My 1868?s.

[jon_norstog]

Fred, glad to hear you are recovering. You did right to take care of the animals & I hope your wife is on the mend. Quite a few of those early trapdoors were sold off when the '73 came in, and a lot of them got sold to the Indians. That's what Garcia says in "Tough Trip Through Paradise" - the NDNs liked them because they would knock down a buffalo. Seemed a little foolish to me for the Army to sell off those weapons before the whole question of who "owned" the Great Plains was settled.


jn

[Fred]

Jon, that’s Very interesting about the 50-70’s being sold off when the 45-70’s were issued.
that sure explains why some of the 1868’s are in such worn condition.

My wife is still weak but she’s stronger than a week ago and hasn’t the pox like red spots all over her arms and legs like me.. My lungs seem to be healing slowly. It feels like I’m getting over pneumonia or something. I cough up blood, but not enough to suggest a hemorrhage.
Anyway Week by week, I’m slowly able to breath a bit deeper and get more oxygen.