Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-29
RETURN OF THE HUNTING PARTY.

=, II. heieNs "A u. VcosNip ounoci <uss'
shall, Jim Anderson and George Sullivan
which lett here on the 10Th, returned Tues.
day evening, hsvirg been absent ten dsyr
The party had an sdveuturou. uip. They
killed bear, \ panther, s coon, hr.e deer
40 turkeys, and severely punished 3 osrni
john. The first osys DIVE brough, them 10
the ranch OF John Glenn, y IN les Oui, u
Bluff Greek. Here they we're finely spi~r'
tanned by Mr.. Glenn. The next night found
them a, Red Clark's ranch vn the CImsiron
Red entertained his guests IN his usual hap
ny ely lie. rne third night found them al f..
Supply; their iexmr, BY order Of the com.
msndins officer, we're put in charge Of Mr..
Stewart; while the party were taken poeses-
sion of by the entire fort and right royalty
entertained by officers and men. They desire
10 expires their wssmest thanks 70 Lee i
Reynolus. Joe Mason, Joe WeiglAnd, Mr..
Sheridan and Mr.. Mckinney, Tor the mag
nihcsnt breakfast prepared and set before
them. Also, to Mr.. Monahan for several
square mesl.. This gentleman would take
no pay, with his smile chiidlike and blend,
the happy host he VS.. Col. Brady, Cap.
Henton, Ii. Budd, Ii. kerns and Captain
Rice, A. z. NJ, are spoken OF by the psr,y
in the highest terms Tor the kind Treatment
given them. Cap. henlou, with hi, usual
grace, dad the honors while the boys held
the :ort-untii dayiigh. did appear. HIS
memory Will ever pe held by them as 'fre-h
and green az sn ossI- in the desert" as jan
Anderson ex presses II.
Some Of the incidents Of Tue .Iip ~eie Jul
Of interest. TDe party went out 40 miles
east Of Supply. Their irsl days huns Vas
On Oak creek. Mr.. Webster shoI turkey,
and Mr.. sullivan killed a coon. La the al
t-rnoon No MARSHALL and Sullivad went
TO lind The deer SuiilFeG reported he had
Killed. Ga the way M,Fshall erpied Coon
In a irre; anu vi course he promptly brought
down that coon, winch 10 his suIpr.se WAS
cold. Sullivan said ali The c)ons ia thai
country were cold coons, whether dead VI
alive. The coon had oeen kilied With Clue
aud showed no marks Of shot. Web put The
coon 10 the tree, md he declares be is even
on those ''decoy ducxs" which San sci in
The AIkani a. river last summer Tn. C on
hunt eniivened the hunters camp ai,er sup
per, snd yet Is subjscs spoken IL. r
Kell,y's 1pioit with bear i. told vi h a
gn-lo. he was hunting quail and lis gun
Sa- loaded with -mah shot. he ioand a
bear QUO IL the jungle. He saol that bear,
but his lowing piece might just as W, II have
been loaded Silh sat. The bear was shot ia
over, and yet he didn't dle. Kelley had
desperate encounter with this cue, and la.h-
ed with The butt END OF his gun, and YET the
bear s"uldn't die The bear and X .liey en-
brsced; and wouldn'i let 20 uDt,l Jim An
Anderson and his dog ''cnI," caue 10 tie
rescue. Cute" rs a very small cog, bu. he
is heavy on bear cubs.
The last camp made before react log Sup
ply on tLeir eurn wa- made under a tree,
q few ieet from an Indi,n barying ground.
As the party was preparing for nights
rest an owl set up terrible scr,ech. This
was the signal OF distress. The osl ratct Q
over the graves a. a he does ir4irie dog
village. Some members OF toe parry thought
the camp Was haunted. Oae OF tie num, or
. cleared he saw the ghost OF Tecumseh. An
other commanded silence, while there ap-
pesred weird spirit-, flashing touahawks,
and hoop las; and in the profound wonder
and silence which followed, the screeeh was
declared TO be that Of a cayote; but i. was n
owl, and you cant get Jim Andersen 10 sleep
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