Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-06
OPULENT MEN OF COLOR.
gToalfs Or THE ROCKY NOUN
TAIN PIONEER NEGROES.

gfsisgss WHO Have Made and Lost For
fanss n fi,s West Dcnver's FiFst Born
YIshasissy a Negroes Who Was Wealthy
ana a. Taking in Washing.
Oasof ghe earliest negro pioneers In the far
ret w. Old Jim BeckwOurth, the famous
DsJO scout. hunter and trapper. His mans
VII ~ down In western history along with
SCI NOTED scouts o. Kit Carson, jim Bridger,
Biii Williams and others Of the white ace,
wHD we're ali famous On the old time trails Jim
Ii1eEwOurth came west from st. Louis, and
s2sDt several years among the Grow Indians.
'shs Crows greatly admired Beckwourth for
his courage and proves in battle, for he often
ef.isied them In their wars with hostile tribes,
an finally be became a great war chief among
che Crows
On leaying the Grows Beckwourth came to
Dgbter, where he and bis gquaw resided for
sofgs time. Here be had an alteration with
Biil Payne, the PIONEER negro blae ksmith
whom Ben Halliday had sent west 10 shoe the
bDrses for The old time pony express. After
filing 1914 Paynes body with buckshot, and
an hcquittal In the courts, Beckwourth re-
turned b Wyoming, and Inter attended a
squaw md old Jim Baker, the famous scout,
still living, and bis Bhoshone squaw, we're in
vited. The Grow sguaws put poison IN his
fCod, and thus died jim Bcckwourth, the
negro scout aud adopted war cdef Of the Grow
Indians.
A. nsckwourth refused 10 live with the
Grows they thought they could always have
bls spirit with them II hey poisoned him in
their tribe AZ this great feast.
CAHEgn Of TWO MEN.
Edward ]. Sanderlin, Denyer's wealthiest
soi0rsd barrier, having amused fortune Of
1910, hna rented his shop and retired
from business. He now devOtcs his time to
collecting rents aud looking after his ranches
nnd mining interests ii8 was n pioneer in
California, and was Among the first 10 follow
ths rush " Colorado In tho Pixies Peak ex-
oiismont of 1859.
Hs = fright malatto, and Is the most
prominent u nis rncs In the Rocky noun
taina H. says his fathers mare was Wilson
Fandrln II think ho came from Eng
bud," and E1Fnrd j. Snnderlin, referring
a. bic fnther. ai,d settled In North Carolina.
10 moved from that state 10 Shelby and
Montgomery countlos, Tennessee, where he
owned largo flanta ions. Io died leaving
en ostato wo. th about million dollars
lhsre Wcro Two sets OF children, one white,
hi,d INC "4ef - ny my mother, VINO was OF
mlfod blood, Inere wns long contest III
me courts cpatlnn'd bnncerlin, over the
fstale' "hich iinail resulted ~ my mothers
ealbhfcp fecoiV'1B ABOUT t'yiOOO ehch' dld
got got my shor" -''Ai atter ! had made
tsstsn" IA 'hu'9in'a was born III New
pf'ea"' W. 1870 hlh was euucated aI ull-
m0ro's schroi, Cinmfratin
Vn' OF psnV'rt iiehest negroes - LeWls
ffic', feal "'att man, "hosH wealth. IS est
inai'd ~ rom sIa'5ooO 70 S@OO'Vg" lie was
i"fh q s'A'' VI wy county! MO- IN lSiH
aome ~ ~ poop were owned by inc frlce
iamilfr 'f hi-a'uil v ana htIce no bears inc
same hhr'io ~ yer. nE irice. th2 famous Con
Tolerate genrr1. 81 That state. When hardly
u0rr IMAM by LOWS lrics ran away from
b. master , -3k Williams, In Ray county,
b., 10 1903 30 going 70 ~. Louis enlisted
in the union my, but was refused, aS he
was TOO Young
8EVFRAIs WEALTHY NEGROES
~ Eakut OF that yepr no went with his
mpthcr 70 A'cb~'n' Ahn from 1850 VII
ls'' be Love % te'PH across the country
tl'en ier Ten years be ran laundry IN Den
sef, thHFtnns AMI 'tA-f points, saving SOW
Ual thoW@uo doHais lie mas inade Two
HHhl brtuuc' pfiP 90 making MS present
y ~ ~e'lst. hs tst oil ie had In 1850 III
u ttve- - ar ~ Fe""r he tnrtcd IN Den
80 ~ i NEGRO rac~ lie came out S1OW
50 't14 o. - J'1r'eAHm.
sire ~ 800 p.'n."'r negroes are dead ana
0t.ets tg's RH'elt .o~stered throughout the
vs. ihfTN :. Stiles, who was with Green
Acsoj rrd soc H'fginus who discovered
goil - Caan' 'rce' ~ ls3S, Is SAID to TO- IN
dJn-L.'0. Wy l'mp'ey, o9ef, would
1rvu 'H-"fat L'dvtll1 millionaire had no
rT 10" De'"re ''at great mining camp
r.t'eted ne b"'Gh' z its prosperity Dehp-
- B. snh T. hSie given $500 to the first
nero baby hTu ~ leadyille
Ihe rirh"si negro w the Rocky mountains
t1s Z. L. for', who came 10 Denver from
tSprGD ~ lr'0 lie buit the lnterocean
i-tels 30 b'p't. ana Choyennc, aud at one
amc Nas Tprtn $3.50 O00, but lost 1t. Ford ts
y vit;y fellow. nui is working mp again. Ilo
e. "oT y'rth e'poVO Ford used 60 he bar
'Et Gerry Lee, Of Central, Colo, Is pros
N'HE 'i'NEEH NE''iH77hS