War-Path and Bivouac

War-Path and Bivouac
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ISBN-13 : 9781458949011
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Download or read book War-Path and Bivouac written by John Frederick Finerty and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART I. The Big Horn And Yellowstone Expedition. CHAPTER I. BOUND FOR THE 1'LAINS. In the beginning of May, 1876, I was attached to the city department of the Chicago Times. One day Mr. Clinton Snowden, the city editor, said to me, Mr. Storey wants a man to go out with the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition, which is organizing under Generals Crook and Terry, in the departments of the Platte and Dakota. There is apt to be warm work out there with the Indians, so if you don't care to go, you needn't see Mr. Storey. I care to go, and I'll see Mr. Storey, was my answer. The famous editor of the Chicago Times did not, at that period, show any significant indication of that withering at the top which subsequently obscured his wonderful faculties. He was a tall, well-built, white-haired, white-bearded, gray-eyed, exceedingly handsome man of sixty, or thereabout, with a courteous, but somewhat cynical, manner. v '' r; Vo'ii are the' young' man Mr. Snowden mentioned for the Plains? he asked, as soon as I had made ray presence known by the usual half shy demonstrations, because everybody who did not know him well, and who had heard his reputation on the outside, approached the formidable Ver- monter in somewhat gingerly fashion. I replied in the affirmative. Well, how soon can you be ready? he inquired. At any time it may please you to name, was my prompt reply. You should have your outfit first. Better get some of it here?perhaps all. You are going with Crook's column, said Mr. Storey, with his customary decisiveness and rapidity. I understood 1 was to go with Ouster, '' J rejoined. I know General Custer, but am not acquainted with General Crook. That will make no difference, whatever, said he'. Terry commands o...


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