 | Abbie Gardner-Sharp - 1894 - 390 pages
...punishing the enemy. CAPTAIN BEE'S EXPEDITION. "The country between the Minnesota river at Ridgely and Spirit Lake was, at that day, an utter wilderness...about due south of the fort, at a distance of from 100 to 125 miles. * * * "We procured two guides of experience from among our Sioux half-breeds, Joseph... | |
 | 1897 - 374 pages
...low country. The eastern section lies along the sea coast, and extends westward to the hill country, a distance of from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five miles. It is a broad plain, generally level throughout, rising gradually from the sea to a height of about... | |
 | Iowa. Adjutant General's Office - 1911 - 1196 pages
...the way of protecting the settlers or punishing the enemy. "The country between the Minnesota River and Spirit Lake was at that day an utter wilderness...fort, at a distance of from one hundred to one hundred twenty-five miles. We procured two guides of experience from among our Sioux half-breeds, Joseph Coursall... | |
 | 1917 - 508 pages
...enemy. (Bee afterwards became a Confederate officer and was killed in the first battle of Bull Run.) "The country between the Minnesota River at Ridgley...to carry the blankets and provisions, put on their snow shoes and were ready to go anywhere, while the poor troops, with their leather shoes and their... | |
 | Mary Hawker Bakeman - 2001 - 248 pages
...protecting the settlers or punishing the enemy. The country between the Minnesota River, at Ridgely, and Spirit Lake, was at that day an utter wilderness,...about due south of the fort, at a distance of from eighty to one hundred miles. We procured two guides of experience from among our Sioux half-breeds,... | |
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The country between the Minnesota River at Ridgley and Spirit Lake was, at that day, an utter wilderness, without an inhabitant. In fact, none of us knew where Spirit Lake was, except that it lay about due south of the fort at a distance of from one hundred... 