General Custer Was A Close Observer And

I Began To Think That My Time Had Come, As The Saying Is.

Stations Were Built At Intervals Averaging Fifteen Miles Apart. A Rider's Route Covered Three Stations, With An Exchange Of Horses At Each, So That He Was Expected At The Beginning To Cover Close To Forty-five Miles - A Good Ride When One Must Average Fifteen Miles An Hour.

The Free State Men, Myself Among Them, Took It For Granted That Missouri Was A Slave State.

I Felt Only As A Man Can Feel Who Is Roaming Over The Prairies Of The Far West, Well Armed, And Mounted On A Fleet And Gallant Steed.

The Indians Were Well Mounted And Felt Proud And Elated Because They Had Been Made United States Soldiers.