White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-05-12


He performed a great number OF other
exploits, which we shall pass over. in
order to relate one which occurred just
as he was entering nanhood--one that
has become a household" expression.
He performed the wonderful feat of but
ting bull of of bridge. Henry Clay
Pats. then. is the man you have all heard
Of, who "butted the bull of Of the
bridge" But history, heretofore. has
been slightly at fault relative to this
achievement, for it has omitted an i'm
portant part Of the transaction. The
bull, at the same time. butted him off !!
It was thus: In the butting operation.
the bull employed his pate. while Pate
employed the most prominent part of the
rear of his physical corporosity. (Get a
Dictionaryl) Pate was leading the way.
at a rapid gait-the bull was following
when their butting machines cane in
contact, and of they both went!
Pate was sent to school, and became
an. autbor-an author without book.
But we shall pass over this, as our "sort
of biography" has not so much to do
with Pate, the author, as with Pate, the
warrior. When civil war broke out in
Kansas, the valiant Pate few where duty
called him. 1t is well known, that dur
ing the Kansas difficulties, hordes of Alb.
clifton women and children denied the
right Of shareholders to bring their mig
gers into the Territory. Pate proceeded
towards the theatre of war, accompanied
only by trusty niger boy. But when
be reached the borders, he found that it
would be impossible to take the boy iato
the infested country; SO he bade him an
affectionate farewell, and left him behind,
and raising an army, led it against the
rebellious women and children. His
deeds of valor at Black Jack, and other
bloody fields, have made his name i'm
mortal-in his own eloquent words. have
rendered him one of the kansas nota-
bles"- they will be remembered as
long as the words Black and Jack are
found in Webster's Unabridged Diction-
airy. His capture of Old Brown and bis
men will never be forgotten-by Henry
Clay Pate. We believe Pate had but o
mere handful of men-only 300, all tod
while Old Brown had an immense
army of IS men. Pate determined to
attack Brown-snd with him, to deter
mine to do thing, was to do it-espe-
cially when he determined to "cut dirt. "
He attacked Brown, and captured his
entire army-and he did it by a peculiar
stratagem. He remembered the manner
in which he vanquished the yellowjsck-
cts and the bull, and he determined to
play similar trick upon Brown. By a
skillful maneuvre, he managed to get
Browns men all around his own, when
he and his men stacked up their arms.
and compelled Browns army to tie their
Pate and his mems hands kchind their
backs. This being done. a sort of mes
meric current was established, and they
had Browns army to accompany them
wherever they went. How long they
kept them, we have forgotten-but we
think we may safely say that it was until
Pate and his men were tired of the pres
ence of Old Brown & Co.
After his brilliant Kansas campaign,
Pate settled down at Westport. Missouri,
where he edited newspaper. and wrote
letters for the st. Louis Republican
These letters became immensely popular
so much so, that the Kansas portions
of President Buchanan's two annual mes.
ssges have been composed almost entirely
of the sayings of Henry Clay Pate. We
would like to detail other important par
ticulars of his eventful life, but time and
space will not permit. We are in daily
expection of seeing the announcement
that he has been engaged to write exclu.
sively for the New York Ledger. He
some time since left Westport, and took
up his residence at Norfolk, Virginia,
where they build ships, and have the yel.
low fever, and-Henry Clay Pate
| Nor So FAsT.--A good joke has been
related to us, which occurred during the
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