The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-12

Neo sAs kss.ss Ss,As~sess Asssssss ~
Nsss No. 49,.
In little shop on w@ feur;AsssusA
h~svecn WALNUT aRsss ~oDA GrasA
Av-nuc John r. Duke may ~ found
on any % the six working days o' ths
week engaged In making and repairing
footwear. Although HE hair and f<ari
ar- gray. b. Is still apparently In the
prim. ~ life. He 10 bra! chested.
muscular and vigorous. ard ahcv~
medium height While bs.y with his
hammer and awi he ~f>~aurntly enter
k.u, his fellow ~orkuscn and whoever
else ma he prrscn! With Interesting
rcmsnisecncc~
IL va. In Undergraduates. Mo. shrn
the civil war hssan." said NJ. luke
on n r-,cn, o>ca>ion. Il k~p, .scs
shop oa on, side Of The ruelsc SQUARE
in ,ha, city al ,ha, time did \ rc~a
business. and mad. hs~,ss sad Shoe. for
people rv.iiiag in ali parts ef Jacs~,a
County. There wcTr !v~ men "a the
count, n .hu.. day. ~hon ] dbl bot
have y PERSONAL acquaintance with.
Any on~ who has mad a., History ~
shc war kuoss hat this part ~ ,hs
country WAS ovcrrin by Confederate
guerilla> and eu-h~ hscS-r> aud tnion
~.a,haskcr- and Rid Leg lnae-
~p-ndcncc ~As Tor IL" ar-, iarc~ year
AZ the war oa- 80 the principal r-ndys-
,ou>. The r,h,.. ~uuli tas- Tho ;"w a
and hold IL FOR = tvs DAYS cr . 'cv
weeks. and then Tho foicral. would
appear in full f,rcc AMI dr.,. ,hsIa
ou.. The Fcicrals would r-tnai \
week ar . month nnd wogl! In turn -,
forced io III" iosn. A.. .nr
force lcft smother torcs went in. Tho
result Vas that u resident ~ The plscr
Was c~ousiao,ly in hot water and ~as
liable Mt any iirnc Ia m r!ddird vita
bullets ar taken cat and hanged. Ss.sn,
OF the men who lived Ia ~lndci~ni-ncr
In Shosc days VERY Kept buy a -lgtug
the bushw hackers and III. Ii. 4 I-.s.'
Il wns y hard place In which ~ de-
business. When ! i-n In tho fall %.
1862 ! wAs glad 10 gv; away.
"Spssking about Rid Lrg,.' don,
supposc their. are Zen m~a In enls:cnc.
to-day Who can tell how the name ar
iginatsSi. II was IN thi, Nay: shortly
after ho-;iliiics began ! seat ~ 81 i~,ai.
md got 10 sh~-~p.sins ,hs, had s.n
dyed n bright red. ! intended Ia use
them in making boot TOPS un. day
Colonel Jenni~pn. of Kansas. "ntrr,~i
Independents with hciwsra 80 snd
3oD OF his men. who we're then call'~.
.Jayhsw kcr>.' A squad az them on
tered my store AMI shop .o.,n after they
got into town. They h-lp~~l Themselves
Ia Ill thu boots and shoe, that ! hal 90
left they took my 10 rel ~shccp~kins \
few moments la;vr so,n. ~ the -auaI
returned "a Oh" shop and ts,k som
caifskins hat ] had there. They "a,
IA. shc-rp,kins up and ma,lc lc.gin> Of
them. The cal!ssins they ca, up in,c
thongs with which To fa,t'n the sheep
skins around their legs 4 fec days
later Jcnni.on heard that Vuan,rvll
with hi. hand III ha.hw has Wa
coming toward Independence and Ia
lit out with his command. The eight
81 Rbou, ISp ~ Jcnnt-nn, men rid.n.
through the country With their i"gs
encm-s-i ip r,s! she.pSdin- caus.si the
members al IN" consnnnd la b. ~-.ll~-I
Red Logs Tn" nan,- -tucs "a them
during the war. and IL has pn-sssl snt
history. ] don't -npIs'-e any ~ the
learned writers about the war eve,
heard about me or my i%O rcd -h"rJs
skin. that gave rise Ia -" tame
through being taken from n" by fore
and without compensation snd worn "a
l.ggins by Jrnni.on and his msn.-
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