New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17

said. No, haven't got any
Well, never mind" says he. I'll sce you
We went in 20 divers. Jack was right be
hind the counter Hello lie says, what the
devil are You here forY ,.
We told him we were going TO take this man.
Good God - says he. DO You know WhaV
you're Undertaking? He's behind that door,
gambling and drinking, with biz navy revolver
boot. ana he's sworn that nobody shall take him
alive. He's been going on all night, ana lie Is d.
ugly as lie can bc.
We'll" says he. if you're going to Try, thaGG
let's me out. Just wait minute, says he, vi
! get out of this and he shoves out hls money
drawer, and empties it out into his handkerchIe,,
and Jumps over the counter. Now sou can
have the shcbang to yourselves says he, ana
started for tie door.
Now" said Cherokee Bob, let's plan this be-
fore we run any risks. | know Just where lie Is.
He is sitting facing that door with large nay
revolver on the table. The other man has ms
back to the door. Beside him, two or three icct
away. is a window We step to the door together,
you open it. and draw bead on him oyer your
shoulder before he can grab his pistol. lie won
wait for any tai-he'll grab for it when he hears
the door open. But I'll look out for him: Then
you step right in and throw his revolver right OUT
of the window, and don't let him get his HANGS
down TO his knife.
All right SAYS J. | opened the door and he
looked up: but Cherokee Bob had his bead drawn
over my shoulder, ana sings out to him III ms
quiet voice, Don't you move, or you're a deau
man..
! jumped at tho table you know, and caught
bis revolver and dashed it right through the WIN
dow and grabbed his arms as he reachcd cow,
for his knife and twisted them right up hehIld
him. Bob walked straight forward, with his III
tie gun right him, and pulled big SILK nahd-
kcrchicf out Of his pocket, and we soon hau nm
tied. The other man dropped hight down on tnc
floor, out of range of fire, you know, as soon as
he heard Cherokee I}ob's voice. q, my, the man
did cuss us for all there was in 1t BUT we
handed him over to the sheriff. And ! got my
plS
one stone, YOU know, for the military authorities
took him down 10 Vancouver, and he was trled
as a deserter and convicted. He'd sworn Hght
up and down that he'd kill anybody that under
took TO take hlm. Ny wife didn't know any
thing about that for long time
Well, OF couIsc, you know, that made Cherokee
Bob one of the strongest friends could ma
Afterward this Cherokee Bob-you see there
was a man in town that was carpenter. ne
made considerable money and spent II on his wiie
and children He was a nice sort Of man, ana
very fond of his family: and he had rl@ht 10
he, for the children were pretty and his wife was
one of the prcttiest incest women yOu ever saw
in your life. She vas tail. and blonde. with a
big coil of blond hair, and those pretty, renhci
features YOU knOW-a regular handsome, refined
woman. And yon could see she had been brought
up lady, from her delicate ways. How she ana
Cherokee Bob ever could have got acquainted was
the mystery: there was 10 way any one cohId
IMAGINE She would ever meet hun. yen KNOW
but 1efc one day they had disappeared together.
Then the whole town knew. q, my there WAS
the biggest kind of excitement then, nobody haf
ever thought OF such tling, or that she was the
sort OF woman 10 run away with gambler
you know.
The first strike they made that we knew Of was
Walla Walla. They stopped there a few days ana
had a good time. One night he took her 10 me
theatre, and there he had a row with some sol
dicrs and shot one or two of them. 30 she Sc
cretcd him and got him ont of town-hnd horses.
you know. outside of town. and got people 10 help
them. so they got clear there.
Next thing they turned up at Salmon River
no -
since. They opened a saloon there and she tended
bar and helped him and he played cards ana
ropcd in the miners.
That was regular old style miners business.
They'd have piles of gold on tie tablc-Non never
saw anything like lt-ncvcr Ill tel yoa Wh(.
The miners got gold there by the ShoNeliul IL
was so plentiful but it was very poor quality
never passed for more than 81 an ounce. ~ IL
pilci on the table IN great big BAGS, ana every
bog drawn on u the amount of the bet
Well. they had tine run of the town there Tor
a long time. | made a business trip mp there
a collecting trip there were some lnr9e collection,
ANYBODY and attend 10 my express, business al
the same time. yon know | took the boat -
Lewiston, and there bought morse 10 20 The
rest of the way The first day we went over the
Mountains and reached the Camas Prairie. tamas
Prairie is a wide plain. Just over the Idaho line,
with creek lined with cotton"oouS running
through the middle. You'd think, rs you looked
NJ il from the foot Of the mountains, thht YOU
could cross IL in TWO or three hours Bnt II YOU
made early start In the morning you WOMB
o'clock. and by pushing hard you could get 70
the other side 10y night.
When we got to tie Cottonwood House we saw
several horses in the corral. but not soul ~
sight so We asked the lam lord who's they wec.
Then he said They don't want to be seen. Of
course: but they won't bother Won, because they
know YOU haven't got any dust with YOU lou
look out for them when You r" coming Dach:
though. Just come in here, he SAID. ana III
show Won something.
So Inc took Ms into the house, and Just turned
the mattress back from the hunks You know, ana
showed Inc about dozen rifles
Well, got 10 Sc other NGr Of we prairie Ii'.I
nv the way: You know that lady that was such
great traveller MADAME Ida PfencrF Vel,
now when We cot on 10 White Blri-N hItc Brd
is "A spur e the Salmon River NountmnS-lilic'
away from any place We met her, walking along
all alone through the Snow-hook In her hand,
YOU know aud roll ol manuscript under her
arm Three or four inches If snow on the ground,
mind Won, She had ON llght clothing. yOu know,
inst like summer clothing: and there She was,
walking along away of there on the Nhit" ldrl
by herself, and looking around as unconrFTl'd
~ ever you saw IN your llic. Ana Tie country
full Of Indians and road agents. Three foah
AGENTS were hung in Lewiston just before / got
there on my way back, and one Wds taken back
in the Blue Mountains and hung there. Why,
the very next daV we met party taking one
down 20 Lcwston-I helped guard him overnight
on the way This was Cuhfoot jack. who was
hung NJ Lewiston soon after. II dldnt seem 10
discourage them Anywhere SCENE" 10 DC JHS'
rs many round.
Well we stopped and had a talk with Madam"
PfciiIcr: she said she getting materials Tor
a book We asked her if she wasn't afraid. She
said no. She wa'.lt afraid everybody treated
her nicely the country was pretty rough, mn
uohodv had eai1 a rough word richer; said the
Indians all treated her wcll-ncycr had any irou-
Die with the Indians 50 We rode on, and She
walked on alone over the snow. with her book
in her hand.
Well ! hadn't boon in Salmon River Dig@ings
long when / struck Cherokee Bob; ] collected
.I,ot Il fha
started down thc strcct-thcrc WAS just street,
YOU know and the houses were built on each side
of itand there he stood in the door of his saloon,
you know. as ] went by.
OF course ne sung out 10 me 20 come in. linen
he wanted 10 introduce me 10 his wife, hc SAID ana
he brought ont this blond woman.
And while you're here" says he, "you OWN
this house. You come in and drink and smoke
the cigars and use the billiard tables, and IT
won't cost YOU cent Billiard tables dollar
a game, and all that sort Of thing, you know