The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-07-18
TWO OLD kENrltkI LOVERS,
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ail the striking vicissitndcs u settle.
mrnt and growth " 4 later. more quiet
mil permanent condition III society, ha~
presented more remarkable incidents.
whether ~ regard thu comic or tragic
aspects ~ tllr case, than Kentucky; tho
title--tle Dark aud Bloody Ground
to \ portion VI II being 4 fitting nyn.
onym. perhaps. u the onc condition,
mud thn reckless gHycty ~ the oil net.
tlvra, their merry. makings aud dances
night alter night on tho pnnchcon floor
ri times illustrating The other.
Indeed. and wishstanding thu dsn.
gers and hardship. Of the pioneers life,
~ those days, yst tho means of living.
from the abundance 81 game and other
requisites. were 10 easily had that life,
under thu circumstances, had attrMc.
ton. hardly IN 10 found. lii many eases.
IN other ptirsnits by their hotter pro.
videL but more severely worked aud
caro-, w0rn descendants. A small patch
u corn; another, perhaps. ol wheat,
easily cultivated, supplied brcad1tnfIs
Tor zach household TIN naples supp lid
slignr and m0lAs~cs, while No nnnirruns
were tlie bears In those days that shear
hams" WIRE thu chief reliance In place
ri the bncon ~ essential now, and mncl,
lens easily procured In thcHe later times.
Even the supply ~ frnit wAs not very
limited, the delicious pAwpMw, or Gus.
tArd apple, In itN SEASON covering tho
ground Ia places and filling the river
hotl0mA with its delicious fragrance,
while pernimm0ns, berries, chestnuts,
Ia
space IN tho fall supplies Of Injuries snp.
plemented not intruquently with hon.
~, or bags oi elried peaches and apples
brought through on pack horses from
North Carolina aud Virginia.
All this. repeat. made life easy, and
comparatively fte. FROM that gnawing
anxiety III other and older commnniti. 1
as IL thu means II living; saved them
that anxious care which comes ri too.
great sulleitnde for mere tOrdtd acct,.
mutation, tho desire Ia pile up huge
estates, N In older countries and II the,
lind frequent alarms from the Indians
aud occasionally panther or bear Night
IN which tho settler came of second bcst
even oil this gave = xest 70 living In
such country, and In that day held
the place Oi modern expeditions 10 Ar
xons Or the Dlsnk Hills.
When IL IL noted, additionally, thai
bniTalo, deer. Wild turkeys aud .bMrri,
hsns'--the modern prairie chicken
N sde thu country fairly Alive with theil
pfesance, and thst the genial climate
aud fertile valleys aud plainA made i
almost perfect ~ y desirable home, III.
ol,seryer III to-day In that Hate, isvorcs
~ IL really II, sess easily enough why
notwithstanding the ronghneAs of earl,
times. the ttim of human happiness
might BIZ considered pretty evenly b~l
sne.A - between thu past snd th,
present.
Aud II wn regard that condition o
society which makes the hmid AMI
pesueAbl, -iuclined uncomfortable. III
prevalence ri "lsnch law or the sh
so,,cs largely III Law VI I'll. except tia
tmprusis.d ~ tbs settlers " applicabl
~ Tho occasion Tho account, even then
seems 10 AlAnd very mucl, IN favor o
those lnr away times. Then, ths appli
cation NJ any severe and summary meas
nre or code waA thought needfui In yas,
lev tnAla. GEES. bsyOild thu placing o
00RtA0V0 Uu1NG*Nut6V ~ wa tUG U0G4 n
thu stolen snimal. 10 canAe thu latter /,
walk out from under ths sturdy liml
where the rogue - " bc left dangling
lhn horse thus inside, In ono visw % \
thu avcngrr ii thu wrong; this, IN,
similar AtlSmpss ~ enforce justice holm
certainly 4 contrast ~ thA whOlr.st
ieuds and hklll~ which 0l lists years isv
t1,o 0llrn stained the annsls u ths BtAl.
All This II preliminary 10 what | ~
going n relate III sAyAGe cncounte
between tw0 ~ these settlers, aud I
illustrative III thr strong aud hayc
passion. which seemed never 70 bnr
ont nlnong TIM denixuns u thr ~Dav
md Bloody Ground
Among th0s1 Who = contamporar
and comrsdG ~ Boone and simon Krn
TN found home there In th0ss sssl
times. M eyfASt With mia and c0mpa1
alike for ~ IN land surveyor w.
0ns Nam PInmmes. who, alter rsmblin
III over Tho biMg~. finally settled Near th
three turks 81 thu Kentucky river on
Of thu first ~ locate claims IN the VI
eton extending JrOm Zig Sandy /
Oreen Tivsr. Bsm's adventures VII
Indians aud Ill sOStS III "vagmlnt.
were alm0st nnmberlass On 0n1 occa
ston particularly his cscspe With HI
Acalp Iring alm1st mtya1ulOns.
III. with lhrce o. four assistants, ha
barn running lines In tho Big Hand
bottoms; anil, their days w0r
done, hnIl encamp@d In ! dense cana
bfske close 10 thu hank ri tho river
Alont midnight San. laplenius !
wake up, found twO VI his In~n plsyin
sesIs 81 tho light 81 . blasting pins
knot stuck In tho ground. liAisip
himself foy > moment % his elbow Z