Less than three months after firing the famous shot that ended the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, Billy Dixon again found himself up to his ears in Indians on September 12, 1874.

For an afternoon and a night, Dixon, another civilian scout and four soldiers stood off an estimated 125 Comanche and Kiowa warriors losing one of their own while killing as many as 25 attackers.  All six were awarded the Medal of Honor, but the Army later asked Dixon to give his back because he was a civilian.  The stubborn scout said nothing doing and kept it.