Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-01
KNEW XII CARSON.
Rev. A. N. Powell, Of Colorado
Springs, Reminiscent,


Colorado Spring. facing the entire
western range. stands a now cottage
built of shinglca its gay paint almost
Immediately clean. and such Gec.d.
cd atmosphere OF wholesome thrift
and clean mess permcatos the entire
house that one instiuctvc!y wonders
about the inmates OF the cozy little
house.
Tho visitor at this ideal home. upon
entering the place VIII De- welcomed To
take q seat In th" little front parlor
by the neatest al women. whose cul-
tured accent at once bctokens the stu
dent and scholar. She will most likely
be sewing or monding. and even while
continuing her work she will soon be
telling YOU confidentially that she is %
years old and that her husband, who,
she says looks much older than herself
Is In reality about six months younger
Here live the Rev Alfred y. Powell
and his wife. who after wandering all
over the country, have aHai.y returned
to Colorado springs a. the ideal place
in which thcy are going to spend their
declining years
FRIEND or KIT CARSON
Rcv. Powell at one time travelled the
western plains and in the mountains
In company with the rotcd scout. KIT
Carson. and his band Of traders aud
trappcrs Although he has passed the
scrlptural three score and ton. his
memory would put 10 shame the aver
age young man ~ the present day Mr..
Powell Is Kenuuckiau 10y birth and
although ctrcum .tanccs have limited
his scupc somewhat. hc is of the type
AZ the grand old men who have buiit
up the dostinics OF the great nations OF
the day-mcn like Gladstone, Daniel
webster. Bismarck and Lincoln such
men who are the salt of the earth and
who leavon mankind to careers of Inn.
mrotal usefulness.
"Oh yes have had a rather cNcit.
in- life. bat nothing remarkable after
all said Mr. Powell "a few days %
as Gazottc reporter sIcut an after
noon in his delightful home, listening
to the wonderful tales with which MI
Powell can interest one
"rhc most vivid rccoilcctio. Of my
early career in the west was my htst
trip-not that L was anything particu
larry unusual but being the first II i'm
pressed me the NEST. This was the
first time that | met Kit Carson by
the way | was going 60 80 west Just
for the fun OF the trip | was Young
and strong and wanted 20 see a bit of
the world. | was employed by a man
named Reed who owned two wagons
which he was going 10 freight TO Santa
| Fe. away at the edge of the world.
This was ia October In lSis. We start
ed on the second day Of the month.
| leaving early in the morning. There
were six n the party. Judge Baird,
who was going 20 Santa Re. the capital
New Mexico. as IL might be termed.
/ TO represent the terms Of the independ'
cut government Of Texas 10 the rights
of owning the entire territory Of New
Mexico. This territory claimed that II
| was part OF national domain while
Texas claimed that New Mexico was
stateland belonging To herself He
was going to appear before council
| N Santa Fo 10 attempt To convince
| the people there OF the ACCESSIBILITY Of
belonging 90 Texas rather than to the
| federal government In all. there were
/ six people in our party after leaving
II the boundary Of Missouri We were
on the lookout for Kit Carson for to
tell the truth We were afraid to start
out far with such small company
FIRST INDIAN SCARE
I'VE had travelled as far as Diamond
II Springs n mile or two out Of Council
Grove, when we suddenly found that
III, Indians were all around us We
decided to wait there for the Indians
seemed friendly toward MS and thought
1. that Carson would soon be coming
that wav. We had not been there
many hours when Kit Carson, his bro
Their. Lindsey Carson. and Captain
Owncs and doctor. whose name | do
not recall, and a Mexican servant met
us. Carson came up To MS and shook
hands with all. He always was the
very soul OF politeness and well bred
courtesy. very much a gentleman, in
deed. and even under the strongest
provocation he never forgot his man
d ners
I'VE all rested here awhile and just
NJ nlBNttan ln' nul'S ShNurnlN plchfu
up their ears, acted uueerly and all OF
them looked in the direction of 10,
Of brush and small trees. Then we
heard a noise as of thousand Indians
AZ least. so ! then thought. II came
nearer and we thought that the In
h dams were upon Us surely this time
H Ate a while Carson told uG that the
ugle, was made hv wolVny The great
H rray wolf as well as the coyote, was
vecy plentiful then I never heard
such an unearthly din as those beasts
could make upon the prairics upon a
etill light
"rhi was my FIRST Indian scare and
| 1 nm ,,nAnr .rn rod nfin fhnf In lhu