“ (Courage) a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it. ”
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
~ William T. Sherman
These men flocked to the plains, and were rather stimulated than retarded by the danger of an Indian war. This was another potent agency in producing the result we enjoy to-day, in having in so short a time replaced the wild buffaloes by more numerous herds of tame cattle, and by substituting for the useless Indians the intelligent owners of productive farms and cattle-ranches.
I think I know what military fame is, to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.