Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-09-07
OUT OF THE WILD WEST.
Indians, Bunaloss. Cowboys, Scouts
and Pop Whitaker All Loose
ct 0ravosend. -

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Hsw York Sun.
The small boy was prevalent at Gravesend
He gazed for hours through cracks in the fail
| ground fence. roasted precariously in distant
trees. and exhibited general air Of sup
| pressed but powerful excitement. When Ii,
gained admission to the grounds this excite
ment gave way to hollow and bottonles
awe, aud the small boy wandered t;midl,
about with round eyes and open mouth. Tha
bewildering array Of largo and arid steers
reserved and naughty cowboys, round-shoul
dered buffaloes, emaciated elk, majestic anG
bedaubed Indians gorgeous Mexicans, aston
ishingly repulsive squsws and knock-kn
| mustangs, interspersed with tents, duds
scouts, and papo0ses, took vitality and sensa
ton from the small boy and left him recep
lively inert.
Western life. with all its romantic acccs
sories, was depicted before the eyes of the
visiting throng Nearly 1900 people we,.
scattered about the grounds or seated in the
grand stanl Several we'll built and hand
| some men, dressed in elabolately emlmoid
cred silk shirts. ribbed velvet brecchcs and
opera boufIe boots-the conventional cos
tume OF scouts on the plains-.cantered about
among the herds Of animals and the encamp
ments Of Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Sioux, and
Pawnec Indians.
The spectators wers fashionably dressed
and evidently accustomed to amusements
but they seemed singularly impressed. There
was an air Of solemnity about them. Occa.
sionally finc-looking man, with tall, sin
swy and athletic figure, would stride by the
stand He looked picturesque and imposing.
Ehfs -four nF
were obcyed with alacrity by the attendants.
The women followed him with their ewes.
1t was Buffalo Bill. Another man, dressed
in tho picturesque costume Of a scout. gal.
lopcd about briskly with rifle slung over
his shoulder and q white sombrero resting on
his long haired head. It was DR.. Carver, the
champion riae-shot of the world. Dressed
quietly and leaning negligently against q
rail in front Of the grand stand was Capt,
Bogardus, tall, sun-browned and good ma
tured. He wore q number Of medals. He
has been champion pigeon shot Of America
for thirteen years.
Herds Of bufralocs went gallopins by, At
tended by young braves on mustangs, and
the cowboys scudded up aud down the field.
In III this scene of weirtl excitement but
one thing WAS familiar to New YOrkers-the
bronzcd and bunged-up countenance Of Pop
Whitaker as he chewed the end Of a cigar in
the judges stand and placidly gazed at the
throng. Presently Mr.. Whitaker opened his
mouth, aud the cigar fell out into Mr.. Whit
takers hand. The mouth remained open for
some time, while the people looked into it
with some uncertainty. Then the solitary
arm OF Pop moved up and down methodi-
cally A moment later a roar like the sound
OF rushing waters was heard issuing from
the cavernous depths of Mr.. Whitaker. The
buffaloes stood still, the papooses skurried
into the tents, tho cowboys bent their heads.
and the braves slid off their ponies, and hur.
riedly prayed to the moon. A smile of salts.
faction passed over the faces of the New
Workers.. Tho west may have Indians, buf.
faloes and cowboys, but the east has Mr.,
Whitaker. The voice reverberated through
the grand stand and went bowling across
the country, so that people in passing trains
turned their heads and smiled US they recoe.
nizcd it. It said:
"Laydees an gen'nsen! At-tcn-she.onI
Bce-hold it comes! Tho wild west approaches.
Cawst-your-optics- -tlown--the-track il
you please"
The mouth closed with snap, and Mr..
Whitaker winked ut the military band. The
band blared boldly, but It was discouraged
by tho memory Of the voice.
After procession OF the troop the voice
announced that there would be q realistic
and startling attack upon tho Deadwood
coach, exactly as it occurred in the west. The
identical coach which had been attacked
drove up in front Of the stand. It had been
riddled with bullets and burned black in
many places. After shaking bands, . mum.
bcr Of tourists climbed into the coach, and,
at crack Of the whip, tho six mules went
galloping around the track. When the coach
was about half mile away, half hundred
Indians, mounted on mustangs and in full
var paint, werc seen approaching it. They
smcakcd up from all sides, lying low on their
horses and gradually closing in. Finally they
swept down on the coach just as it came
rushing toward the grand stand. The In
dians blazed away at the tourists, and the
tourists shot back at the Indians. Every
horse was at full gallop, and the Indians
were yelling like demons. Just as they came
around in front Of the grand stand troop Of
cowboys headed by Buffalo Bill and DR..
Carver, swept down the track and attacked
the Indians Tho blaze Of firearms and the
scrccches Of the Indians, together with the
smoke and dust aud roar, made an exciting
time. When It was over, the spectators found
themselves standing on the seats and yelling
with: tho others.
A long programme followed. The shooting
at ncarksnien as they dashed up and down ON
borscs was extraordinary. There was buff
talo hunt and q general fight on the plains.
A ono point the leader of the cowboys lassoed
. bison. He dropped the rope and the buffalo
rushed across thelield. The cowboy followed
him Mt full gallop and, clasping the
horse with his legs, leaned over sideways and
picked up the rope while going at full speed.
The buffalo Sur11ed suddenly, and the man
was snatched suddenly fret> his saddle and
sent beadlong to the ground. He lay still for
. moment, then rose and limpci after his
horse. He got into the saddle, gallopd once
sNorc after tho buffalo, picked up the rope,
and brought the beast up with turn.
4 moment later an Indinn rode hurriedly
up to Buffalo Bill, and the latter went off
across tho plain. 4 short time afterward a
Pawnec Indian was brought into the camp in
. wagon, and Buffalo Bill splintercd and
bound up his foot. In the buffalo hunt the
brave had been thrown from his horse His
ankle was seriously spxainetl. He sat erect in
the wagon while his ankle was being straight
encd, and gased steadfastly before him. His
face was utterly cxprcssionless
So the wild west went on until nightfall,
when the people took the trains for home,
leaving the Indians at supper and Pop Whit
taker in front OF his tent, with n papoosc ON
either knee aDd pipe in the corner Of his
mouth.
Train conisior.
READING, Pa, Sept. 5--Two empty
freight trains collided near Big Dam.
Cars demolisAed. brakeman and csadue-
ter injured: