The chronicle=news., 1912-10-29

ine LWo uioHll's OF IN" san I.uls
park In the pioneer period were those
line old comrades. Kit Carson and
rom Tobin. While these scouts were
engaged In the most serious job OF
human existence aud were supposed
to he men of sober thought devoted
to the furth"ran'" or peace, they lik-
ed to play desperate prank occas-
sionaliy ana gcncruiy got away with
the baggage. II must have been dur
ing the Indian summer days In the
early COS when two bands OF noble
red men moved In Tor hunt at the
west foot Of the Sangre de Cristo
These tribesmcn were Arnpahoes
from the plains and rtcs from the
back hills around the Winnemuchc
pass.
The latter laid claim by right OF
possession to all the country In the
mountains nnd always resented the
invasion OF the brethren from the
plains much as the highland oh
jcctcd to the unfri"ndiy visitations
OF the border folk In the chivalrous
days Of the Scottish chiefs SO graph
icaily described by the good laird OF
Abboisford. Carson aud Tobin sat
In II little back cant.cn 1T Fort Gar
land smoking their happy pipes and
offering each other cheerful t0asts
Tor long life and n merry one. Then
they fell to talking about the hos
tile foes that had Just moved In and
were campcd n few miles apart In
Trinchcrn creek not FAR from the
post.
II seemed TO strike both nt once
hat II would H." u good Joke all
around to pull off u fight between
the two forces and III" details were
quickly arranged between these con-
spiratOrs for great haiti" on tho
morrow. u was agreed that Kit who
was especially friendly with the
Arapa hoes should csposc their side
while Tobin who was NOR" OF n utc
than blanket Indian from the short
grass country should champion the
warriors from the rncompahGrc, II
WIS determined In the articles OF war
drawn up so placidly between these
two great Napolcans that the fight
should take place on the TrInchcra
with the expressed stipulation thnt
neither side should cross the stream
In other words tn. creek was to
be the dead line and each party had
TO shiny on Its own side and keep
the treaty no matter what occurred.
In the morning af the peep OF day
they were both to join their rcspec-
tive forces ana get things going. In
nm hour both sides had drawn up In
battle array like the great armies on
tho plains OF ArmaRr,Idon the day
that David and Goliath had their
little settlement. The plains In
dians were hcsded by the war chief
Amohanct or Prairie bird while the
utes were commanded by u rather
famous leader named Tabia or Bread
maker. Al tn" word they were at II
hammer aud tonRS. by agreement
tho two whit" captains were not to
conduct the belltgrancy In n hand 10
hand way but Were To stand by like
Bonapartc on Mount Tabor and di.
rect the combat from afar. They were
surely far enough away like Johnny
behind the rock not to catch any Of
thcs tray bullets and IL WAS great
sport for them 10 see the battle rage
The bucks fought furiously with
powder and bail. bow and arrow. all
day long and finally quit at night
Iall. Neither side had broken the
faith M to the dead line and the
battle resulted in u draw with fif-
teen or SO killed on each sidc--but
1t was day Of great sport-Ficld
and Farm.
The Quick and the Dead: II there
is anything In telling a good story.
well then. James Lamping OF Grant.
Park county. has the art done to n
science and Mt that IL makes very
little difference whether We accept
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