and in october, earl first 1850, eight he was seriously wounded van doren. at the battle of wichita village. while holding the reins of his horse, i'm going to describe this to you, and i've got a lot to cover you and i probably going to shorten myself somewhere else but i think right here, ladies and gentlemen, in this life, in case i can't finish this program -- but in this life i think this is where the style of command that earl van dorn exercises in the civil war comes from. the time he was stationed in the peace war army. so, anyway, at the fight -- or, excuse me, at the battle of wichita village, while holding the reins in his left hand, an arrow that probably would hit his heart, his his left -- i don't know exactly how to describe that for you but i don't think i have to. if that didn't get your goose up after lunch i will tell you this, another arrow fired from below his horse, the opponent was below and struck him on the right side, puncturing both lungs and stomach before exiting out his left side. he reportedly extracted the arrow himself, the a