CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. ] GERMANY AND THE ARMY
[ CHAPTER II. ] I JOINED THE ARMY
[ CHAPTER III. ] ARMY HOUSE-KEEPING
[ CHAPTER IV. ] DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE SLUE
[ CHAPTER VI. ] UP THE RIO COLORADO
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE MOJAVE DESERT
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] LEARNING HOW TO SOLDIER
[ CHAPTER IX. ] ACROSS THE MOGOLLONS
[ CHAPTER X. ] A PERILOUS ADVENTURE
[ CHAPTER XI. ] CAMP APACHE
[ CHAPTER XII. ] LIFE AMONGST THE APACHES
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] A NEW RECRUIT
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] A MEMORABLE JOURNEY
[ CHAPTER XV. ] FORDING THE LITTLE COLORADO
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] STONEMAN'S LAKE
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] THE COLORADO DESERT
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] EHRENBERG ON THE COLORADO
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] SUMMER AT EHRENBERG
[ CHAPTER XX. ] MY DELIVERER
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] WINTER IN EHRENBERG
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] RETURN TO THE STATES
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] BACK TO ARIZONA
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] UP THE VALLEY OF THE GILA
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] OLD CAMP MACDOWELL
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] A SUDDEN ORDER
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THE EIGHTH FOOT LEAVES ARIZONA
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] CHANGING STATION
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] FORT NIOBRARA
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] SANTA FE
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] TEXAS
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] DAVID'S ISLAND
VANISHED ARIZONA
CHAPTER I. GERMANY AND THE ARMY
The stalwart men of the Prussian army, the Lancers, the Dragoons, the Hussars, the clank of their sabres on the pavements, their brilliant uniforms, all made an impression upon my romantic mind, and I listened eagerly, in the quiet evenings, to tales of Hanover under King George, to stories of battles lost, and the entry of the Prussians into the old Residenz-stadt; the flight of the King, and the sorrow and chagrin which prevailed.
For I was living in the family of General Weste, the former stadt-commandant of Hanover, who had served fifty years in the army and had accompanied King George on his exit from the city. He was a gallant veteran, with the rank of General-Lieutenant, ausser Dienst. A charming and dignified man, accepting philosophically the fact that Hanover had become Prussian, but loyal in his heart to his King and to old Hanover; pretending great wrath when, on the King's birthday, he found yellow and white sand strewn before his door, but unable to conceal the joyful gleam in his eye when he spoke of it.