A ranger captain recalls the Mexican War and the land of the nopal and maguey, where his company is posted in a frontier village. Romance with the lovely Isolina de Vargas, foraging raids, Comanche war parties, the comic misadventures of Quackenboss and a long chase after a magnificent wild horse fill his crowded memoir.
Full-blooded frontier adventure from 1857, with the period’s attitudes toward Mexicans and Native Americans firmly in place. Download the free EPUB.