The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-01
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II. It lNUI5EtIo,
Rapid City, November 3, 1890.
Old Relics.

Old Relics.
| FREE PRESS representative strolled
out on west Retreat street and fell into
a whole hornets nest OF items. In the
| first place, just as lie got on the grounds
an old chestnut sorrel horse in one OF
the teams suddenly dropped in his
tracks-stone dead!
The horse has a history, and the scribe
was directed to Frank Windle and Ez-
press Agent Nelson to learn what it WAS
The horse w;ls bought twelve years
ago by Windlc, in Red river valley, and
was then and since known as old erred"
Frank Windle was then Il stage driver
between Bismarl and Deadwood, and
he says the horse, when he bought him.
was one OF the finest animals he ever
held ribbons over.
When he bought him he WIS about
twelve years old and he was afterwards
| brought down io[Phcrge-l bout te1,
wears ago, and placed on the stage line
from Pierre to Deadwood. lie was a
| lead horse on the stage for years, and
old timers remember the stage horses OF
| that line were the best travellers that
could be procured. Old Fred possessed
Il remarkable combination OF speed
strength and dura tion-but IN time the
stage line was discontinued, and the
horse was sold to Mr.. Nelson's prcde
| cessor in the express business. Whei
Mr.. Nelson took charge OF the express
Office he bought old Fred and used him
several years until he became too stif
for his purpose.
The old fellow hung on to life unit
| some thought he had become too Ole
and tough to debut today the old lel
low got to thinking Of the palmy days
when he was yanked on his haunces
every once in while, while some road
agent held up the stage, and now ole
and stiffened he was brutally required te
do the mental service OF hauling dirt OF
Hyde's street railway-and he just
dropped dead with disgust. Franz
Windle says the old fellow was easily {
quarter OF century old and in his TIM
had done enough service to kill IL dozel
horses.
After viewing the body Of this famou
old horse, Mr.. Travis, who has charg
OF q number OF teams at work on tn
grade, piloted the reporter over to tn
top OF the grade between Oneida an
Yankton streets. Here IL pile of yel!o'
bones greeted the eye. These had bee
! taken out while cutting into the grad
yesterday.
For Il long time this spot and yicinit
!, was known to have been an old India
i burying ground Nothing is known {
s its history, even by old Indians OF tn
: locality. 1t is possibly an old buryir
= ground OF the Mandans, who were I'll
9 first to occupy this country after tt
- mound builders. The graves were son
!, three feet under the surface, and I'll
y bones were fairly well preserved.
Only two or three graves have be-
~ unearthed-but the side OF the hill is IL
o OF them-for when the cellar to Hen
- Karcher,s residence was dug, about
ie block further up the hill, some hum'
bones were unearthed.
There are some fifty or sixty teal
ID at work in this part of the city at gra
On ing; portion being engaged on Retire
SO street and the balance on 4ankt
street, a block east OF the Lincoln schc
house. Free Press.