Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

Published: New York, Appleton, 1909

Military, frontier and pioneer life; Indians, desperadoes, hunting, travel, forts; from various locations in Colorado, Kansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska

CONTENTS:
Dates the letters were written and locations.

PART 1
October 1871 - June 1872: Colorado Territory, Kansas, Indian Territory.

PART 2
September 1872 - October 1873: Indian Territory, Kansas, Cimarron Redoubt, Colorado Territory.

PART 3
December 1873 - March 1878: Colorado Territory, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Utah Territory, Idaho Territory, Montana Territory.

PART 4
May 1878 - September 1880: Montana Territory, Judith Basin.

PART 5
October 1880 - July 1884: Montana Territory.

PART 6
August 1884 - September 1888: Montana Territory, Nebraska, Wyoming Territory, Utah.

PERHAPS it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginary--perhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own life with the Army in the far West, whether they be about Indians, desperadoes, or hunting--not one little thing has been stolen. They are of a life that has passed--as has passed the buffalo and the antelope--yes, and the log and adobe quarters for the Army. All flowery descriptions have been omitted, as it seemed that a simple, concise narration of events as they actually occurred, was more in keeping with the life, and that which came into it.
FRANCES M. A. ROE.