The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-13
BIDS WEST GOODBYE.
CALAMITY JANE ENDS HER AD-
VENTUROUS WESTERN
CAREER
HELPED BY EASTERN WRITER
Famous woman scout and Indian
Fighter Will Live as Guest of
Mrs. Josephine w.
Brake.

calamity Jane" the most picturesque
female character in Western 1rnnt
life, was in the city yesterday, at Inc
Ryan hotel She was accompanied by
Mrs. Josephine Winfield Brake, an East
ern writer of considerable note. Far re-
moved from the wild mountains ana
prairies on which she has spent her
eventful life, in highly literary nome
eight miles from the city of Buffalo,
Calamity" will end her days, all
through the whim of the wealthy and
cultured Mrs. Brake.
Pathetically portrayed in the issue OF
April of the Buffalo Express was
the story of .'Calamity's" admission to
the poor house of Gallatin county, Mon
tana Calamity Jane the woman
Indian fighter, hunter, scout, poker play
er and miner, the friend of all the old
time famous soldiers, and the heroine
of a dozen lurid dime novels, was to end
her melodramatic career in an aims
house. A dispatch from Butte last
week said that Calamity Jane has
been admitted to the Gallatin county
poor house and that she expects to end
her days there" Seated in her COM
Portable library Mrs Brake read the ac-
count, and it appealed to her. She
thought of it for days and finally de-
cided to attempt to persuade Calamity"
TO go with her to her New York home
for the first time in modern comfort.
Her resolution was followed by a trip
West. She first went to Butte and Ylere
found that the report of Calamity"
entrance to the poor house was false.
No one knew where she was to be
found. From Butte she went to Liv-
ingstone and then to Horn Two miles
from the latter place, living in a tum-
ble-down shack with a negreSs, F1e
found Calamity" suffering from a
serious illness that had been brought on
by her faithful attendance upon a young
mountaineer, who had been Sick in mis-
cabin several miles away. When Mrs.
Brake first made her cherished plans
known to the faded heroine the latter
burst into tears, but suddenly seized her
hand and, smiling between her tears
exclaimed in her characteristic way,
"B gosh, I'm with YOU" and it was set
tied. In time Calamity was nursed
back to health, and donning the female
attire which was so uncomfortable to her,
the strange pair, one typical of TWEEN
tieth century refinement, culture and
book education, the other typical of
nineteenth century kind-hearted cour-
age, ruggedness, and knowledge OF
nature, started for the East
SHE HATES REPORTERS.
With the vigorous spirit of the from
tier, Calamity loves and hates-there
is no languid Indifference Among the
hated ones she has set down very near
the top of the list, all newspaper report
ers, and in evidence of nef dislike
of this class Of toilers she pro-
duced hard leather grip, the
end Of which was battered in. The
grip, she explained, had been disffgured
by too violent contact with a reporters
head. The writer took his breath and
decided to sever all connections with
his paper for the next fifteen minutes
She spoke very interestingly of her
thrilling experiences. Though unedu-
Gated in the common acceptance of the
term she is very keen and oftentimes
witty. 1t was about half an hour past
dinner time and "Calamity's" appetite
had not suffered in the least from
change of air. In speaking of D. ner
soubriquet she suddenly turned the drift
of the conversation by remarking with
very suggestive glance, well, don't
care what you call me as long as it is
in time for supper" The reporter i'm
mediately arose and Calamity joined
in the hearty laugh that followed. With
a real Western handshal1e she babe him
adfeu.
No other name is known for "CaIam-
ity Jane" Until the early seventies 1t
was plain Jane, but during an Indian
tight, at about this time an act of ex-
IRENE Valor resulted in the addition of
Calamity to her name and Calamity
Jane" 1t has been ever since
She had been engaged as a scout under
Gen. Egan. During a scrimmage with
the Indians, Gen. Egans horse was shot
and he was pinned to the ground.
brave was preparing to dispatch the
general, when Jane coolly shot the In
dian and, pulling the general from under
the horse, carried him out of danger.
BY the grateful general she was dubbed
Calamity Jane the former explain
ing that she was a good person to have
around in a calamity. She was born in
Missouri, but wnen quite young was
taken to Montana in prairie schooner
by her parents, who died soon after
she started ''rustling" for herself from
the time of her double bereavement and
soon developed into an admirable scout
ana indian fighter. She survived several
husbands and led the life of the real
scout Her unerring aim was the death
of many She drank whisky and lost
and won heavily in poker
Mrs. Brake, who had taken .CaIano-
1ty'' as her charge. lives on the TrilIev
road, eight miles from Buffalo. She has
written for several New York paners
and was Washington correspondent for
Cleveland and Columbus papers A veer
ago her book, How 1t Happened" was
published and attracted considerab1e az
teilIlon- She is warm personal friend