£400
The remaining personal effects of Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919): John Wallace (''Captain Jack'') Crawford (1847-1917), signed photographic postcard of Jack Crawford mounted, the note in his own hand, 'To Col. S.B. Steele, your French Mounted on Capt Adams Horse of Troop A Pa State Police Greenburg Pa These men are the pick of the nation and more like Canadian mounted police than any other I know of yours very truly J. W. Crawford (Capt Jack)', 8.5x14cm. John Wallace ''Captain Jack'' Crawford (1847-1917), known as ''The Poet Scout'', was an American adventurer. ''Captain Jack'' was a master storyteller about the Wild West and was popular performer. His ride of 350 miles in six days to tell the news of the great victory by Gen. George Crook against the village of Chief American Horse at the Battle of Slim Buttes during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, made him a national celebrity.
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