The chronicle=news., 1914-01-10
Remiaiscences Of
Tie Frontier Days

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WAS made up Of william Crawford.
William Thompson. Harvey Booih
ahd y q. Croker. with rshg~s On
the besr and Nowood. Crawford and
Thon.ssa were old piainsu,~n and
h-isht~d tn,O beaver and around
Central city as early ss 1858. Nat
nTsiiy thsy .humm-a together aad
isoosh snd Croker. who sese later
men. frst~fais~d between Themselves
The naiy ihiss that occurred Ia
Thomipson vas - stroke Of iishinias Z
while doun on the Platte and oa...
aEaia be- "a. shot in the les by his
gun dropping Oh, af = blanket during
'h~ f'~ishiiax dass. finally ayinx a
natural death ., the Condon hotel in
salt Lake. In the .psins Of 1853
! spon The Novon.i in Johnsnn sou nsy.
sh-y branded sSesiy-.is hundred
calves with the zap I. ash we're sbss
s"mn"r offered 9::".o". for their
spl~sdia h~fi. Then rsa- a hari
sinr~s With turned the Hood ss
their fos'at-. for the follow Ing
spsias ihsy branded osiy fsas hun.
ds-d esis~- which sas REGARDED q.
soshiaE ~ all IN ihae~ ds,.. Then
rs~stnxs broke osl in saMp a. they
ss~Ass dn ~h-a partner. los .ssn~y
snd -s~syshiss i. soias Lsa.
os- sssnins css.fosi at.appear-.i
f'"m his hSa~ .s Hvasssss saa
a"s'h~s hide aos hair ss hin, la. "a.
er b~~a s-ss sn this day. ii- vAs
iss' seen Nth Cosd. The titiss~
his~hsni'h. ~ho ssoa,-d 10 ssih ~i,s
his aa the srtdFe sua hi. sssaA-a
AisArp~aszas- ~as . psofo,iaa ny~-
tsry. si,soarh Casd had noshias "a
d" ~'i'h H. Thomp-os sss . srval
s'oush sAi Sss si~ass .aiss srussna
like a dog With . sns~ hssa shSsh did
Got se,p matters mu~h asa thlass
s-n' fsna snsse tn ssili -o-.-. Thea
Sam~ . terrible tragedy Harvey
ehnnsh ~as s'asa masdss-a ia bis
stable II EsasssoN and - i. usually
the ssss. saheay krs~ ~se did IL.
~ C:p<krr ~as arrested for n.
hu.issss bat &c. acquitted ss rss
trial IL ctesssa-s ~ this lims the
firm ~ss s'i shos IN ess~~s. ~ the
se,sas soes. and the his I bssad -
y" nsos~s Troas.aa --ai In xsii
Lake asa sss~t-., Oft .. di- iik- a
~e'f s~~kiss the top of '-.s ls .h-
~iid-sn-sss Cfnrkss. ~he ~ss piaFrss
So a. the villain in she deal. gathered
sr she Trmssas. Of tho lost f.ssunr
In 's- rassssas so-rsssnefshis srs
hik--i oss q. lands usknaua. al.
though sess~hsdy eaia hr had s-ae
so California asa this uss all that
uss rtrr knoss sh-n.s HE disappear.
ans~ Th- ~ied iist.th shes- no
rsa tao~ssh bas ih- righteous arr
as hoia =. = lion FIELD and Farm.
The iieap Nsunh,-i ot The Itiuff.: |
The old sis~s m-n Who Piled -r sns
down the Missouri in the risssis LAYS !
n iss pristine snasatf,e~nsr has- rev
ct foss.ss-n ssspr tho rr-arh rIi.'s \
Nearly ell ID. river dogs or water
srpuss a. ihrJ weir sometivsa called.
vrrr rf-nehmea snd ~hs, nohl~ |
raft ,her s--e in their .vn riss,. 4
They VET. certainly men ~. that
stuhbotn ,rc~ of Grant saints sho
would rather play with danger ,ase
sleep IN Colorado feathers. In cuurxcI
et time Peter j. ssrpy took the si:i.
~ colonel snd uorr the military
cloak which marked mon q. aisstnr.
's,n In 'h"se hockey ,okr, asy. NJ IN.
vanished civilization -hs old f-'-
low hal aisc tsken on 'so fat sluaws
81 the PsSncc r~raias sion ard he
lived With these tucumcarir- IN =!
substantial cabin on tn. bluffs at
Bc'itur in what is now Carpf coun-
~. Ncbsa.ks. teri miles hciow Omaha.
a. Tennyson said h. VIA. -ne With
his Mind.
In the old day. he M, in mos, Of
his spare time ai la Platte or Lara
mic Wills. tive milo. further down
tho his river where tho timber 1rcu
thick. There arr a thousand tales
OF adventure about Colonel satpy OF
sarr-c. as the name was pronounced.
and some time tht. chTpnieicr NAV
unfold a f.~ Of them to rcCouns the
rh'va'ry Of the passing cpvrh. The
men Of that pcricA were 40 orthodox
in their faith In the IVES, that they
wee willing 10 face any danger tol
uphoid the banner Of Righteousness
in the cause of progress. These pio-
nccrs were like the old pre.bytcriaas'
who were given to apostolic blows
and knocks snd knew when to use
their ,ipcs and guns
Good old sarpy had two friends of
Of The caninn unn.lne thai t,,,iai s..xn