The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-21

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it off. He proved to his own, as well
as his companions satisfaction the
range OF the piece, but he also came
WITHIN an ace of starting another en-
gagement. The she'll dropped direct
~ into the camp of one of the Chi
nese leaders and killed and MANNED
about a dozen.
Duane left Pekin with his regi-
ment on November 8, 1860, just be-
fore the cold weather set in, and
spent the winter at Manchester, Eng
land. Shortly after his arrival there,
his Oldest brother, Sergt. Thomas
Duane, of the Sixty-fourth regiment,
VINO had fought through the entire
Indian mutiny, arrived home. He
was taken i'll the day after his arri-
val n died three days later. Duane
attended his funeral, which was held
at Chelsea.
On June Is, 1863, the day before
his birthday, Duane received his
honorable discharge from the British
army at Aldershot, with enough
characters to do any man" For dis
tlngulshed service before Pekin he
was awarded a medal, which was
made further valuable by an addi-
tional clasp.
Comes to America
Life at home held no appeal to the
young soldier, and hearing of the
wonderful opportunities offered in
america, he gathered together his
belongings and with his army pay
purchased a ticket to the United
States. The Atlantic seaboard failed
to satisfy him, so he drifted first
to st. Louis and then to Kansas City.
Learning of a freight outfit that was
making preparations to start for
Montana, he applied for work and
was assigned the task Of whacking
a bull team. The freight outfit
craWled into Virginia City, the prin-
clpal camp in the historic Alder gulch !
district, the latter part of 1854.
L didn't like the looks of the
camp and 16 hours after my arrival,
l was on my way" he said.
On reaching Nevada City, the next
camp, Duane met up with a frontier
character known as Drummer Dan,"
and the two struck up a friendship.
Duane was promptly dubbed "Black
PADDY and still retains the appel
lat1on. With his new-found partner
he spent the winter of 1864 working
a claim on what was called hummer
Dams bar. hummer was an exper-
fenced miner and taught Duane the
fine points of the game. Between
them they accumulated a fair-sized
stake, which was stolen from
hummer when he started with it for
Virginia City.
1T was a hard blow for us, but l
had the satisfaction of witnessing
Ihe hanging of a number of the cut
who worked that sort of a
game, before I shook the dust of that
section from my boots" the old gen
.leman said in referring to the incl
lent.
To Silver Bow
Then came reports of a new strike
IN Silver Bow creek, near where the
present city of Butte stands. Duane,
,ver fresh for adventure, threw his
Jack over his shoulder and started
or the new diggings, where he ar
lived in 1865. After laboring two
ears in a vain endeavor to coax the
elbow metal from the sands, he dis
overed himself in debt to the
llOuuC OIL 9l,0UU. S
Realizing the future held nothing :
or him at Silver Bow, Duane, or ra- :
her Black Paddy, as he was best :
nown, again hit the trail. While !
the Little Blackfoot river, =
hitch was high at the time, he mar q
owly missed being drowned, and 7
My succeeded in saving his life by L
rasping hold of an over-hanging :
illow. When he pulled himself up !
n the bank, his entire worldly pos-'u
,ssions consisted of the clothes on I
is back. His pack, containing his =
ar medals and discharge papers, y
ad disappeared down stream. "
Duane decided to locate when he a
rived at Bear Gulch, which became II
of Montana's many gold produc- Ii
g districts. He staked out a claim I.
bout IL miles from the site of the 9
'esent settlement of Bearmouth. !"
fter spending IL years mining in
e district, during which period he !"
it rich several times, he decid- e
to return to what is now the met N
polls of Observation-Disclosures .
!, arrived, dead broke, in 1877. q
unning across an old acquaintance, te
MCINluu, ne POW dUu -
oused the ire of his b~enefactor by II
to take more. Ia
Turns to Gardening W
Butte was a more orderly town in
ose days than it is today" the old IT
ner said. "a man could lie in the 70
rect with thousands of dollars IN
)rth of gold dust on him without nj
chance of being robbed, while today Ia
u are not safe with As cents" TO
He worked in Butte for a time, co
he conceived the idea of start ca
3 a truck garden, and broke ground 20
few miles from the camp. CT
IT stayed there and made good 10
,ney for five years." he said. slt
[any was the time / received 500 as
: a w~heelbarrow of vegetables.
tie was a great camp in those days WE
1 spent my money like the rest WI
the boys" To-
Butte, Duane next located tol
Anaconda, where he continued To-
raise vegetables, until he became De
able to do the work. De
Physically, he is far from being tel
man he was in pioneer DAYS. His we