The chronicle=news., 1914-04-08

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io~ ~i,hoas sviaAs Two ~hippsr IL
rode tho ~h-~lcss aud With Soas
~hits keps tac others On the janp. A
shsuugh TRIP required shisse~s asJs
In make tho distance Of 1000 miles
an dshc Sasc ~ss Sis" . head. Nv.
csy passens-s he'd 10 provide saa cook
ais ewa grub ai the stopping plerss.
~hieA In the ahssaes os ssaes sta.
tioee were sl any old spot that the
stage driver might choose asA they
wcsc usually about twsaty miles
apart. A lsrss canvas vas stretched
under tho ,,ed Of ths jssky asd inso
sh~sc tho drivers piled buffalo ehips
- the, ~cnl siosG 10 hare fuel fos
their camp firrs.
The Indian ehiefs wesr always
coming into these plsrcs In aussa Of
news from washinston. They would
bring IN Interpreter and ssk the pes.
scnEcrs 10 read tho newspapers they
nixh, happen TO have for some word
from the Grrat father AMI Il was 10
this way ihst they kept half way
posted. They called the outfit the
paper wagon and never allowed one
Of them 10 bc attacked for the rca-
ron that they wanted TO remain on
friendly terms 10 IN to find out what
was going on in washin9ton. for
those were the days Of relentless
warfare. and II meant good deal TO
them.
There were only two towns on the
entire route and these did not amount
to much. AZ the camping places the
animals were turned out to Eraxe
and the passengers amuscd them
selves the while In their own way.
The route was FROM Independence
out to Council Grove. the last town
ON the plains. and then on Pawncc
rock, to Aubreys' crossing Of the Ar
kansas, thence southwestcriy sixty
miles without drop Of water to tho
Ciinniarron hole. afterwards known
as the wagonbed Springs where Kit
Car.on had bum his primitive fort,
then on to the point Of rocks south
OF the Ration mountains. on to Was-
on Mound. Las Vegas and finally
over Glorieta pass and down through
Apache canon to Santa Fe. .,,.,..