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GEN ewlNG's FAMOUS ORDER.

The Quauirill raid took place Aug. "a.
1853 On tlo 2jth Of August Gen. Thomas
Ewiug is,uo1 an ortior depopulatins ell that
part of Missouri that bordered on Kansas.
Tnoso who proved their loyalty were allowed
f. 20 into Kansas or 10 any Of the military
stations. The others were 10 20 any place, no
master where, 50 they only moved out Of the
district. To force tho execution Of this order
ecu Ewing sent cut military dotuchments TO
destroy property Grain and hay IN tho
fields and in barns were set fro 10. and all
that would provide food for man or beast
was destroyed When near enough 10 tie
military stations the live stock. grain and
tly were removed thithor, when not. they
wero destroyed.
SO thoroughly was tho order carried out
that in the autumn Of 1868 ono could ride
down through the Missouri border countits
City miles without meeting living croature.
oven "a house cat. Blacksmith tools lay riIst
Ing III the shop, the clnld's cradle stood empty
LCsde the house door, where the mother had
lett il in her light.
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At the beginning of 1867 Quantrui said to
his men: Boys, the war is ended, tho south
las ost Do tho best you cam
He sent the married men To their homes.
took most of the single ones with him. and
organized a smaller band With these ho
continued Tor some time longer his life Of
rowing and depreciation. With hun were
Jesse and Frank james, the train robbers.
and Cole Younger These received thoir ed
ucaiion under Quantrill Cole Younger is
now la the Minnesota penitentlary. Frank
James is i'm mercantile business at Dallas.
Tex. aud is said To DO iiOnized by che poopio
there
At tie beginning OF 1865 9uanJrill and his
reduced band started north and east They
worked their way across tho Mississippi riyer
above Memphis, entered Tcnncaeo anl finally
reached Kouilchy 1t Is believed that Guam
Grill was trying 10 roach lie % Richmond
and aU,ICn0cr with him.
L. Emt.csy BE called uiur. il Capt. Carf,
ana ms men wo.o tho fellITl um Jru Eu5
thor Identity WIS discovered. 1..y ~, 1850,
Col Tcuoi, o. tlc head q, some Ua.o. mea,
surprised tao ..r.y 15 wake. .i's b-ra. go
S. near coa-tr, Ky Ia try.as O. t.c-le
two O. tie band Uure ti.-I go ll-al-ll
was MORALLY wounded
U8Lle8 Die Ur.t.l eat.s b r-y hos
initial a. Louisville, AE., jal. q. i-.' i-o q.
baried Ia GIo Horan tto.e ia,'ly q
81 johns church IoaIst.la.
ElA AH,EhEn.
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search made by the guerriuas His wife
begged them not to FIRE The house They
were deaf TO her entrcatios, and kindlod the
flames They left temporarily Tho lady
extinguished the fire. A raider returned
and rclghted it, and again went away. The
woman put the fire out TIE third time the
man LariJn Skaggs came and set the house
on Gre, and yet tho third time the noble wife
extnSuished it.
By tha5 time L1rkin Skaggs began 10 feel
the effects Of tie Lawrence free WHISKY no
had been irbibing, aud was too intoxicated
to try TO burn tho house any more a Little
la5er he hims,f vas idil> and the house was
spared. Thus this wilc, too. saved her l.lis-
bands lie Larkiu SaaSgs was tle only ono
Of tho $50 cloTrilias who lost his life in Law
rcrce, GGI thst happened from his irtouca-
tom
Onc r1a escaped I'm Tire s,rarsc5t of way.
b. p Stumble lie tri.L 60 run across tee
road and reach e. cdwp % bus ,s IA This
aeemr, ho struck his foo5 and fe. promo
u.ou lis fac5 81 tao gutter T. mounted
c-a-r. iia Wls after t.n. t4li ult, pi3tc. raised
IT, doomed iuaB fc'5 something baae@tA HIN
as Be- i.y. H. WIS q loaded c-iOine. c1c,cl
roi0y forufo L. thas Desperate moment no
sc.sed % and a.mc3 IL 40 his pulsuer TIE
guerrilla, s,a.uc t.lo Vc8poa, came no nearer,
BIS wheeled instantly and salloned eli
Men took refuge IN sells, cla.crns. cellars
aud anywhere cl5o uuier ground. tl.t I'D
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him from lis puruOse or whether he had al
ready made MP his mind 10 betray his COM
RACES docs rot appear. Bag here it was that
Tie tara IN Qaautsiils career came,
Instead OF returning 10 his concealed COM
rGdes cad carrying out the raid as planned
Quartr.ii revealed tho whole plot 20 Walker
and h's SOL and conducted them to tic spot
where his companions lay IN ambush
Armed 60 the teeth Morgan Walker and his
son. Andrew j., crept upon the raiders The
Walkers opened fire One Of the raiders was
killed. The other two escaped for the time,
one being desperately wounded.
The uIhurt one would not desert his com
radc. but managed to drag him over fences
and fields through the darkness to place of
temporary concealment. They were tracked
10y the trail of blood that followed them for
Il part Of the way Then the trail was los.
Next day a party secured that region hunt
ins FOR Tie robbers They lay quiet, how
ever, and undiscovered, til hunger, fercer
rulsrcr than man, iouud them out Tic
ulwoundcd naH sawa ncyro in tie & la
near by, and asked for food aud Wa.ar In
Stead Of bringing tneu the blac.; MAN guiisl
the pr~Sle.s 10 Tie spot Did they k..i
tncm" 'ILe two mea were barred there"
said tho narrator Of the tale, 10 aouia1 voice.
Afterwards QuaaIiI organized his band
ard Mors~1 Walkers son joined him. By
December, loJo, Qaansriii was at the head OF
a powerful guerrilla band, on the side OF the
south. Whea the war broke out bis name
VIZ already 4 terror to free state Kansas.
He had been chased out OF the town OF Law
renee by The sheriff. liz doisel the officer
drumming into blacksmith shop, then out
hroaga It's back door. and escaped They
say be was in the regular Confederate army
few months. But what made him turn
suddenly from tho side of the Union to that
OF the Colfedoracys That is question no
IMAM can answer. or sven surmise solution
to- Some have believed be had Il bitter quar-
rel with old john Brown, which drove him
tothe southern side. But nobody knows
HISmost Intimate friends never knew what
he WAS going to 90 next. lie never tod bis
plans His men would receive orders 70
have their horses saddled at such an hour.
That was all. when we went on the Law
renee raid wo did not know where we were
going" the survivors Of his band solemn,y
declare 20 this day.
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"TEe Union men did the SANE on their
side, and no quarter was given or asked.
THIS will show Won what it was like: !
was ia Kansas attending to some business
thore To our office came one dag an old
man. who entrusted me with some transac-
tions involving many thousand dollars.
''iEc told me not one word a, ont himself,
but by close questioning found be WAS n
MisSourian who had iied 90 Kansas. lie was
very wealthy, and had had n magnificent
plantation which lac was forced to leave.
"Dv questioning further found ne had a
son-in-law, q Union man, who was still Ia
Missouri.
WAY does he not come away tooF
"Weil, hc can't get away, he's got some
thing 30 DO
"'Did be tryF
"'Ycs. be tried
"'And whaS happeledF
".WeN, he aad his son tried 20 bring SON,
fine ssoci. or with them. Ills neishbors
were Secass!cIists.'
Did they Try to hinder himT
"'Weu, yes, they followed Kim, aud they
killed his son and took the stock away from
him
What DID he DO thonr
"'My son-in-law, hes got an eye es keen rs
Eiggar. as we say in Missouri when LIS
son was killed he lodged TO one side and
watched 10 see who did it. While tho men
took his horses Le counted them and recoG-
MED oYery one. There were twenty live.
Each time the old man dropped into
silence, and each time tho Kansas man was
DBL seu 10 draw him out with questions
81 had to pump it ali out of him. said tie
Kansas man. "'l asked him II his son-in-law
came on through to Kansas after his neigh
bors disappeared
oven, no, lie couldn't come then. you
know lie Aal something to do Just
WHAT
"ilo had 70 set even with them border
r1diuls'
"'Br, how
"'iie had 70 l,.l them, You know.
"'All Of iaemf
"'He.l, ye& lie jgzt LA MusIt aad
hung around thalp an Watched wuen he
coa.a p.ck them OIL
"'il-s be SHOT tAem YETI
"'Not tal O.. tham'
"'i.0W mauyF
~ lave not heard from him III Elk
months. Thon Lo had picked OH nineteen,
and there were SIX le,t yet
"Do you mean 10 say that story Is truef
asked Tie Kansas man.
'''lt il Us true Is that nm here this min
ute"
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10 cot a teachers certificate and taught =
~hooi at Canal Dover. b aved little
money.
Kaiwas was 1T that time tho scene OF tho
terrible conflict which was TO determine
whe. her she shoald 30 slave CT free, aid
,hither vent william Clark Qmntrill.
The ncighbois with whom he went man
seed 10 enter q homestead 0stens;bly for
BIN. He was not yet Of age, and could not
enter it for himself TITO story is not quite
clear. tut Quantrill never 80. the home
s.ead. and ono or the other OF tho neiGhbOrs
did obtain possession of it, This embittered
tho young man.
10 revenge himself ho tool, yoke OF oxen
Belonging to one Of them and bid the ami
rnals in the woods He was arrested for
stealing them From Tat tive datea the
beginning Of his irregular, ouilawed life.
In the ensuing lawsuit, without friends or
influence. The boy got tic worst OF it and lie
came embittcrcd thereafter.
He taught IL Kansas even so late as 1860,
and wrote letters home to bis mother in
Canal Dover, breathing the most affectionate
and gentle spirit.
| have seen some of his letters They are
rather dreamy and poetic in tone. In ono Of
them he speaks Of the snow covered land
scare around his scAoolhouse, He tells Lis
mother how Kansas is ''lockcd in winters
cold embrace"
The only picture obtaina5le of him is said
to be an execrab., one. There was one pho
tograp5 of him in existence. Some ono who
thought it did not look terrible enough o1-
tanned il and thckenod the lower lip and
heightened the hair aud crdeavTed to make
it the ideal bandit In thus changing 1t he
destroyed the likeness.
After his trouble about the Homestead,
Qnantrill seems to have lost heart, and
dr.ited into wandering wcys He made
"Trip to Pixies P,ak and other places, never
remaining long in ono spot
But the mostrcmarkablcfa fact il bis strange
lie is bis
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20 .dcs tho forces ~ sady mentioned, Lout
Co. C-art, O. tho Ninth Kansas, was after
O,z.ntrih with another troop Of several DiH-
paries, hastily gathered He Was IN com
nand Of tks Union border stations south Of
the Little Santa Fe lie received news from
Capt Coleman Of the raid ats O'Clock n the
morning OF Aug. 81. Gathering what men
he could, ne found Qnantrilps trail and fol
lowed it for a time. Then he suddenly teft
il and turned southwards to Paola, Kan lie
hoped to intercept QuantriN al Bull Creek
ford, near PGola, on his return to III souri,,
and force him to give battle. Col Clark
reached the ford ahead OF QuantriL TDrs
tho guerrilla had behind him, close at has
heels, over 700 pursucrs under Plumb, Pike,
Coleman and Senator Lano. while ohead Of
him, waiting FOR him at Bull Greek ford, was
Lisut. CO. CLARK, with over hundred more
soldiers and citizens It seemed impossible
for hin to escape.
Yet such was the corsumnate skill Of tho
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HOUSE WHERE QuANTRILL VAS BORN

HOUSE WHERE QUANTRILL VAS BORN
Old neighbors are sill in Canal Dover who
remember him from his infancy to the day
he left for Kansas in 49,, when he vas 20
years Old. His old schoolmatcs are there
mon who became Union soldier, and fought
for the cause to which the other Canal Doscr
boy opposed himself.
Among these old schoolmatoe still in Canal
Dover is Mr. " ". Scott, editor OF The iron
Valley Reporter IL their D1yho9i Nv
Scott was much attacked to Qlan'ril For
Che past twenty ycarsha has boon collecting
all the historical evidence in regard 20 tac
guerrilla that wls obtainahlo from any
source. Hecxpects 70 write the troc life CT
his old school mate TO the rare courtesy Of
Mr Scot. or readers ere indebted Cor urca
of the Information in this page
Canal Dovri as beautiful country town
as earth affords For agriculture tie soil
thereabouts is rich with inexbau-tblc ferti-
ity. never saw 50 many fat people and
handsome horses az one place as there are at
Canal Dover
Through the town flows the picturesque
little Tuscarawas river. By it side, mile for
mile along with it, is the Ohio canal, on
whose towpa;h tradition says that Garfield
drove mules in his boyhood Up and down
this very bank the blonde haired boy thread
Cd his way, dreaming of future greatness.
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KATE CLARK"

In tie Gsss pare oil BIS career QuartrlD was
frcc9e0i'y accompanied by lomsio com
p-nion $50 c.IiDcI 10 b. married 20 blm,
and called icricii Ea-e Clark. She was
sgeaddly mounted. ald vas daring rider
Sensational Gclics, mot % which are false.
are told Of her Gorgeous attire, sai..- ui
s.o1lng end various exploits Tho amount
OF tsah seems TO b. tls: There was s.ch o
... no more tAan 10 81 l. years old, who
was Qu1Gtrilps companion FOR some tlme u
tAc early yclIsof The war Size seems b.
have been tbe oH'y woman Of amy ago, OK
..p. .. ro.'r- t..' t.' r'i"rI.'lc,Dr bad
aay liIns for After CuaHiri.is daath
Kate Ciars went % Texas. where she still IS
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Ills coNFEDEahrr CAPTAIN

1T one point IN the 4 ctt. i.if 'pt.- IF
QgaH.rillS men, werl Ouo bail 'Iw D1'fl ,n
q corniei ~ rest, They v.-o 3D. .'r '''
With tnCnl was regular C,sl '"..c ,ap-
! ta.n in an form. u man os tlc
manners. He knew the stern ru'.H, tiiiafo.
in that rCgiOa--dclth on SIGHT, f' ,'i 90
tic officer of the capturing mr}
81 SUPPOSE nothing 7 can S1f ''r mv.'''
Will GO amy good. The ttul Dr., '.0'-u. /
camc along with tLls J2aG o. .Ae .u.. f,. 81
humanity ! am regular Coal.lD. ite
soldier oa fl-l0uch / fcaroi Tor o.. U,o-
c.tici these EueTins might conni.
joined them 900 Uc hopo J might p,o.eut
t.a b0t uu .-.. won't
t... I.. .-.y DOW.
"uo." nf..cd tLo Union soid.or, 81 can't
d9au. nr or You
"I lta'J think yoH could" sid the Con
faicra.o captain, "but lago tnis last roqucs,
- make Hero rs my satcl aad NY card
Prom ms that &c yon ever can you VIII
send tleso 90 ny wife,
81 prcmHt." answered the Union captain.
4 faw muuas n,er the Federal soldiers
pls5,. )u, leaving SIX dead men IN tie corn
field
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Nni. Pln,nb,s narty reached Lawrenco only

Mai pipmb's party reached Lawrence only
En- tirio T. see Quau'.,l3 rear guard e. ap-
pcariny southwark Tho gucrrillas were re-
turning to Missouri, to their imDenetrablo
Businesses in the chaparral Qu@ntrill had
proyded himself with fresh horses at Law
renee. Those Of Plumb'5 men were exhausted
by the hard riding since midnight. There
was little hope OF oycrtaking tho band.
Mai Plumb pushed OF, nevertheless Dur
ing the forenoon he overlook the forces Of
Capts Coleman aud Pike. VITO had started
IN pursuit Of Quantrill from the station
along the border
Cart Coleman, from Little Santa Fe sta
iion, received the word. and without mo-
ments delay gathered his slender forces ard
wont 70 Aubrey The two captains thore,
with go men altogether. set IL for the chase
of Quantrill at midnight Aug. 81 Gen
Jim" Lane, then United States senator
from Kqus2s, hastily gathered TOD ritizcn
yoiuu-esr, and joined tlc pursuit
But Cuantril showed tho qualifications OF
a general on his retreat. The rear OF his
command WAS his bess guarded point. He
ke0t here 100 OF his most thoroughly trained
and reliable men. They were mounted upon
the freshest. strongest horses When tho
Union forces came near this 100 men would
halt AID form in line OF battle, Gs II about to
engage in fight The Union troops would
then hasten forward and form. Then Guam
trilrS rear guard would discharge q voloy
into their forces, wheel, and rido swiftly
away. so they managed 90 dctlin and
worry the pursuers while tho band itself
g,afr md
border
These tactics Of Qgantri!l gave opportunity
to the tired Oh. members Of his party 20 AXE
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'WE AL DID IT,

Ouantril and bis men were a proiuct Of
the times. So was John Brown. And for
the matter OF 10 one side was nearly as bed IS
the c.hcr
"YCa IN TO ca,s have no idea OF tho war
rs wascd on the Kansa and Missouri bor
der" free state man tod me. "You never
VIII have. America cannot afford 10 let the
true story O, il be written For three years
there the war was fought undor the biac..
hlg. Is truc for We o!i did it.
Missouri Union men on the border were
obliged 10 Ge icr their lives INTO kars's.
Southern sympat-izors ~ kaus1s joined Gle
Confederate army or some o. t-e aa.l,rars
e,i.r.,,.g bands"
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guerrilla that he extricated himself from this
trap with tho loss Of less than IL men, al
toh- lis Psrsuers, too, numbered nearly
t,op0 mon, whilo he had only 800.
The weary chase over tho prairie lasted TIL
o'clock and dark. Then Quantrill was
Within four miles OF Bull Greek ford. But
be did not como on To tho ford dust after
dark he formed n line OF ba.tle, as before
and waited till his pursuers came near. Tbea
suddenly his troop broSo rank and turned
about squarcly 10 the north Scattering tn
way and that in the darhDcss, knowing tho
country as they DID, they easily broke trail
ani lodged tho whole Union force. both he
fore aud 6chiuftbcm. There We, a sk.miSh
OF tho ford. hat no damage was done At
this point tho Union soldiers gave 10 tho
chase for tho timc. and stopped ior rest and
food ut paola The trail hai been lost in the
darkness
Pursuit was not renewed till do brelk Aug
a. Detached companies OF Union soldieB
from tho vaTioos stations, bssiGes those al
ready mentioned, were hunting The raiders
IN all direchous
Lieut. Col Clar, started upon the rebound
trail at daybrcaE a detachment OF 10
men under Maj. Phillips and 10 under s,a,
Thatcher found tho trail early. Aug. -. and
followed it Immediately behind Coleman and
Clark
What u Quautrill' After Guiding toe
troors 50 Pao.a. he went Eve miles furtheg,
and then, withll almost hearing stance Of
tao Union pickles, he stopped TO rvs5, forced
10 IL by exhaustion.
Afer briefly stopping he pushed on 60 Ale
border. As noon. Aus. -, le reached the
middle fors of Grand river in Missouri, =
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THE RAID ON LAWRENCE.

Among such scenes us those described the
mild, soft spoken sclOolmaster developed
into Qashti'il, the guerrilla Oace hc tool;
from u train sixty unarmed men, stood them
along tho tgac.; and shot them dead.
Why Lawrence was chosen for The vista
ton il no. known. On that point QGaatrill
maintained his usual reserve 1t Is con
jcc,arsi however that he had grudse
AGAINST Lawrence because lie had been ar
rested there, and because tie sheriff lad
chased bi,n out OF the town. There were
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southerner, n native Of Maryland. 1t will
be readily secn why
His father and mother were really from
'Hagerstown and came as newly welded
bride and groom from that place 70 Canal
Dover
Thomas /. QcaGtrill opened hunble tin
shop in Cant Dover He was an energetic
man, and ambitious
In course Of time he became q teacher
Then at length he was put at the head Of the
public schools IN Canal Dover. II Ii a TO
eponsibe and honorable place in towns Of
that size.
Mrs. Quantrili'S maiden name was Clark,
ond the last day of July, 1857, her oldest
son, William Clark, was born. A. soon a.
he was old enough he was put - school
From his own father, mild, Gentiemaaly.
highly respected citizen, he received most OK
his education
They caN him "WiU Quantrilin e. this day
at Canal Dover lie was q diliacnt. 10
served youth. lie would q Ut !. drawn into
u brawi ana obliged to defend hms.l., but
il was not his choice. As ne grew 60 man
hood he became remarkable as a mars.lnan.
"Nach me make that pig squcol," he said
] ".
! put u clean round hole through tie oar OF q
/ pig many yards away. The shot was a per
feet one, and Qaantrin laughed as thoagh
greatly amused.
/ But that was the only time he ever was
known to be guilty OF anything approaching
tcruelty. He was always fond Of the woods
and Of hunting lie used to rather enjoy
carrying live snakes in his pockets La
lonely. rocky spots, out Of sight Of the busy.
throbeing world beyond, sometimes he re-
marked 10 his companions; "Boys, wouldn't
this be a graud place to build a cavo and
hide robber band inr Bat when the boy
was actually at the bead Of band of out
laws aud murderefs, mono wore 50 horror
stricken thereat as his old neighbors in Canal
Dover.
lie was little below medium height, with
blue eyes and slender frame, but 1.-the and
acllVe 2s a cat lie ~ss ancommouly pre-
cocious intellectually At lG years Of age
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ThGr were not
enough Of them
LEFT to bury tr'
dead who hay all
about them. Ii
WIS the most pitt
fnl sight ever Gcn
on this continent
outside of an In
dian N asSacre.
which itresemblcd
Agont!cri1n who
is now q leading
merchant IN Law
renee Li,l lHthe Up
stairs OF his house.
IA opca oil tla
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turns III resting.
Their physical en-
durGnce had been
taxed t. mans ut
most They lad
ridden not lest than
sav@ty rHLel the
nicht beiOro topper
form their bloody
work. hHCr is
81. % there was nc
pe-s9 O. res, bu b
theY niuE5 ride
witlG,it4a'rn.gh t
% e cape 70 Lba
1r---,u- Tr-Fsr
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ASSOCIATION WTH JOHN BROWN.


or this there IS 10 doubt. Quarirn was
sill n free s.ate 8eu, anG looked wish iorro~
on the gttempt % .'art siayery in Kansas
,lonth alter month these two and fow
CHOSEN o.hss made midnight raids across
lie border into Missouri, stealing slaves away
from their aas.Cis and sending them INTO
freedom The raids were maze likewise on
Eaasqs rcichiors who held slaves l. Is r7ii
too iuas and by tho negroes brought away
with them masters mules and horses, and
that the value OF these was divided among
these who freed The slave, share aud share
alike
la June. 1860. Qaantrlls mother, in Canal
Dover. received The last letter from her wan
ier.ng boy. In II he declares that be IL
weary Of life in the west. and that ne Is com
mg home in September 10 settle down"
The next she heard of him was from The
newspaper stories that turned their readers
pale 10 the lips with horror at the decd, done
by "Will Quantrill'
At This time there comes great break III
the life os The youth. Some terrible event
must have happened that changed him
through and through and made him hence
forth The exact opposite o! all Lee nd been
That idea stribes orc ,o:ci1lT pl heating bis
story. Itisnl.o &c opinion &C. Fir. Sr1,t. q,
OH s,l,oolma.c. wao ha, ,r.el vaiu., 90 a,-
certain what 10 was taat changed him.
In bis raidiIg days, az The head Of bis
guerrilla band. Cmnt.l u'ci touarr-'c "a
cory of how be h.pponc. TO join tie tou b
suG f...H Ai, band IL saiitAat once iu t.a
woods hunting wl,h h.5 brother be le.t ,le
brother alone IN tle camp aud weat olt 60
look FOR game Hearing shots he rr,Cl 1rl
quickly and found that be .iiyaawEegs bad
Eiued his brother. and he tbon vowed voa-
rcance, &C.
The story is false. A companion Of QUA
trills was killed m taet way by Indians IL
some of bis wlnderinGs. That Is the only
foundation for the pretty romance lie
never had brother with him during lis
raids. His brothers wero both in Canal
Dover.
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Tin hand were no. armed With GUNS but

Hs band werc not armed With guns but
pistols, for short range They were all I'M
erring mnrksmen. They would ride at foil
ga;Iop into a crowd of men, discharge their
rovolvcrs right aud left, then wheel their
horses and b. OF and away like the wind,
leaving those in whose midst they had ap-
peared dead. dying and aifrighted
Each nan Of them carried four to six re-
volvers, six-shOots1s, in his belt, and some
times two moro In hts saddle. They could
aim and fire at gallop, thus sending twenty
Lour to thriy-six shots home I'm tho space OF
a breath.
In its prize, Quantrll's gang numbered
not less than 800 mon. They were nearly all