The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05
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Dan FoHkNxs tirifted in from the
Aprth coue uetry yesterday. Dan,s
Stamping ground for the past ten
seafs has been among the foothills
e the Turtle Mountains in North
Mokia, where he has earned many
= aollar iqthe honest but precariQas
Ynation of protecting theeeroperty
oflenderfoot 9 SETTLERS against the Ia W.
~ elaIin fumper. He is known as
hig Dan]' 10 his baifiWiek, and he
isiopked upon blythe settlers of that
WN fegi0nsin about the same hight
fhatthe Citizens Of the United States
iWk upon the standing army. The
tltle of = Big ID amp is not 4 misn0mer,
fot he ~ 4nds three inches more than
sixnee14in his mOccasips, and girts
.;ressf .taye feet around The chest. Ills
W !, fe IKE the limbs of an elephant
ahohls neck is as thick as that of a
IeA% sleer. His face was never
toucneN pS razor, nor his locks
Shorn U shers, and around his face
ana owe MS head hangs 9haggy
u'aSs Vi errotS hair that has been
KEPT wIthm nou'ds by Dan himself,
VINO mas serlodlally sawed off the
straylhs hsr with the keen edge of
MS huntlhaknlie that he carries bel
'eo arounu us amplewaist, sleeping
UT "ahi ihS' lhls peculiar individual
was oorn IN the northeast corner of
oregon thiry years ago, according
10 MS own tetlmOny, and gradually
worked ms way across the Rockies
INTO the territory OF Dakota, never
once having ridden on a railroad or
approached civilization untiI a waak
ago, when hf Slid over the frozen
prairie on sho"-shoe5 to DEVILS Lake
Clty' ana, clal In his quaint garb Of
poorly tanneddeerskin, boarded the
train mat eventually landed him in
81. Faul' 1t was no ordinary cir.
cumstance that led this queer man to
undertake suGl trip, and the story
he 'oid the G0de correspondent was
interesting as well as pathetic. In
his poor Ehghsh ne told why he was
ne'e anu why ne intended to con-
''ue MS journey 10 west Virginia
n'tie nhlsned MS story, ne brought
niaii1"TS hsI uoWh on the bar by
~ ITO s'oou WIN Iorce tha'
o ''o s'asses ra'tie ana the Dar'
80 iooA .heiFous' anu sald' Wltn
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at snort oruer' 1hey hau hearo oi
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