Walter Reed and Yellow Fever
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ISBN10: 1151269638
ISBN13: 9781151269638
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.15 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781151269638
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.15 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1907. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II FRONTIER LIFE 1876-1889 Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille.--Goethe. IN May, 1876, Dr. Reed went to his post in Arizona, there to continue a garrison life which lasted eighteen years, the greater part of it being spent in the Far West. In the following October his wife set forth from Norfolk, Virginia, to join him. At that time, when facilities for travel were not what they are now, such a journey was a great undertaking for a girl of twenty, who had never travelled alone for any distance before. Mrs. Reed's courage was, moreover, tried by several emergencies, such as a blizzard and a collision with a westward bound train. At the end of a week, however, she reached San Francisco, where Dr. Reed joined her, and they started for Fort Lowell, Arizona, a journey of twenty-two days, in an army waggon over the roughest kind of roads, and among the most primitive conditions. Some idea of the difficulties which beset their way may be formed from the fol lowing extract taken from a letter from Dr. Reed to his wife's sister, Mrs. J. N. Harrell: We left San Diego, November i, f'tf i fl'M. My waggon, loaded with our baggaghad left at I p. M. I had been told, on careful inquh'that the distance to the first station was 16 to zoNnjles, which being the case, my waggon should have made it by 6 P. M. and my ambulance by 5 P. M. But the best laid plans of mice, etc., etc. I soon found that the road was horribly rough and by 5 p. M. I had not made more than 10 miles, for I had to walk my team every step. By this time the sun was set and as there was no moon, it soon became so very dark that we could barely keep to the road. I had already overtaken and passed my waggon. By seven o'clock P. M. it had turned quite cold. I had Emilie put on her waterproof; I al...