Edited sentence: "  Eventually a dragoon named either Davis or David E.Army prepared to depart Northern Mexico.By early 1849, following a brief illness, the Great Western arrived in Franklin (now El Paso, Texas) without a husband and again using her second husband's name.By this time the Great Western's second husband had left her—whether by death or abandonment is unknown.Come, my beauties, don't all speak at once—who is the lucky man.Following signature of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the U.Her response to this was, "Bring your blanket to my tent tonight and I will learn you to tie a knot that will satisfy you, I reckon.In response she mounted her horse, rode through the soldiers, and shouted "Who wants a wife with $15,000 and the biggest leg in Mexico.She desired to accompany the departing troops to California, but was informed that only military wives were allowed to join the column.volunteered on the condition that a priest perform the marriage ceremony