The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-03-20

| suppose by the time they reached
the man whom | had knocked down
that he had recovered and hurriedly
told them OF what had happened.
They did not stay with the man whom
I had shot, but came on In hot pursuit
were making better time down the
rough mountain than was.
At last they came so near that ! saw
that must abandon my horse. /
jumped to the ground and gave him q
hard slap with the butt Of one Of my
revolvers. which started him on down
the valley. while ! scrambled up the
mountain side. had not ascended
more than forty feet when | heard my
pursuers coming closer and closer.
quickly hid behind a large pine tree.
and In q few moments they all rushed
by me. being led on by the rattling
footsteps OF my horse, which they
heard ahead of them. Soon they be-
gan firing in the direction Of the horse.
as they no doubt supposed | was seat
ed on his back. As soon as they had
passed me | climbed farther up the
steep mountain, and. knowing that
had given them the slip and feeling
certain could keep out Of their way.
[ at once struck out for Horseshoe
Station, which was twenty-five miles
distant. had very hard travelling at
first. but upon reaching lower and bet
ter ground | made good headway.
walking all night and getting into the
station just before daylight. footsore.
weary and generally played out
Immediately walked up the men OF
the station and told them Of my ad
venture. Slade himself happened to
be there, and he at once organized a
party to go out In pursuit Of the horse
thieves
We had a brisk ride and arrived In
the. immediate vicinity Of the thieves
rendezvous ut about 10 o'clock in the
morning. We approached the dugout
cautiously. but upon getting In close
proximity to II we could discover no
horses In sight. No one was inside.
and the general appearance of every
thing indicated that the place had
been deserted; that the birds had flown.
Such indeed proved to be the case.
Among one of my earliest acquaint-
ances was a young man. older than
myself, who was destined to become
famed In frontier history, while at the
same time legendary gossip has caused
his career to be somewhat misunder-
stood owing to its varied character.
This was James B. HIckok. who. al
though his name was James. will live
In song and story as "Wild BILL"
While probably no man In western
history had so many notches on his
gun. It may be said that no man re-
corded them oftener In defending right.
enforcing law and dealing justice.
In our early youth we were associ'
ated in many adventures on the plains
In Indian warfare. wagon trailing.
hunting and trapping. and we hap
pened to be on the same side Of the
fence when the civil war between the
north and the south left the plains al
most alone to the red man.
"Wild Bill' soon became one OF the
mCSt uoteu lncu III the SohnNSn~S "
the Union generals in the extreme
southwest. He was a magnificent
specimen or manhood ana one oi
the most deadly shots with rife or
pistol that ever lived. In his en-
thusiasm us a Union spy he made a
detour around. down into Texas and
back to southwest Missouri and Joined
the Texans under an assumed name
and accepted service as Confederate
spy. consequently giving himself the
double danger Of a spy's fate. There
fore by this means <e became Of I'm
mense service to the Union forces.
For many months he was confiden-
| tial secret service agent for the Con-