Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri & Great Plains: Embracing the Author's Personal Recollections of Noted Frontier Characters, and Some Studies and Observations of Wild Indian Life, During a Continuous Residence in the Dakotas and Adjoining States and Territories Between the Years 1863 and 1889, Corrected Up to 1897The author, 1897 - 312 ページ "The gathering of material or information for this book commenced with observations and inquiry gleaned during an enlisted term as a soldier along the Iowa and Minnesota border in the latter party of 1863; a trip up the Platte River Valley in the winter, and a journey to Fort Randall, and up the James or Dakota River in the spring of 1864; an overland journey across the Great Plains to Colorado and New Mexico during the summer of the same year, with a residence in and around the Rocky Mountain capital the winter that followed; a frontier residence in northwestern Iowa and the prairies of central Nebraska in 1866-1867; and a continuous residence in Dakota Territory from 1867 until after division and statehood in 1889. |
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304 ページ - I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
304 ページ - Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company...
152 ページ - that I was being drawn in some trap, as they certainly would fight harder, especially as we were nearing their village, which was still standing; besides I could not see Custer or any other support, and at the same time the very earth seemed to grow Indians, and they were running toward me in swarms, and from all directions. I saw I must defend myself, and give up the attack mounted. This I did taking possession of a point of woods...
153 ページ - I soon found myself in the near vicinity of the village, saw that I was fighting odds of at least five to one...
251 ページ - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light ; And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
153 ページ - I, however, soon saw that I was being drawn into some trap, as they would certainly fight harder, and especially as we were nearing their village which was still standing, besides, I could not see Custer or any other support, and at the same time the very earth seemed to grow Indians, and they were running toward me in swarms, and from all directions. I saw I must defend myself and give up the attack mounted. This I did.
249 ページ - ... provisions, except in two instances. All bore marks of suffering from lack of food, but the little children seemed to have suffered most ; they were so emaciated that it did not seem possible for them to live long, and many of them have since passed away.
49 ページ - EVANS. Who took the stock from Fremont's orchard and had the first fight with the soldiers this spring north of there ? WHITE ANTELOPE. Before answering this question I would like for you to know that this was the beginning of war, and I should like to know what it was for. A soldier fired first.
199 ページ - ... he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
21 ページ - They tell you I murdered Custer. It is a lie. I am not a war chief. I was not in the battle that day. His eyes were blinded that he could not see. He was a fool and he rode to his death. He made the fight, not I. Whoever tells you I killed the Yellow Hair is a liar.