The autograph in this listing is signed "Wm Redwood Price" on a piece of signature cut card, the paper has some smudges. The signature is crisp and clear, signed Wm Redwood Price, Major - & A. I. Gen'l Cavalry Bureau.</blockquote><blockquote>

As with all of our items, what you see is exactly what you'll get.  Up for auction is descripted in the Title box.   Nice color, and a nice piece of history.  This item is from a family collection that they collected traded, bought and/or sent for through the mail as early as the 1970's, that's when they had a brick n mortar, with too many items to grade, appraise or otherwise, and has been in storage for 20+ years, so we are just trying to clear things out.  By no means are we authenticators of any of these items, we try to give adequate information to the best of our ability.  Any questions or concerns please email prior to bidding/purchase to ensure your satisfaction of the item you are looking to purchase, and please refer to the photos, for your opinion of condition, etc.  If you are truly interested in this item, feel free to email an offer, if bidding hasn't already begun.  We have a 14-Day Return Policy, so be assured of your satisfaction. Please review the return item details and our feedback. If there is a problem, we will be quick to resolve it, (even after receipt of purchase, before leaving neutral/negative feedback contact us, thank you). Payment via pay pal and/or other arrangements should be paid within 7 days. As you check out and/or upon completion of the transaction, please leave your positive feedback and we will do the same because we enjoy satisfied customers.   We do combine shipping (Free Shipping in the US Only), so check out our other many selection of items and if you win more than one bid we will send you a revised invoice. Thanks for your interest! Happy bidding! Enjoy eBay! </blockquote><blockquote>

From free encyclopedia Wikipedia BIO below:

Between 300 to 400 Navajos served enlistments as Indian Scouts. Most of them came from the south eastern part of the reser<vation and the checkerboard area. Over 125 Navajo Scouts or their spouses received pensions between the 1920s and the 1940s. After the Long Walk of the Navajo, army records indicate that Major William Redwood Price of the 8th Cavalry gave permission for fifteen Navajo to join him on a trip from Fort Wingate to Fort Apache in April 1871 but they were not "scouts".^[2] In January 1873 authorization was given "to enlist and discharge 50 Indian Scouts" in the New Mexico Territory.^[3] Major Price employed at least twenty-five Navajos in that first enlistment at Fort Wingate and they were very busy until their discharge in August 1873.  [Report of Col. W.R. Price to the Assistant Adjutant General, Department of Arizona, Dec. 2, 1879, on difficulties between settlers and the Maricopa and Pima Indians]</blockquote><blockquote>In August 1874 Sheridan's campaign was launched, and large concentrations of army forces poured into Indian country from all directions. General Pope's Department of Missouri organized a three pronged attack. Colonel Nelson Appleton Miles conducted a sweep southward from Fort Dodge Kansas. Major William Redwood Price proceeded east from Fort Union in northern New Mexico the Canadian River to Antelope Hills, where he was to link up with Colonel Miles. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Neill had one company of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment and four companies of the Fifth Infantry Regiment at the Cheyenne Indian Agency, where he could either receive surrendered Indians or join in the battle against the hostiles.  On September 12, 1874, a heavy rainfall began and the soldiers were able to collect drinking water to quench their thirst, but it had been thirty six hours since Schmalse departed for help and they begin to think he had been killed. Later in the day the soldiers spotted some movement on the distant horizon. The soldiers fired several volleys to attract attention. The column was actually a detachment of Colonel Price's forces from New Mexico. Colonel Price sent out scouts to investigate the gunfire but they reported back that they had seen nothing but Indians. Price had just come from a fight with the Indians and he considered his force of two hundred to be too small to handle the numbers of hostiles he had observed.</blockquote><blockquote>

That night Dixon and Rath gathered tumbleweeds and fashioned beds for the four wounded and the group huddled together to fend off the cold damp night air. Rath attempted to go for help but could not find his way in the darkness and returned after two hours. At daylight Dixon headed towards Camp Supply and had only gone about a mile when he encountered elements of Major Price's column. Major Price allowed his surgeon, Dr. McLain, to treat the wounded men and offered the hungry troopers some hardtack and buffalo meat. Price dispatched Lieutenant Rogers to notify Miles of their condition. Finally after two more miserable days in the wallow, relief arrived from Colonel Miles command at Midnight September 13, 1874. Price refused to leave any of his men at the wallow or provide the messengers with any additional ammunition. He was severely censured for his actions. Amos Chapman later had his leg amputated above the knee at Camp Supply and was soon back in the saddle. On December 24, 1874, Billy Dixon was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the fight.  On September 12, 1874, Price was patrolling to the northeast between Sweetwater Creek and the Dry Fork of the Washita River toward the Antelope Hills, when he encountered a war party consisting of an estimated 150 to 175 warriors arranged in battle array along a ridge line. Price's howitzer ammunition had been soaked by heavy rains and the gun was useless. When Price advanced towards the Indians a group of them dismounted and attempted to capture the disabled howitzer. Price led a platoon in a charge against the Indians and broke up their attack. The Indians continued to mount a fierce resistance from the ravines along the ridge line, but after an hour and a half of fighting they finally broke and attempted to flee. Price's force pursued the Indians in a running battle that lasted for over two hours and covered six or seven miles. Although Price found no bodies, he estimated that his forces had killed or badly wounded eight Indians. None of Price's troopers were injured during the encounter but ten of his horses were killed. Price later determined from Colonel Davidson that the Indians were probably Kiowas led by Lone Wolf.  Although Sheridan's campaign had been plagued by logistics problems, extreme weather, rugged terrain, and a cumbersome command structure, his commanders in the field had managed to overcome their difficulties and drive the errant bands of plains Indians from the Texas Panhandle region of the southern plains. Sheridan's 1874 campaign was one of the most successful of the post Civil War era Indian Wars. The remnants of the once proud plains tribes fled throughout the staked plains, but with no means to sustain themselves eventually they eventually surrendered. This time the federal authorities were dealing with a defeated enemy and not the defiant warriors who had previously treated agents with arrogance and contempt. There would be no peace councils or government gifts. The more notorious of the warriors were placed in irons and incarcerated in the Fort Sill guard house. Later, at the end of April 1875, seventy one of the worst offenders were transported to prison at Fort Marion Florida where they remained for three years.