Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-04

lie was Edward u. c. Jpdson, of the great
Christian missionary family of that name.
His father was a Philadelphia lawyer, in
which quiet city this restless spirit was born.
His father intended him for a legal light, but
the youngster ran away to sea in n ship going
around the Horn. On his return home his
father endeavored to show him the career
that the study of Blackstone might bring him.
But without avail; then, making a virtue Of
the necessity, his father ~appenticed his way
ward boy TO the United States ship Mace
DOMAIN, obtaining for him a midshipman's
position. His Acknowledgment, in their
youthful wonld-be aristocracy, refused to
associate or mess with him on the ground that
he had served as a common sailor and was
not their equal. He certainly was not, for he
proved himself very soon their superior, chal-
longing them all to fight, one after the other,
and coming off victorious in each contest.
One of his antagonists is now an admiral in
the navy. After that there was no more talk
about equality. While serving in the navy he
rescued the crew of a boat which had been
run down byn ferryboat in New York har-
Dor. But it was on land, not on sea, that
young Judson's most adventurous period was
passed. As an Indian fighter and as a scout
in the great civil war he became Justly
1870 - pHS Eihthbo LII LIZ VIII SipU.
Jack Crawford, who regards Ned Buntline as
the bravest MAJ he has ever met, while as to
his craftsmanship there can be no dispute.
On saipboard he broke a small bottle sus-
peldol from the yard arm with one shot and
cut the cord that had held the bottle with the
shot following, and years after, in d trial of
skill with Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack II several
Indian chiefs he took the first prize for
quick, sure aim. His adventures among the
Indians would fill Volumes. He was a great
admirer of the Indian character, though he
took no stock in "Cooper's Indians as he
called them.
Ned kept himself constantly before the
public in some sensational way. He was a
leader i'll the Know-Nothing movement. Was
arrested as one of the principals in the For
rest Macready Astor place riots in New
York. He was tried before Judge Charles p.
DAILY, whom Ned had been attacking for
years. The judge magnanimously gave him
but one year i'll the p~enitentiary. He had al
ready begun to fire the youthful heart with
his Munchausen tales, and this he continued to
his death. No one can estimate the number
of stories he wrote. His income from this
source averaged $4,000 a year. During the
wer he was arrested and confined in Fort
Lafayette for oyeIstaying his parole. He
had-tried nearly everything in his time
and it was to be expected he would
try the sage. This he did, in company with
Buffalo Bill, for whom he wrote a play.
Their first appearance was in st. Louis, and
as it was new business for them, both became
stage struck. Buffalo Bill forgot his part,
Ned became boggled, and the play ended in e
roaring farce,
OF late Years Buntline was living on his
farm at Stamford, N. Y, where he leaves his
fourth wife and a family. He was a model
OF muscular vigor, as his picture indicates, up
to the day of his death.