Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-28
CAMP SUPPLY.
Observation-Disclosures

Dodge ON the ed. He joins his company
there. having been left behind to transfer
pnblic stores.
Paymaster Broadhead. with his clerk.
returned to this post from Fort Elliott on
the 10Th. and departed for Dodge City on
the Goth inst.
Amor. prisoner for some time con-
fined in the post guard house. made his
escape from his guard On the 18th inst.
So far, he has succeeded in eludinR the
scouting parties sent out after him. The
pooi sentinel from whom he escaped il
now in durance vile in his stead. Poor
fellow, we pity him.
Sergeant Buman with a party from his
company had fine hunt last week up on
the Wolf river. They brought back q
fine load Of game, consisting exclusively
Of two jack rabbits. The boys say that
they done exceedingly well. considering
the fact that they did not 60 for that
kind of game.
..Scotty,- the great temperance ex-
FOUNDER. was in camp again last week
Some of the boys say that he Is going
into the barber business. As he was look
ing around for bar-bar chair while here.
That dodge won't work. Scotty-you will
have TO try some other.
.Frenchyn presented his smiling phiz
again in camp last week. having made
the round trip to Fort Elliott. He re-
ports things prosprrng and very lively
down that way, it being pay day. Plenty
of buffalo between Willow Springs and
Elliott, and an abundance of other game.
The Indians that are Cd their way to
this post from Dodge City. are camDcd at
buffalo Springs enjoying good old
fashioned hunt. and reports say that they
have been very successful. We expect
them here in the early part of the week.
On Friday last our elongated friend
''Shanks" and Scientific Charley while
out on an exploring expedition made o
very important discovery. While taking
nutricui observations in order TO deter
mine the geographical locality of u GER
tain bend in the Beaver river below camp.
they stumbled over box, which upon
more fully investigating. proved 10 be
coffin. Being fully possessed with ser
cntific philosophical turn of mind, as
well as an investigating temperament.
they at once proceeded to open the said
coffin. when to their surprise there lay
snugly embodied in the uniform of United
States cavalryman. anextensively decayed
corpse. The said party at once organized
themselves into q coroners jury. and
proceeded to set on the corpse. After
examining thoroughly the evidence be-
fore them. the said jury rendered its YER
dict through Coroner Charley rs fol-
lowe: 1st. 1t was corpse. I'd. By its
odorousness it had been corpse for some
time. Sd. Whose corpse it Is or whose
il was, or how it come there, or from
whence it come, or how long coming.
were questions beyond the jurisdiction of
the said jury. The commanding officer
had the corpse decently buried. as it is
evidently some poor soldier who lost his
life probably through violence months
and it may he years ago.
1t is currently reported here that herd
Of buffalo two mile long was seen between
Willow Springs and Elliott last week,
and many were killed by party of hunt
ers down that way.
Lee & Reynolds are busiiy engaged in
bringing in huge loads of buffalo hides
from the southwest. No less than fifteen
or twenty large wagon loads have arrived
within the past few days-prObably 20 or
20 tons. This firm do nearly al she
business in this section of the world. and
they long ago have learned the art of
making money rapidly, and consequently
have grown very rich. Their wealth is
not known scarcely by themselves.
Captain Heuphill. of the 4th cavalry