Identifier: conquestofmisso00hans (find matches)
Title: The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Hanson, Joseph Mills, b. 1876
Subjects: Marsh, Grant Prince, 1834-1916 Steam-navigation -- Missouri River Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 Dakota Indians -- Wars Northwestern States
Publisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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owstone, cross it, andkeeping on northward would ford the Missouri andeffect their escape into the British Possessions, where theywould be safe from pursuit. To frustrate any such design. General Terry determinedon sending a part of his forces back to seize and guardthe various fords of the Yellowstone. For this importantwork he selected the battalion of General Miles. The lat-ter was instructed to return to the mouth of the Rosebud,taking the artillery with him, and there board the FarWest and run down river, establishing detachments wher-ever he deemed necessary along the north bank. Afteraccomplishing these dispositions he was instructed toemploy the boat in patrolling the stream. The supply 335 The Conquest of the Missouri train could not be taken with the main column acrossthe precipitous ridge between the Rosebud and theTongue, so fifteen days rations were transferred fromit to pack-mules and the wagons made ready to go backto the depot, under escort of the returning troops. 336
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By permission Rice, Photo^jraplier, Washinjjiijn, D. C. LIEUT.-GEN. NELSON A. MILES CHAPTER XLI PATROL DUTY WITH MILES AND BUFFALO BILL Brit the man thiit knew his biismess as the king-bird knows the hawk.That started with the rifle and finislted with the talk.Thai wauldnH stop for bluffin wJien he once got started right.Was him Im tellin you about—you bet he came to fight! GENERAL MILES started for the mouth of theRosebud on the same night that he receivedhis orders. With characteristic vigor he madea forced march, coming into the depot at daybreak,his men tired and footsore. Their appearance was asurprise to the garrison, but almost before they hadtime to reahze it, Captain Marsh had steam up on theFar West, Miles troops had embarked, and the boatwas skimming downstream between the islands towardPowder River. It was an exciting run from the firstturn of the wheel, for the power of steam was now pittedagainst the nimble feet of Indian ponies. At every bendthey rounded, the pilot an

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