Hunting at High Altitudes 



In a long and somewhat eventful life, it has 

 been my fate to pass through many scenes that re- 

 quired nerve and determination. Some of these 

 were the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfrees- 

 boro (including the battle of January 2, of Breck- 

 enridge's division), Missionary Ridge, and' the 

 battles of the Atlanta Campaign, yet I have always 

 felt that the crossing of the Yellowstone on that 

 cold December day, all things considered, required 

 the possession of a higher degree of nerve and de- 

 termination than any crisis of my life. 



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