Southeast Coulee

On the left coulee slope, Moylan recalls: Capt [Edward F.] Godfrey had his horse killed from under him. The fall stunned him. Trumpter Thomas Herwood rode between Godfrey and the Indians. In this gallant attempt to save his officer, Trumpter Herwood was wounded. Before you, in the gully draining to Snake Creek, soldiers lay dead or wounded as the evening fell. Romeyn remembers: Those who fell into the hands of the hostiles were not molested otherwise than to be stripped of arms and ammunition. They [Nez Perce] even gave some of the wounded water after nightfall when it could be done safely. Another account recalls a warrior giving a blanket to a wounded soldier.