Old Enemy

Captain Lee Quince takes his soldiers on a hunt for Native Americans, but an old friend named Patchen comes along with the group. The soldiers start asking questions about why Patchen gets special treatment and doesn't have to stand guard. Quince remembers bad times with Patchen from before, so he chooses to move him to another unit to keep his men happy, but he won't tell anyone why.

Fort Laramie was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers. They joined in the upper Platte River Valley in the eastern part of the present-day US state of Wyoming. The fort was founded as a private trading post in the 1830s to service the overland fur trade; in 1849, it was purchased by the United States Army. The site was located east of the long climb leading to the best and lowest crossing over the Rocky Mountains at South Pass and became a popular stop for migrants on the Oregon Trail. Along with Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River, the trading post and its supporting industries and businesses were the most significant economic hub of commerce in the region.

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