Midnight and Noonday, or the Incidental History of Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory

Excerpt from Midnight and Noonday, or the Incidental History of Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory Rom time immemorial it has been the custom of the F writers of books to give to the reading public the rea sons for so doing. In accordance with this old time custom I will say to the reader [that the notoriety obtained by Caldwell, Queen of the Border, not only at home, but far away in Eastern States, is such that the public, seeing in newspapers deeds of daring and bloodshed, are led to wonder if such things are merely fiction and nothing more.