The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-12-16
Boscte Kxits, Duel on Horssssck

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The AppaQing Sequel to C1eatna Game at
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SIX 70 DeaM-B B!oodsAed on tas Border.
Low1LL, Kansas, Novsmbsr 1a-Dr. v.
G. Lawrence, of Vscuna, Colorado, recently
Of Phihdelphia, has just arrived here, and
furnished me the following details of one
Of those bloody tragedies enacted nowhere
else than on the bordess: @aar .--..
On Tuesdsy election day. Joe and Cl,as.
Bigger (bFothers), Gus Norton and Thomas
Jackson, who had been driving herd of
cattle into Missouri, passed through here on
their return home, in Northern Texas. The
men were all young, well armed, snd each
possessed Of considerable money, the pro.
ceeds Of the sale of their cattle. They stop
ped somc two houn In this place, and I had
. long conversation with them. On We'd
nesday afternoon they camped on the banks
Of small stream in the Indian Territory,
about forty miles from here, and sitter
stalking out their horses, while cooking their
supper, sat down = game OF cards. They
had hardly commenced their game when
Orcstes Watrous (known as Cock eyed Watt,
The. Allison, aud Dick Bradford, noted
New Orleans gsmblen, rode into the camp.
These gamblers were on professional tour
from T0tt Scott, and were bound for Bax.
ter Springs, and Kansas City. q The new
copaers were gladly welcomed and invited
e camp with ths herders, which invitation
was quickly accepted. - aa-STteE ar0" /
~ The sun being some two hours high i.
was suggested 'shat there yas plenty Of time
to have = ,sociable game or two Of poker
before supper, and accordingly Watrous,
Bradford, Joe Bigger, and Jackson took q
hand. AT first Bigger and Jackson won,
but luck soon turned, and Watrous and
Bradford were In fair way ofclcaning out
the others, when Bigger detected Watrous
A row at once ensucd blows In.
terchangcd and weapons drawn by both
parties, when It was proposed, in order to
secure fair play, that Bigger and Wstrous
should fight it out on horseback, their wea-
pons being bowie knives. This was 1t once
agreed, Ito, ard the men prepared for the
bloody .fray. They were divested of their
coats and shirts, and their knives wcsc
bound 10 tl.cir right hautlA They were
then placed sixty yards apart, with orders
to ride at each other with full speed. Big.
ger Was mounted ON clean limbcd, frey
pony, = little over fourteen hands high,
while Watrous rode large, ''watch.eycd,"
vicious roam.
At the word ''go," the combasants spur
rcd toward each other like the wind, but
passed without infllcting any injury. A
second and third joust was run, when Wat
ro1s' horse received1s slight cut on the
dank. On the fourth round, Bigger, as he
passed. Watsous. threw himself on the side
Of his pony, % - to expose no portion Of
his person, and drove HE knife deep into
the neck urhis sdversarys s,eed. Watrous,
the .maDsuvre, wheeled as the
blow was struck, and attempted to ham
string BigGcr's pony, but succeeded only
in inf'ictiug severe wound. This style Of
fighting was tl,cn abandoned, and both men
and horscs appeared to become infuriated at
The sight Of blood. A they neared each
other the fifth time, Big.e suddenly struck
WatFous with his left nst, in the face, at
the same moment cutting fearful cash In
his thigh; bot before he could get away,
Wstroas succeeded in driving bis knife in.
10 Bigger's shoulder. The combatants and
horses were becoming weak from loss Of
biood, when Wstrous determined, II pos.
sible, to end the combat BY riding down his
adversary, which he thought the superior
weight of his horse would enable him to do.
Accordingly, on the sixth round he made
directly upon Biegcr's pony, and Bigger,
In attempting to avoid the collision, was
severely cut in the arm and face. The
pony, however, was game, and, although
very lame, seized the roau by the check,
lAcssaung II In . fearful manner. s..
At tho seventh. h.eueounter the horses came
together with fca'ful shock, the pony
being thrown, falling upon his rider, but
both immediately !, regained themselves.
Watrous' horse was fast bleeding to death
from the stab in tho neck, and Watrous
himself could scarcely keep his seat from
the wound in the sAigh: Bigger succeeded
In again sticking Watrous in the thigh,
and was struck in return In the sida seve.
ral blows were interchanged. and evaded, or
fell only upon the horses. @~.-~s