckoned with in the old American West. Stationed out of Fort Wallace, Kansas these men engaged in battles with various Indian tribes and some of the bad men of the old west. Bands of warring Indians were raiding the Kansas settlements in the 1860’s and the commanding officer at Fort Wallace asked Col. Homer Wheeler to deliver dispatches to Colonel Bradley who was camped a hundred miles away…

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The Advocate-Messenger broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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