Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-10-15
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II River Adventure:

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II la4lehaN as sa-tLA-- eaisao nsaiss4
piIssha sudnmer of, Ia. alslwasssa
bsagl Milh . vounes mAns aams@. .Ly.
M %.a rgp; y. r heating Egf laad lets .!"n.
yut faftly .tnlrtsmJJ heiiith, aud partly /.
Etcclf une .wftf ila6 6fessc becn I
4ob laissAAos ~. and ssho had pur
haa 4, great deal a, gsfkern,nent land
IA Davenport be was taken sick, ane
Iansl watching Viii Rim 4 aa'a week II
hop that ~ twodld, sSop tstovcr,
toun sihat .hes shadsas4 s4sttlsd ever, sand q
lthe, q ysician said, ,hel Yould, MT probabl,
lss q l'I aaEs psass ?s?i2 s..Isgl as's.j
fa fasndfse,, Ind hkvhg Seen that ny
lfien4 ssould i,av svErything .necessary
Ito hillIsomlprt which money could pro-
! ssa fortune. s; q. .,.soald hayss, lsaa,,l
a.pa ] of liz men bound On the very
route wahS gofnnR Snid alA1Sited one day
fdr y sakeass0f their cUtjpafiyt = a.
langt Ne - out; with three, pack hsfsei
g. ca ppE lYgg and I soon. h4ndd
had lost netboing BY waiting, lbf, my
comp ShfOns wsrs Agreeable aid siHer-
tainin Fheys ~ ere lgdih4 4utf ~ 81. ia
seph stheee 4ltey shad hind aafeady
|iocal( asd ,af.erea ahey had mills upea
durint he hssin fentands Hal al II he seas Season.
On tke thirp day afkffi6Em9 915oganspot we
relcht Nsaitsalss ssstlsmasnti onthe Lit.
tie. R1er. Ii ihavieg lSflssihe Wabash on
the mlfnipg Of that 4 I'd lday ay.s,tlltsliw III was vel!
ION ini6 the evening when we reached
the iInES fpgsbddsit iin of the Settlement,
assa ttefe eldd d'snb0xtf forlhe shelter
-6rk Ne had tii,sy g,a under cover,
the rst begapa sta lhip agsaat drops,
and u 4 II .eo lApd more s stiAa lal had
to he 9hakful for My horse began to
sliaw y lime diess iitI 0iiei III iiis hind legs,
and yssas I lsaps4 hfs0in' NE saddie I
foutdslbsl hi sfaot paiesdsIsim mach, a
]. eput NIL by, lhs ,4peer, n which he
ostIenl6 baihe il With cold water, and
then eent ibtd the litjiiSIe when w f,,Lnd
.. gbot antidsssdppsv, and cemfastl
abb flpssI for the that il, comEota-
elss srr faa that section, and that
p " sIssl ja,;.s al,sr / had
y Ssfs =: = q - :. Islae - g
q ar Ss3rosse, I, / lsas sf3r,led by f6e
lssShis men md ahs barking of degs,
dNectIy under my window; As the noise
continued / arose and drew on my
clothes std went sfoA'li. '1uss'ssssFs' n fss'l
/ IsAgWhatis is alndIIasked ofsthe la19.
lorlLr,yho stopd in, ths entry way ri.
4, I. |! lIlh.F h-sden|t dom. YOU knyw, stranger !"
said the hoat, returnipg. You've
h1eaafd df Gullius Karl perhaps =" =
sWhoinfthe Wesf at that time Fad not
heart ofhim ?---the most reckless, !, darA
iag ahd lpprderousi rohber that evet
cuHed . Country. told the host bao
heard Of him oiten.. .r..s...,
1AWeIl;" III. resuffed, H.' the VILLAIN
,tas here etly this aftefhSon, and mor.
dered and ,fobbed d .Iiiad jttst tip the
river. We tracked him as far s;as, the
upper creek. and there he CAME out of
Tie bank fred 1t Us aid killed one 81
our Horses, and drove Into the. wJdds:
We etthel dogs, onIsbut they bostEh'ms"
:. And you'ye come ckshes'lesse? =
Yes, the landlord d'sro,,1l 'ssrroo,v,1led IT, But,
he added, with i Knowing Shake 81 His
head! q he can't run clear hddch iongett
The coutry iasin, arms, and he'll either
leave these huntips. or be droPped. = .se
"What sort Of a man is he, /" I asked.
9"The very last man man IN the world you
would take fbr Gus. Karl. He is:small
-not a, bit over 1--WE feet sin vwitfHlight
curly hair, , smooth. white ace and not
vesy stout. But y, love ye, he's quick 81 q
lightning, and his eye. :, got fire in It. He
diresSe. i'd all sorts VI shapes but gener-
altydikela cAmmonshuMer.w Ohio, he's
ths,rery devil, Ia.s bflieve.''t i VIC
After the tnb.fi,a 81, whiskeye and wa
ter which the host had provided was al!
drank IRE cfowd tu,,ega,, Il di-pearse, and and
shdrtlv' afterwards + went up again II
bed, endi Nhistiihe ssLslept, ddoa unittter-
rupted till morning .s;suliso s,aa u
I had inst eaten my breakfast and
had g0n4 nH6t he frodt door, when a
horseman came dashine upso The ptacx,
himself and anipal. ALI covered with
mud. II had been. raining all night
The first thing aba rnas oaper did was
to enqaire f.e ne. .,l5;aaswered aals a. "noe
Eto The name. name. ID and lie then informed ME
Ftl5at I.y,mah Kemp could hdt i've, And
,thstl hes .,~isti6dntsa ses me as sopn &as
,possiblea,l gnivsa .ssatgqo,@. s.,hu!a
g The doctor says he must de-. said
tho ! Msnessen spasals,.a ngsr, and the poor fellow
nov. .onls saka III "iihT sonag enough ii
.sse you. .Vos H'isio husd hastts q ass
/ sfssPoor LyeaaJ'i Lmutmuredsto N.Y.
.f "sa yescsag Aggs'!y,lxi,b i. t!e e
many tr'enns s ana rmn inn1 sesa1ses e nls
a strange ianA gss aF'to!6' !6'thefmAAi1 wd'd
teea out IN emyns'tunifas sbona y ass pnxsi+.
hle Ha ate sOmo hrea K fast . and ,th0n