A voice said: "What in the name of--" but we did not wait for him to finish; we all shouted: "Where is Fort Niobrara ?" "The Devil!" he said.

"Are we ordered there ?" "Yes, yes," we cried; "where is it ?" "Why, girls," he said, relapsing into his customary moderate tones, "It's a hell of a freezing cold place, away up north in Nebraska." We turned our backs and went over to our quarters to have a consultation, and we all retired with sad hearts.
Now, just think of it! To come to Fort Lowell in July, only to move in November! What could it mean?
It was hard to leave the sunny South, to spend the winter in those congealed regions in the North.

We were but just settled, and now came another break-up! Our establishment now, with two children, several servants, two saddle horses, and additional household furnishings, was not so simple as in the beginning of our army life, when three chests and a box or two contained our worldly goods.

Each move we made was more difficult than the last; our allowance of baggage did not begin to cover what we had to take along, and this added greatly to the expense of moving.
The enormous waste attending a move, and the heavy outlay incurred in travelling and getting settled anew, kept us always poor; these considerations increased our chagrin over this unexpected change of station.

There was nothing to be done, however.