The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter.

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.