Indian campaigns : sketches of cavalry service in Arizona and on the northern plains, 1880-1889.

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Indian campaigns : sketches of cavalry service in Arizona and on the northern plains, 1880-1889.

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Typescript, with hand-written corrections, of a book published by the Old Army Press in 1984. Most of these items were first published as newspaper articles in the Milwaukee "Sentinel" mostly in the 1880s. They were edited by Harry H. Anderson. The work is a first-person account of King's activities and experiences in fighting Indians in the United States.

1 vol. (196 pages) + 12 illustrations.

Harold B. Lee Library

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