New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20

,-;,I ~ sought in vain 70 fastcn the ieSP'"''-
bility on the SIormons, saying, 1 stuu'eu "
make Brigham Young's will my pleasure i''
thirty years" and our authors tacity eAo"e'
ate the sect he accused but they cannot he'p
the reader concluding that Lee ; irlsh'iu ue'''
with others almost as bad, would never nave
been possible If the Mormon settlers nd" oee"
earlier put under control
rho history Of the famous pony express OF the
yvo.t occuoies goodly number Of pages IN
this book l! was a primitive mode OF trans
mission. no doubt, but we are given some as
tonisbing figures, nevertheless showing the phe-
nornenal speed Of The daring riders. In lo"V
nucbonan's last message was carried from the
Missouri River to Sacramento, distance OF
moro than two thousand miles. in eight days
and = few hours Lncoln's inaugural mess &c
was cent over the same route IN the lohoNi"e
year in seven days and seventeen hours' Nv"
hundred and fifty miles day was the sta"ua'"
required Of the pony express Letters "et"
written in those days on the thlnnest poSSip'c
nonar and some hundreds of them could be
packed into a small package They were paIo
for at the rate of s. each, in advance, wI'h'
presumably, a higher tariff for more vaiuaDie
| freight Colonel Cody rode the pony express
| along the Salt Lake trail at one time II 10
related that a rider sent out just before MIN ndu
| been killed BY road-agents who kne" th"' liz
carried some precious packages. Cody was
! sent out and arranged a stratagem for the
discontinue. Of thc thieves He put his treas
ure under his saddle blanket and, taking
second pair of saddle pouches, filled them
with worthless articles and hung them across
| hi, horse in plain sight. The bandits stopped
him in due course. and under their rifles ne
agreed to hand over his saddle pouches Mark
my words men you'll hang for this, ne told
them as he slcwl: unfastened the straps. Iheh'
hurting the pouches at one Of the men, he shat-
tered the arm Of thu other with a bullet from
his revolver and squirting his horse. sped ON
UP the trail reaching his next station on time
and wth his packages safe. Colonel Cody Was
later a stage driver. and had other adventures
equally exciting but they need not be- repeated
here. He makes the interesting statement that
when Ben Holiday sold out his interest in
the mail service 10 Wells Fargo x Co.. in l>'6.
he obtained for it Sl50ow~ in cash and
S}000oo in the stock Of the express company
This gives a hint If the magnitude of the opera
tioas between the East and the West even be-
fore The railroad came Men Of endurance.
lcnir;.g. and resource were. obviously i'm hiSN
demand and thi- book shows that The supply
was always ready. our authors give a vivid
picture of brave and usually honest manhood.
But there were black sheep IN hundreds
The Indians themselves could not often sur
Pass the cruel.ics ana laWlessneSs of the white
dcsperadoes on the trail The Pdwnees kept up
the practice Of human sacrifice but John d.
Lee was scarcely their superior. nor was Mr.
Jack Sade. of Fort Kearny This co"atdF
bully attempted. for no very obvious reason. 10
kill a French-Canadian rapper named jules
Bernard Bernard was too quick for him. how
eyer and discharged his gun in the stomach
of MS drunken enemy. Horriiied at seeing Slahe
in a wounded condition the trapper said that
if he would shake hands he would take him u
Denver and pay his bills while he was recovering
from the shot Sade agreed. but not long after
ne had regained his health he shot Bernard
from ambush. woundug him in the knee Then
calling his friends to his assistance ana over
towering the unhappy man. h. carried hilu
off. tied him 10 drygoods box ana shot al
him for Il while trying To- see how near he could
come to his target without hitting it, He finally
shot off one Of Demands ears and then ordered
his companions 10 empty their reVolyers into
the body. They robbed the murdered mans
ranch. gave his wife. a gir only thirteen years
old about $500 and left her u shift for herself
Sladc nailed one OF her husbands ears to the
door Of the pony express station and wore the
other for several weeks as a watchcharm. Be-
side this brute the Indian looms not unim-
pressvely.
Speaking Of the Crows. our authors tell
comical story of number of warriors belong
ing to the tribe. who stopped lone French
man the road in friendly way and asked
him by signs if he knew anything about the
trail Of their enemies. the Sioux. They drew
their fingers across their threats to express their
meaning. that being the sign for the sioux