Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-29
BUFFALO BILL.
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servics 81 shs Northwestern Far Goa
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sad slsng ths fosthiiis ~ the koeklss-
Il US uhiis 90 this eTpsdstion tslas
Fonzg Msfthswsen acquiEnd hls 1fss
faete ~ rndfae warfare. The bHaking-
nxEnrsa o. ths txappsrs was b fns terfi-
fsrV 0f hostile Bsakfeet, an4 Il was
onfy ~ iucsassut waichiEg. un1s11ted
eoursas snd aenas Ecry asFeEs nzhnnE.
= whiun toe ID1saus were bssiF beate1.
that toe white haa'oEs naicfaizsd ter
position
Por two yssrs Mssihswssn REMAINED
n ahs SAGE enploy, and then joined
p4rtg causistfnn n Kit C4Esoe, Sil
Baker ana Jeka aad Charley AtesFby,
wisa wtsl - q led aio8g the foot
hius ef The Eoas ZEE, crossed the Big
sara. tie noxfa and po1tb forks Of tae
Piaste. down ihrouua the e0ausfy wlsEe
now sSands DsnysF. but whish vas than
rirsa oveF % Elk sad dseF. and Fsaebe !,
daring the aussG1eK Of 1858, The trading
p5si Of Colonels Wiiii8n Bsns and -.
VreiGns.
A zxADkE's caNKKR-
Il vas af this p8iEt in bis career thst
william Mastasgs1n commenced bts
life a. 4 trader. Ia the summeF o. 1853
he buiit bis hrst trading post az ti1s
Great Bsnd Of ire ARkensze river, ard
usade thai bis headquarters for ths sub
ssoasut zen years, after t6st ealing u
b C1Ftis, Cole 4 o., Of lkayenwprih
fer an Ipdian trading posi- 10 TIE
Saeautime Matthegsou. "a pazanefsa .
witn Jia WnseIeE, bad b1ils eaolhs1
poas at kEe noeath Of the La Arkats-
sas, On the Santa Re trail, and sfih a-l.
osher 90 the Big Gov creek With Dr..
Beach. IN 1881 Matthegz01 bought ozlt
Beach, aud 10 1853 moved TO his Big Cos
creek post. pas 40 big stooksde and 3
los q other baiidiBgs and opened np
bFiak business.
In she mean tine, 10 1870. Mstthsw-
son obsafned tns soh1iq1et Of bafB
10 Bill" It vas d1sspE the yeaR Of tbs
great droaRht IN k31sas. Crops had
failed entirely aud many Of the settlers
weEe iitsvaliy starving Ehen ths great,
A "a
Vast herds Of bnfaio roRmed tie
plains, bat she settlsFs knew not how 10
sseore the meat they were dying for
sznt Of. Hostile Indians we're o1t %
great Numbers. bot what cared this
heFo Of tne plains when be thought hSs
duty lay il ehoKding relief sad AssiE-
tanca Co the timid aettisfsT Gathering
eogstaer q wagon train be led the wsY
% the stsmpipg grounds Of fhs buf-
fEio, and from September % FseFaary
he remained Is his post, killing s1nlc-
siu1ea as many IS eighty buffalo IN q
daY and sending train after tEaia laden
with meat into Ghs famine stricken re-
Gions OF Kansas. Ibe Rratsfol settlers
would ask, WAC killed your bun8lof"
. BafalO Killer himself,1 would some
the reply. Sens fes, Who knew the
mighty hunter, would call him Bill.
tke teamsteFs caught the Dames aad 10
replying 20 queries would say, at vas
Bal- BafFAlo Bill" hence tins origin Of
the INNS.
HARD BATTLE.
uvas in Jaiy, 1864, thai Buffalo BnI
fought bic hardest battle with the In
diaus. Hs and eve Of HE mes were at
she BIZ Cos Greek post, when tbeY
wsFe surrounded By Between go and 200
hossiles. FOR tur fa-a AT nnceasinsf
hahs vas waera. Jus the eneaY wa
drives %, ieasiaa q Large number Of
warFiori 90 the ground. be gsli5a-
ing horses raised egoa q d1st aE0cnd
toe stoekade,S says hf. Mstthesson.
. that We could not tell what damage
oar buIlets we're doing till afscFwaFe,
but il took a. several Gays 20 clear OF
sha dead horses when We coald sally
cut. KH Cagson afeerWafd asked the
Indians wtGs1 they lost most Of their
men during this octbreak, and they
tod him they loss greater nnDbsr
caring that three DAYS nght as my
piacs than at all the other places aiora
the lire. The same body Of indians al
tackled us which had made 9 raid on
Fort LarDed tbs day betose. Tbs SOD
dieFa made q soFtse, bal we're driven 10
and the bcatiles stole all their horses.
Mstthsws5n had given notice Of this
outoreak 20 tho wagon trains on tie
aarte Fs trad. Some nseded his warn
lnR, and var pFepafed, bnt ali stat did
not wefe anaiiiiiated. There YES one
train Of 1856 wagons ae3 $50 men cor
rallied on Spring Branch, near Mztthss
son's ranch. ana Eben Tue iaoizns we're
beaten Cd from tie latter point they
anfnHd their atlsntien 10 tns tFsip.
SansnR tbs d0aceFs MatsheSso1, IN
spite Of al ensssaty, deteFmsned 10 as
ssupi is saivafton. he moaated hi,
snaFe Bass aud stFsed. FostanatelJ,
the atteutian II toe inetaus YES terned
70 eho 0aaon train. aid Aattbesson
Eas not notiScd tlH he arrived within a
quarter of miie % the camp. Toe
! iatrevid scout Pot spurs 70 his mRre
4ad, th0nzh arrows snoEerea around
/ bius lie bar. nFnvsd % the esErzi Sith
uns hart. Nsishs Sson foauo that al
/ resdg seyea u the train hIa oesZ Kill
Cd. large mast e. yoau9e3 aad AZ.
l fairs 10 utter disorder. DE- qaiaslF re-
organs q lAe parsg, and % . fe@ mo
at = bad defs2lea ant esspaFsed abs
indfsEa
rus EScoUNrz3 SrrH sAIASTA
Il va Of bis Cos Greek rsdisg post,
thai Hagtkessan bal personal en-
eeaaser wish satanic, tbe Tst1Rn-sl
eatef II tas kiAwss. Sat&nts, aceoss-
pAuied bY asg9ral waFr4als, s1seged tlge
| fort aud Told tie tradag they lad e0r1s
10 kili han. MAtthevsou Ssry Eoslp h
knesked Sstansz dasa With the hats-
snA q his Tsv3issr. aud, prssS utsns a
secaRi pistol at the asfendiug saEfisft,
advised tesu sscsHasa, They went,
aud teen severe whipp.ng was Sd
ministerad ~ tie caisf. sine tban
lathe sson has boFae aI1o 2 the Ia
aisns ace uauae Of s'Siapah Edbab," The
sL.asc hsirsf auE-fcss Man. sigant :
ausre eternal veRKeasee. aud A4tthes
son, heafins = b. stfgisa oas T. hnd
dc eaesav. The etisf waited nos Tor
hts caming. has gsar.sd westward or d
lonG f5ufney, and did nHt re usn for \
year, 81 auiil tEeasY tg.1 baaa catered
tHts, hy ghios M8tthsEssn became tte
p5sassseg Il al q SstaI t3's hssl hoEsss
ln to- fall % 1854 BoGalo Bill 1oinsd
Biani's expsdiiian ~ a scout, ard zfteg
usaay adventures aud much danger ia
CARED, comparative qaist vas Il stored.
FxiaapAllT thsoa2h his exsTiiens
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