The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-18
WOMEN

aged thirteen, entered the British navy
as boy. A little later she deserted,
and still disguised as boy, went SOL
diering, first in line regiment, after
ward as trooper. She was very
brave. On the peace of Ryswick,
seeing that there was TO be no more
fighting, she went into the merchant
service for a change, and was bound
for the West Indies when the ship
was gathered in by pirates. Rather
than walk the plank, she became a
pirate herself and rose from rank to
rank until she hoisted the black flag
with the grade of captain. So she
fell in with Mrs. Bonny, widow of a
pirate captain. The two amiable
sci, went into business partnership,
scuttling ships and cutting threats for
years with marked success.
In the Seventeenth century an es-
capped nun did well as seafaring man
under the Spanish colors, ruffied as
a gallant in Chilli, and led a gang of
brigands in the Andes. On her re-
turn to Spain as lady, she was very
much petted at the court of Madrid.
The last OF many female bandits was
Miss Pearl Hart, who, in 1890, robbed
a stagecoach in Arizona
Mr.. Murray Hall, well-known Tam
many politician and a successful bust
ness man. died in New York, and was
found to be a woman
But of women who, without disguise,
have excelled in adventurous trades,
i have known in Western Canada two
who are gold miners and two who are
cowboys. Mrs. Langdon, of California,
drove a stagecoach for years. Miss
Calamity Jane was noted Montana
bull-whaeker. Miss Minnie Hill and
Miss Collie French are licensed Amer
lean pilots. Miss Evelyn Smith, of
Nova Scotia, was a jailer. Lady Cliff
ford holds Board of Trade certificates
as an officer In the English mercan-
tile marine. A distinguished French
explorer, Madame Dieulafoy, is an Off
Ger of the Legion of Honor, entitled
TO military salute from all sentries,
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wearing the dress of a man.
Several English ladies have been ex-
plorers. Miss Bird explored Japan,
conquered Longs Peak, and was once
captured by Mountain Jim, the Colo
RADIO robber. Lady Florence Dixie ex-
plored Patagonia, Miss Gordon-Cum-
ming explored hundred of the South
Sea isles, put an end to civil war
in Samoa and was one of the first
travellers on the Pamirs. Mrs. Null
hall has traced the sources of the
Amazons Lady Baker, Mrs. Jane
NOR, and Miss Kingsley rank among
the great pioneers of Africa. Lady
Hester Stanhope, travelling in the Le-
want, the ship being loaded with treas
ure, her own property. was cast away
on a desert island near Rhodes. Es-
Gaping thence she traversed the Arabi-
forty thousands of Arabs was pro-
claimed queen of Palmyra. This beau
tiful and gifted woman reigned through
the first decades of the Nineteenth
century from her palace on the slopes
of Mount Lebanon. Two other British
princesses in Wild lands were Her
Highness Florence, Maharanee of Pa
ITALIA, and the sherifa Of Wazan, whose
son is reverenced by the Moslems in
North Africa as a sacred parsonage.
Among women who have been war
riors the greatest, perhaps, were the
British Queen Boadicea, and the saint
ly and heroic Joan Of Arc, burned, 70
Englands everlasting shame, at Rouen.
Frances Scanagatti, a noble Italian
girl, fought with distinction as an
officer in the Austrian army, once led
the stOrming of a redoubt, and after
three years in the field against Ma
poleon, went home, young lady again,
of sweet and mild disposition.
Doctor James Barry, NJ. D., inspect
Or-general of hospitals in the British
army a duellst, martinez, and a
hOpelessly insubOrdinate officer, died
in 1855 at the age of seyenty-one, and
was found TO be woman.
Apart from hosts of adventurous
camp followers there have been dis
guised women serving at different
times in nearly every army. Loretta
Velasquez, of Cuba, married TO an
American army officer, dressed up in
her husbands clothes, raised a corps
of volunteers, took command, was
commissioned in the Confederate army
during the Civil war of 1865, and
fought as Lieutenant Harry Buford.
She did extraordinary work as spy in
the northern army. After the war,
her husband having fallen in battle,
she turned gold miner in California.
Mrs Christian Davies, born in 1887
in Dublin, was happy and respectable
married woman with a large family,
when her life was wrecked by sud-
den calamity, for her husband was
seized by a press gang and dragged
away to serve In the fleet. Mrs. Davies,
crazy with grief, got her children
adopted by the neighbors, and set off
in search of the man she loved. When
she returned two years later as sol
der, she found her children happy,
the neighbors kind, aid herself utter
ly unknown. She went away content
ed. She served under the duke of
Marlborough throughout his campaigns
in Europe, first as an infantry sol
der, but later as dragon, for at