The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh (1909)
Hanson, Joseph Mills, b. 1876 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co. · leaf 236
ent therounds of the frontier posts, and an echo of it was heardseveral years later. One day when General Miles wasgoing up the river on Captain Marshs boat, on comingaround a bend, a fine looking horse was observed quietlygrazing out on the prairie and not far from a heavy stripof timber. The… … Bound for the Mountains the General was not to be trapped. He regarded the horseand the strip of timber for a moment, then turning aquizzical smile on the captain, remarked: Yes, that certainly seems to be a good horse. ButIm afraid there may be some Indians around here whohold a chattel mortgage…
Marsh, Grant Prince, 1834-1916 · Steam-navigation -- Missouri River · Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 · Dakota Indians -- Wars · Northwestern States
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