The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
KIT CARs0Ns RIFLE
A Story that Nav Acc unit Tor the Circsrs'
stances or Its Recovery.


.oAyoS CtTY, Col. June pa few weeks ago
the dispatches in the daily napers were full OF
stories of an Interesting relic which had cen
Wichita. The relic was an old rihe on the lar
rel 81 which wa cut The legend:
Nike Jones' Presented by Kit Carson. 1910
scnlps.," III owed hy ninij or Of significant
marks. With the rifle we're found the uones
Of horses or some ONE o'h"E animals: and the * /
cat. the who!. story Of O nght surprise and
vengeance by Indians.
~ here wasa crowd sitting in bar,rooom In
Pueblo the other evening Ind read thu ar,
,r, . aloud IRON soms pap.r ard We discussed
tough look ing specimen of the Western tramp
me YOU sS he
asked.
;, toid him th,Ee WIS probably, no doubt Of
man IN sx f as h Jc "sso oeSn 'uS"
es there w,s strang e. he said, eagerly:
and seeing there W Is a possibility Of hearing
set . 5ottis Of BOURBON between II Us. land and
- YOU see Knew old Mike" he sold, when
Ms wsfG yS in ths wnss snf In isU
parties ,sometime-, ,etrndns settlers and
th"ush "s aanEetaas S W 5SS s2ni IN S
row row. We Were MT yrry particmlar gs,to Ines;
been II trusted lieutenant ol kit? for twenty
Years: and when any tIip Of siccial dqnErTor
i'm ortnn'" had to be undc taken which kit
2 , %ays s:is ia II 1850 Nike and another
tor in which knew there wa n great ,Ical Of
W. ABOUT 1 Is years. sp lem IN a" anG TSs
". ok M m1 !. along VIII him. ecause he
ara n" fhcr. Is %Ee to ,hn T hSa md
WIZ, q W always stood in mortal terror. and
that isn Gr.z@ly bear. Ny father was, eaten up
cain look Ing out OF the W niow. Our C cabin Din
md c ys or six sp sf nFs
thu 10 land .,n W,rs the nnly ONES saved. As a
- Well. when We were on our way lack from
az y1i :" c9ss :'yfh@
line " |" risk s they h"se sG's's" s Hnr
creek few. rode Just lie ore supper to get
tII Nv, WI t from W sIr'ns there az Nike mi
front uf me stood the biggest grizzly / ever
o, Il wasai il could do TO- tsnd IN. ] couldn't
H' w re y. a 81 and " Ef
twtntT iet away ana yet the bear had H Goen
s. s;uI INIT tnat they hadn't heart him at all.
te"rd kid can yel I''S Ske and Hi t.
their fe,t ard took it ali in at a glance. Yell
nS h fG sss VI and f os thf ME-
urn tS sn prnt t sna wns1s the Sresh qh sn,
way. toi neither Bill nor Mike wouii Iumr oil
tho tho point ,h and leave the 9th to flTht t out
moved from my tracks to save my soil
The fight was the bloc lest eyer saw. and
sse" med to to-, be I'm IN 'ran,e while watrhsd i
noting not Ir could conquer such mass M! Of muscle
h is fore eet were sIushing Mike Bill used
his knife vii. hu' his cuts grew. weaker, and
the took II n hs t at t" nish
f E cent tSs aG3y thn :d till
cred cut. ard. as lie was nearly run to death. 1
ssnninsse ! ! had just me crazy Tor the time
and ran away from there without knowing or
then could lind no traces Of that feirful fight
Old Nike had Ing lot OF god with him nj no
n "ri Sa tsr wa%a E.Ss
to Kit Gu son. to whom it ,elnnred. and it
spa aTf hs s aws sa tsl' be hs st
Killed Mike and EiI and g"i away va With the
s!uii: so wnen cou ,lnt find it l went rack to |
III Mnxiso ann ST. ed there among the greasers
=" You sest lad no way to convince him that
nobody would have believed me. y Ie.
cause eau; was regarded as the most
and to tell them | Ind been afraid to 60 up
AMI get Il gun and Kill that bear wou d have
l,een simply useless, BESIDES. to find a grz-
ely that lar from the iiockies was very un-
usual. mi rht have come back and taken my
chances with a gun. bot a man VIII s square
hate, u 60 into what he knows means life or
death when lie feels that the other side i4
right SO never came back to the States TIL |
old Kit Carson and one or tw, Others 0f them
passed IN their checks. And now don't seem
to h" an good any more. and everything goes
wrong wi me-.
No | hay" never been back again to look
for that gold. and don't care to go now. |
guess III drift around TIL | turn W. missing
some bright morning. So heres to YOU" and
he drained the bottle and walk cd out.