"Capt. Boyd delivered his lecture on Weeping Weasel, a satire on civilization...makes numerous hits at the absurdities and inconsistencies of our civilization." Arkansas Democrat, Feb. 10, 1885
While performing his duties as an Army officer in Texas in the 1880s Captain Orsemus Bronson Boyd (1844-1885) found himself encamped upon the banks of the Red River of Texas, with forty horsemen as scouts under his command. His scouts came upon a small band of Kiowas led by the ailing Weeping Weasel. Boyd took the opportunity to take down conversations he had with Weeping Weasel, which were later included as the 30-page Appendix B in his wife's 1894 book " Cavalry Life in Tent and Field."
About the author:
In 1863 Captain Orsemus Bronson Boyd (1844-1885) accepted an appointment at West Point. Orsemus graduated in 1867 and was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the Eighth Cavalry. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1868 and remained in that rank for 14 years, later receiving appointment as Captain in 1882. In 1875 his wife and their daughter and son accompanied Lieutenant Boyd to a new assignment at Fort Clark, Texas. The post, located forty miles from the Rio Grande near the site of present-day Brackettville, guarded the San Antonio-El Paso road. For six months in 1879-80 the Boyds lived at Fort Duncan, a small garrison at Eagle Pass. After becoming sick while on campaign against Geromino, he died at a military camp near Grafton, New Mexico on July 23, 1885, at the age 41.
