, 1915-12-02

Up btl aSbch u
burying him, and was much sur.
prised to find him busy skinning
the animal, as we'll as having bag
ged three mountain sheep which
had wandered that way. This
gave him prestige among the In
dams that had a lasting effect, as
a lion was the one brute that In
dams were in deadly fear of.
1t has been reported that Mr.. Hus-
ton was a pony express rider but we
know from authentic source that he
only rode express a few times, which
was for the relief of a sick rider or a
time when no one else had the cour-
age to tackle the job.
His hunting for the Overland ex-
tended from '58 to '62 or '63 during
which time he probably killed more
game than any a in the west. He
was under Slade. Slade was super
intendent of the Overland Stage, with
headquarters at Virginia Dale, which
is on the road between Fl. Collins
and Laramie City. Slade was con-
sidered a dangerous man, was titled
"Hell-Roaring Slade." and was the
killer of Jules, the man after whom
Julesburg, Neb., was named, shoot
ing him in a one-sided pistol duel.
After shooting Jules, Slsde took out
his hunting knife and cut off Jules
ears, which he carried for several
years in his buckskin vest as suuven-
irs.
Slade, with the help of four other
men, hung five road-agents at one
time near Park Station after catching
them with the body of a man they
had just robbed and killed. One of
the men, when asked what he had to
say before being hung, turned to his
partner, Smith, and said: "I'll meet
you in hell in ten minutes"
Slade was also hung in Montana
by a "Vigilanters' committee, his
wife afterwards marrying the chair
man Of the committee Virginia Dale
was her maiden name and that place
still bears her ame Mr.. Huston
was n of very few men in the west
that Slade respected or feared.
Mr.. Huston lived in Laramie for
several years after leaving the stage
service, at the time the U. p. built
through, from which point he was
the superintendent and guide for En-
glish nobility on hunting expeditions.
He took the Lord Garland party
through the Yellowstone Park in
1876. He was married in Laramie to
Miss Frances Hotchkiss on Feb. ~,
1865, celebrating their Golden We'd
ding anniversary last February. He
moved to this valley in 1879, locating
on Cow creek, where he lived until
1910, when he moved to Santa Moui.
ca, Calf, at which place he died on
Saturday evening, Nov. 10th, and
was buried Tuesday morning in the
cemetery there.
MIR. Huston was a great lover OF
sport and for years after he moved
into this valley his ranch vas the
scene of many noted Englishmen
who spent much time in hunting. He
made the biggest single-handed bear
killing that was ever recorded. He
was out with an English earl and
they had IN elk for bait. Just at u
down, while watching the bait five
bear, one after another, came into
view. The E%nglishman fred one
shot, which went wild, and lost his
nerve. Mr.. Huston killed the FIVE
bear with five shots and the largest
weighed about 1900 while the small
lest weighed over 700. These were
all grizzly. He and Frank Cooper
killed AZ bear n year. Mr.. Cooper
had a hall full of hunting trophies in
London, England. 30xl00, carpeted
with bear skins that we're killed by
Mr.. Huston.
We sincerely wish that we might
give d more graphic history of this
wonderful life. The life of an In.
dian scout was tame beside the dan
gers that this man of iron nerve lived
His ares began when there was nc
activity in the west other than Indian
wild animal and bad man roamings
living clear through it all to see thu
uest settled nm and civilization lons