Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-08
SHERIFF REDGRAYE.
STORIES or A DISTINGUISHED BRIT
lsH COLUMBIAN.

Death now the Hear Returned HUI
ict-Tho shorin Isn't a Doctor, but 10
Stamped out % smallpox Fpldcraio.
Lying in tho picturesque valley Of
tho Columbiarvcr in British Columbia,
with the Sgihirk mountains on one side
and tho Rocky mountains on tho othor,
is Che town of Donald. u tho Canadian
Pacific railroad lt used to Do known
as o "wido oran town. but 30 is now
% sodute little place Of nearly 1000 in
habitaut 10 is Che meeting place of
divisions Of tha railroad, and from that
reason take. on commercial impor-
lance that othor towns Of the Same size
along tho railroad lack lt also has an
added Importance from the fact that it
is the homo OF shcfir Rodgrayc, tho
chief official 90, an that country around
for % great distance.
sheriff Ruduayo is q distinguished
man u0t only because ho holds the chief
oihco terp,b1uts for many miles, but
because ho hus % notable past He has
had many hrco campaigns with tho In.
dians, has fought his full share u dead
~ duols with dcspoml0Us, has drop.
uod' Dis man on more than ono occa.
sion, knows what roughing it means In
% country the widest of the wild, and
for year before such q thing ns o rail
road was Thought Of in that country was
o. marked man.
sheriff Rdgrayo is always aminblo
and almost always cheerful Onco q
year. however BOO Is manifostly trou.
h.od and downcast. IL IS a custom Ia
Donald ON those occasions 10 wait until
a go0dly collection OF citizons have ar.
rived, and then this conversation usual
ly cnsuos3
GOOD morning, sheriff You soom a
little troubled this morning You look
blue. Nothing gone wrong. has thorcF
some one will say, and the sheriff will
make this rosponso'
ooh, mo, 20 with ana apparent effort TO
throw OFT hiI c1roworn look, nothing
is the matter but the fact IL this Is tho
anniversary " very sad day with me,
and mover can shake or its rcmom.
branco."
"lndocdf' some ono will say, and at
that invitation tho sheriff will tell this
story Of an ovoutful day In his carcor,
one that annually Ills his soul with sad.
moss.
lt was just 80 years ago today That
was mp in tho Caribou country with
tho dearest friond ! ever had. Ho WINS %
noble follow, ono that / would hnvo
gladly given my life 10 any day woro
there occasion to do 80 We were walk.
ing through a gorge one afternoon, and
10y a lnmontaulo oversight had only ono
gun with us. Ny friCud had that Sud.
denly we oamc faco 10 face with an
enormous grizzly boar one u tho old
timo bears, tremendous fellows, such as
We used 20 have In these mountains
Tho boar was angry, and l think had
boon stuug by some bees. Ilo showed
fight, and ] saw ne glance that IL was
either his life or one or perhaps both Of
ours. He camo right for Us, roaring and
determined 90 kill us.
"My friend was nervous man, and
l could SEQ that no WIS little fright
onod Now, you know that / never loso
my nerve. and so / snid % him that |
ANNNkNN 70" alNA N'NNNN XIV ilN AAAN sui
and let mo kill tho bear, so ~ TO mako
surc Of the job, Ho agreed aud seemed
20 be glad TO have tho responsibility OH
his hands. Tho boar came straight for
Us, and took deliberate aim. He had
his mouth open, and I aimed 20 shoot
him there and let tho bullet penetrate
the BRAIN aud thus make u neat job Of
it. Whom tho bonr was about ten PAGES
Of, ] pulled tho trigger. That bullet
went straight 20 its mark, Of course, but
do you know, Just ns &c struck the boar
In tho mouth, that animal FOR some rUa.
son or other turned ON his heels. Tho
| bullet passed through his hcnd, and tho
I boar, turning just us it was passing
| through, donCctol tho bullet, So that
I it flow back 90 us and killed my friond
instantly 10y my side. Yos, this Is al
/ ways worry sad day with me, and 1 ann
suru you win excuse mo IL don't show
my accustomed chyuiuluo.s.
ShurG R0luayo has another thrill.
/ ing experience that no relates occasion.
| ally, and 30 illustrates his fertility Of
resource iu time of great emergency
/ and reveals 60 samo oNtont the reasons
Tor his popularity and advancement 10
tho estimation Of his follow citizens.
/ Ho was up IN the Caribou country many
I years ago aud stumbled into q camp ai
/ Indians whore there was an epidemic OF
smallpox raging II would mover do for
/ him 90 return homo nitUr having boon
/ exposed TO chat C0utugion, and 10 also
WAS incumbent ON him as . man with
% sympathetic heart 90 Try Co stamp out
/ tho Terrible disease. He and bis irond
poudryl over tho situation for q long
time, and ut last o plan came 60 them,
How do you suppose w0 stamped
that smallpox ouJ the sheriff says as
ho tolls tho story
"Wrll, it was this way. Neither of
us had amy medical education, and If
wo bad DO wouldu have dono any good,
for $50 had no remedies with us, and DC
would hayo boon impossible Co mako
thoa Indians tako amy medicine What
do you think wo dids We jus, rounded
l up AN tho Indians chat had the disease,
and WHOM we wcru surn chat wo had uy.
Cy ono of thom and had burned all
their objects wo buried an tho Indians up
| 20 their BeuE4 iuthe ground and luft Thorn
[ tnu~u for tho night Tho uCNt morning
. $50 glmo around 90 500 how they Wyro
I gartug along, uui-w1uld you hoiuyo
/ little wolves had como during tho
[ night and had eaton OH the heads Uf py.
/ ury one OF those Indians That stamped
out the epidemic in that whole section,