Aimard, Gustave: The Queen of the Savannah. v1. 20 Feb 2015
 

Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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This cavalcade was composed of fifteen individuals in all; ten of them were lancers, attired in that yellow uniform which procured them the nickname of tamarindos. These soldiers were execrated by the people, in consequence of their cruelty. They advanced in good order, commanded by a subaltern and an alférez—an old trooper who had grown gray in harness, who had long white moustachios and a disagreeable face. As he galloped on, he looked around him with the careless, wearied air of a man for whom the future reserves no hopes either of ambition, love, or fortune.