Saturday Snippet: Taking the Fight Closer to Them

The following snippet is taken from 

Hannah's Handkerchief 

Book 24 in the series, 

Lockets and Lace

          “Yes, we’re dismantling our role in the Salina Stockade, but it's not because the threat from the hostiles has ended. We are taking the fight closer to them. Fort Ellsworth is only the first fort to the west that is planned. There will be one or two others in Kansas, just on the Smoky Hill Trail alone. Forts Riley and Ellsworth are both close to the Santa Fe Trail in the eastern part of the state. Troopers can cut south on the smaller trails to meet any native resistance there. Then, on the Santa Fe Trail, there is Fort Zarah at the big bend of the Arkansas River and, farther on, Fort Larned. After that is Bent’s old fort in Colorado Territory.” He paused. “I hope I’m not boring you. If so, I apologize.”

          Hannah shook her head. “No. I know where you’re talking about as far as the rivers and mountains. Except for when we’ve been in the middle of an Indian scare, until this past year, I attended school in Salina, even when Miss Thatcher held classes in a house in town. Mama taught us all reading, writing, and basic ciphering at home, of course, and German, since she came from a German-speaking family. What our teacher did was have me help the younger children in exchange for loaning me books of higher learning on history and geography.

[Upon the advice of one of my advance readers, I added a map of the forts that were named in this book to the front of any future downloads. Since those who bought Hannah's Handkerchief on preorder or immediately after publication did not get the map, here it is: ]

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