Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-15

CnJEF wrDEouT AND CoRoiJADo.
Coronado found . fat and friendly sets Of
Indians, quite = number or whom he
Inarried, In cursory manner, a1tsr which
The aquaintance at that time Of old wide
Ind revengeful race. Wideout weighed,
it Il estimated, 400 pounds, though not
very tall, say Ave feet four inches In height
30 We may classify him a. the widest red
whom history informs Us.
Coronado, however, was not In search
of Indians or . homestead, or even rest
and change OF scene, but he was looking
for gold at tho time, being a cold, grasp
ling native such as fourished during the
New Orleans dynasty.
The first white man to settle in the
county was John Ross. He was followed
by his hired man, both being buried In the
same grave at the earnest solicitations Of
the Indiana.
In 1898 Hon. James r. Mead established
Z trading post on the site of Wichita and
began killing the buffalo In order to clear
Of sufficient ground TO start the new board
of trade building. In three weeks Mr..
Mead killed $50 buffalo, and saved 300 pelt.
In addition to his own. He also saved
500 pounds of tallow, which served TO
lubricate his boots all that winter.
William Mathewson, who is claimed,
is the original Buffalo Bill Of the frontier,
then settled here. His wife was the hrst
white woman to come to Wichita. Tho
first Official act of the county commissioners
was to issue a license for new saloon.
In 1870 D. s. Munger kept q hotel, was
POSTMASTER, carried the mail In his hat, and
had time to do general real estate business,
wasch repairing, lunch at all hours, saws
set and filed, aud also to furnish insurance
and bully oysters to one and all. Now II re-
quires irteen letter carriers to spread the
In iszk The Wichita Eagle broke it's she'll,
and witll n shrill scream bought new
hand pre- land began the opinion molding
luxuriant office, with rich tapestries torn
from the treasures Of European princes.
He lolls back on Turkish divan in q
beautiful suit OF pajamas, while silent
eunuchs from the East do his bidding. On
the wallis are seen costly paintings Of
Kansas men. A group picture consisting
Of Messrs. ingalls, and Demosthenes hangs
above the etrascan fireplace. Costly works
are seen nj every hand, and In rich lind.
ings, sstxi2y side, are poems Of Homer and
b found It's uubiisIsd speeches Of Cicero,
the Thomas Oc6fftfce Of his time. Large
etruscan tear jugs containing Wichita
chartreuse ornament the sideboard and
natural punches of seed corn decorate the
bust of man whose name did not learn.
And yet on this very spot, only a few
years ago, it seems, the rank buffalo nodded
In the wind and the early pioneer mother
was kept busy pulling the arrows out Of
her loved ones.
Is it not remarkable? Here, where now
wealth and refinement just fairly jostle
each other on the streets. and cable cars
run clear out into the large farms, and
hired men dig potatoes beneath the glare
3of electric lights, only short time ago the
early buckwheater, with his life in one
hand and his scalp In the other, fled before
the irritable red man.
Like harI before the beagle.
Later still, at each end Of the principal
streets, it became necessary to put the
sign: