Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-01-10

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poor old man was roasted 10 death
This by the way, was no uncommol
experience or result for those day
in the Southwest We who Tough
| it through there can testify to meet
ing such men and such incident
many time, during our experience
| on what has better earned the title o
"ths dark and bloody ground" thai
ever Kentucky did during the day
of Daniel Boone and his compeers.
| Well, State" sWore vengeance
and vowed that he would sclean out
that gang. There were plenty O.
wiling tongues to carry out the
threat, and in few days be received
= counter message, eouched in such
terms as aroused all the berderman
within him. With some difficulty he
obtahed permission Of his command
ing dfHeer to go ON a scouting ex-
pedition. He started with his
trusty lieutenant and ten men
twelve in all-well mounted, armed
and appointed. Forty weight hours
alter he returned with the loss of
only one man wounded, but drew up
in front of headquarters with elegen
ridesess horses, saddles and all com
plete, and with the blood chilling in
tellisenee that the guerilla gang sup
posed to number some thirty or for
ty, Eas ''wiped" out. At least, none
of them ever returned to disturb the
quiet oil johnson county. Whether
or net they all fell in open conflict
no historianof that bloody expedi-
tion has ever recorded.
His next adventure to be related
here was in connection with a noted
''berder rufiian" named Hardgraves,
or something like it, who had wen
an taenviable reputation for atroci-
ties which stood out in bold relief
from even that dark background
HardgraYes possessed a remarkably
fnes brace of pistols, handsomely
mounted, and noted among the bor-
derffen for their accuracy and for
theis singularly bloody history.
After one of the worst and most
daring exploits of their ewner, 'Fste'
declared to his comrades that che
mus have those pistols" and started
off slone although Hardgraves was
knosn to have strong party with
him He swere that he would ''fetch
him. if he had to fellew him
through the nation. The Cherokee
and ChoctaW country is Familiarity
known as ''the nation" and Arnold
merely meant that he would keep the
trail until he struck the Texas line.
In about three weeks he rode up
again in front of his quarters, greet
ed BY an admiring throng which in
elu@4d nearly the whole brigade, and |
IN reply u his numerous inquiries, |
simply exhibited his trophies. re-
marking, "Well, boys, I've got the
pistols" He was not much inclined |
to boast of his exploits, and that
brief declaration Yas all l ever got
cut of him as to his exploits on the
Texas trail. What they really were
can, perhaps far better be imagined
than described.
1t seemed to make little difference
to Fate Arnold what might be the
of his enemies He would
ride up to an ensampment of the
guerillas, who were the especial OBJ
jects of his hatred and vengeance,
mark the position of their biveuacs
and watehfires, and then, mounted
on his dreaded spotted horse, ride
through the enca.npment firing right
and left, with an aim all the more
deadly because the reckless marks
man was Indifferent to the conse-
quences of any return bullets. Of
course he was frequently wounded,
for the men opposed to him was as
nearly as possible of like metal with
AMI he is now, if still alive
which ] do not know, mere batter
ed wreck of his former iren self
But his last and most dangerous
hurt was received in a cause which
would have none honor to any king
of old.
A poor woman whose husband
was In our army was falsely report
ed to be in possession of sum of
money, and a gang Of the unuttera
BILE miserean.s Of the border surpris-
ed her in her humble cabin to rob
her of her supposed treasure. Her
two little children, twins, were play
Ing by the hearth, and the robbers
threatened to murder them if she did
not at once disclose her hidden trea-
sure. The appeal to her mothers
Instinct was strong enough, but she
had nothing to reveal; ner did she
believe that the world contained
orutes vile enough to carry out such
lelllsh forewarnings. She was mis-
'aken-the feHds dashed out the
brains Of the infants by knocking
heir heads together, and the broken
hearted mother was a maniac from
hat hour.
Fate Arnsld had been discharged
rom the service, for the "war is
'ver," but he Immediately called to-
sether dozen Of his old comrades,
about equal in number to the guer-
Has, and started forth. They fell
INTO an ambuscade set by their des-
.ined prey, and suffered severely
Arneld was shot through the body,
out after he was fatally wounded, as
was supposed, killed two of his as
'ailants. Hardly more than half of
lis party returned, bringing with
hem their bleeding leader, but only
,ne of the ambassadors carried the
story of that close and desperate
light into the slow countries
w. o. SToDDARD.
A uuiet family in the country were