When I backed out into the river the other night I had to leave four of my best deckhands either dead or wounded on the bank.

I will never forget the way you walked out through the crowd with that pair of guns in your hand.

I have heard of the execution these weapons can do when they get in action." When we stopped at Kansas City I telegraphed to Leavenworth that we were coming.

As the boat approached the Leavenworth levee my soldier friends were out on deck in their dress uniforms, and I stood on the deck, my bride on my arm.

Soon we heard the music of the Fort Leavenworth band and the town band, and crowds of citizens were on the wharf as the boat tied up.
The commandant of the fort, D.R.Anthony, the Mayor of Leavenworth, my sisters, and hundreds of my friends came rushing aboard the boat to greet us.