release number twenty-nine on fish recordings is here:

KZSS - "DEADWOOD" [fishrecordings / FISH029A]

"it was during this campaign that i was christened calamity jane. it was on goosecreek, wyoming where the town of sheridan is now located. captain egan was incommand of the post. we were ordered out to quell an uprising of the indians, andwere out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldierswere killed and several severely wounded. when on returning to the post we wereambushed about a mile and a half from our destination. when fired upon captain eganwas shot. i was riding in advance and on hearing the firing turned in my saddle andsaw the captain reeling in his saddle as though about to fall. i turned my horse andgalloped back with all haste to his side and got there in time to catch him as he wasfalling. i lifted him onto my horse in front of me and succeeded in getting him safelyto the fort. captain egan on recovering, laughingly said: 'i name you calamity jane, the heroine of the plains.' i have borne that name up to the present time..."martha jane cannary burke aka calamity jane died on 1st of august 1903 in the barren land of terry, near deadwood, south dakota.