"The general Indian uprising of 1864 centering in the Platte Valley caused
great loss of life and property among the early settlers. The area of one of the
most dramatic events associated with this outbreak is marked with a stone
monument three miles south of here. There, on a day in August, 1864, George
Martin, an ex-English jockey who had come to Hall County in 1862, and his two
young sons, Nat and Robert, were loading hay in a field near their homestead.
Suddenly they were attacked by a small band of Sioux Indians. While the father
attempted to ward off the attackers from the wagon with his repeating rifle, the
boys jumped on their mare and, riding double, started for home. Pursued by the
Sioux, the fleeing pony and her riders became targets for numerous arrows, one
of which passed through Nat's body and lodged in Robert's back. Thus pinned
together by a single arrow, the boys tumbled from their horse. The Indians,
evidently believing that the boys were nearly dead, rode away without scalping
them. Robert never recovered fully from his back injury, and although Nat nearly
died of his wounds he lived to tell this story to his grandchildren." ~ text of
marker