The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28
As CROCKETT
SAN THE EAST
Famous Frontiersman'S View
of New York City.
ATTENDS THE THEATRE
His Desert ption of Rive
ATTENDS THE THEATRE
His Description of Five
Points" in That Day.

Not two years before he met death
in that historic defence Of Alamo. Davy
Crockett. the Tennessee backwoodsman
and member Of congress. made a journey
from Washington to Boston. visiting on
the way Baltimore. Philadelphia and
New York. OF all racy records OF travel
his own story, embodied in an autobio-
graphy that turns upnow and then in
secondhand book-shops is very unique.
Shrewd humor, fine appreciation. awide
experience Of men and matured kindly
Judgment, met very natural curiosity
OF the eastern people TO see what manner
of man this wild hunter and trapper
could be and the result was delightful.
His reasons for making the journey he
thus outlined:
During the session OF this congress. I
thought / would take a travel through
the Northern states. / had braved the
lonely forests Of the West I had shoul-
dered the warriors rife in the far South:
but the North and East l had never
seen. 1 seemed to like the members Of
congress who came from these parts
and wished 10 know what kind OF con-
stituents they had. These considerations.
in addition to my physicians advice TO
travel a little more for my health. in
duced me to leave Washington on the
18th day of April. 1894. and steer for the
North"
From Baltimore whrrehe lay the first
night. he proceeded to Philadelphia.
going by steamboat down the Chesapeake
ha
was a clean new sight to me. ne wrote.
about dozen big stages hung on TO
one machine" In the seventeen-mile run
accomplished in ftty-hve minutes. with
the engine wheeling as If shehad the
tizzick, Crockett recalling a story. was
moved to burst out laughing" A pas
senger asked why he laughed
Why, says I. it's no wonder the fell
lows horses run OF, 4 Carolina wagner
had just crossed the railroad from Char
lesion TO Augusta. when the engine hove
in sight 1t was growing dark and the
sparks Of the engine were flying in every
direction. His horses ran of. broke his
wagon -. He run 10 a house for help
and when they asked him what scared
his horses he said he jest didn't know.
In Philadelphia he found crowds wait
ing to cheer him; he made two speeches:
visited the Mint and the insane asylum.
the waterworks and the Exchange and
a Walnut street theatre in the
evening. where he saw Jim Grow" Jim
makes as good niger as if he was
clean black, except the handy legs" Here
was fresh criticisml In the light banter
Ing of his party. Crockett records several
jokes flung back and forth and his own
query at the end why Is a cow like a
razor -grinder?" No one could answer
Well" said he. 4 thought you could
find that out. for I don't know myself
After three days in Philadelphia Crockett
set out for New York going by steamboat
On the Delaware river. until he got upon
4 railroad where they say we run twenty
I've miles 10 the hour"
The woodmen's first impression Of New
York was that fl was "buIger OF a
place. The number Of ships beat me all
hollow. and looked for all the world ike
1 big clearing In the West, with the dead
-rees all standing" Certain biographers
md novelists have grossly parodied the
language OF Crockett. over-emphasiziur
his ignorance. but one who reads thi-
erse. vivid history Of most unusual
lie will feel that h had the seeing
We and the descriptive phrase 'Ou the .
subject % my style. ne wrote ~ a mast.
.rly preface. lit is bad enough in all
conscience. 10 please critics. II that s.
What they are after. They are q sort q
-ermin though that shan't even so
much as stop 10 brush on
From Pearl street and the Merchants
Exchange. where h made q speech. the
Western visitor was taken 70 the old
'eaie's Museum and thence 10 the city
iall The mayor. Gideon Lee. was de-
cribed by Crockett as - plain. common +
ense-looking man. was told he had .
.een tanner; that pleased me. Cor.
rocket uaively added. 7 thought him
nd ne had dumb up a long way from
'here We had started. ard II 81 truly
aid Honor and fame from no condition +
ise. It's the grit u a fellow that makes
he man
At a banquet rendered 70 him in the
vening by The young Wings Crockett
- toasted as the underwriting suppor-
or Of constitution and laws His repir
-as characteristic. both n his own ready
- and his political principles y uadc
short speech and conclsde8 v1th the
tory q the Red Cow. which Was that
s long as Gen jackson went straight
followed hin. nut when Re began ~ 20
his way and that way and every way
wouldn't 60 after bin. like the boz
hose master ordered him 81 Plough
cross the field % IRE red COW Well -
cyan n plough snd she began % walk.
I'd Re- PlopEhcd an forcnoon after her
o. when TIE master came - sr1rs ~
IN Tor Eai1g - crooked WHY sf-
az The bog. Won tod ne 20 plough 81
be red COW and ] kept after her hgf
b. siwayH ke7tm0TirF crockeffz d.
az IN che following Fes-. wher re sto1a
y reelection % congress Is credited -
= enemT. Gen Iackson ard & VA that
=feaf that seat hiu from Tennessee 81
an Houston ard he s-au sand - al
sntarers who Were aghtiag fcr the ln-
zpenssaoe of Texas
Nay Ia o. Seu York vas more =
n lss4 thaa ngw. q fudge
-om Crocketss rspert II thss acrIrlf~
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me ~ returned doza RroaaEav x
e=sd ~ ne thar ire city zas eT3ns
fore SINE &rf-I calamity WHY Sad
co;0ue- What vn1e- heaven u The