The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-05
DAVY CROCKETT OUTDONE.
THE EXTRA ORDINARY ADVENTURE OF
THREE TEXAN RANGERS.


N'rVherh I"s"s' ''@'u"s 'out nuns from r"r'
h'h"'uSoh, iio minus from 0n'rni"h, rNo
y'"rS "to nc E".nvI.u n'Iu "' '".'o 'o' W.
h"hsa7 hhrAo| OD INC any n'Iore s'art'iE ''''
n'ru'i - "oro O"hpuu npou' Two H"'oS ""'i
A"r' h'1hhruson' VINO they W't' s","A'"s
around inc IRE thcir horses graI'd III puh'n
"'lhln slEht. In inc DUSK " 'hc evening "
p"iN Wcr" heeh "ppro"'"'hE. """ WI r"f
p"'cu To I've COW poys from "l"',oi n''"' "'
CUT OUT cooper horses uhu'I "'v ""seS ., n,a
h'rd"rs ana speu away ,'' iuu s"'',p' np 'iv'i
y'lls inc n"r',rh NM" '"'y W''o i"''''"9, ~
Cooper had no j or-es he could not pursue them
Tho anfne night the raider- struck the herd Of
- tt,,s,n s,,,,riu,, .ltoeo,hcr from t,you,,
o"nh hInsoh' so'u.in I'm. "''E''"'i i,'i, "o"S
10 hirV horses. Nlth'h an hour alucr tue rhlu
I,oper WINS on his WAY TO Fort Richardson He
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Tie commandnnt refused to pursue the thieves,
claiming that 1t was uncertain whether thcy
"ore lnuiahs OF "n"e morse thieNes' IL they
were white men he had no authority over them.
sei.t -, - , ~. a, - ~,
uepreu"uohs' ni,u was no' "i'''he 10 sehu OUT
his troopers without conclusive evidence that
the raiders were red men.
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COOPER was TN eherse''c iehoW ana an olu
submit 10 tha loss Of his hors.s His friends
suomi ~ 'no 'Vee vi MS nois's. ms iiio"uS
COW bows were in the saddle. The trail of the
raiders was so brond TINT they followed II nj full
speed About noon they found.one Of the stolen
horses dead on the prairie. He was " buck
er,' ana rom signs ON the grass II was evident
That he had oucked his painted rlder IN the
AID for III min. rbe InJians had also killed
cow on, n hrcaI'tos, from her lo,ns and lef,
tho cnrcass on the trail Satisfied that they
were Insinr no time in getting nway with their
booty. coopers party rapidly pressed on hop
Ing t. overhaul them before they crossed Red
river and entered the Indian Territory. But
pc WINS too late. INC Indians were shrrwd ana
KEPT ohhnsing hOrs.'s Will the COW BOY inn no
relays A. regular iu'rrNW~ lho ShNhkvH jumped
down md mounted irrsh nonlcs turning the
lhuen one IN WIN ,ie ii'ru. h"rs's t"nrn Wv
dihnS. inc scent oi one makes them uneasy
All restless. Inc buckers 9l Iooper nerd dld
lleir rider. but IN vain The sayagcs crossed
ING porier III TRIUMPH ana ielt tilal theS were
sWc
At ~ N'd river Cooper halted. He saw that
Tic lMcv,s ha snch start mat ne could not
oycrtnk them, Even II he did succeed in catch
sing them within the Indian Territory he
would come m c"ilislnn WIN inc united states
authorities for the savage~ would undoubtedly
swear that he horses were thoir own property.
and ACCUSE inc Texans ot trying 10 steal them;
from the pehd of ihc tfHl cooper was satisfied
that ~. Tel re- avs h"l"mt'l 10 INC lndihn
tesfrNht"n ~ tor SIN II" roo" DUCK tV fort
Nichat'-oh Hni stcgre the s,rXlccS nl "a lflrhi
several othnrH accompanied T. IN g the latter
Iost Ihcy i2uno larse hant, 81 Noconee Co
eamped on Cache 'reek. AMI their herds
Oh p'Iil, GeN'd lh' Itnir,tri Ihnlr rhiei
wn- II T-cha r.. powerful. sBlm-eyed
M Ely l., ''i, .ll,n u, n"isnt. hegwIitn,
u lhnl"i htThl 'ei'h"d ~ '"Hlrr roinplnln'
t,t, . . ~ s n Inc, ' hr,i. i,yS ~ w.
Ih',.u WA, u U.s. 'lis prhNus NY. .urI "
comfy r"luin'd iroin a raid IN IeAas ,Icll
IN Mn -Nl he. ina' my HounG men have
them 10y ihe d'.'ripuon aud the IVY" yellow
hrr1es ter . sorrels ah nrr.S
thld u" rould d return th" stock. Ihcy were