We often saw women in cotton wrappers, high-heeled slippers, and sun-bonnets, walking in the main streets.

Cows, pigs, and saloons seemed to be a feature of the place.
In about six weeks, the affairs of the Sioux were settled, and the troops returned to the post.

The weather began to be uncomfortably hot in those low wooden houses.

I missed the comforts of home and the fresh sea air of the coast, but I tried to make the best of it.
Our sleeping-room was very small, and its one window looked out over the boundless prairie at the back of the post.

On account of the great heat, we were obliged to have this window wide open at night.