His assignment -- to protect the Indians he had spent his entire adult life fighting against! Captain John Early had definitely been given the dirty end of the stick. It seemed that the lion's share of a lifetime as a member of the Indian Fighting Army qualified him to re-establish Fort Sheridan as an outpost to protect the nearby Pine Ridge Agency. As an outworn soldier, the Review Board figured he could make the mistakes that would otherwise be wasted on better men than he. But what they were overlooking is that -- first ...
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His assignment -- to protect the Indians he had spent his entire adult life fighting against! Captain John Early had definitely been given the dirty end of the stick. It seemed that the lion's share of a lifetime as a member of the Indian Fighting Army qualified him to re-establish Fort Sheridan as an outpost to protect the nearby Pine Ridge Agency. As an outworn soldier, the Review Board figured he could make the mistakes that would otherwise be wasted on better men than he. But what they were overlooking is that -- first and foremost -- Captain Early was a soldier. He went into every situation as though it was a battle that his very life depended on winning. The only difference with this one was that it played against the Army he'd served for so long.
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When it comes to cavalry stories no one does it better than Wade Everett; and this story does not disappoint. Captain John Early, missing an eye and an arm, refuses to be mustered out, so the army places him in an out of the way camp, hoping he will simply disappear i.e. he'll be killed by the Indians he'd been fighting all of his life. Wade Everett, a pen name of Will Cook, writes with emotion and understanding about the Indian and his plight to survive amidst the prejudice and hatred of the US Army and others. This book is one man's fight, not only to survive himself but to help a people survive. Good Book!
