Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-05-01
F-on the Cincinnati EDquirer1
Who is Col, Lander7
The n6,c fighting hero Graphic Historical sI1tch
OF Go! Lanier-"OHd Grizzly

The nor fighting hero Graphic Historical sE1th
Of Co! Lanier-"Od Grizzly"
We permitted 10 make the following ex-
tract from private lc,te. 81 T. u, Jones. ESQ
the well-knowp sSu.It Tor, 10 = friend IL this
city:
bowie knives are "rlz"! Northern pluck Is
above par, just at this writing, wish | knew
all the iacts IL the ca-e- / afraid the news
Is 10 good. published IN ye-terdav'- CONNER
cia! and Gazette. col. f. ". Lander for that =
his real name) !. old friend Of nine and fc
Is no chicken assure YOU. His life has been
an eventual one. lie has far mere U-esaIer,ii.i
material in him than a dozen Frernont~. Col
r. ". Lander l. n native of Salem. Mass and
. ls a descendant Of ore Of the oldest and veal
lhIest families III that town lie stands SIX
feet Two inches III height and weighs over Two
hundred pounds He l. "a better made man.
ply sIcally, than john G. HcneeH. tie Bcu.cIa
Boy. When / him last lie had not an
ounce of spare flesh On him-all done ami mus
Gle. He has good education ami Is powerful
writer IN prose or verse. Tor / have seen both
After lie graduated AZ -- College. he turned
has attention To- civil engineering. and was EN-
/ pioyed uIldlng ur rather laying out and 81
peFntendIng nrosl ui lie New England rail-
roads; alter which lac went 70 " ashInc'uR
where bis services wee secured by our Govern
. rueut 20 accompany GOV. stephens cxl iditloa
fr m ST. iaul ia Oregon. on what was called
the northern route fnr a raiir.aI- lie acted n
engineer aud advance guard fr tia; expedition
To The Pacific
Aser their arrival on the Pacific in Ore
gun, Coy. Stephens Thought proper. tur >tule
frIfing cause to pick quarrel with Lander.
which finally settet without d4el Al
ter which, Col. Lander selected seven m.u e.
accompany MIN 20 tie States. They struck. A.
a. they could, Decline for C'ah Terrific
~ On reachiug The chain OF the Rocky Noun
i".ns. Col Lander encountered one oi = largest
&: the known g!Izz-y bears. AMI de- pa clr.i
him single handed with one 90 Cuts eIN-stoat-
er~ ia tact he discharged twelve b.i3, l,.tu h.ut
before old grlzziy surrendered
Col Lander escaped wltuuu: receitin. even
a scral eli. and from ;h..: .ilr 70 ta.- he has been
il.us.iarly known among h. Trends - odd
Grizzly" he reached Utah Territory with oil
three OF the seven he started wIth from
Oregon. From Jiah lie came = the : a,eS.
where he remained, and mach of liz time H.
Washington, until our army wcr- or,irscf in
msrch for The home ut Brigham J oui ;saI lis
apostles.
Col. Lander was engaged 20 construct the
wagon road N advance Of our army. and it j
needless IA add. that more 2r,tugs UNDER akIng
could not well be imposed upon any man. Hi
: railroad surveys to tLe Pacific ! believe. have
not been polished by, At he expense II tje
Nation n f-syo-r mont toe.s
er learned the Illuminating Art 81 blending the
pregnant hinges of The knee. that thrift NAV
follow fawniug." Such are The brief too brief
outlines OF the man who has = recently come
forward 10 viudicafe the manhood Of the North
Col J.. Las sister I'D Rome who ) the IRIS.
Of American sculrtor- Among her sex-fa7 Il ere
are three American ladies ~ Rome IT present
engaged a. -culp;ors Miss Hosmer went there
frst-MIss Lander uexi--tLcn Miss Stebbins
Col. Lander y .boGt iorty-fge year Of age,
and an cid bachelor.