, 1877-03-02
IDAHO PETE.
How Two Old Trnppera and Ind1nn.FIght
= Talked Each Other to death.
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How Two Old Trnppers and Indjnn-F Fighters
Talked Each Other to death.
SAT- LAKE Herald.
When Idaho Tcte p,adc Ills appearance In
emp tho other day, there WIS quite an excite
mcnt among the "spotts." Potc was talkist.
1t was said Of him that lc Ind dcpopulatcd
few carps In Nevada, and started tho tsrst grave
gard Ia Treasure Hill. 1IavIn9 talked uhccaa-
ingty night and day for two weeks In Owens.
Valley. the boys put leather muzzlc on him.
A committee WIS appointed to see him from tic
country, md l,c was unrnuzzlcl nnd turned
loose on tho borders Of Arizona. How ho nnl1-
aged to find Us osttls mystery, but hero lie was,
alwaye boast Of few takers; and perhaps ol,
state ocrh5lons We could raise ORG good uno:
Men of Speculative turn who had heard Of
Pete. thought this good chance to try Ills
er kl h and nSy vent to the uppst
They were introduced in the Griffin House
parlur. and cyctl each other for while.
NEARLY thirty ycaf9 ,oT. boys sl1so s,s bl<' rs.
hantlc.l II this Isn't the logonest Territory out
felt IL his duty to scmnrk that THAR warn't
pile Of bones on top Of ground t',at fattled oyer
truly. Jist stch lookln' individuals like my
humble self mnlo too paths for sich cowh!l:s
"a yours to find yer way 10 thls country, III. I'll
10 painted with sorghnm sn, ~ st9ol M m np again @ r..
n iefthanded miner critlctsc thesu valleys Of tho
mountains. I'm struisht o,lt an outer,
ain. Ken strike IN a holo either hand aforc side,
wnaer Or w any te aaK
bone Of tho Rockies, an as gool Judge @ OF q
country rs ever clawetl to6acror, an I'll take
Utah In mne every time, stranger" Here
s an@ Hofs S odr o a
settled down to his w3rk1ke q. professional, aud
BY tic time poor Scattcrcr realized thu. be hal
met hts mateh, Pete lad ratified o1 Twenty-Five
years! Of hts experience on the Western slope:
II DO not boast much. Two got over the
time when the sight Of plcce Of quartz or
nugget male my ilceis Itch. l'ye Travelled too
much 70 be taken BY surprise: hayo year, ag9 g.
tic vurious sections OF tho West. I llavo nadc
thu customs Of those whom met in my Wander
lngs special study, md nature, togGther with
fair liberal education, h9s endowed ne Will
Kind. After years Of patient, pcrsistent toll ln
nv t,cculIn: nvocattUn, tho sum total ls: Wl1nt
tho tiggcr is to tho Caucasian IN literature,
science md art; what tho ch!naman Is to tho
American in modern civilization and culture;
what tho chickon-hawk Is to tho dove; what tho
skunk y to tl,e ,awn, SO is suaveraso polyEumlst
to tho buzzartll'
TIM betting up to this vas ~ favor q thc
scattercr; but Pete had tho 1oor, and things
looked tuc for Dinel,am's favor!tc. eotnu orc,
who lind fcw twentics bet on him, proposed
to set of BUNCH Of tlre-crackers under petc's
chair, 80 as to give Scattorer show to slip in
word. After u stormy discussion, the motion
was ovcrrulcd, Us the referees said 1t looked too
Of bulldozing would forfeit the atakos- IN int,
10 counted out. Tho Tampa wero now trimmed,
yet Pete had tho floor. Ten o'clock cane,
thin case knife.
peto had boon following up tho viRlantea In
san Francisco, and at II O'Clock had not as far
as the hanging Of Cortez. Pete was not a "la'y
and order man, anil no iwet with pathos on
with Wit Tic Killing Of Dr. RoEfnson. liz described
inc fatal duel between Drmlcrick aud Terry,
tcrcf's soul, ~ ho himself Was ID California
during that etorHly-alnlost revolutionary. !.
period. This was iust what Pcte wanted, and
one could sec by tho glitter Of bis eyes that he
4 wild shout from i hundred throats broke
tho stiffness Of the night. .6cnttcrer chcpcd
in, and Is Just i,oetng It down." yelled one Of Ills
hackers. pete's hackers claimed q foul. Some
thing clse, they sid, eouii nuke him sncezc.
Anyhow lc lost his grip, for Scattcrer Just then
was "hoeing Il down " IN earnest Ills friends
had nearly all gono to bod" whcEc's the usc,'
We PLACED our chr to tho key.holc, for they
wcrc locked up In tic room, and tho key deposit.
| ell In Phcan 4; uays' safe 4cattcrer's voice
WIS q little huaky, but hc was up to his chin ia
"1've mined fourteen years an never had dr5
tack OH my back, aTc, an mado my bed every
night with t'e pick. When sold out thrce.
ssea Es.t 5 % @i Ha stsn ss
kinder yearned after the old folks au' wautcl
to SEQ them More they weut under. An
would, stranger, only | saw loon on snake
River That took my fancy, an spent every dog
ioon. II was up near thc Salmon River noun
taina that fired tho last charge Of p9wdcr from
ttu last mule train Of ammunition Hugh Kirk
indall frcightcd to mo frum Salt Lake. 1t broke
mo aat; but It made Hugh boes freIEhter ol
TINT northern road Tor years after, and didn't
yet tho loon, nuthcr. There Isn't nun this sldt
Of The Missouri TINT could folcF uy track and
be alive today"
Early morning found them stil! at It, Al
wrestling viii, grizzly. Late that night Pete's
voice, alnlost !naudi1lc. brought hops To BID
hackers, while tho referees wcre alarmed. Tllt
men lad eaten nothing sltcc thny started III tllf
ssos qan 1u 1ee 1e ys1s Pes SaK s% as
The voice had now died TO faint whisper, ant
with sad lnlagtyEngs the friends OF both turned
toward their homes. leaving tho old veterans te
light It arl ulone TIL daylight.
proachcd thu door. Not q sound from within
They knocked but uo answer. A vigorous pust
sent the d1or 01 its hingea, and a slight present
cd itself that would soften tho hardest heart II
their right hands claspcd, 4 smile softencd til.
| wrinkles on the stortn-tossol brows. They hui
killed their last l0ou-swung their last pick
they haa passed away Into that tand whGr,
stampedes arc unknown-thcy were dcad.
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