They were "nervy," fearless men, and kind, too, and had a great dash and go about them.

They often had a quiet and gentle bearing, but by that time I knew pretty well what sort of stuff they were made of, and I liked to have them talk to me, and I liked to look out upon the world through their eyes, and judge of things from their standpoint.
It was an easy journey, and we passed a comfortable night in the stage.
Camp MacDermit was a colorless, forbidding sort of a place.

Only one company was stationed there, and my husband was nearly always scouting in the mountains north of us.

The weather was severe, and the winter there was joyless and lonesome.

The extreme cold and the loneliness affected my spirits, and I suffered from depression.
I had no woman to talk to, for Mrs.Corliss, who was the only other officer's wife at the post, was confined to the house by the most delicate health, and her mind was wholly absorbed by the care of her young infant.