First Dragoon Expedition

[1] The United States Dragoon Regiment left Fort Gibson, Indian territory, on 20 June 1834, under the command of General Henry Leavenworth.

In addition to the troops, there were 30 Cherokee, Delaware, Osage, and Seneca tribesmen who served as guides.

[2] On July 21, 1834, Colonel Dodge and the remaining men reached a village of Wichita Indians at Devils Canyon.

The reunion resulted in easing Dodge's negotiations with the tribe on the next day, during which Dodge invited the tribe to send representatives to Washington, D. C. He also won the release of a white boy whom the Wichitas had captured during the previous Spring.

A few days later, the main body of the expedition left for Fort Gibson which they reached on August 15, 1834.

The United States Dragoon Regiment arrive at Comanche Village , 1834. Painting by George Catlin who accompanied the expedition.
General Henry Leavenworth the commander of the United States Regiment of Dragoons
George Catlin sketch of Colonel Henry Dodge, commander of the United States Mounted Rangers , 1833. [ 3 ]
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Kearny was second in command of the Dragoons and later died in the Mexican–American War
Nathan Boone the youngest son of Daniel Boone was on the expedition and served with Henry Dodge in the War of 1812
First Lieutenant Jefferson Davis was in command of Dragoon company F who later became the President of the Confederate States of America .