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Yellowstone Kelly compared to the Big Four of the frontier
Elmo Scott Watson and Milo M. Quaife laud Yellowstone Kelly as a living link to Daniel Boone Davy Crockett Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill Gen Nelson A Miles praises the frontier figure whose Yale University Press memoirs frame a paradox of cultured learning and rugged wilderness life Kellys NY upbringing Civil War service and Dakota frontier exploits are traced including his time as a hunter guide scout for Forsyth and Miles his nickname the Lone Wolf and his arctic war experiences with Liver-Eating Johnson and Brughier in the 1876 77 Wolf Mountain campaign against Sitting Bull Gall and Crazy Horse are highlighted with a note on his later Montana frontier role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Daniel Boone
Davy Crockett
Kit Carson
Buffalo Bill
Nelson A. Miles
Tutner S. Kelly
Yale University Press
Milo M. Quaife
Mr. Quaife
Mr. Kelly
California
Boone
Gheeades
Yellowstone
Kelly
Lone Wolf
Finger Lakes
New York
Hannah Dustin
New England
Lima
N. Y
Richmond
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dakota Territory
Fort Garry
Canada
Missouri River
Red River
Buffalo
Sitting Bull
Fort Berthold
Fort Buford
Yellow- Stone
George A. Forsyth
Forsyth
Miles
Gall
Fifth Infantry
Yellowstone Kelly
Crazy Horse
Wolf Mountain
Johnson
John Brughier
Brughier
Montana
Joseph
Nez Perces
Oregon