Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-30

him as constable and the Missouriar
as promptly showed their appreciatio
Of his characteristics and good mari
manship by burning his first and sec
ond cabins. This discouraged hi
agricultural ambitions. He abandon
ed his claim, took a six.shooter 10
his coat Of arms, adopted for bis mot
to, "NoH me Tdngere," OF which hi
Interpretation was, III you see a maj
looking for trouble accommodate
him." and set forth to conquer thu
world. Like a knight Of the RounC
Table, he felt himself 10 be widely
commissioned by nature in parlou'
times and among rough men, to pro-
tect the innocent, to punish the gull
ty and to keep the peace. The many
personal eocounters in which he was
engaged for two decades with wild
animals, wild Indians, and other Dor.
der men, were thus necessary to de-
termine the authenticity Of his COM
mission and the extent OF his iuris-
diction.
For twenty years Wild Bill lived
the strenuous, not to say the tumult-
uous, life. During most Of the three
years that preceded the Civil War he
drove stage for the Overland, and
freight wagons for Majors, Russell 4
Waddell, from the Missouri to Santa
Fe, Denver, and Salt Lake, fighting
bears, Indians, aud highwaymen as
he rode. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Union army rs wagon master,
serving at Pea Ridge as sharp
shooter, and was employed as Union
scout and spy during the last two
years of the war. AT tho close of
the rebellion he passed considerable
time in Nebraska among the Sioux,
hunting aud trapping, and few
months at Springfield, Missouri. In
1868 he re.ent.red the service and
commanded a band OF scouts through
the Cheyenne War. He was in
charge OF a cavacade Of government
officials who visited the Indian
tribes accompanied by Henry M.
Stanley, the African explorer, then a
newspaper correspondent, who ex-
plotted Bills adventures in the East.
ern dailies. He had charge OF Vice.
President Henry Wilson's party on
their tour, receiving the generous
commentator Of that distinguished
statesman. He fought and killed
Dave Tut In duel on the public
square at Springfield. Missouri. In
Nebraska he engaged in duel with
four bad men who didn't like his
STYLE" and slew three of them.
In March, 1869, in fight with
Black Cheyennes on the Mashta
River, in the Indian Territory, he
broke through the Gordon Of Indians
and killed Black Kettle in personal
conflict, coming away with poisoned
spear.tip in his hip. At the close Of
$50 he turned his attention toward
the preservation Of peace, and be-
came deputy sheriff and city marshal
at Hays City, Kansas, which had be-
come the successor OF St. Louis, St.
Joseph, Westport, and Kansas City
as the QUILTING point for those who
went out on the plains. He had
graduated and received his diploma
as past master of the art Of fight
ing wild animals, wild Indians,
highwaymen, and soldiers in arms,
and was now to settle down to less
romantic duty. Ex-senator Simon
Motz says: "Hickok was the only
officer who was able.to maintain order
among the mule punchers, bull
and rough soldiers at
Hays City. Some respected, some
feared him, and occasionally his six
shooter brought order and new
grave or two in Boot Hill Cemetery.
Up at Abilene Joseph G. Mccoy, an
Illinois cattle man, bad secured a