The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

! ~ Early Srssi-r IL ssS sro..S 49,
BIT l. @. PATRICK,
u I'm Valley Falls ksv nal
We arrived ut Leavcnworth city aho,
the middle Of February, 1856. Had v
any doubts before. IL only took US q dsy {
soto find out where we belonged POLITICAL,
Froma squatter- sovereign non -interveu
oonist. We were transformed into regula
built abolitionist.
We were not long in forming mn aco,,ain
lance with John and Henry Mckee. H
Miles Moore. Henry J. Adams. Marx Par
rott. John Shoemaker, Nelson NcCr,eh.,
and Uncle George Keller They wer
true-blus Free State men. In nil Of whom
We found personal friend.
Our first thought was ~ hunt US up
claim. and made daily inquiries a. to When
asood one could be had. Stopping at tn,
only hotsl In the place at the time. kept b,
Vim. FreelAnd. was a fellow they caIle,
Doodle. We never knew any othel
name for him. He recommended US to ,
FREE state man who lived on Fall creek
west Of Stranger. and mile or 81 from tn.
old Alexandria townsite, who had goo.
TIMBER claim. and wanted tn sell. HI
agreed To accompany us. So the next day
We each procured a horss at a livery
stable and struck out On arriving nj
Stranger creek. We found IL bank full Of
water. This was ut . crossing q mile or ~
above Russeils min. We determined u 20
over. but our horse refused to take the
water. Doodle" refused Ia lead. ~ ".
snapped horses. and In Va plunged, swim
ming from the jump. and ~ the outcome
was about hundred yards down tho
stream, We had but little difficulty In max
Ing landing
Arriving At our point Of destination. the
owner of the claim hadn't been seen since
the EAston fight and ~ We could get but
little satisfaction out Of his wife. -DoodIe-
and US mounted our horses homewar,i
bound We concluded n return by way III
Russell's mill There the crossing was al
most straight across the stream. Doodle
declined To swap horses this time-said
ours couldn't swim well, and that he would
lead Oh. The first plunge made. Doodle
and the horse both went clear under the
water, and the next we seen Of them, the
horse was making for the west shore. while
poor Doodle was going down the cur
rent. coaf-tau only sticking out. head
under. and spouting water equal "a Q
sperm whale. There WAS no time To lose.
80 Ne ran down tho stream. got out on an
over reaching tree. and caught Doodle
BY the hair of the head. and dragged him
10 shore. BY the time we got him there.
Il was about the last Of him, but timsIy
medical attendance. good rubbing. and .
Few restoratives, eventually brought him
out all straight. Neither 81 US had any
further desire To try the stream 50 We
beaded up the creek. and stayed that night
II old Dawsons q. at EastOn. The next day we
crossed Stranger creek i've miles above.
Md made our way into LeavenWorth city.
Aner week or %. We bought Q claim
about four miles southwes; II the city.
rom fellow by the name 81 Tracy. pay
ng for IL $3.50 in gold
Sometime In March. there WAS an elect
On In the city To all q vacancy In the
common council Tho candidates were
Beck. Pro Slavery and G. Y. Currier, Free
state. We took quite an interest la the
.lectfon, and bet ten dollars with Charley
Dunn on the result The place IL voting
~as ct httie BY 10 cottSnwood shanty.
Yearly In front Of Dick Murphy's saloon.
5bockiey was one Of the Judges. and when
hey adjourned for dinner. ws saw him give
Dick the key 70 the shanty. This aroused
,uf suspicion. % We determined 20 watch.
Dick surprising everybody hAd gone to
Inner. alps over. unlocks the room. and
ust as he was breaking open the ballot
cigar box. We were p~epsns In the win
'Cw. DICK WAS In . tremendous hurry.
md stuffed the ballot-box without any
ystem. BY grabbing out q handful u
sckees and pstune snotbcr bls hand |
" N We tod 10 few What |
'e ssv. but vss advised Cor our p~r.oaA
afety % keep mum. That NIGHT when |
hey came % count out the bAliots. there |
sere forty seven more tickets In the boz |
han there were names On The psaI-tr.,S, |
The count showed Beck two % one. sxsd |
,unies - only having received about |
1Ity -four votes- The ne1f day over . 4
hundred men made si1sdavtf that they yo- !
I'd for Currser. and The fr.ad was 20 spsA |
ent. the Council 81 The s.ecsion asads
nd ordered . new oDe. For vritin9 a |
count of this little s6Air 70 a Indiana
aper. Ne Rot Ourselves INTO tsuutls vSeA 4
he Pro- Slavery ieil0vs The papsr found
q vsy bAck, md IL Leveuvossk Hevsd
ubdshed II, With liberal oommeoss frpm
be editor. advtsin9 IL laS and or1sf ssl-
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