The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-11-26

The Death Of Q Well Known Trap
Per and Trader

! 1uete ubV O0S lev Je1S nov o. SuoS 0otU,
band Of trappen and Usdsn Who knew sh
pioneen Of that civilization which ha
siscs obliseraied their footsteps. And nos
another has fallea and gone to his rest
Mr.. g. p. Beauvsis one Of the oldest ciii.
sens Of 81. Louis, died st his resideaee, No
3Sl7 Second Carondeles avenue, last week
from the effects Of blood poisoning. viii
which be was suffering for nearly two dsys
He wa sixty three years old, snd had been
twice married, and left . widow and Eve
children, four sons and one daughter, and
three grandchildren. -
For come years Mr.. BeauvAis va the
proprietor Of "Besuvais' Ranch" near the
old California crossing Of the South Platte,
and hundreds Of travelenS before the days
Of railroads, have experienced his kindDen
and protection. The Sioux looked upon
him - their warm friend. and il was sell
dom that there was not from two to dozen
Of iheir viswams around him.
The ST. Louis R<pxNican says Of him:
Mr.. veauvais Vas among the early fur
traders to the mountains, q hardy. adven-
turous band Who are slowly departing one
By one. While yet youth he was gagged
BY Mr.. Choutesu, and made his frat trip
up the Missouri. about 1881, in the steam
boat Yellowstone, the same steamer in
which Catlin. the painter. went up on the
tour which has made his name famous. Mr..
Besuvai., on his return came down the
river in msckinaw boat, loaded With fun
for his employers. In 1874 he vss . mem
Der Of the St. Louis police force, and throw.
ing up the Position in disgust he sesin en-
tered on the fur trade. He established .
trading post on the South Platte near the
Laramie crossing. which became known -
Beauvsis' ranch. II became noted place
until the Union Pacific railroad changed
the route Of travel. Mr.. Besuvsis Vas sue
ces~ful in his trading adventure, and on
retiring from business. settled down in an
elegant Incidence in this city. His &C.
quaint,nce With the principal Sioux tribes
was called iuto requisition BY the Govern
ment, and he vas appointed on several i'm |
portsut missions smopg the northern tribes.
Early in 1866 he Vas . member Of . CON.
mission With Gen.S. X. Curtis and ex Gov
ernor Edwards, OF Dacoia Territory, which
visised several Of the tribes up the Missouri,
river.
In the fall Of the same year he. With Dr..
Matthew. were selected BY the Indian
peace commission to proceed IN advance to
Fort Laramie and send out runners to
bring in the Indians 1t that post At the
time Of the commissioner arriving there.
DR.. Matthews succeeding in bringing two
hundred or three hundred Of the Grow
Tribe, but Red Cloud, whom Mr.. Reauvsn
knew when boy. refused to regard even
him-sn old friend-and doggedly re-
m.iLed in his fastnesses threatening war.
He demanded from Gen. Sherman the
Of the troops from the posts on
he Powder river which vas eventually
with and Red Cloud came down
10 Laramie the next spring. On the arrival
81 the peace commissioners at Laramie Mr..
Beauvsis Who vas in high feather at the
post, sought out the Two ST. Louis corres-
pondents alons,t the Republican correspondent
md Henry N. Stanley Of African fame,
md gave them the best quarters to Be- had