This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...hero, and excites a pang of pity at the mention of the other's name. There is the same difference between the Thug with the Gatling gun, and Arnold or Alp, that there is between a street-walker and the victim of misplaced-confidence. The only form of man, in fact or in fiction, which will depict the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...hero, and excites a pang of pity at the mention of the other's name. There is the same difference between the Thug with the Gatling gun, and Arnold or Alp, that there is between a street-walker and the victim of misplaced-confidence. The only form of man, in fact or in fiction, which will depict the gladiator of the Saskatchewan, is the Yahoo of Swift's creation. It was the irony of fate which gave to the second century of our national independence the humiliating spectacle of an American citizen playing the role of a Hessian. The Gatling gun, named from its inventor, Doctor Richard J. Gatling, is an American invention which came a little too late to be of much service in the late war. A description would consume too much space, and be foreign to the purpose. Suffice to say, that its utility for frontier warfare is no longer a problem of pyrotechnics, but a fixed fact. A gun. of this description was procured from the Gatling Company, of which the inventor was president. A carriage-maker from New Haven was found to go along and explain its working. This fellow is said to have been a soldier in the United States. If so, history has failed to record his exploits. On the sixth of April, General Middleton set out with his army upon the celebrated march from Qu'Appelle to Ba-toche, by way of Touchwould Hills, the great Salt Plain, Humboldt and Clarke's Crossing, the last-named place being his objective point upon the Saskatchewan. The distance from Qu'Appelle to Clarke's Crossing is 177 miles. This march was accomplished in twelve days, being a trifle less than fifteen miles a day, including halts. When we reflect, that Middleton's men were raw recruits; that the weather was inclement, it being the most disagreeable season of the year; that...
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