Plentywood herald., 1932-11-24

Ken took their herbs 10 SELL but Goodnight
sa~ greater opportunity IN in New Mexico,
tea+F=sas a4a WEuEHing. where there were
lHsilan a-rnc5es booking for beef and willing
10 raE well for H.
TIE Gra~G back i'm the scheme was that between
the Panhandle and this promising territory Law
gTeAf efEanse o. desert and territory inhab-
l4et1 o. toEzanehe Indians ready 10 pounce upon
fnEz&eTS and drive OF the cattle Without heavy
Tr0SErlon- Ee herd could get through Goodnight
knew that 3 weEI rs any OF his neighbors and
C Laid The plan before them He knew the
country. and mapped ont q route by which he
hnF@d 10 trail his animals up into Colorado
Iii Tie other eowmen had troubles OF their
axn % attend To when he sought their coop
eraEIon- They saw only the danger connected
I'LL fhe ve1tHre. and excused themselves.
Eut young Goodnight found partner He
was Oliver Loving. who became one OF his
sassesz companions Loving was probably the
EszszT experienced e0wuan In Texas at the time
e I&a9. whiIe the GoHanches were quiet. he
lad raken herd through Co Colorado on di-
rect FGa1e- Young Goodnight had helped him
81 O. the timber country as far as Red river
Loving also had IraiIed cattle into Illinois and
cd fhe New Orleans markets He asked to 20
With Goodnight his fraiLblazIug venture.
Goodnight hid prepared huge bos dare
wa@Dn~ requiring twenty oxen to puII which
o. believed the first chuck wagon ever seen Ia
LIE eaw rounfry- Each gathered up his
1#n cattle. making a combined herd of some
Thousand head Of mixed stuff They started In
June. wirh eighteen advenfuresome COW hands
and reached Fort Sumner two months later.
I'm the whole trip not an Indian had been
SIGHTED Through GOO miles of totally nnin-
habited country a route for Texas cattle
FrNrTn sngu
NJ sA@ Gaz@Hl=hs fFssff. fire first and greatest
o. the roIoneEs trail breaking achievements
Later IL was extended through the Ration noun
f7ins- pasf Pueblo and Denver and into Chey-
ernie and Fort laramie Three hundred thou
sand cattle passed over III i'm six years while
thousands persisted ON the way or fell into the
hands ef fa@ C0manches
When Goodnight arrived ut Fort Summer he
found the government had 5000 Apaches -loose
hertaed lie cattle there Loving and Good
nfght sold their cattle fwo years old and up on
Fhe hoof for eight cents pound an enormous
Price Tor the ffne- Loving took the stock cat
TAf suf haek Try the government into Colorado
ard Goodnight took part of fhe hands and
sfHD i'm Eold and silver. and returned to palo
Pfnfe ~ountv- There he purchased extensively
of his nef=htors and traiIed back over the route
- hal marked ouf
II Eas ira the spring OF 1867 that Loving lost
hfs life The partners started with two herds.
Ehe fws naen gugn- ahead with the first one The
s~~end herd made up of weaker cattle. lost
1t*1 bead To the C0manches before 1t had
reached the Peeos- Another band OF Indians
attacked Goodnight and Loving on the Clear
fark af Ehe Francs Joe Loving, who was no
rHsarien te Oliver L1xing- was shot In the neck.
the herd stampessed and IG0 head of cattle
rzn emE Gapsfnight pulled ain arrow out of
i1T1n-s neck with n pair OF nppers and Joe
EBt veil
After rhe herd had been driven about 1O0
Eaii%s Hp the Perns from Horseshoe Crossing
Oliver Loving decided to take one man and go
ahead t9 Fort Summer One~Armed Bill Wilson
the -eooaeH bead in tine OUTFIT according to
CsADnea Gee<fnighf's description. was selected
~ esrerr What happened on the trim in still !.
am epa< Of the rrw camps
The sersna day 0ufr I'm the southern part OF
Weir MsxicS- the two men were attacked nv
spaa~ 80 CDmanche warriors The only shell
Ter wAx the Pero~s four miles away They head
ed fsr II On kong rnn- Dismountine. they hid
I'm the czn< brakes An Indian. creeping through
fhe czn<- shot Loving I'm the arm and side Not
wishing 70 die and his folks not know Of his
end- Loving persuaded Wilson to go for helm.
WIAspn swami the river and barefoofed walked
thrr< Days down tire Goodnight trail. through
e7<fnss mesquite and other plants containing
tha<ns until h. <xme fo the Goodnight herd
ToAs1<i Goodnight tack all available hands
xnd - sat fs~ the Srenc Of the fight sfxfy-
HaaAex away Late the NEXT day the party mr.
rived hus th<r~> WAS no trace Of Loving. Two
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