. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. in a vain effort to cover theswarthiness of their complexion. They were seldomseen on the street unless accompanied by a gentlemanescort. The usual mode of conveyance was on Fruits, Wild and Cultivated. 249 Nearly every man and bov had his po
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. in a vain effort to cover theswarthiness of their complexion. They were seldomseen on the street unless accompanied by a gentlemanescort. The usual mode of conveyance was on Fruits, Wild and Cultivated. 249 Nearly every man and bov had his pony. They are yetsmaller than our western bronchos, but ijentle and theymove alon<j^ with an easy, rockin<j motion which at onceproclaims them as excellent saddle horses. For trans-porting supplies etc., the two wheeled bullock carts andpack horses were both in use along the coast, but in theinterior the roads are impassible to wheeled vehiclesand the pack horses alone are used. A native packtrain consists of half a dozen of the small horses or don-keys. On each side of the animal a large basket ishung in which is placed the articles of transport. Thecontents of these baskets was either fruit enroute to aseacoast town or a supply of codfish going inland. Thedriver sits astride the horse between the two matter how heav\- the load, the man seldom thinks ofwalking any distance and then only to stretch his legsafter sitting in the cramped position for some time. The fruits, of which there were numerous var
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