Occupation: Historian Birth: September 16, 1823 Death: November 8, 1893
America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adv….
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shad….
In one point the plan was fatally defective, since it involved the deadly enmity of a race whose character and whose power were as yet but ill unders….
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses..