BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY 



And I? Well, of course, I married "the girl I 

 left behind me" in Leavenworth City, for which 

 piece of wisdom — or good fortune — I have always 

 congratulated myself. After getting married I 

 took service with Uncle Sam as a wagon-master, 

 in which capacity I served through the Civil War, 

 in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indian 

 Nation. 



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