Which Way to the Wild West? (26 page)
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Authors: Steve Sheinkin
Race You to Utah
“About nine o'clock” Stanley,
Early Travels
.
“We fired two or three shots” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“He then took out his knife” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“I can't describe it to you” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“The Indian then mounted” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“In a pail of water” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“We have had a very anxious day” Ferguson,
Journal
“We've got to clean” Bain,
Empire Express.
“No interruption to the work” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle.
“War is cruelty” Foote,
Civil War.
“You should not allow” Olson,
Red Cloud
.
“The government of the United States”
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868.
“I will not boss Chinese” Williams,
Great and Shining
.
“I was very much prejudiced” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“They did so well” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“The work was very dangerous” Yung, Chang, and Lai,
Chinese American
.
“Just at that moment” Yung, Chang, and Lai,
Chinese American
.
“We are only averaging” Bain,
Empire Express.
“Snow slides carried away” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“Some fifteen or twenty” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“A good many were frozen” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“Dear Jack, Do get home” Bain,
Empire Express.
“There are men here” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“We are now sailing” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“Where is it?” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“The line we construct now” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“In truth we became hilarious” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“If the passengers could sleep” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“We must not beat them” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“Everyone had all they wanted” Toponce,
Reminiscences.
“May God continue” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“Almost ready. Hats off” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“He missed the spike” Toponce,
Reminiscences.
“The spirit of my brave” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“It was necessary to look” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle
.
“Send me sixty dollars” Earl,
This Was Nevada
.
“Who's there?” Earl,
This Was Nevada
.
“I am very glad” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Telegraph to my people” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“I am not dressed” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Surely the white men” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The white children” Olson,
Red Cloud
.
“We want to keep the peace” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“I was at that time” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“A great many saloons” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“Can you ride a wild horse?” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
Early Travels
.
“We fired two or three shots” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“He then took out his knife” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“I can't describe it to you” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“The Indian then mounted” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“In a pail of water” Stanley,
Early Travels.
“We have had a very anxious day” Ferguson,
Journal
“We've got to clean” Bain,
Empire Express.
“No interruption to the work” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle.
“War is cruelty” Foote,
Civil War.
“You should not allow” Olson,
Red Cloud
.
“The government of the United States”
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868.
“I will not boss Chinese” Williams,
Great and Shining
.
“I was very much prejudiced” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“They did so well” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“The work was very dangerous” Yung, Chang, and Lai,
Chinese American
.
“Just at that moment” Yung, Chang, and Lai,
Chinese American
.
“We are only averaging” Bain,
Empire Express.
“Snow slides carried away” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“Some fifteen or twenty” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“A good many were frozen” Mayer,
Makin' Tracks
.
“Dear Jack, Do get home” Bain,
Empire Express.
“There are men here” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“We are now sailing” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“Where is it?” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“The line we construct now” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“In truth we became hilarious” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“If the passengers could sleep” Blumberg,
Full Steam Ahead
.
“We must not beat them” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“Everyone had all they wanted” Toponce,
Reminiscences.
“May God continue” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“Almost ready. Hats off” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“He missed the spike” Toponce,
Reminiscences.
“The spirit of my brave” Williams,
Great and Shining Road
.
“It was necessary to look” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle
.
“Send me sixty dollars” Earl,
This Was Nevada
.
“Who's there?” Earl,
This Was Nevada
.
“I am very glad” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Telegraph to my people” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“I am not dressed” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Surely the white men” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The white children” Olson,
Red Cloud
.
“We want to keep the peace” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“I was at that time” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“A great many saloons” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“Can you ride a wild horse?” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
Cowboys vs. Farmers
“This proved the worst” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“I was the poorest” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The idea was it would” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The cowboys were mostly” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“We had no tents” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“Should anyone” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“Imagine, my dear reader” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“We found him among” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The singing” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“I'm up in the mornin'” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“When you add it all up” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“Of course, boy-like” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Harry Parker made” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“None of us knew” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“If you have made up” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Well, I guess I'm lost” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I tell you it is no easy work” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“The sweat runs off” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“Sometimes the bull snakes” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Where'd you get that egg” Conrad,
Prairie Visions
.
“The land that has been” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“There was running water” Stegner,
Winning the Wild West
.
“But I had hardly made” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“What could we burn” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Of course, these Indians” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I saw with my own” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Then, as I clapped” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I quickly mounted” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“There was scarcely” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“And then when the cattle” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We looked in the window” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We all headed for Dodge” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“While our money lasted” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“A cowboy named âBum'” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Well, I thought” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We like to get up” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“I say, Bill, or Mr. Hickok” Rosa,
Wild Bill
.
“The advantage” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“I stole the whole bunch” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle
.
“It is a strange and terrible” Svendsen,
Frontier Mother
.
“While sitting round” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“We used to keep” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“There was not a hint” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It seemed as if we were” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“We first saw a glittering” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“The ground was covered” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It was impossible to walk” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Go get your shawls” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I would then take” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Little legs, dangling high” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I have twenty scholars” Sanford,
Mollie
.
“At this place I slept” Sanford,
Mollie
.
Life and Adventures
.
“I was the poorest” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The idea was it would” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The cowboys were mostly” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“We had no tents” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“Should anyone” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“Imagine, my dear reader” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“We found him among” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“The singing” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“I'm up in the mornin'” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“When you add it all up” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“Of course, boy-like” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Harry Parker made” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“None of us knew” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“If you have made up” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Well, I guess I'm lost” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I tell you it is no easy work” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“The sweat runs off” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“Sometimes the bull snakes” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Where'd you get that egg” Conrad,
Prairie Visions
.
“The land that has been” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“There was running water” Stegner,
Winning the Wild West
.
“But I had hardly made” Ruede,
Sod-house Days
.
“What could we burn” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Of course, these Indians” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I saw with my own” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Then, as I clapped” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I quickly mounted” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“There was scarcely” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“And then when the cattle” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We looked in the window” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We all headed for Dodge” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“While our money lasted” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“A cowboy named âBum'” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“Well, I thought” Abbott,
We Pointed
.
“We like to get up” Forbis,
The Cowboys
.
“I say, Bill, or Mr. Hickok” Rosa,
Wild Bill
.
“The advantage” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“I stole the whole bunch” Brown,
Lonesome Whistle
.
“It is a strange and terrible” Svendsen,
Frontier Mother
.
“While sitting round” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“We used to keep” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“There was not a hint” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It seemed as if we were” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“We first saw a glittering” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“The ground was covered” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It was impossible to walk” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Go get your shawls” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I would then take” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life
.
“Little legs, dangling high” Stratton,
Pioneer Women
.
“I have twenty scholars” Sanford,
Mollie
.
“At this place I slept” Sanford,
Mollie
.
The Road to Little Bighorn
“They were walking” Mayer,
Buffalo Harvest
.
“I was young, twenty-two” Mayer,
Buffalo Harvest
.
“I have been on a train” Custer,
Following the Guidon
.
“Everything the Kiowa had” Ward,
The West
.
“Let them kill, skin” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The great buffalo slaughter” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“The whites may get me” Ward,
The West
.
“Our people knew” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“We have discovered a rich” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“We have discovered gold” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“Rich Mines of Gold” Donovan,
Custer
.
“You should bow” Ward,
The West
.
“I want you to go” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The Black Hills is my land” Ward,
The West
.
“Our sleeping room” Summerhayes,
Vanished Arizona
.
“Once at midnight” Summerhayes,
Vanished Arizona
.
“I think we will” Ward,
The West
.
“The wives and children” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“We have not seen” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“They both took advantage” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“I feel hopeful” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“I have but a few” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“The largest Indian camp” Donovan,
Custer
.
“We'll find enough Sioux” Donovan,
Custer
.
“I was thirteen years” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“The chargers are coming!” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I was so shaky” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I jumped up” Graham,
The Custer Myth.
“The bullets were” Graham,
The Custer Myth.
“They came on us” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It is a good day to fight” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“Then came the rush” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“Courage boys, we've got them” Donovan,
Custer
.
“I think they were” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“The shooting was quick” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“The blood of the people” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We felt terribly alone” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“Our little group” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“Custer killed” Ward,
The West
.
“The worse it gets” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“I know it looks hard” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“The thermometer never” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“I am tired of being” Utley,
Sitting Bull
.
“Wherever we went” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I want this peace” Donovan,
Custer
.
“Kill him! Kill him” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“Let me go, my friends” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“I cried all night” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“You must stop your ears” Ward,
The West
.
“I pressed my father's hand” Ward,
The West
.
Buffalo Harvest
.
“I was young, twenty-two” Mayer,
Buffalo Harvest
.
“I have been on a train” Custer,
Following the Guidon
.
“Everything the Kiowa had” Ward,
The West
.
“Let them kill, skin” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The great buffalo slaughter” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“The whites may get me” Ward,
The West
.
“Our people knew” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“We have discovered a rich” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“We have discovered gold” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“Rich Mines of Gold” Donovan,
Custer
.
“You should bow” Ward,
The West
.
“I want you to go” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The Black Hills is my land” Ward,
The West
.
“Our sleeping room” Summerhayes,
Vanished Arizona
.
“Once at midnight” Summerhayes,
Vanished Arizona
.
“I think we will” Ward,
The West
.
“The wives and children” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“We have not seen” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“They both took advantage” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“I feel hopeful” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“I have but a few” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“The largest Indian camp” Donovan,
Custer
.
“We'll find enough Sioux” Donovan,
Custer
.
“I was thirteen years” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“The chargers are coming!” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I was so shaky” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I jumped up” Graham,
The Custer Myth.
“The bullets were” Graham,
The Custer Myth.
“They came on us” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“It is a good day to fight” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“Then came the rush” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“Courage boys, we've got them” Donovan,
Custer
.
“I think they were” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“The shooting was quick” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“The blood of the people” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We felt terribly alone” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“Our little group” Custer,
Books and Saddles
.
“Custer killed” Ward,
The West
.
“The worse it gets” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“I know it looks hard” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“The thermometer never” Goodrich,
Scalp Dance
.
“I am tired of being” Utley,
Sitting Bull
.
“Wherever we went” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“I want this peace” Donovan,
Custer
.
“Kill him! Kill him” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“Let me go, my friends” Ambrose,
Crazy Horse
.
“I cried all night” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“You must stop your ears” Ward,
The West
.
“I pressed my father's hand” Ward,
The West
.
The End of the Wild West
“It is a great mistake” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Chief Toohoolhoolzote” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“You know very well” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Why are you in such” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“If you let the time” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I did not want bloodshed” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“Toohoolhoolzote talked for war” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I would have given my own” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“It was just like two bulldogs” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story.
“I never went up” Ward,
The West
.
“From that time” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“You cannot get by us” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We rode on” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“Thoughts came” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“That force of yours” Ward,
The West
.
“We knew General Howard” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“Soldiers! Soldiers” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“My little daughter” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“Six of my men were killed” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“If you will come out” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I am tired of fighting” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The Indians are prisoners” Nerburn,
Chief Joseph
.
“Where were you born” Singleton, Testimony
.
“What, go back!” Painter,
Exodusters
.
“There is Nicodemus!” Nugent,
American West
.
“The scenery was not” Nugent,
American West
.
“Mr. Horace Capel” Miller, “English Runnymede.”
“It was startling” Miller, “English Runnymede.”
“The immense cattle” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“I surrender this rifle” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“I think you had better” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“A warrior I have been” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“We were all out playing” Horn,
Pioneers
.
“How it cut” Nebraska DAR,
Reminiscences.
“A cloud of dust” Howard, “Rush to Oklahoma”
“Never before” Howard, “Rush to Oklahoma”
“Suddenly great excitement” Standing Bear,
My People
.
“When I first heard” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“Indians are dancing” Ward,
The West
.
“What do you want” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“You think you are going” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“I saw the soldiers” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“If they had left him” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We tried to run” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“It was a thing to melt” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“There can hardly be said” Turner,
The Frontier
.
“From now on” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“I took a homestead” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“With the march of progress” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
Bury My Heart
.
“Chief Toohoolhoolzote” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“You know very well” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“Why are you in such” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“If you let the time” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I did not want bloodshed” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“Toohoolhoolzote talked for war” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I would have given my own” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“It was just like two bulldogs” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story.
“I never went up” Ward,
The West
.
“From that time” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“You cannot get by us” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We rode on” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“Thoughts came” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“That force of yours” Ward,
The West
.
“We knew General Howard” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“Soldiers! Soldiers” Yellow Wolf,
Own Story
.
“My little daughter” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“Six of my men were killed” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“If you will come out” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I am tired of fighting” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“The Indians are prisoners” Nerburn,
Chief Joseph
.
“Where were you born” Singleton, Testimony
.
“What, go back!” Painter,
Exodusters
.
“There is Nicodemus!” Nugent,
American West
.
“The scenery was not” Nugent,
American West
.
“Mr. Horace Capel” Miller, “English Runnymede.”
“It was startling” Miller, “English Runnymede.”
“The immense cattle” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“I surrender this rifle” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“I think you had better” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“A warrior I have been” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“We were all out playing” Horn,
Pioneers
.
“How it cut” Nebraska DAR,
Reminiscences.
“A cloud of dust” Howard, “Rush to Oklahoma”
“Never before” Howard, “Rush to Oklahoma”
“Suddenly great excitement” Standing Bear,
My People
.
“When I first heard” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks
.
“Indians are dancing” Ward,
The West
.
“What do you want” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“You think you are going” Utley,
Lance and Shield
.
“I saw the soldiers” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“If they had left him” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“We tried to run” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“It was a thing to melt” Barnard,
Great American West
.
“There can hardly be said” Turner,
The Frontier
.
“From now on” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“I took a homestead” Abbott,
We Pointed Them
.
“With the march of progress” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
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