The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-19
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d VI siss y,la II
Hon, q ennes5 81 & Washing
.tbn i'll GIG GIG s hdfew Ellicott,
The Ba j lsI or who laid oas w ashington.
:dlty IL eonnss th nfant writes
d WASHING ponaent !: ElGcott
was, Ia Ia tie il days Of Washingfo one Of
sthe leading Of stllis country 81
and he also made d name for. himself
abroad. AZ did much ot psi MOI jim
port 4 IS st sgsge eminent,
ind Was smp1o YEA ;Ein 4 com
mission is his life long One of
his mos in a lks Was the sur y
yey ofsths ala Z; bsattweens HE then United
atesSand sf1e Spanisl possessions in
Anterior, cpnsisti1gs On Florida and
Other; parts. itg sou IL During this
.sasnrvey he kept a very full diary, which
sstill in the hands Of his ffanil IT is
full #of interest concerning early life
m3 the southern states and ssamongSthe
Indian tribes. made uI, from
Not aken Isl .tss So 6, and iii reads
like apictnra The past lie can
:yas III III Vas ~ lot d new
thing ne stli lie lynch law
game from man j; inch, who
5originst I'D. IBIS form offs ction, but
the oIowinas descriph onof Capt, Lynch,
whom Elicott met 1t; this time, though
now fast npploaeR iing age Of 100
years, VIII Be read with III erest by the
men! Of to-day. copy eEbat "a Y;
Bsts Capt. Iyhoh Just msi1ti oneds was the
author of the lynch laws 81 well known
and so freq ently carried Ss.into effect
some years ago in the southern: states
liz defiance of every principl e of sjnstice
and jurisprud ence Mr.. lynch lived
in Pittsy when he comm Fenced leg-
sislating and carrying hias ideas into .sef-
feet. had the following dstailsofPro-
scedursk rom iiI,s I TRas1 ynch
men HE loss ss pun-
fishing crimes I'LL Sss nInafS way with
out AL and forms Of
our cSsits 70 report
being nude bYs an nemh of the assoc
ciatQ sof scrime b6iiHiSs mmitted in
the vicinity Of their afisdickon, the
person. SO e6mpl led fof was fmmedi-
ate1Yss irsnsd a6d sttke III possible. If
apprehende he was carried before
some member Of the ass eiat ion end Lex
amined. If his answers we're not sat
5isfaet tory he's was whip ed until they
sWeresso. These xtorted' answersu usual.
lyinYolYed others in the supp sed crime,
who in turn!were punish ca in7 lie man
sner. These, punish tents were tsome-
I. time id consequ Of the an
ssWerssh1t orted 4 1nd Ter The nhuenee, Of
the :smar {SSateIies
put by ndeAhels Of the asso ion
Had
never ;in anY: saase for the
he aeknowlea gsa, had bsens But
not in the coamon way Horse Be
eanie thei,: exaeut onesr Ihe manner
was 5thus lhes farson Co be hang was
placed Oh o. Horse Wfsl6 This hands tied
behind him. "A gope Was tied about his
neck and tits other enc; 4 not too long,
WAS fastened to tthe limb Of d tree over
his head. In this ssituat On the BE Per- IL
son was lie 1t. - an The horse ii pur-
suit 81 food; on for any other cause,
moved the criminal was left uspepded
by his neck Thisa; Ing the
ncred-
|siilss infinite "a thh Ut such
Hut verne Yerned,
|sR llSfs,s neY ertheless,
EsbeIalied sllsouId not have assert
"a il rs III Sen relatedsto
me hY Oh shiiAise II and yby his
neighboEs. This mode csdure orr
in gina, about the year
f177 fence IL extended so'lth-
ward, AS befone observed ''S III s;s!!ii