Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-05

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hat, smaller at the top, ornamente ! /
with band Of curious fashion. "A
short, close-ftting fine cloth Jacket,
with close Get and shining rows Of
buttons. A rcd silk sash ornaments
his waist. A pair Of superb calcen-
ros, or pantaloons, trimmed with buck N
skin or velvet and split wide open
from top to bottom, q the ont side
seams fastened with rows Of bnttons
as fur down as the knees, thence
downward the pants are generally
eft unbuttoned, with handsome deer.
skin leggings on the inside Of the
pants, and 4 scabbard-knife sticking
in at the top of the logging at the
right knee. Visible through the
splits IN the pantaloons, are the clean.
| IL washed, snow.white drawers, with 4
neat shoes. Then with apair Of big
| gingling spurs; then mounted on the
finest kind Of d horse--you never see
him on an indifferent one, although
he seldom rides the same twicein sue
cession IS richly caparisoned ID the
style Of the country, sometimes dash.
| ing into Montery and sometimes dash
ling out, but always dashing (the Cal
ifornians hardly know any medium
between d walk and arun) and there
you have a sketch Of Tom Colet
In addition to the equiprneL NJ H.
usually wears. II the weather i cold
You may sec him wear 4 rich sort Of
shawl-cloak called d ss,Tapa. Such
| is the lark Thomas. He has q very
fine striking intelligent face, and he
lis man Of excellent natural sense.
This is Tom Coles personal descrip.
Ition. #
His Ranch is about six miles from
this spot and near on the same dis
tance from the Carmel Mission. Tom
Cole owns the hocks and herds upon
an hundred hills, ia the language of
Scripture; aye. verify, and the hills
themselves. il Toms title could be
made to hold good. For some TWEEN
| II years past, Tom Colo hath had ii
lin his power. fully, to say, u am
monarch Of ALL survey" And tits
as true, that s'his rights there were
none todispute." But alasl for Tom
Cole-the Kankee6o Of the q. States
have fonnd their way to these grassy
hills and fertile hollows-new laws
and new institutions prevail. Tom
Cole shakes his head and says, sszhs
! Ameriicans hare ruined TIE coant,,y!'
Tom Cole is married to 4 native, or
has her for q wife, which is the sumo
thing, ] reckon; and IN consequence
can command d host Of kindred even
unto the forty-second degree Of con.
sanguinity. like as the clans Of the
Highland Chieftains Of Scotland. ID
addition to which he can command
any number Of runaway sailors, sol.
! diers and refugees, of al nations; con.
sequentlyhe il IN important character,
o great man, in his way. Tom Colo
can do almost anything any body else
! can do III tbs country. He il q ST.
perior horseman. lie can beat any
native throwing the lasso. He can
catch any wild horse Or OK, or even
the grizzly bear with his rcata. i. u
1lasso. His wealth consists mostly IA
his herds Of cattle and bands Of horses,
and for the purpose Of catching wild
animals, he keeps d seto the largest
and finest s'lasso-horses." always in
i goodcondition. The cattle being very
! large, there's an advantage in having
! la heavier horse than the generality to
swing against them when they are
Ecaught, and ii takeshis best yacuarees
(cattle.tenders) pronounced bucsr0s,
to manage them. But Tom Cole can
catch cattle when any body else can,
! and Tom Colefeanspick up q horse d.
. most. any where, 90 they say, the hab.
!, il being 80 strong, and horses having
been so plenty as once to have almost
been considered as common property. I
Tom Cole cannot reconcile to his MOI.
|, tons Of things that" Americans conf
ING here ought to make horses worth
from one to two, three. and even four
hundred dollars. which before were
scarce a saleable article that Hi
they say, when Tom Cole goes to W.
ce;ve d horse, not To yen:i one--f1sdt
!, alters the case i had seen this char
acter several times III 0iohtcry, md
| was taken with his appearance before
TX knew that he was the redoubtablc
!. .sTom Cole. so Itock occasion to talk
with him when ! learned who he was.
i. Ifound him as shrcwd and keen u Ell.
], low d you would be likely to meet with
any where, and most entertaining on a.,
count OF bis knowledge of the country.
Tom Cole with his knowledge 81 different
\ characters and different languages (hel
speaks moro than one huentlyy among
other things Knows exactly how 70 ~
have to ! gentleman. I had ccnversedi
with him but once 81 twice when he said
tome. "Sir, ] will b happy q any time
to zee you d my Ranch. ! was not
aware that he knew me. but itseems that
that he did This happened son1s tws'
months back, and though have been
Tout here six weeks. and am located with.
lin six miles q him. some how nevoPl