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Conflagration = an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

Mackinaw = a short coat or jacket made of a thick, heavy woolen cloth, typically with a plaid design.

Usury = the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

This book brings to the fore front the difficulties of working for the Army during the Western Indian Wars. Travel was a trial in the Western Wilderness with weather, lack of water and other privations going into the actual battle was one of the least hardships.