This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...the rocks " Madam Shacknasty" commanded an important position and held it against the assaults of a company of volunteers throughout the day. The attacting party heard her repeatedly cheering her men, and on one occasion saw her pass, under fire, from one cliff of rocks to another. Such was the mother of Shacknasty Jim ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...the rocks " Madam Shacknasty" commanded an important position and held it against the assaults of a company of volunteers throughout the day. The attacting party heard her repeatedly cheering her men, and on one occasion saw her pass, under fire, from one cliff of rocks to another. Such was the mother of Shacknasty Jim. Jim was for war, and voted against every peace proposition. He voted for assassination, and volunteered to assist in the terrible work, was present, and acquitted himself as a bloodthirsty savage. He also distinguished himself as a man of great, shrewdness during the war. "While it is true that he was a savage, he was, nevertheless, a man. iie had been subjugated but not conquered. While he exhibited some traits of character that were commendable, he had stained his record as a brave man, by deserting his chief and turning upon his trail. I do not offer him as a specimen of the Fennimore Cooper Indian, but as a fair representative of the savage class of Indians. He joined my company, and generally behaved with propriety. During our entertainments, I sometimes told in the presence of this man, of the part which he performed, in the tragedy of the Lava-beds; which Was 110 more, or less, than tiring three successive shots at me, one of which had cut through the index finger of my left hand, and the further savage act of stripping me of my clothing while I lay insensible. On one occasion, when we were running behind, and were "papering the house," as the custom is, with lecture people, under discouraging circumstances, Shacknasty inquired as to the receipts, and was vexed to learn that they were small, notwithstanding we had a full house. When the next entertainment was to be given, he came to me and said he would not sh...
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