Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier: Large Print

By: Parrish, Randall

When, late in May, 1868, Major Daniel McDonald, Sixth Infantry, was first assigned tocommand the new three company post established southwest of Fort Dodge, designed to protectthe newly discovered Cimarron trail leading to Santa F across the desert, and, purely bycourtesy, officially termed Fort Devere, he naturally considered it perfectly safe to invite his onlydaughter to join him there for her summer vacation. Indeed, at that time, there was apparently novalid reason why he should deny himself this pleasure. Except for certain vague rumorsregarding uneasiness among the Sioux warriors north of the Platte, the various tribes of thePlains were causing no unusual trouble to military authorities, although, of course, there was notime in the history of that country utterly devoid of peril from young raiders, usually aided andabetted by outcast whites. However, the Santa F route, by this date, had become a well-travelledtrail, protected by scattered posts along its entire route, frequently patrolled by troops, andmerely considered dangerous for small parties, south of the Cimarron, where roving Comanchesin bad humor might be encountered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08PX7KD7Z
• ISBN13: 9798577758233
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"