Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains

Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the PlainsTHERE were only thirty in all that night when the troop...
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Author: King, Charles,1844-1933
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Language: English
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Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains

Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains

€6,26

Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains

€6,26
Author: King, Charles,1844-1933
Format: eBook
Language: English

Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains

THERE were only thirty in all that night when the troop reached the Niobrara and unsaddled along the grassy banks. Rather slim numbers for the duty to be performed, and with the captain away, too. Not that the men had lack of confidence in Lieutenant Blunt, but it was practically his first summer at Indian campaigning, and, however well a[18] young soldier may have studied strategy and grand tactics at West Point, it is something very different that is needed in fighting these wild warriors of our prairies and mountains. Blunt was brave and spirited, they all knew that; but in point of experience even Trumpeter Fred was his superior. All along the dusty trail, for an hour before they reached the ford, the tracks of the Indian ponies had been thickly scattered. A war party of at least fifty had evidently gone trotting down stream not six hours before the soldiers rode in to water their tired and thirsty steeds. No comrades were known to be nearer at hand than the garrison at Fort Laramie, fifty long miles away, or those guarding the post of[19] Fort Robinson, right in the heart of the Indian country, and in the very midst of the treacherous tribes along White River. And yet, under its second lieutenant and with only twenty-nine "rank and file," here was "B" Troop ordered to bivouac at the Niobrara crossing, and despite the fact that all the country was alive with war parties of the Sioux, to wait there for further orders. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37415
Author: King, Charles
Release Date: Sep 13, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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