Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.

Fiction & Literature, Westerns
Cover of the book Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. by Charles King, Release Date: November 27, 2011
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Charles King ISBN: 9782819902034
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011 Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info Language: English
Author: Charles King
ISBN: 9782819902034
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011
Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info
Language: English
Riding at ease in the lazy afternoon sunshine a single troop of cavalry was threading its way in long column of twos through the bold and beautiful foothills of the Big Horn. Behind them, glinting in the slanting rays, Cloud Peak, snow clad still although it was late in May, towered above the pine-crested summits of the range. To the right and left of the winding trail bare shoulders of bluff, covered only by the dense carpet of bunch grass, jutted out into the comparative level of the eastward plain. A clear, cold, sparkling stream, on whose banks the little command had halted for a noontide rest, went rollicking away northeastward, and many a veteran trooper looked longingly, even regretfully, after it, and then cast a gloomy glance over the barren and desolate stretch ahead. Far as the eye could reach in that direction the earth waves heaved and rolled in unrelieved monotony to the very sky line, save where here and there along the slopes black herds or scattered dots of buffalo were grazing unvexed by hunters red or white, for this was thirty years ago, when, in countless thousands, the bison covered the westward prairies, and there were officers who forbade their senseless slaughter to make food only for the worthless, prowling coyotes
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Riding at ease in the lazy afternoon sunshine a single troop of cavalry was threading its way in long column of twos through the bold and beautiful foothills of the Big Horn. Behind them, glinting in the slanting rays, Cloud Peak, snow clad still although it was late in May, towered above the pine-crested summits of the range. To the right and left of the winding trail bare shoulders of bluff, covered only by the dense carpet of bunch grass, jutted out into the comparative level of the eastward plain. A clear, cold, sparkling stream, on whose banks the little command had halted for a noontide rest, went rollicking away northeastward, and many a veteran trooper looked longingly, even regretfully, after it, and then cast a gloomy glance over the barren and desolate stretch ahead. Far as the eye could reach in that direction the earth waves heaved and rolled in unrelieved monotony to the very sky line, save where here and there along the slopes black herds or scattered dots of buffalo were grazing unvexed by hunters red or white, for this was thirty years ago, when, in countless thousands, the bison covered the westward prairies, and there were officers who forbade their senseless slaughter to make food only for the worthless, prowling coyotes

More books from Release Date: November 27, 2011

Cover of the book Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Charles King
Cover of the book Waring's Peril by Charles King
Cover of the book History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Charles King
Cover of the book The Jew of Malta by Charles King
Cover of the book Waverley by Charles King
Cover of the book The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Charles King
Cover of the book Mary Stuart by Charles King
Cover of the book Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Charles King
Cover of the book The Messengers by Charles King
Cover of the book Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by by Charles King
Cover of the book The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Charles King
Cover of the book My Summer in a Garden by Charles King
Cover of the book Yorkshire by Charles King
Cover of the book Black Amazon of Mars by Charles King
Cover of the book Antony Gray,—Gardener by Charles King
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy