The evening times., 1899-09-25
A DUEL WITH LASSOS.
A Mexican and an American Fought
Ii Out te the Death.
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)

(ErOm the Seattle
"Between a Mexican and an American
YES. It happened about twenty years ago
snd il was about as exciting piece OF work
as ever saw. l was foreman at that time
for the Seven Up G U. P) horse ranch, In
Wyoming and we were on our way from
sydney Neb.. with band OF mares tnat
had been shipped from Missouri to Sydhey'
Neb We had to drive the animals over
land 10 the home ranch.
We'll. ] picked out ap outht OF men
around Sydney, seven Americans ana three
Mexicans-a tough lot. we started out anu
when we got 10 the Big Cheyenne River,
south of the Black Hills. we stopped TO let
the horses rsst for a few days. There was one
Nexican Pedro Gonzales, about the most
iII-natured and most quarrelsome man
ever saw, He fell out with an American
nv the name of Dick McAll, an all-arouhu
had man. I knew Dick by reputation, and
he had bad record.
well. one day at dinner time DICK
made some remarks about roplng sreas-
err down into Texas and hauling MIN
across ,he prairie until he was worn out.
man must have been asleep or dead, Tor you
must have been asleep or dead, for you
could not rope a live man and do that.
Dick Jumped TO his feet and pulled MS
gun. and Pedro did the same. l rushed De-
tween them and ordered them TO put up
their guns. The Mexican's black eyes
shone like rattlesnake's when about TO
strike, but he put the gun back in his belt
and Dick did the same.
e.J knew there would be trouble, and
how to avoid it was a question not easily
solved. | ordered the horse wrange er TO
fetch up the saddle horses, for l intended
to move on that afternoon The Mexican
smoke to Dick and they walked on TO
one side and talked in low tone lot
few minutes. When the horse came up l
noticed both men saddled up their best
horses. They both unwound their lasso
ropes and stretched them out side by side.
Dicks rope was about forty-nVe ieee
long and Pedros about sixty feet. fedro
drew his knife from his belt and cut MS
! rope the exact length of Dicks. Then
thew coiled up their ropes carefully and
| each man led his horse in opposite diree-
tions until they were about hundred
| wards apart Then they mounted ike a
| flash and rode toward each other. l stool
| holding nv horse by the bride and watch
ed every move / will never forget the
| look of hate and murder on the Mexican
| face. His lips were apart. showing MS
white teeth. and awicked smile seeme1
| to play about his mouth. Dicks jaws
| were set tight, and look OF mlngieo 1eaf
and rage combined on his savage face.
| They RODE SLOWLY tOWdTu eoCu olhCi Aoi
| about fifty yards, watching each other like
a couple of Gagged panthers Then they
| made dash and both ropes shot out like a
streak of lightning. Both men lodged and
| ESCAPED. In an instant they had gathered
| I'D their ropes, and began to circle around
| and around / could hear the swish ol
their ropes as they swung them around
their heads, each man trying to get some
| advantage. They charged back and forth
| and finally both threw their ropes again
| IT was a close call for Dick for the Mexi'
can got his rope over Dicks head, bu
| Dick threw it off before he could pull VI
the slack. In an instant Pedro had gath
cred up his rope and threw it again ant
caught Dick around the head and ont
arm. He drove his spurs into his hors
and started across the prairie, but like
flash Dicks hand went to his pistol, ant
before the Mexican could pull him from
his horse Dick sent a bullet through hi
head and the Mexican fell to the groun
dead.
"But Dick was ierked from his hors
with terrible force, for the Mexican ha
lmade the end of his rope fast to the saddl
horn. The Mexican's horse ran short dis
tance and then stopped, and before I coul
get to him one of the other Mexicans ha
ridden up and emptied his six-shooter int
| Dicks body. He then put spurs to hi
horse, and soon disappeared across th
prairie, and that was the last ever saw {
him. The other Mexican told me that wa
the third duel of that kind that Pedro ha
fought, and always got his man.