See quotations.
1867. The Dutchman and Englishmen and the rest of the strikers.—Letter from Gen. Custer, April 8. (Note. “Striker” was the name of a soldier servant.)—Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 529 (1888).
1867. I’d light pipes and make the fire, gladly, if I got a chance to name for whom I wished to play striker.—Letter from Mrs. Custer, id., p. 533.
