, 1874-02-23
~OL. PHElFER,
"haraCtcr, and Ono
4 Noted B0Tt(er-t. Comrades,
Of Kit CarS0n's>
His Thrilling Adventures an
breadth Escapes.
How lie prospcctcd for Whisky Mt Las
Animns City.

Special Correspondence qf The Chfeaao Tribune.
CANON C1r1, Col, Fob. II, 1874.
Ono Of tho bost-known lnen in thtH cntito seo-
Hon of country iB tho famous scout, plonoor'
Ind Intlsan-Aghter,
col. rHElFEn
How ho acquired tho title OF Colonel Is nss'
,ory not caBiy explained, but titles in this re-
,ion como oasily; every otllor nan you moos ts a
,aptaiu, Colonel, Judge. Major, Or something
# TINT sort; and, aa a1r. Phoifor hos oil tho !!
,ntura1 c|onlonts for h Colonel, Ills atimlrora |
proceeded to cali him ono Col. photfor resides |
i, Enw Mexico, md oBcillates back and forth |
bctvcon Taos aud Fort Garland. llo Ia too Old
for ACTIVE service now, and has boon oil duty Tor
vcarg but tho memory OF hia former docaB nta-
innotns tho heart OF every 49or, and Is MI opon-
nosamo to oyery hoAso IN Now Mexico or
Arizona Wherever Col. phcifor calls, ho Is
mn1o welcome. lilo RESOURCES OF tho larder nre
taxed to apponso his by 10 means uell-
cato appetite. Landlords mover trouble hin.
with obnoxious board-bil!s. Snloo1l-keopors sot
ont tho whisky will, alacrity, anu never look or
inquire for tho change.
In reality, lilo career OF our horo haa eeon
c1EcKEnEp ONE.
At different periods OF hlB life ho has beoH
hunter, trappor scout, guido, 1n1ian Agent,
pcaco Commissioner, md Drgadier donofal over
tho immortal Homo Gunra. 11o waH also tue
warm friend and bosoHl-companlon OF tile hotod
Tit Carson and many Of tho deeas aHcriboa TO
tho lsttor. nnd published far and wide hy tho
imaginative novelist, woro i'll roaiity porformou
by Col, phcifer llc fairly worsla,pcd kit Car
sou. They hunted, md trapped, and slont bo-
ucatl, tho samo blnnkots md fought lndians to-
Eetllor, for thirty years; a1't' "ho I'1o o"e "an
- At,N 4
n,,s,,a. ,o,rel Ills ecarrcd and venerable load
10y ln1..o, ."',,t ,;i,o y cl,1I
Aot' ';t,, ~ so]l nIt1 rfplt horc however, tint
~ nrnro1o American citizen lias only very
cru,o tru n'u md imnorfcct iaen Of
cf"oe "a'u ''''f~A T1r nsnsoy.
IT. rr,. , ,,r,xo man md rood scout but oven
~ ~ WI faa, ~ ior wav rhorl of ncrfection. The
~. ns iu ;,r,;arants to California who pursued tho
M'I aa,to ,''i ia romte ind Of courso a vary cxnod
i ou:.. - iii nu1 # VIM tim roucral Dcllcf
n,''. o1o lion, t},nt In could tako buffalo bull
h,oth H., tiIo % horns md snit him nsnulcr with n
1,.t ~ tu1' ~ s1,o wrst party Of these crcl-
11ana t"',nwt arrived in Taos ono ay. aud o,-
.,u1 "ovntcrod nm ol pioer mud nrcIica Joker in
III, ~ .''i ~, "u.v crn,vtl vn1l riyo lin IS, e would
a a" y tc, c,'o thu renownod K Carson, Thoy umpol
tVh IT ia ,1 el,anso. zn quietly collected s fees,
T. n'i tnc ..' o,tsltirt Of town and flung open tho
snor ~ orcla;minc. ns he did 80, lIore, Eontlo-
mc,, vnu holoM the renowned
UI+rf,1o-p1ScnuraaEn AMI 1HpIAN-stAyEn,
lit CnrH0t,. :r'.- ..o,;h rrcHucI forward. mud
toncla II fn'alI, Notwithstanding; ''.~.. aantotl
,pon tho ground: deeply onha99e,9 IN sA'so ~
ar@H-Fokcr With tlIroo OF !ouf a1rtS AeAiea:1s'
This WIS tho ioaowl'cn MT tMifoii, asa 'no
lion-"osshiEcrs room alsaEpcht W., laea ~
their cars. III aftcr-ycnr.. tho only tll1'l3 re-
uiTed to get up iiEst WIN t'aHo 'nio"s 1!ie waa
H"k Them now thcf cE5oSea tAo A'' SIt'ol'
Bhow at Taos :, ,u.,,:, ,,.,,
lc record MI mo tnflii'h2 a''9.it'I". 3,,'r anu
1,air-broatth cscaro' III winch Co!. I:eltoT ms
rnr,u columns, the ln.tu Of n newsrapcr-lcstcr
a1N shall only sketch him n're;!!y; and leave
lhe rent for poatcrlty to oluiofnto aIa "Gen at|
srovt over An ,n'matc IIlesa o. 'Me oo!ot'c., ~
The retita} Of !a oxrois II willing to ne tl'al:.
fed undar oath TINT horn IS not square laclt of
Col phelfcr's !mdy hut Shows
Awot'Sn S!o, Or Sos:n .I.; Hl:n. i...,,. .,,,o,
with lulloss gaHAcd will ton,aa"ks, split with
knives, and wounded i'll divers otLor gEio'ona
why's; but tho Colonel survived tltom all, allu
still lycs to smoke 3 lpc, enio; his toay aud
relate tho story Of his exploa. lie landed III
New Mexico when only Ii years! Of ngo,
md has mnlo TINT country hlg homo
over since. lIo hus boon married.
1tito number Of times, and las u humorous
progeny of hatf-br'ccd children but. i'll tho nla-
jori;v Of cases, these ustrlonB RcionA hayo l:ccn
forced 10 shift for Themselves for Col Phoifor.
wliie llo could mako money, never Ind the knnck
of Keeping it. lie wouid fo golo for months OIL
r. trapping EXCURSION, md return to civilization
with hundreds Of dollars worth Of skuH, and
loso then, all in ono night Mt
DnAw-poKER.
When tLia was accomplished, ho would take
p!rliuE drink, nlako hands with tho boys.
uI.ou!dor l,is rillo md tra;s and Atriko out Tor
lilo mouutains ngnin. IIospitable to Il fault
Lrayo. roucro1,s and forglying, with The eyn Of
MI oat,io nerves Of steel. and Il stomacl, that
never grow tlyspep,ic under tho assaults Of
forty-yod whisky. Buch was Col. phofer in the
pa1my days when he md Kit Carso1,
Ioanlcd to@cthor aEa paue deHahco to
tbo Wariike Dluckfcet MID Cnmnnchea.
but those timcs have now passed. 10 bo
suo, tho grand old mountains and tho streams
remain bns Kit has sono, tho buffalo ato pass
ing away, tho Inliaus have retired to their res.
orYations, and now tho rugged Old hunter. with
thn weight of ~ years upon him, bohol1s the
railroad anil tho tolegrarh-mon invading llis
most Facrcd hnnnts. But atlll i!o refuses to
leave, and Bwoars tint ho will hold LIS ground
until tho grim monster collars linn. III 1870.
Sir. Forlnn,,d aIoyor, prominent merchant Of
Cohtila, N. H.. tried to inncn!ate Pheiior with
tho idea OF taking trip to Europe, Offering to
my all travelling expenses; but thu old veteran
str1bborny refused, alleging us reason that lie
was too DID, and did not wsl. to 80 into tho Show
pusiucgA ut his timo Of life.
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