Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. We arrived at Fort Riley, Kansas, after an uneventful ride across the alkali plains. I was heartily glad to go immediately into our own quarters; our furniture having been sent on from Fort Halleck before we left San Francisco. We got women to clean the quarters selected, and were rapidly getting settled, when the Colonel got a telegram ordering him to Leavenworth, the headquarters of the Department. On his arriving there, General Pope told him that he was to go to Fort Lyon, Colorado, in command of the post. Our things were all to be repacked and many of our steps retraced; the fatigue of the family and extra expense were things not counted. I needed a cook and housemaid, and knowing there were none to be had on the plains went to Junction City, close by, to look for them, going in all the shops and offering, at that date, very high wages, but could hear of no one; finally I decided to go and see the Catholic priest, as I knew he would be acquainted with all the young women in his parish. He received me kindly and took an interest in the matter, and when we left I took with me a young Irish girl named Mary 106 Broderick, whose brother was a farmer, and she had lived with him and his wife. The priest afterward sent me another excellent young woman named Sarah McDermott, Mary's cousin. The journey to Fort Lyon was full of interest. We went by the Atchison and Topeka Railway, which was then new. There had been heavy rains and floods, and we travelled slowly, seeing countless antelopes and buffaloes. The train actually stopped while some English and American tourists shot a few of them; it was most exciting. Dodge City was then the terminus of the road, a terrible little frontier town. On arriving we went to the hotel to remain...
