ganulv:

I just finished this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Rustic-Warrior...ustic+warriors

You probably already know of it but if you didn't I found it very good. It covers units that could be called rangers, though they may not have been called that.

I have a question. During those days was the undergrowth in the forests less dense than it is now? I know in the UP the windfall and undergrowth is so dense it is very difficult to move around sometimes unless the snow if really deep. I also remember reading that the Indians used to intentionally burn off the undergrowth. So was it easier to move around the forests back then?