The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-26

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nOtlee In your paper Of the I'D
inst, two articles on ths murder Of Mr..
John DeffenbAch near Pumpkin Buttss.
ON the Belle Foarche riyer-one the
story Of . correspondent who signs
himself "A Ranchman, - and the other
copied from the Black Hills Tinass, and
beaded The AvengerS" i do not
wish, in any manner. TO detraet from
the truthfulness Of the two reports,
for there is but one, and that q seem
ingiy very partial side Of the story told
Us. There may be different versions Of
the story.
We AL know that the love % exist
ing between the cow-bPy and Indian Is
like the venom Of the rattle-snake's
bite, which, In the bitterness Of its
revenge, knows no sweetness until Il
has enyeloped its yenom in the throes
Of death. Now, he who Is not wholly
blind 10 the condition Of the country In
which he Is living. must recognize the
fact that there Il q power shaping and
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with the various forms Of savage life.
Now. the killing OF Mr.. Deffenbaeh,
| no matter how much we NAV deplore II.
vas opIv n natural outgrowtha m the.s
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single bareback and n cbarred niece az
salt nork This 4. chat The soldier nm
this vsstern frontier is doing almost
daily and This IL what tbs worthy edi-
tor az the Time. stvIes as ..living upon
the fat ~ the land
Ia n not n sad spectacle IN bebold the
editor of n paper located In the very
heart Of n ceuntrv which owes n. re-
cIamation from barbarian IN the almost
.-unerbuman bara.blns and prlvations
~ The .o,d,.r ana 10 vbose efforts be
!. himse,t Undecided for the ,,daed verv
..fat N tbe landr unon which he ~
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and 81 rre;,d,ce n question which he
either does not understand mr. else
viIfullv and maIiciouslv attempts IN
narvert 70 thu detriment M the soldiery
I cbeerfullv r-ecounize the vaIorous
s.rv,ces of this handful M men in the
Insertion of their rights in defense of
-nroner,v. Int a Ia moi the FIRST time ON
record that similar loads have been
performed for the whole history of the
-co,n,ry Ia ran,a,e with s,ch ;n.,a,ces
and they NAV be looked upop as sledge-
hammer blows upon the great wedge Of
civilization which il forcinu itself into
the very heart ~ bart, rism and which
IN a verv few wears with the Aid of the
mv,,,rv ,rm ~ the service win "a.
claim his. w..t.,r conn,rv from tho
Domination NJ ,be savage tr,ha which
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