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[kdfrawg]

Yes, Comanche is still there, but you may need an update on his history. I have notes on him somewhere. I do remember that he was not Custer's horse. I'll look it up and get back to you. Do you remember the bees in the Plexiglas hive in that museum? They did one of the famous exoduses and split a bunch off into a new grouping with a new queen. For a couple of days, all several thousand of them were in a buzzing mass around a tree trunk just off Jayhawk Boulevard. Scared the heck out of some folks. And KU is still pretty big. 25,000 students is a lot. The museum count, by the way, is up to three.

[W. Gray]

Comanche belonged to Lt. Miles Keogh.

And, he was not the only surviving horse.

Comanche was picked as a symbol.

[Joanna]

Have you noticed, Flo, that this topic was very active for a bit, but not with the folks who live in Elk County.  Could it be because the only "sushi" here is in the bait bucket?  There are some things I wouldn't take advantage of if they were here ~ I much prefer my fish fried, and catfish is the BEST!  As a great woman once (or twice) said... "That's all I'm going to say about that!"

[kdfrawg]

LOL! I understand completely, Joanna. Somewhere in Pakistan or Morocco or somewhere, there is a woman typing into her computer, "Catfish! I would never eat catfish! I'll just stick with those yummy sheeps eyeballs!"

W. Gray to the rescue! Thanks for the facts.

[Diane Amberg]

Ok, I'll bring it back to Howard. I love fried catfish. My grandfather showed me how to skin them. We have catfish here too, but I won't eat them. The river and canal water isn't clean enough to suit me.  Now the Commanche story does involve Howard in a way. My father's grandfather, one Col. Jacob Amberg was quite a character. When he was young, he enlisted in Co.B First New York Volunteer Cavalry as a  13 year old bugler. When the Civil War was over, he was at Fort Sill, took his pay and walked  to Oklahoma. He then reenlisted in Co. I, 8th US Infantry.  As a liason officer, he went all over the place and had dealings with a great many officers who became famous during the Indian wars. He was apparently attached to Custer's 7th for a time. He did not like Custer at all . Daddy told me that his grandfather said he had ridden Commanche a number of times. I don't know what the circumstances were.. Anyway, even though he didn't like Indians in general, he did not like some of the stunts Custer pulled with Black Kettle, etc. He had great admiration for the buffalo soldiers.  In 1891 he homesteaded a claim in Lincoln Co., near Sparks Ok. Eventually he  became the superentendent of the Union Soldier's Home in OK City. He had written many of his exploits for the local paper and all his origional papers were in the Lincoln Co. courthouse, which burned and it was all lost.   His daughter, Effie Boone, my great aunt, lived in Elk Falls.

[kdfrawg]

Somehow, we got to talking about Foods of the World. Some of us may find this interesting:

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf

[Mom70x7]

That was fun!

[Diane Amberg]

 That was really fun Thanks!

[flo]

yes, Joanna, I noticed.  I made german potato salad last nite, which is what I asked for - the rest can have the raw fish - I'll have mine cooked please.  and as for kimchee - Lewis talked about how they made it.  He was in Korea while in the army - no thank you again.  But I gues other folks like the "off the wall" foods - more power to em

[Wilma]

Flo, this is one thing I have to agree with you about.  No raw fish or "off the wall" foods.  Give me old-fashioned American food handed down by our German, Irish, French, English, Native American, Danish, Norwegian, Swiss------------------------------------------------------------ancestors.