Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-06
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..-aadIfrear 1Iratri, iul1e pa .flllrilW
y Tsiss sHs I'M lI3l Wfiaa W.T. II III
difference kshbhed Ihih bf.thS bld
down s,e'', AKA d15SIaHf -I Some
of the xonb frs M Hqhh tS4ibk about
their horseback rides, an inviting that
ts9EEIfgl 1esst Of the the
ofthies Mat WERE hdes! lBbt they held
their peace when he spoke, for they
knew that his CROUCH would wear of
aPd hedthaye. sppethipg TO tel ,themt1r
lL'Yddo AtVS9t 1qtneW VI JddBIRtnlSphl II
reckon thevman from Wyoming re-
sumed wEehI he Had 4SuHded himself
up and snubbed himself chuck up to the
fact that the boyX fsAfe not to blame
the man from Wyoming occasionally
forgets how Old he is and that the Kids"
can't be expected to remember what
took h6klR5Ahjx3hs4H Hoe M6ough
to know there was any wild west.
We'll, -Rankin-could sure ride
some. He wasn't much for fancy, but
o1e n9htsini5HIthHA yth9h VITO
when they were needed. Those were
the sli& adTtheysggf2 torSfFap up
lakali dust for baking powder and all
the wsTBa9rHoU9 bAy6ygbon was
brought there in little tank cars that
looked like the.Wind had blown the sizes
out of box car and let the roof down
tsnrsba3ISgB ,AghtpstsyYgaItfr IpqM the
aql4S t4Sg ,iHPSs410 bH4SSd9iH I'M
EIsu96get RB8lliRsdved bgiya@ia5thAI
BIBst had northumberland
lofTepbereNd siHsa tReyi6Agyf5Jf tiRe1 line
! sYe3t efrqFRg ntB9 Mis78griI rapd he4knle9Y
more'n a lot Of the expert dian ighteTS
4 i1Hatl they Ra3 fsent odt Is lsuBbress the
: Cfelsas2sGhdsGMRd 8aenQw1ng no stiEnp
Bdfoubla foTden saagsI end This tiAsitAeS
4afa it. 59ESuF9lsFhs I9diaps Yere5 81 tbe
rSagpacbe c0uFttTgylo and they turned lrnt loose
IN 1873 and 'l4t@6' a. lot Of settlers hear
lstheir fesef3 atlefsfn 9ttaM9hW noon
4sW' NatidThnrnbured withRQn4e oerl1is
-qcommands h9as fsea & TO pppTsssths Etss,
4 and RanprA&inEjoined fhin1Astg nidA.YAlenn be
| reached Rawltns. Joe had been United
I states marshaf 9ahd jsaeffff and almost
{fe9efye hihgd ielsei oar6ahdi there's andihe
BfSne wsthBwhol gdugtgyel Of b9Lisf
-kinSI9S fliPpe5 l5p on bis e, eSttnate Of the
strength of the II indians, and at Milk
river, IN Utah, the Utes' Gfosed in'6n
! Thornburgs troops, and when RHesmolIe-
5Islse Pede yTp Maj A9d 1Ylgf his
men were dead and every horse in the
I command was either kified Tor wounded.
1n1 @fBHdt DRRankid nd&d9e g5Bdji II all 0fight'
n That ,entglrss 1sssYbluaaeeredsto.sg get
IIthHopgH tbay4ndiaAsya end takees gords to
4 the 5ajlE9ady 179 1mHsSSe9Y He rtt9ok
! one tS Of g'tth the - o1I1nded horses and got
I through The fndians OH the far side Of
Hheicahpt DHe9Bad t01Dfie5a long way
4 ar0tlHAdari5 itawaa dneEeing before he
dS5rqcIo tAs BACK, tEgaIIl 1894 gmiJjes from
where the Utes had the soldiers. penned
+ inpu 's9nB1g9qQSaib 19n gninI59
'RbDq4Ha %0dh6eaGmSft stSDOA gaGea6
Hand hsttrHdl another thatlhes SGT from
do little eattte cAl@9P anpd tAis 8n ea TOO to-
broke down pettQggTce he'd v RIDDEN lfIr Iar he
I struck out afoot ana came to one of the
supply CAMPS tthat Grht4hbdfg had LETT
dom thehtraA0 aAd the captain Fherf gave
j shimoa new, horse, This captain .triedIto
breaE THOUGH t u p9es9dg the major. but he
7 LOST all hfs Rorsesp and Some 6f hfslSen,
q 9HWfth theh6fs5 hrond thasdDpig camp
\ Rankin madetheqsst eg5AelEi6eto Raw
8 lipgssYAereb wa t9Iffs nearest teleg sl5
! INSTRUMENT, 10 miles from the men lte
Y had left He haP Crossed three heqn7
tain ranges, hsRIedaRTs horsesafor miles
where the trails were so rough that lie
eorleptt Itde AipT they9aFkr or else wheH
\ his horses were too bredltd 'eaffy him
That's what-he had done, and he has
IlA9ge HsB Sfr4fgS9F ieIGgYs hssfnYd F5lS m
some.
ssuuqbd3 w99tesCte fqOW what be
came of Thornburg's command and the
man from WbfrShg walked up again
what became of them? What do yol
suppose? They were saved, of course
FJoe ia Rinsj fat ttasgFaphsh from Raw
81 Hngand before 0fEyl ighteHeSt M tpihl
hisGol. rldsqEi TO gab poBiHg with 5SlT com
panies to entrain from Fort russell a
CHEYENNE. Fort Steele, which Is Sons
n east 16EnRawa Inns 9Aas) ThAckhdH befori
obmidhasbtni oRapJiiHli h9d Essted ham
0eselS and rhdfsschoFse end vas there to mes
ob Cob Merritt The So1diers rested a "a
81 an1d tAgf gtrutk 8uF o16r 9dInF rive
aReeJunayl dwarh fiahkinsutdih
b and settingotbsIpAGsno5 snt .hgus 1,
"And they8l lopnqed royeEe those II
miles at a pace that would make yp
Is Ey6dngstgfs drop osttaaEB In the gains
sRBsNll MnLaht Mt bsyb oFogeg WITH 0n nl,
n FjbFesthipg Spells fer Pr hs horses, ana
He pointed out the oeatSGof tiiefam
beyond ~ hill, Col, Merritt ordered tn
bugier to soIind 'otheets" can" and tn
~ cot2fAatld Waited for ia &6s#5effotn tn
u9BafegG6fRNoGei nanEe,gaapd tthey a
raI thought aheitsFlde ghad sbeeAntool sld5
I'd bgtthe AHglsifall vas Hepssteqb alnqq, SUI
enough, the gsply &c, came l1l across the MI