Aug 16th, 2007 by mathnut
Forrestine writes her memoirs of living her childhood among the Tenth U.S. Calvary - a regiment of black troops with white commanders - of which her father was an officer. Many experiences recounted, such as keeping her pet mice warm inside her mother’s gloves, a soldier being smoked instead of embalmed because the army lacked the appropriate supplies, encounters with Quannah Parker and Geronimo.
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Aug 16th, 2007 by mathnut
Forrestine writes her memoirs of living her childhood among the Tenth U.S. Calvary - a regiment of black troops with white commanders - of which her father was an officer. Many experiences recounted, such as keeping her pet mice warm inside her mother’s gloves, a soldier being smoked instead of embalmed because the army lacked the appropriate supplies, encounters with Quannah Parker and Geronimo.

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