The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
Stories of the Hour
Me- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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eonlepcd FOR the deadly nght that wa
so near al hand NaN'hca sland. Whru
The nsh, WAS to be. was midway he.
iWrcl tht Louisiana and Mlsaisn, ~,
shorra ot the Great Father ot Water
Fh'rtorc Il was MvurIle meeting
p'ac' fnr gentlemen who had ,a at.
Just Affairs tha, NIGH, have fatal end.
lnH, as the ou,hor;os ~ neither stat,
could interfere Il s,aycd an u,Rht
with James Howie." said friend VI hr
VITO died over twenty yOrs ago. ju hl,
nhcuvIh year "Ou the n!gh, htrory
the hgh, was to ,akt pie, pcycr SAN
man sleep morc soundly than he dlL.
nor eat u better brcakfas, the mex,
morning"
|! was understood that each VI the
principals should have bu, one friend.
and certainly not more than two. ON
the ground, Rut Mr. wrlsh, had Ave
or six present. The night bcg,n VIA,
pistols, one u Bowtcs missed nrc,
while both OF wrghrs bullets took N.
feet upon his antagonlst
Thinking he had nowic al hts merry.
Norris wrsh, sprans upon him In a
moment howtc had drawn hts deadly
knife, and though two or three NJ
WrIght's friends were shooting a, him
and hitting him. too. ls,Wjc made one
awful slash ~ Wrighta ncvk The
keen s'ccl hit into the ycr, neck bone
The blood shot ou, over Bowie. Norr,
Wrigh, was dad before BE- touched the
ground
Seriously wounded himself. N was for
some time Il very Joub,tul question
whether or not he would ever get wrll
but youth, a temperate lttc. amt nm rN.
cellcn constitution hnally brough, him
around, and In Il year rom that time
he killed General Grain with the same
knlte he had used In his firs, encounter.
The knife docsn; msss nrr." hc said
TO an Intimate friend. Mr. Bynum ~ the
parish or Rapiia. The pistol docs"
This, ot coursr, was long hc'nr tho per.
iec;lP1 q he percusslou cap or the In.
'en''"H =; = ;!,A - ',,;' -: revolver the ~ -,
revolver ever made.
James Bo yic was engaged In ,hc pur-
case and contrst u clalm, r,r grrt,
tracts ot land yhlt had been grants
made by the French crown When
louisiana was coded 20 the unI,ei states
and finally bNamc a state there was
good deal ~ trouble on this account
over gomc of the titles To land along
Red liver and its tributaries \ mln
'ften had 20 hgh, Tor his plantation. aA
frequently ne woull not give {, up to
somebody with an old French OF Span
sh grant. !, Wis In these contests tha'
james Bowie 40 the mori ol his XIII.
ng H. had sixteen lives on HE hands
from 'h' Use % that one bloody knife
Nf''r mIsh rons!dorl Lon hc haI made
, knife ,hat mas been the mode nnI pat
Term for an the real bowl, knives tha,
.yrr had The sanction " their nrlgin.
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