Major North And Myself Went Out In

Frontiersmen Good And Bad, Gunmen As Well As Inspired Prophets Of The Future, Have Been My Camp Companions. Thus, I Know The Country Of Which I Am About To Write As Few Men Now Living Have Known It.

Washington Newspaper Men Know Everything.

I Was Persuaded Now That I Was Destined To Lead A Life On The Plains.

The Cholera Had Broken Out At The Post, And Five Or Six Men Were Dying Daily.

We Had Avoided Discovery By The Sioux Scouts, And We Were Confident Of Giving Them A Complete Surprise.