The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-21

Tse snow euAhgenes their icy hnnis, 4
Aud east OF west or high or low,
9lelmA but one shining sheen OF snow
Two wild aud stormy streams o, human /,
~, one from Oregon and the other FROM ,
California had Joined aYd flowed on iu-
multuously together They were on their
wSy TO the new mines Of Idaho. Ga COmas .
prairie winter swept suddenly over them, ,
and there down in \ deep canyon that clelt
tue Wide and wintry valley through the
Middle the stormy stream OF lie stopped,
asa river that 10 frozen over.
a thousand men, trying TO escape the
bl!s,ard that swept over the valley ,tumbltd
hirriedly into the canyon together, and
took shelter there as best they could beside
g,eat basalt blocks that had la'en from
u.e high steep clilli TO the canyou,or under /
the cfaes --auywh TO escapc tho bitter ,
0,d,
And how the Californian did despise the /
0regonnnl He named him the "Webtoot,n !
because his iect were large aud he came
Iran The laud Of clauds aud rain. Aud how
tLe Oregonian did hate the Californian. lie
named MIN "lIorse Thief But rs there
was more truth than poetry in itunlikc the
otter appella,ion, IL did not stick The bit.
ter enmty and tho bad blood of Germany
aud France was here displayed In epitomc
sad IN its worst form. A wonder iudgui,
Il there should not be some sor, of tragedy
mayed here before the storm was over.
The 0regonlan wore long hair Mt that
date, 1861, Leggings and blanket, with
his head thrust through hole In the cen
ter, tuadc his chief rhimeut. \ tall peaked
hat, with band about Il, something like
the brigand OF the stage. covered the long,
straight aud stringy hair. Sometimes lac
wore an old slOuoh h,'. lie was rarely
without the blanket. he was never with.
o1t the leggings
The Californian wore the traditional red
shirt In that day, with hardly AN exception.
lie often carried two pistols in the great
leather belt. and always one with II bowie.
knilc, He generally wore dark Trousers
tucked lnsde OF his great long logged
leather boots. II he was ION the shoot,
or come from the shoulder" liz.
TIC investigation would, IN many eases.
d'delose an extra iist0l or tw5
tucked down deep IN those bod,.
Aud evan whisky bottles have been known
10 neatlc there. llc rarely wore u Cnht It
l,e was cold heput Oh his other shit. The
coat in,criercd with his iighting and he
deapised H. Aud how he would howl NJ
, The long, lean aud silent Oregonian ~ he
/ marched about in his mocCasins and leg,
eings, aud his blanket tight about him and
hia hands quite hidden,
''liello webtoot where's your hands,
Come, show us your hands. Are you
Hotltu iOu VUu Hknl lntl way
Try me and see !"
Tho blanket flew back, two hands sho.
Coward, and the two garrulous and med.
dieAome Californians let tho webioot 20
i1i he was hceled.
We had but little wood here and that was
oil the wo st quality willow, aud green and
li1yen, The little river gufglcd plan,vely
tor the first day or two rs IL struggled on
and ground through its ley banks hut
"a l.s.a tul Al.
down anu covered the silent and dead waters
"a with shroud
The day after tho little tit between the
parties, as above described, the two Cali.
iJrnlans walked up aud down before the
quiet aud uDpretcniiOus camp only u lew
steps flum their own Tor We were MI hud.
died IN together there, and talked very
loud aud behaved In very insulting man,
sef. The canyon WAS NIL ON tiptOc The
-..rn began To forget their misery IN the all.
2sgotblng tcbic ui thc counting fight eau,
.,0ns old men held nlool aud tried TO keep
peace. fhey kept most of the men out un
Tue windy plain, leeflng there with the
haltNlaryed mules hOrSea aud puuirs, that
paw d pitllully and helpless " the snow
which was now almost to their breasts.
This II was hoped, would give the men
aomethInS better TO doand Keep tnom from
hattie.
hut The dreadful situation, the cold, the
hanger, the possibility OF all perishing there
together seemed only To madden the mon,
That night q duel was arranged to take
place at daylight on the plain above. The
Californian and the Oregonian were TO fight
With rifles NJ ten PAGES Both had thor
friends and packers, The whole canyon
seemed about to be drawn into the hght.
some OF the men were now very hungry,
All were cold, cross desperate. general
battle was imminent
10, Us look al these silent, lean aud de-
ap,sed Orcgonians inihcr blankets. Comely
they were not, nor graceful. They were
not wollrcad, nor had the eyes Of the world
been upon them as on the Caliiornians.
Rat be it remembered that away back, he.
iore California was at all known, these ore.
gonians had met under the pines, aud most
oMphatically, rs well rs ungramutcally,
proclaimed thPt they were n part OF the
United States, aud no, of England, They
he'd decreed war against aggressive tribes,
'nd had raised an army, maintained II
The fold, coined their own money,
provided all on their own ac,
,yin'. Their coin was pure gold, not =
particle Of alloy, The beaver ON the one
AIDE OF their crude coin showed the quiet in
uustry OF Orcgon's pastoral people, The
ahpat vt wheat on the other side showed
that plenty awarded the hushandman.
Against this record the Californian had
little TO exhibit. lic had washed down
hiils aud tcd rivers over mountains. lie
had contributed muth to the metallic cur.
v,ltcy OF tho world, but had done little else,
Z Aud take the responsibility OF saying that
~ compared with the dcspiscd Ocsunian
notwithstanding his great .vigilantes aud
gocat showing OF valpr and ohiyalry, he was
y brnggart aud 4 bully. Hat these Old aud
deadly quarfels did no, have the ears Of the
world NJ the time, and being nov happily
f1tgoticn, they can concern no one.
have only thrown IN this paragraph or two
~ chow how dangerous aud deadly was this
quarrel W. had ON hand, The horses, mulcs
aud ponies were freezing in tho snow whrre
they stood, Two ot the guards did not
come in at midnight, They were nun
nesting against dead mule on the hill
itasen yi,ii, bu, still the fight must 10 on.
= ThcHhn = hung high aud calm Nnd cold
, s!Aig Arm 4. The stars stood out and
nr I, sehHlos,.likc fire, The keen,
N v,ile and ForI te plain above aud threat.
ssai davs \ with drafting snow
WIN J. Duffy, b, NOv only M!,, Tue !" ,, dead
pleton Opera comp IN, az ,hn ' h".
pleasant call, mi hal ey,n ,n,,
, TIL, Patterson, man. There wore
\ sas, has ACCEPTED w about us. howl,
his cousin, W. H. rS our horses aud
A., ~ ~ Tompsek aud eat us whore
"a nis home by illnenght must ~ on
M IS him AT the DEF mnu svme Nptes'
Her many friends '"'' '"' WV" '"'S
thnt Mrs, DR.. Sohr,o l,,. ,,,. h,
ridden LOT INV p"'' drin away towar
cscing' ont ~ though the
Miss Anna Ur'wn out the myriad
cstcenAah- -lelow Then tho snow
tStmS to Ian t6Mk and FAST,
an tho mon sat about their feeble fires and