Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-04-23
A RIVER ADVENTURE.

In the summer of 1882 | was engaged with a
Young man named Lyman Kemp, in locating
land lots along the Wabash in Indiana. | had
gone out partly for my health, and partly to ac-
commodate one who had ever been noble
friend to me, and who had purchased great
deal Of government land. At Loganport he was
taken sick and after watching him a week, in
homes that he would soon recover, found that
he had a settled fever. and rs the physician said
ne would not probably be able TO move on under
a month determined to push on alone. SO l
obtained good nurse, and having seen that my
friend would have everything necessary to his
comfort which money could procure, left him.
As rood fortune would have it, found Il par
tv of Six men bound on the very route / was go
mo. and waited one day for their company
At length we set out with three pack-horses to
carry oIlr luggage, and l soon found that had
lost nothing in waiting for my companions were
agreeable and entertaining. They were going
o9 10 st. Joseph where they had land already
located. and where they had mills upon the riv-
er. intending TO get out lumber during the re-
mainder of the season.
On the third day from Loganport we reached
Walton's settlement on the Little River, hav-
ino left the Wabash on the morning of that day
1t was well into the evening when we reached
the little log-b built Inn of the settleme inland we
were clad enough of the shelter-for ere we had
! fairly got under cover, the rain commenced tC
! fall in great drops, and thickly too. And more
| still had 10 be thankful for. My horse began
! TO show lameness in one of his hind legs, and
his foot panied him much, as l could tell by the
manner in which he lifted it from the ground
/ ordered the ostler TO battle it with cold water
/ and then went into the house, where we fount
2 GOOD substantial supper, and comfortable quar-
! tiers for the night-that is, comfortable for tina
| section aud that time.
| About ten o'clock, just after had retired, ant
Z FL go, 60 l..
\ was startled by the shouts of men, and the bark
ing of dogs, directly under my window. AS tht
noise continued, arose and threw on my clothe:
aud went down.
"What is itl'i l asked of the landlord, VIII,
stood in the entTy-way.
..Ah-don't YOU know strangerl" the host re
turned You've heard OF Gustus Karl, per
! haps J"
Who in the west at that time had not heard O
| him the most reckless, daring and murder
Gus robber that ever cursed country. l tol,
the host had heard of him often.
.'Well,f he resumed, ''the internal william wa
| here only this afternoon, and murdered and rob
/ bed a man Just up the river. We've been on
after him, but he's gin US the slip. We tracks,
him as far as the upper creek, and there he cam
ont on the bank, fired at us and killed one G
our horses, and then dove into the woods. W
set the dogs on but they lost him.
"And You have come back bootless,' | said
"Yes," the landlord growled, But" he ad
ded with knowing shake of the head, che can
run clear much longer The country is in arms
and he'll either leave these huntins, or be drop
iped"
What sort of a man is he,"I asked
1.-THE very last man in the world YOU woul
take for Gus Karl. He's small-not bit owe
FIVE feet, six; with light curly hair, smooth
white face, and not very stout. But, Lord Low
We, he's quick as lightning, and his eyes GO
fire in H. He dresses in all sorts of shapes, bu
generally like common hunter. Ohio he's tn
very devil do believe
I, After the tub full of whiskey and water whic
: the landlord had provided, was all drank, tn
crowd began to dispense, and shortly afterward