took up the pursuit of the Mescaleros. “This carried the troop,—now over the scorching wastes of the Staked Plains [Texas’ High Plains],—now across the border into the unknown territory of the “Gringo”-hating Mexicans,—now up and down the rocky fastnesses of the ...
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Orlando Brown brought down nearly 6,000 buffalo by himself and lost hearing in one ear from the constant firing of his .50 caliber rifle. The Texas legislature, sensing the buffalo were in danger of being wiped out, proposed a bill to protect the species. General Sheridan opposed it,...