The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.

The special signals unit was under the command of Captain W. His efforts to subdue the Sioux led to Sitting Bull's death and the massacre of about 300 Sioux. Legacy
Miles City Montana is named in his honor.

Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8 1839 – May 15 1925) was a United States soldier who served in the American Civil War Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War.