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Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier (Nonfiction)

by | Jun 23, 2008 | Western Books

Jeremy Agnew, Mountain Press Publishing, $16, Softcover.
The primary purpose of the Western frontier army was to subdue Indians. The reason it took so long was because the Indians could probably smell those guys coming. Soldiers were required to wash their faces and hands once a day, their feet twice a week, and they also had to take a weekly bath. All such ablutions were rare, however, because of water shortage, therefore


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