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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Duane A. Smith. A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878–1891. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. 2006. Pp. xi, 212. $34.95.

For frontier buffs and academics alike, presumably, there are numerous romantic myths and misconceptions of the post–Civil War Southwest: images of wagon trains, threatening bands of Indians, and last-minute bugle calls; archetypes of Anglo aggressors, Native American victims, and Manifest Destiny–fueled violence. At least this is the presumption of Duane A. Smith. As a corrective, Smith offers the story of a small garrison in southern Colorado. During its existence from 1878 to 1891, Fort Lewis contributed little to the romance or violence of America's frontier southwest. More F-Troop than dashing cavalry, its garrison of some four hundred officers, soldiers, families, and civilians saw no combat, saved no settlers, and won no medals. They did stand duty, get drunk, and go trout-fishing. Often, the post's soldiers sallied forth in response to rumors of uprisings by local Ute Indians. More often they went off to a nearby bordello dubbed the "Hog Ranch." During its short life, argues Smith, Fort Lewis accomplished its mission of ensuring peace, aiding settlement, and protecting Indian rights. For the most part its history was one of dull routine and daily tedium.

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