Death on the prairieThe 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. They would also receive a hundred dollars each from the commander when they returned at Fort Wallace. Email newsletter signupOn the return trip Wheeler’s horse came up lame about twenty miles out of Fort Wallace. A few days later Langford was made an assistant after that he had trouble with a teamster named Roche.