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Book Sales for Good Times in Old Genesee
I am in my third printing of this new book. I have enjoyed receiving many favorable reviews.
I hope you all will go to my two giveaways on Goodreads and sign up for both of my books:
MEDAL OF HONOR AND GOOD TIMES IN OLD GENESEE.
My next effort is a book on the Early Indian Wars in the Pacific Northwest. Most of these battles are forgotten and it is difficult to find enough historical material to make for an easy to prepare manuscript.
I am uncertain if this newest book will be wildly popular and I may not sell as many copies. However, I plan to outline the unjust practices of the U S Government toward the Indians, the crooked Indian Agents (the tribes knew a good man when they saw him and asked for specific
Government representatives who were just and honest men) and the practices used by the greedy settlers to take lands away from the Tribes given in all the U S Treaties over the years.
The book will cover from 1845 through 1865. The issues covered will range from the Cayuse War in 1848 through the Rogue River War, to the Yakama War of 1855-56, to the Spokane, Palus and Couer d'Alene War of 1858 and thru the Sioux Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota.
Many of the soldiers in these battles became famous in the War Between the States (Civil War) such as Sheridan, Isaac Stevens, McClean and others. The headmen of the Indian Nations became locally famous to the settlers but not so famous as the fighting warriors of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other tribes who contested the U S Army after the Civil War.
I hope you all will go to my two giveaways on Goodreads and sign up for both of my books:
MEDAL OF HONOR AND GOOD TIMES IN OLD GENESEE.
My next effort is a book on the Early Indian Wars in the Pacific Northwest. Most of these battles are forgotten and it is difficult to find enough historical material to make for an easy to prepare manuscript.
I am uncertain if this newest book will be wildly popular and I may not sell as many copies. However, I plan to outline the unjust practices of the U S Government toward the Indians, the crooked Indian Agents (the tribes knew a good man when they saw him and asked for specific
Government representatives who were just and honest men) and the practices used by the greedy settlers to take lands away from the Tribes given in all the U S Treaties over the years.
The book will cover from 1845 through 1865. The issues covered will range from the Cayuse War in 1848 through the Rogue River War, to the Yakama War of 1855-56, to the Spokane, Palus and Couer d'Alene War of 1858 and thru the Sioux Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota.
Many of the soldiers in these battles became famous in the War Between the States (Civil War) such as Sheridan, Isaac Stevens, McClean and others. The headmen of the Indian Nations became locally famous to the settlers but not so famous as the fighting warriors of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other tribes who contested the U S Army after the Civil War.
Mike at the Little Bighorn
Sgt. Mike Madden
After several round trips of carrying water to the wounded during the siege on Reno/Benteen Hill Mike Madden started back for more . Trooper Mike, an Irishman, made one too many trips and was wounded in the leg by an Indian sharpshooter. One of the Ree scouts, named Half Yellow Face carried and pulled Mike to safety. Neither of these two brave souls received a Medal of Honor although there were several noncoms in this action that did.
Mike was unable to walk and so was carried to the field hospital of Dr. Porter in the center of the siege circle on top of the Hill. Primitive is too kind a word for the conditions in the hospital area and there was no painkiller available only a bottle of Prairie Whiskey. The doctor gave Mike a drink before he began to operate. Mike took a huge drink and is reported to have said;,” Doc, give me anither drink and ye can cut off me othr leg.” What more can we ask of a true Irishman with a sense of humor.
Well, the good news is that Mike survived the battle and the field operation. But the poor guy never seems to get a break or to put it another way, his only luck was bad luck, because when the personnel were evacuated to the River Boat “Far West”, waiting at the mouth of the Little Bighorn River, Mike was given a mule to ride to ease his trip. They were close to reaching the boat on a cold wet rainy night, when the mule slipped in the mud on the steep riverside trail and Mike landed in a patch of prickly pear cactus.
In later life Mike’s luck seemed to improve because he lived a long life and his sense of humor helped endure the loss of his leg. But I often wonder if it was Mike’s cheerful outlook on life or his whiskey drinking that contributed to his survival to old age.
After several round trips of carrying water to the wounded during the siege on Reno/Benteen Hill Mike Madden started back for more . Trooper Mike, an Irishman, made one too many trips and was wounded in the leg by an Indian sharpshooter. One of the Ree scouts, named Half Yellow Face carried and pulled Mike to safety. Neither of these two brave souls received a Medal of Honor although there were several noncoms in this action that did.
Mike was unable to walk and so was carried to the field hospital of Dr. Porter in the center of the siege circle on top of the Hill. Primitive is too kind a word for the conditions in the hospital area and there was no painkiller available only a bottle of Prairie Whiskey. The doctor gave Mike a drink before he began to operate. Mike took a huge drink and is reported to have said;,” Doc, give me anither drink and ye can cut off me othr leg.” What more can we ask of a true Irishman with a sense of humor.
Well, the good news is that Mike survived the battle and the field operation. But the poor guy never seems to get a break or to put it another way, his only luck was bad luck, because when the personnel were evacuated to the River Boat “Far West”, waiting at the mouth of the Little Bighorn River, Mike was given a mule to ride to ease his trip. They were close to reaching the boat on a cold wet rainy night, when the mule slipped in the mud on the steep riverside trail and Mike landed in a patch of prickly pear cactus.
In later life Mike’s luck seemed to improve because he lived a long life and his sense of humor helped endure the loss of his leg. But I often wonder if it was Mike’s cheerful outlook on life or his whiskey drinking that contributed to his survival to old age.
