The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-29

the Northwest and everywhere he has
been received with the honor due to a
man who has done so much toward the
opening and development of his coun-
try. Modest and retiring Capt. Dram
nan bears the marks of the early strug-
gle with the foes of the early civi1iza-
ton. Coming as he does as the ''Last
Voice From the Plains he takes none
of the great credit which is due him
for his noble and sacrificing life, but
rather delights in telling the stories of
the days of exit Carson and Fremont
and the glorious deeds attained by
these conquerors of the mountains. In
appearance he bears all the marks of
the frontiersman, his long flowing
locks, his broad-brimmed sombrero and
his long list of testimonials from men
in every station of life proclaim him
to be all that he claims to be. In his
life he has seen many struggles which
have made the history of America in
teresting and he bears with honor ten
scars made by arrows, tomahawks ard
bullets which he carries to recall Ie
memories of many hard fought bat
ties with the Indians. The Captain
was seen at his rooms on Market street
this morning and consented to talk a
little of his life, and work on the plains
In speaking of his life he stated that
he was born on a ship, on the Atlantic
ocean, midway between France and
America, on January 10, 1882. On
reaching America his parents settled
at Nashville, Tennessee, and for four
years he bore the hardships of frontier
farmer life. Cholera carried away his
parents while he was yet a child, and
at the age of fifteen years Capt. Dram
nan was forced to go out into the world
to fight his battles alone.
He went to st. Louis, and here he
met the famous Kit Carson. A week
later he started with the famous exit
westward, to enter the service of man
kind. For the next twelve years the
names of Capt. Drannan and Kit Car
son were linked in all the romantic
history of the plains. His service
with Carson won him distinction, and
a short time after the government took
notice of his wonderful powers as a
scout and for thirty-one years he was
employed as government scout. Dur
ing this time he took part in many of
the famous wars with the Western in
dams. In the famous Modac wars he
took an important part, and single
handed captured the famous Captain
Jack" SO long a terror to the American
soldiers on the plains of the West.
But age has turned the long, black
braids to grey, and now he has re-
turned to the haunts of civilization to
spend his declining years. lie is a
man of considerable education, and has
written book of compelling interest
touching all the exciting incidents of
his life on the frontier. He calls it his
''1ife history" and ali through it is
filed with the recital of incidents
which are interesting to every student
of American history.
A talk with the captain is more than
worthy of all the time one could spend
with him, and it is with regret that we
do not publish many of the interesting
stories told by him. However, an eff
fort is being made to have Capt. Dram
nan deliver lecture in Kenosha in the
near future, to which all will be in
vited. The admission will he free, and
no hall in the city will be large enough
to accommodate the people anxious to
hear the story of his famous life.
While Capt. Drannan has retired
from his active life, there is story
being told by the Chicago newspaper
men which goes to show that the old
romance in his veins, formed during
the stirring scenes of his early life, has
not dried up, for they state that last
week the captain was one of the prin-
cipa1s III a very romantic wedding IN
Chicago, when Bishop Fa1lows, who