The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

7 In the company that wiil sail from San
Pedro in the steam yacht san Diego will ne
none but men Of proved csurase. crack
shots and experienced in the VANS OF In
dams. Nearly all of them have spent
years On the desert and ranges. where tue
rule of the survival OF the httest applies.
and as they are alive they must be Mt
Two conspicuous members OF the com
| pany will be Der Lewis. Sheriff Of Cochise
County. ArizuFa. and J. H Thompson Sher-
III Of ella County. Arizona. Nothing more
is needed as a voucher for the courage OF
these men than the statement that they
have lived to serve the terms OF tSeir offices.
In fact. Mr.. Thompson is the first mar who
ever lived through the term Of Sheriff OF
ella County. His predecessors died in the
discharge Of duty" when attempting TO
make .be arrest Of some Of the outlaws
that formerly had things their ovn way in
both coantiss.
Lewis and Thompson are crack shots In
the early days hey rode the range with
Arizona Charlie" and. Ike him. we're in
the wars with the Apaches- Thompson lid
his county Of bad men and is now serving
his fifth term as Sheriff Levi ran the out
laws out of ella County and is living SO
peeceably that he fears he is becoming
lazy.
Then there is Charles Cowels. who gained
frontier fame as q member OF the Esrp
gang and Arizona Chsrlie's' three broth
ers- They are younger than the leader. but
their careers have been scarcely less event
full. Arizona Charlie" says Of them that
they were brought up on the Sah Carlos
Reservation among the Apaches. and they
know every trick Of an Indian, from IL
fancy to the happy hunting roun6." They
are Jim" and Jake and "Mo55ty" Mead
ows. Jim" Is a cattleman. Jake" f. Mar
shal Of Yuma and Modify" the younge.
Of the brothers. IS q manager for the I'm
perial Land and Irrigation Company. on the
California side Of the Colorado River he
is the KID Meadows Of Wild West show
fame. and is the Acknowledged champion
rough and trick rider OF the West.
MEADOWS = GIANT COWBOY.
Charles Meadows. the knight banneret OF
the expedition. is a typical coEboy-Just q
figure to adorn the first page of a boys
story paper. He is by no means the rough
and wild pers5n that his fayorite ~cogno1nen.
Arizona Charlie" indicates him TO be. but
Is as modest Of manner as q hazed freshman
and as polished as a society figure. His
conversation is that Of the cultured travel
er-not a bit of the Wild and woolly West
erner. In stature that dashing king OF
cowboys is s feet 3. as 1.-THE as one CT J.
Fsnimore Coopers Indian heroes. and in
years he Is one or two less than 90
His three brothers are taller than Charles.
He has travelled twice around the world
with his Wild West show. and since aban-
eDL-AS 1890 80
OF successful mining in the Klondike. has
spent his time In che large cities OF the
East and West
Arizona Charlie" Is to-day one OF the
most interesting characters Of the West. not
alone for his marked personality. but for his
record on the range. Almost his first expe-
rience with Indians was soon after his par
erts had moved from California 10 Arizona.
when. IN an uprising Of the Tonic Apaches.
both OF his parents were massacred. Tn
boy took an cath that ne would avenge the
murder, an oath which was not forgotten.
as the record OF subsequent Indian uprisings
proves
He was engaged as q scout and IN many
encounters with the Apaches In the wars
made by Chiefs Victoria and Geronimo. the
last great Indian Wars. In which General
Laxtoa was q conspicuous leader Of the
soldiers engaged. Arizona Charlie" organ
lied = band of about q hundred cowboys.
who for more than a year neglected their
herds 70 fight Indians On one occasion he
was IN q hznd-to-hand conflict with Chief
Geronimo. and gxse that usly savage the