The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-03-08
THE TANNING had MAN.

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q. good nstnted msn, sod yet be hs
oas sfitsous fault Ahont obee 10 81
veek. be vorld bfe,k loos. sa ball ki
.ons ote When se vtre resdI 10 star
cot on toe .oivey Big S,m made apple
too 10 90 ss 40 sIsmsn. Col k'ie. on
cbiei, called bin or ,nd ,sid'
IN toste = place Tor yoB. Sam, bo,
don't propose TO have coy breskios looti
90 ihi. trip II you .istt 10 10 boii Anl
body pii tsvs yoa shot like d9s sna
leave your body 10 the wolves.
ssm took the place knosins that The
colobei woaid keep bis .otd. We bad
orders sll down the line TO open DIRE on
hin II be broke 10 sc. aud II was generally
believed that be wonld hsng on TO bim
self aud get through without trouble. AZ
10 his courage, be wss not AFRAID II suy
thing on earth, msn. suimsl or reptile.
0ae afternoon st BltH ity, 20 the siofI
sent, aI mioers undertook 10 escort blm
out OF tlwn With 80 nnlosded revolver
for a elub, BIZ Sam laid ous tbs whole
ssng. Al Silver Hill, where be had ones
sbot . mar, be vas surrounded 10 u shsn
~ by hundred armed men Wnen they
/ n . al
out among them with . quo in either
hsnd sni laughed 10 contempt, Had
shot been fred he would have been rid
ilei 10 sn ins.stt, bnt no oDe pulled
trigger Over beyond San Qlenlin q
hslibreed j1mped Sans broncho and
| camp outtt aud wss twenty miles sgsy be
tore the trail vas taken up. He wps FOL
lowed into camp Of "bsi" Indisus snd
white outlaws = over tiity men 10 sll-snd
sam got every piece OF bis belongings
back without q shot being fred. He elm
ply rode into camp, stating bis errsnd,
.nd his demesnor Was such that the fel
lows dared uot begin row.
Perhsps the feat which brought big Sam
the erestest notoriety took pIacs one even
log on toe edge OF Powder Valley. while
40 was boss OF Msj)r Buekley's wagon
usiu. The siu was Iust going into
camp for tue night, being on ,ts way to
. military supply post, when . mountain
lion which IVES hiding 10 the bushes leap
ed ont aud sei29d q boy about fourteen
years cid named CLARK. As many az six
men saw the aLimsl seiz, bis prey bot De
spite their shouts and gestures he picked
the boy pp and retrested into the bushes.
His teeth we're fixed into the victims
right shoulder. and With tsist Of bis
neck be aans the body on bis back and
t,otted tfI IS II be bad no burden st oil.
Big Bsm va, twenty rods away, but be
o. ne runuips up TO see what the trouble
w,s. when told that young Clsik had
b zen carried of be ran straight for the
spo, wh,re the lion bad entered the bush
ss. The beast was . monslrous big one,
md be vas also in o def ant mood. After
entering the bushes . few rods and find
ng himself followed he dropped the boy !,
lad turned and made ready for Sam.
When the man came Iunning mp the lion
pang st him, bat Sam lesped to the right
nd { the same time kicked the beast 10
be ritsWith such force ss TO max him
Iowl With pain He Was about to skulk
way when be was stiz'd by the tail and :
'Lired round and round till bis head =
truck a tree and bis neck was broken.
oupe CLARK saw it all as be 10y tn're 90
be eroupf, and there were seventy men n
no saw the dead lion. ;.
Oae more ipcideut: As . government =
ont. Big Sam bsd gathered TO-. as be
.lIed it, over dtz Indian wsriiors, ,
I'D for upward Of three years the obey
,ne tribe bad . standing reward OF dcz - :.
, pouies for bis scalp. Woen peace :.
,ue they stiil vented 10 get even With -
In, snd one day at the agency II was :,
.nned TO do bin up, Some military
licer bad pr eented the Indians with q
bber feo ball, and Big Sam was invited !.
do some high kicking. There was
crord Of about q hundred bucks, snd -
e plan was to create 9 Jam ct o certain
,ln, snd .tick a knife l. TO the big fellow. "
verttipg worked sll ristt mp to the last,
hen Sam scented danger and cot loose
'iih bis fsts sud feet be opened lane "
ronsh the crowd, snd when struck st
I,b q Knife be picked the wonld.be sssse pc
D up and fang him twenty feet away,
Big Sam Gardner bad . hundred men "''
sing his prsises. bat Ut the same time ue
man wanted to cbum with him When 'o'
. peculiar "a oods came on be vas danger cue
y to friend and foe alike While we
IRE Glad to bsvs him With ns ou the sur ~
Y, we we're oil the time little sn1ious,
. bad been With us sbout twenty dsys, sn'
a se bed . camp 10 Red Stone Valley. ~
len We noticed that the big fellow wss us'
0 sine sulky and obstioste. We watch ae
him closely for three days, snd il xn oo'
0 general opinion tbst one Of HE spells
a comius on. About 4 o'clock one 81 DIS
% oou. net 80 the chain and sIe gsnss tin
a cone 10. Big San vent over 10 Col J.
'ie's tent sn1 ssid ap'
Look y.re, Kurusl. us bad isir under .o'
ndin sbou, my breskin loo,e. 'sS
Zee, ve did, replied the colonel. be
Boz, I've got 10 DO IL. Kqrrel csn 10
10 myselt II ] doL't cbsw up come L
3y III be GO more food. | slD't after ssr'
J Of our boys, but ! vent = ros win koi
ne OF lhs islltts 10 The csup sercsi the !