From the journal of Lucious Lucullus Battle, M.D. on his trip westward from Memphis in 1849. Speaking of camping outside of Fort Smith, Ark., with other men and families headed for the gold fields of California. “This great crowd of men had to be formed into companies of sufficient numbers to protect themselves from the ...
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