The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-02

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bout SIS pages; embslished with IS ele-
CANT snd spirited full page engravings,
including a Likeness of the Author in a
Frontier Dress, and about 40 Smaller
Cuts, all from original designs made ex-
pressly for this Book, and engraved by
the New York Buream Of Illustration.
We recently received o letter from Gen
Brisbin, from which we extract the follow
ing
FoRr STEELE, Wyoming Ter.
Dear Sir: Mr. Belden has quit the ar
my aud reformed to the wild life Of a noun
taineer. i am in receipt OF the following
note from him, which will explain itself:
OLD FoRr KEARsEYj Nebraska, 20.
Dear General ] am out Of the army, and
once more a Tree man. Ny ponies are pac-
ked, and | am about To be of for the hun L
ing and trapping grounds. For the pres
ent pen-wriung with me is over. If you eau
make q book out Of the diaries and manu.
scripts have sent you do so /; but / shall
hardly be allie to add anything TO them.
Good~byf and ho! for the mountains.
Yours, truly, GEn. p. BELDEY.
Later, | heard from Sir. Belden, who was
trapping alone or The Republican, in the
country Of the hostile Indians; and in Nay
last, an officer who yi>iTed my camptold me
he saw, on the Union Psciee Railroad. at
Kearny Station, a wild white man dnssed
in brckskf. with an eagles feather BRAID
ed in his hair, and a huge rife gun on his
shoulder. This was Belden, who had eotae
to get ammunition and sell his pelrs. A few
days afIerward | heard OF q white man be-
lug or Medicine Greek, whom the Indians
had repeatedly attacked, and in vain at
tempted to drive away. Two or three rude
lines. written on the hy-!eaf Of a booE, and
cent by the hands offs hunter, informed me
wha this was, aud they run thus i:
81 ant trapping and bunting on the Ned
icine, while over ut the Republican, the
osher DAY, met with a couple Of splrudid
adventuI es. All sale aud sound yet, and my
hair in The proper plIcc.
Yours, BELDEN."
To sending you the "Be.den Papers
have thought il best 10 rewrite the whole OF
them, but have ohly made such changes as
we've necessary TO place them 10 connected
Torn. In :fUst cases | have allowed the
text 10 retsin the exact words of the adj
vsnturous chief, Slider, i%unter. irIpper,
aud guide iris Ito exaggeration to say that.
Mr.. Belder's career has been more varisS'
aud remai liable than That OF any pa~le-facr
west OF the Missouri, and 10 taking leave OF
him | cannot refrain from expressing thu
wish il which | am sure all the reade.s nf
this narrative will join me, that he may
long live to pursue Tie wild life he seems 50
much 70 enjoy Yours, truly,
JAS. s. BRIsBIS, L. S. a.
The above letters will shCw that Btldeu
is a real. and MOI a 6cti ious, character
TIey also show where he low is, and What
he is DUNG. II Book contains q deiaiIrd
account OF his more remarkable experi.nc>
IS aud observatinns dnriug a voluntary re-
sideBce Of several years sf.i0ifg the Indians
on the plains, sud sfbseqIrn'ly as solder,
scout, gnidr, aud LEU. mani in the kegu-
lar Army.
That II Is the ms: remarkable bnrk Of
the y ar, and enc Of the INST rpadaii u. ill.,
irrrsting, aud instructive will be evident
ID 81! WIN will glshce at the following par
Iiul / .ble Of c ruieni+ arid the extracts Civ
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are herewith glven-Rre al o. the highest
ehara. ter They WIRE all engraved expressly
tor this book from original designs, many
Of them made by Air. Belden himself, and
will aid very materially In a proper
understanding Of the text. The work is now
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