The guerrillas were daring fellows and kept us busy.

They robbed banks, raided villages, burned buildings, and looted and plundered wherever there was loot or plunder to be had.
But Tuff was the same kind of a fighting man as they, and working in a better cause.

With his scouts he put the fear of the law into the hearts of the guerrillas, and they notably decreased their depredations in consequence.
Whenever and wherever we found that the scattered bands were getting together for a general raid we would at once notify the regulars at Fort Scott or Fort Leavenworth to be ready for them.

Quantrell once managed to collect a thousand men in a hurry, and to raid and sack Lawrence before the troops could head them off.

But when we got on their trail they were driven speedily back into Missouri.
In the meantime we took care that little mischief was done by the gangs headed by the James Boys and the Youngers, who operated in Quantrell's wake and in small bands.
In the spring of '63 I left the Red-Legged Scouts to serve the Federal Government as guide and scout with the Ninth Kansas Cavalry.