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California Joe Chief Scout of Custer’s Army
The feature profiles Moses E Milner known as California Joe a famed frontier scout and guide in the 1860s 70s. It recounts his Kentucky birth his California gold rush years his service under General Custer and his notorious Washita River episode where he behaved boldly though drinking at the time.
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Alifornia
Joe
California
Jack Crawford
West
Moses E. Milner
Stanford
Yorkshire
England
West Virginia
Kentucky
Milner
Missouri
Ben
Mose
Manhood
Moses Milner
Tennessee
Nancy Emma Watts
Cupid
Pacific Coast
Sutter’s Fort
Oregon
Benton County
Walla Walla
Washington
Oro Fino
Mount Idaho
Joe Galted
Virginia City
Montana
Joe” It Was, From That Time Until His Death. Inded
Custer
Hyar
Harry Pearson
Bully
Seventh Cavalry
Plains
Pacific
Missouri River
General Sheridan
Gin’ral
Foot
Sumbuddy
Joe Niiewise
States
The
Washita
Black Kettle
Washita River
W. B. Mazeo
Comand
California Joe
Phil
George A. Custer