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Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas

Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas

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TENTING ON THE PLAINS

OR
GENERAL CUSTER IN KANSAS AND TEXAS
BY
ELIZABETH B. CUSTER

AUTHOR OF "FOLLOWING THE GUIDON"
"BOOTS AND SADDLES" ETC.



ILLUSTRATED



Emblem hand over a torch


NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1895

OTHER WORKS BY MRS. CUSTER.
—————
"BOOTS AND SADDLES"; or, Life in Dakota with General Custer. Portrait and Map.
FOLLOWING THE GUIDON. Illustrated.
Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 50 each.
—————
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

Pointing handEither of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price.


TO HIM
WHOSE BRAVE AND BLITHE ENDURANCE
MADE THOSE WHO FOLLOWED
HIM FORGET,
IN HIS SUNSHINY PRESENCE,
HALF THE HARDSHIP AND THE DANGER

CONTENTS


CHAPTER I
PAGE
Good-by to the Army of the Potomac 17

CHAPTER II
New Orleans After the War 41

CHAPTER III
A Military Execution 59

CHAPTER IV
Marches Through Pine Forests 83

CHAPTER V
Out of the Wilderness 95

CHAPTER VI
A Texas Norther 113

CHAPTER VII
Life in a Texas Town 132

CHAPTER VIII
Letters Home 150

CHAPTER IX
Disturbed Condition of Texas 165

CHAPTER X
General Custer Parts with his Staff at Cairo and Detroit 185

CHAPTER XI
Orders to Report at Fort Riley, Kansas 205

CHAPTER XII
Westward Ho!—Fighting Dissipation in the Seventh
Cavalry—General Custer's Temptations
222

CHAPTER XIII
A Medley of Officers and Men 256

CHAPTER XIV
The Course of True Love 279

CHAPTER XV
A Prairie Fire 310

CHAPTER XVI
Sacrifices and Self-Denial of Pioneer Duty—Captain Robbins
and Colonel Cook attacked, and Fight for Three Hours
327

CHAPTER XVII
A Flood at Fort Hays 356

CHAPTER XVIII
Ordered Back to Fort Harker public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@40731@[email protected]#Page_373" class="pginternal"

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