Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-03
A Model Frontlersman .


r-crntl. spent fortnight hunting
antelope on the -takrd PLAN. writes q
CORES sloul!ent from Colorado City, lex.
Iu- rnt-f uf the hunting outfit va. i man
Of middle He, d feet 3 " lncht. tall.
straight a. Al arrua amt 1.-THE and VII, as
panther. ti- mad Keen gray e,rs. which
were the most eApr.ss.,, feature Of rugged
thoush kInd, face He Was dressed IN
true frontier -t,lc and supernN ariard. |
admired peculiar knii- and pistol -cabbar4
which h- aorr, and he intui med me that i,
IA, made but of THE ,sIrt of the saddle M
that famous desperate. sam Bass. tie
"a, n tr.t ,.r, d,th.Icut. and SPOKE about
himself with great modrsJS. I'M, frontiers
man, proper name i, y. l.. jenkins, but
Ike most border men. he ha> an alias, OF
winch shall have something 10 "a, further
On. H.. va. bora n tennessee. but, ~hrn
N. ~, l3 Wear, o.l. Ill. parent, moved
W,st. settling inst III Missouri. after~ arL
wandering ID Kansas, anu from there to
Colorado. louus Jrnkin, eIriy learned the
u,,. ot the ritit he became al expert marks
man. and al the age of is Killed nl, first
Indian Il, magnificent hor,eman. and
i. rather proud OF thu. accomplishment
Continued out door lfr on The PLAIN and III
Nh. mountain, developed hi, independence
ut .mrIt. and ior ,ear, he lived amons th.
utIl. NJ III. tn.n almost unknown West,
hunting And fishing. He had MANY adj
venture, and counties, hairDreadth escapes
from Death. Like most border men. he
cultivated an intense and bitter hatred for
lo. and many an Indian ha, been sent To
In. mann, hunting grounds through h,
agency. asked him hua man, Indians he
h.I .,II-I N M, lifetime His fame 4,
L,,,. ,uI ,k,IfiuI b.rIrr man gave linn
,,,,t.t,,n Ill ,I,ny rb- frontier. an! iu,t
,n.r M. rIo>. ~ ,b,. L,t- war h. va, employ
"a n, a., G,.n Nrk,nzI.. the tanou,
I'D, ,bI.r =. scout and guide. ihe
,,.r.,,i l..r,m, stropyi, attached to him.
'nd IN. fr,-nd,hin continues 10 this day.
n. ,,r,,r,n,t.d IN many fights with the red
,n.n ,nd when Mckenzie ralded INTO
N,>,cn I.nkin, guided The troop, a, far a,
IN. K,n Gr,ud- For his service, ou th.,
'cc,.,,,,, G., Nck.n,ia nr.>.nt.d him s,th
hne hor.. when he still rides. The noted
,I...,,..J.. Sam Ras. MA. "A, TIN, time
,.rr,r,<,n,, J.xas by a succession of bold
,,d hr,II,.p, robb4ri., jenkins determined
u f,tlo, K.s. Ana mounted on a mule. he
,onL Il, ~. TIN tn. RANGER, yer. press
IN, All. N rhi. time and party under
cummand Of Can't Peake OF the frontier
l,,,,aI,nn oy.r,,nk Jenkins. When the
,',,,,,,',,,'ier ~ ,ha r,nyer, asked m. scou,
u hsrs h.. u,s ,oiny h.. made a characteristic
r.nly I'm fnIlowiny an Sam Bass" he
LA ..snJ IN ,. bnur, ndyiny by the sign.
III oy.rb.nI ~. on,6,
Tb;. rsnIy u ,l.,.ed Cant Peake tia, he
.nh.red Jenkin. on the suo,, and he re-
NAMED Mn ,he rangers several wears. He
wa, wIrb peakes command when sam Bass
,,as ,,,,.L ii IN S,lr r,..k denton county.
sarl, ~ ,ha .nr,no Of lsis In tn. f.ht
,.,,,:h s,ii,,,ad Je,Lins xiiIed Bass leu
,ansn, ,b.. nn,or,ou. .Arkan,a, Johnson"
IA ,ar. ,h. I,,,.r. snur, a, memento
~ III. .,rn,gIa he M, A fa,or,te scou,
n M. Iamsn,.d Custer. and was with hun
nnl, ] sbnr, Inn. before that last bloody bat
,Is on H. III. Rio Horn.
NJ friend Md Milton had addressed
Jent;n. a. .,RntF,Io Rll" and on. night
astad HIM how he came By the title.
"WelIr .aid he. ..it's a long story. 1t
w.s ,xay hack in t, he fifties and me and my
nardn.r w.r. .coutiny and buffalo hunting
On til beadwaters of the Colorado. In
diaps xere tolerable thick in them parts,
but We We're in camp three or four days be-