tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8097670050039960373..comments2024-03-29T04:11:03.395-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: WinterOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76125460468149273322021-06-15T17:55:33.414-07:002021-06-15T17:55:33.414-07:00Though my Muse is fickle, I can overrule her at an...Though my Muse is fickle, I can overrule her at any time. I'm hoping les frères Gaudry will be around for a long time.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45340749612652811362021-06-15T17:53:58.317-07:002021-06-15T17:53:58.317-07:00Patrick #2 - I'd love to hear about it!Patrick #2 - I'd love to hear about it!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38345513075045618062021-06-15T17:53:35.003-07:002021-06-15T17:53:35.003-07:00Patrick #1 - Yup, it'll all blow to the one pl...Patrick #1 - Yup, it'll all blow to the one place that'll stop it. A road!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17393689275476312262021-06-15T17:26:22.155-07:002021-06-15T17:26:22.155-07:00I'm glad I'm not emotionally invested in t...I'm glad I'm not emotionally invested in the characters of Étienne's sons, as your foreshadowing makes me think they won't be long for the story. Little Wolf however...<br /><br />Sorry for the late comment. Catching up on nearly a week's worth of reading.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30630078056592562302021-06-14T03:32:10.206-07:002021-06-14T03:32:10.206-07:00Patience, Grasshopper.Patience, Grasshopper.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86308022967083262132021-06-14T03:03:16.818-07:002021-06-14T03:03:16.818-07:00Does Adams have The
Plague?Does Adams have The <br />Plague?SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34765118515014986292021-06-14T02:19:58.514-07:002021-06-14T02:19:58.514-07:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52399522611711351742021-06-13T23:26:29.631-07:002021-06-13T23:26:29.631-07:00Interestingly, I have a November engagement in the...Interestingly, I have a November engagement in the Powder river country this fall. Scheduled to be hunting Mule deer and Elk out there the first two weeks of November.Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2681303799821451372021-06-13T23:17:21.596-07:002021-06-13T23:17:21.596-07:00ND, an inch of snow is a blizzard, when there'...ND, an inch of snow is a blizzard, when there's any wind, because the roads will be impassable!Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68762571067203846282021-06-13T23:15:21.203-07:002021-06-13T23:15:21.203-07:00Ah, the privilege thet be unto sarges! (chuckle)Ah, the privilege thet be unto sarges! (chuckle)Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35675587938074301792021-06-13T19:00:53.237-07:002021-06-13T19:00:53.237-07:00Concur.Concur.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15917555023210032352021-06-13T19:00:30.901-07:002021-06-13T19:00:30.901-07:00I'm very familiar with the wind out on the Pla...I'm very familiar with the wind out on the Plains, especially Wyoming.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58151002361252013202021-06-13T18:29:17.080-07:002021-06-13T18:29:17.080-07:00The Royal French would have given the Indians a be...The Royal French would have given the Indians a better deal. The Revolutionary French? Probably not so much. They were... not nice.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79475240963363850912021-06-13T18:12:46.084-07:002021-06-13T18:12:46.084-07:00(Don McCollor)...Not just the snow but the wind. O...(Don McCollor)...Not just the snow but the wind. One account of an ambitious army cavalry officer stationed in St Louis had sent yet another letter requesting (nay demanding) his regiment be sent east to be closer to the action (political, not military). Stanton asked his aside what was the closest place to Hell for an cavalry regiment. The reply was the Powder River country. "Order him and his regiment dispatched there immediately"...<br />Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47042678323836447412021-06-13T17:54:09.626-07:002021-06-13T17:54:09.626-07:00Many armies did that. But sergeants? Perish the th...Many armies did that. But sergeants? Perish the thought!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86746020551002803952021-06-13T17:53:13.353-07:002021-06-13T17:53:13.353-07:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34598253341368357972021-06-13T17:35:50.929-07:002021-06-13T17:35:50.929-07:00Buy the muse another cocktail to keep her chatting...Buy the muse another cocktail to keep her chatting with you. <br />Pity the sickly sarge in his bunk. <br /><br />Not sure how they did it in the colonial frontier, but standard sleeping arrangement for soldiers in the U.S. Army, and presumably of most European armies of the era) was more like two men to a bed. Literally bunk mates. Not as in one man on each level, but TWO men sharing a single mattress on each level.<br /><br />Here is a link to an article on the U.S. Army's bunking arrangements:<br />https://armyhistory.org/museum-spotlight-relics-of-barbarism-the-armys-original-enlisted-bunks/<br /><br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82460288960260447752021-06-13T16:44:30.381-07:002021-06-13T16:44:30.381-07:00Moving prep is my excuse. Getting everything read...Moving prep is my excuse. Getting everything ready for a trip to Sam's Town manana!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73339715079260941782021-06-13T16:29:58.509-07:002021-06-13T16:29:58.509-07:00That's a lot of snow!That's a lot of snow!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65300555549987840742021-06-13T16:17:56.714-07:002021-06-13T16:17:56.714-07:00(Don McCollor)...Better a mild winter and boredom....(Don McCollor)...Better a mild winter and boredom. Troops wintering at a fort in the Powder River country spent their days amusing themselves by shoveling drifted snow away from the palisades so the Indians could not simply walk over them into the fort...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30373639638286315422021-06-13T15:00:58.030-07:002021-06-13T15:00:58.030-07:00My Muse will occasionally use a reader's idea,...My Muse will occasionally use a reader's idea, you folks have had some good ones in the past!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14439291911267780152021-06-13T14:59:29.159-07:002021-06-13T14:59:29.159-07:00Well, more cities would celebrate Mardi Gras. Seri...Well, more cities would celebrate Mardi Gras. Seriously, I believe the French would have given the Indians a better deal than the English, but you never know.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14284533009464730972021-06-13T14:57:02.353-07:002021-06-13T14:57:02.353-07:00The Gaudry boys be seeking adventure, but I think ...The Gaudry boys be seeking adventure, but I think they're in for more of the horrors of war than they're bargaining for. I think their old man's feeling a bit the same as mine was, when I joined the Marine Corps, at the well seasoned age of 17.<br /><br />Jefferson might be better off thinking of finding an Indian wife. Molly seems a determined young lady, and no good is likely to come of trying to redirect her affections. I think "that oaf Rutland" is anything but, as well. Seems to have his wits about him, and be a capable young man. Rank counts for something, but there is that element of heredity in play as well. Not that Molly knows anything about it (and could likely care less), but a determined girl, with a gleam in her eye, is a force to be reckoned with.<br /><br />As to the soldiers getting bored, that's a bad thing in oh, so many ways. Best set them to work reinforcing the breastworks, widening the fields of fire around the fort, or digging foxholes and then filling them in. Boredom gives rise to the invention of new ways to get in or cause trouble. It can also be responsible for lack of attention to duty and details of conditions around them. Not a good state of preparedness for sentries on duty.<br /><br />Sure hope Adams just has a case of the 72 hour flue or sumpin'. Even today, I share his distrust of military medicine men. They still wear their feathered head dresses, and shake their rattles to convince folks (including themselves) that they know what they're doing.<br /><br />Character and plot development is going well, Sarge. Juggling lots of developing personalities and situations, as usual, I see. Plenty to ponder, and it keeps us guessing. I remember a critique I heard once long ago about writers who provide too much information, too little to ponder. The best writers give their readers much to ponder and speculate about. The mental exercise is part of the excitement of the tale. I also think it's funny as hell that as often as not, your muse doesn't even let you in on what's coming 'round the bend! <br />Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26180464336096556792021-06-13T14:20:40.429-07:002021-06-13T14:20:40.429-07:00Beans, I am forced to confess my schedule is not n...Beans, I am forced to confess my schedule is not nearly as well held together on the weekends as it is on the weekdays.<br /><br />Sarge, I also remember from reading books on the Sioux wars how desolate and sometimes hard it was to come by game in the Winter. This was a really nice centralizing of a number of different story lines (to be fair, the fault is not yours: I am old, and easily confused).<br /><br />One continues to wonder what would have happened had the French won in the New World. Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20651435951457680952021-06-13T11:45:41.707-07:002021-06-13T11:45:41.707-07:00Sounds excellent.Sounds excellent.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com