, 1885-06-10
4 TERRIBLE nIfEI.
An Old Timer Tells Of Two Women
Who Fought with Rawhides.


In the +. f. Warren establishment
there is a picture entitled, "Une Afaire
d. Honneur," IN which two women are
stripped to the waist and opposing each
other in a play at small-swords, while
seconds and friends look on interestedly.
Yesterday an old timer, "from way
back studied the engraving for a long
while and then turning to Mr.. Gannett,
he said; That ar pictur minds me of a
thing | seen onct myself. right here in
Cheyenne. 1t wuz in the old days, long
back in 81, and things were whoopin;
you hear me howl Thar waz a teller here
in them days they called him 'Pooty
Dick. / never knowed exackly what they
called him hat for, lessen twuz bekase he
wanted EN- to. and thar WIZ a gang
round here bout them times cz done
pooty much whats never Dick told EN- to
do. He wuz a bad maj with a gum,
lemme tell you, and fur a long time after
he skun out, his head was worth a good
deal in this camp. Mooght be its worth
somethin' here Yit eff the books wuz looked
over, but [ think Dick has jined the per-
cession on tother side, and eff 50 | recken
that squars the bill. Them days gamblin
wuz open, ightin wuz common and it
warn no mighty unusual thing to step
out around here Of a mornin' aud see fell
lers hungin in between three poles that
was fastened together at the top and
spread out at the bottom, with his feet no
whar nigh techin the ground. Thar wuz
lots of mighty fine people here all the
same, bu. they kinder stood in with the
gang-that is they didn't make no row
agin EN-, fur it wam't healthy. and peo-
pie wuz mostly here fur their health then,
and they warn't gDin' around, pickin
flaws in the boys, to any numerous extent.
Thar wuz plenty Of women here then who
we're pooty much the same sorter truck as
the gang wuz and they could handle a gun
with a heap Of winnin ways. Well two
Of these here women wuz gone on 'Pooty
Dick and they fit about him and Dick en-
ioyed it, till one dav they made up a duel
and it was the quarest duel you never
seen. They went out here in a hollow.
whar the fust lake is now, and they had
some people along to see fair play, and
they stripped jis like them ar women in
that pictur and they damned one er nuth-
err with raw hides till it was monstrus to
see EN-. The day wuz cold, but they KEEP
one er nuther warm, you kin believe me
what | tell you, and they cut one er nuth-
er up with them raw hides till they wuz
all scari6ed and bleedin' and so weak that
they jist kinder fell together and went to
g%ougin'. They wuz grit from Sand creek
and would err died thar, | reckon, a fight
en-, but the seconds parted EN- and took
EN- home. They lived up on 18th street,
somewhat about whar the Pythias buildin
is now, and thar was a Teller who was SC
stuck on both of EN- hat ne was %erfect-
ly disguised about EN- goin off and fight
in over Poorly Dick so he tuck p'ison
and died right thar. Dick shook EN- both
and when they seed the other fellow dead;
blast if they didn't both take p'ison and
thar wuz the three of EN- dead. all in one
house at the same time. and Poorly Dick
just soarin' around from groceree to gro
ceri drinkin' thar health, and other fcl
lows setten up the juice at hat. Jes ask
any old timer eff these var amt cold,
strained facts