Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-06-26
WALhALLA, 3. CT
wEDNRsDAY. JUNE 10, 1907.
Letter from Capt. Sam. K. Dendy.

Editors Keowee Courier: I take this
opportunity, through The Courier, to
acknowledge the receipt of five dollars
for the Oconee monument fund, sent by
my old friend, NJ. l.. Alexander, in far
off Ardmore, l. T. He is tho son of a
Confederate soldier, who, you will see by
his letter, died in Richmond, in tho
grand old State Of Virginia. His father
sleeps to-day in an unmarked and an un-
known grave. Sad indeed for him and
his brothers and sisters to never again
Loo. upon tie green sod that covers their
devoted father, who wore the gray.
gladly hand in this loving contribution
to the Oconee Monument Association.
While in the West this spring, and just
before leaving El Reno, we had a most
pleasant time, being highly entertained
by our friend whom we had 30 recently
met on our memorable wolf hunt in the
Big Pasture, John G. DeLana, of Mis-
souri,. He very kindly showed US over
the splendid town of El Reno, and with
automobile soon had us out to the Uni
ted States fort, where we saw that much
discussed and much oussed 25th U. S.
Regiment Of colored troops, who 80
bravely shot up Brownsville, Texas.
From El Reno we soon arrived at Okla.
homa City, the Queen City of all the
Southwest. We got into Oklahoma City
attnight; found it with its bustliug and
hustling sixty-ive thousand citizens all
in hurry. I supposed there was fire
somewhere in the oity, but not 80. 1t
was simply tho great flashlights in the
city, such as are used on our great mod
ern gunboate. Ny crowd, as we'll as N.Y.
self, had seen nothing of the kind any.
where else.
Well, Oklahoma City is simply a daz.
cling electric beauty-all in a class to
herself.
From this place Major Stribling and I
went to South MoAlister. Col. R. M.
Richardson and D. X. Collins went back
to Temple, Okla. got off at McAlister
and Major Stribling left for South Caro-
lima. soon boarded the cars for Ard
more, I. T., whore mot my old friend
NJ. l.. Alexander, who formerly lived in
Oconee. He made me feel as though I
had got back homo. l spent some ten
days with him and his good, Christian
wife. have this to say: No kinder,
moro hospitable people live in any State
in this Union than NJ. L. Alexander and
wife. Well, it is but natural-they all
came from old South Carolina.
found Ardmore fine, live town, full
of fine, hospitable people, with all the
modern improvements we'll in hand.
Here it was l broke bread with the
Chinamau, smoked with the Indian, and
mingled with Texas Bud and his troop of
COW boys and graceful riding rangers.
saw here Texas Bud perform all kinds of
feats of horsemanslip on his fine, we'll
trained trick horse, Jesse James. My,
what fine and graceful riders these mon
are! They, too, ride like Capt. John G.
Tandy, Burrell and Fern Hooker and the
Todds, of Big Pasture fame. Yes, they
all sit in their fifty-dollar saddles, six.
dollar StetsOn tan colOred hats, with 80
feet of rope on every saddle. Their sill
vered steel spurs shine and glitter like
the gated game cock, who walks into
the pit of death. All those open air mon
ride grandly? Yes, they ride like the
Lees, the Stuarts, the Jacksons, of Vir-
ginia; the Hamptons, Buffers and Has
kells, of South Carolina; like the For
ests, of Tennessee; like the Morgans and
Dukes, of old Kentucky; like the Wheel
ers, of Alabama. ] greatly enjoyed all
these things while in Oklahoma and the
Indian Territory.
found the farming lands around Ard
moro very fine and productive. Peace
and plenty seemed to prevail.
| saw my old friends, James Dickson
and Sam Maxwell Dickson, while in
Ardmore. They are well satisfied, and
are doing well. also saw William Sim.
mons, who left Oconco in 1867; went to
Texas, aud is now living in Ardmore and
doing well. l saw two of the Mcssrs.
Boozer who formerly went from New.
berry. They, too, seemed to be doing
well.
thank all those good friends for hav-
ing helped mo have grand, good time
in the great State of Oklahoma-thc
land Of Hiawatha at Min ton.ka on
Lake Chau-tau-qua.
Very truly, S. X. Dendy.
Walhalla, June 2G.