TIIE LEW SUN. LEIH, UTAH 207th Coast Artillery Called to Colors Recently-Published Diary Sheds New . 1 p on Komantic Mory ortur Irade In the Rocky Mountains a Century Ago ti trf- 11 (.it. - oV . '- 'i i: j,X- -tf-'-Wfl u ti .iff i $ X- , I ti u t 'X k'' r . a-" i 233 : i tu.i. JirUh.Vafj fc!ataK ivJti&tJaL vvj if ; i; ' : ' tsar fJ-t- T jjaaf; - r r -, niMiiiiiinili-ii flit X '.'.'.v..,.:.vaWi. . jr .. .:::::::;;::y.::: . J 4 v. - .v s r t h Grand Parade of the Assembled Indians at the For Traders' Rendezvous In the Rocky Moun- K la 1 It 7 dm the painting by Alfred J. Miller of Baltimore, who accompanied Sir William Drummond i (ir Stewart) of Murthly Castle, Scotland, to th Far West In 1837. This picture hung in Murthly .until about 1926 when it, and other paintings by Miller, were sold and sent to New York. It was pur- tbere by u. w. Aiariana, men governor oi uiuanoma, ana presented to tne Oklahoma Historical in 1936. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) HE romantic era oi tne uocky mountain fur trade of a entury ago came to life again the other day and once i. 1 i- -' a l 1 mj T ti :j tr;i we sucu iruuuer uuiiiuies us vjiu dim cnuger, rut it. ii :.l T tit T: r tu r n Lucien r onteneiie ana tne Kobidoux brotners strode the stage of history. They appeared in a new book ,1 li 1 HIT-. : A T : f TIT J 1 ffluienotK-Y iviuuuiama x uiary vi wanaermgs on me ii.-T: . n ff; : i esoiuie nivexs ivii&buuri, vuxuinuici, aim voiuraao, num tnfin j 1- nor 1 ttt a tti i UGrv I rv.ii ill mivfi uri . ifk.1.1 iiv vv - n hi iim I Mil in 1 1 11.. A i T71 r It -.Vl.J 1 T 1 rnmoY oi me imeriuan r ur company, eaiiea dv ram hies and published by Fred A. Rosenstock the .Old Publishing company of Denver, Colo. is referred to in the oing as a new dook. r n j ps reaiscoverea nar- would be a more ac- descnption. For after "wanderings on the es oi tne rivers etc. ii aver, me aiarv wnicn ne 0 1 A A OICIUUY fi.CUt WdS ICWllf a continuous narrative uDiished serially :n an i rn Llterarv Messenger o Ja o.N.Y.. in 184344. ' Ms form it was known to scholars of the fur trade there were manv pans in native because the Mes- ceased Dublication earlv Career and manv niimhpra j " parently been lost. Then osenstock. who had been Bg copies of this maeazine. QOWn the missins numbers ade them nvailahlo tn Mr who had already started a biography of Ferris. research unearthed other ant material fami'lw nn- - . u . kW WlCles written hv Ferris later veara fnr iha FIqUqo A,A UA-l U Herald and. most imnnr. all. a man rt tVin MnrHinTOct " f w . mis iiviulwOi ""try, drawn bv Ferris f All of this material UltO t.VlO molrinrr tUits book" whinK ic rota1 K ' """" J X O ItU UT ans as rnnctitt;nrt M .jmi,uhuk VliC Ul eat "finHo" - the history of the West. was bom in niono TTallc December 26. 1in nnH in Buffalo, to which hia had lie waa 'oung. He was trained tn weyor but at the aire nt awayfrornhome nenaiice other diss w tu iua lOr dmncf it rr 4V,A ' -O i wu wic OUCCi eeline the nrcro in 06 finnllu a;..Hj 2. 01 1 1 vru in June. 1R29 Dnri vntA Ploy of Pierre rt.. 1 of the Western deaf de-af John Jacob Astor's 1 Fur company, time three ereat com. were Cnmnofmn 4.1. of th . v :'7: . "1C - u uuainess vn tne 5 wis struggle the young W Was Dlimcro n,V. u WU1S With on A W 1 j . " A' V.. 10 rebruarv is-?n nn the Platte i,, .u ' , fass intn r! w u'u rier 'all thew j .1 ,. J "ypea me west-anes west-anes of the r... j EnvoJ icu uia covert 0VPP 1. . 01 Croc cn t , - s was with a trap- 011 the upper Snake mMe had difficult.. u OI rival IT..J. . That ci,rv, 1 Continental Divide north into the val-,rk8Fork val-,rk8Fork of theColum- &akr:""sFeturael clerk and :r"' w.as d Tni r oc " among tbe to the ,Tu -1 ora.e to '"ueZVOna of r. . U1 with u,c r lauieaas in time to take part in the famous Battle of Pierre's Hole in July, 1832. That fall he was in another famous frontier fight in which his leader, William H. Vandenburgh, lost his life.. Ferris tells a dramatic story of this incident how the party of seven trappers came upon traces of an Indian hunting party and how they cautiously approached a little grove of trees "watching each wavering twig and rustling bough, to catch a glimpse of some skulking savage." Then: Suddenly the lightning and thunder ef at least twenty fusils burst upon our astonished senses from the gully, and awoke us to a startling consciousness of Imminent danger, magnified beyond conception, con-ception, by the almost magical appear and, at the time he perished, under thirty years of age. Bold, daring and fearless, yet cautious, deliberate and prudent; uniting the apparent opposite qualities, of courage and coolness, a soldier and a scholar, he died universally beloved and regretted by all who knew him. Ferris had many other narrow escapes from death during the remainder re-mainder of his service with the American Fur company. Concerning Con-cerning his career in the Rockies, Phillips writes: "The five and a half years which Warren Ferris passed in the mountains had done much to broaden his experience and develop de-velop his powers. He had served under such great masters of the fur trade as Andrew Drips, Lucien Fontenelle', Joseph Robi-doux, Robi-doux, and William Henry Vandenburgh; Vanden-burgh; and his acquaintance with them in the small trading and trapping parties must have been intimate. He also met Jim Bridg-er, Bridg-er, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Robert Campbell, Henry Fraeb, William and Milton Sublette, and other leaders of the opposition and learned of their ways and abilities. abili-ties. He knew Bonneville, Nathaniel Na-thaniel P. Wyeth, Captain John Ghant and other independent traders. Another man whom he met, and evidently greatly ad- mired but does not mention in his narrative, was Sir William Drummond Stuart, the famous English explorer and hunter. THE DEATH OF VANDENBURGH From the painting by Irvin Shope, now in the Montana State University Library. A reproduction of this picture forms the frontispiece frontis-piece in "Life in the Rocky Mountains." Seated with such men by the campfire, or traveling the trail with them, must have given the young man a larger view of the world as well as a better knowledge knowl-edge of the problems of how to deal with Indians . . . The care with which he made his observations, observa-tions, and the honest and vividness vivid-ness with which he portrayed them, make his narrative one of absorbing interest. It is the only source of information regarding many important events in the savage sav-age struggle for control of the fur trade." But aside from Ferris' importance impor-tance as a first-hand chronicler of this important era in American history, he has other claims to fame. He left the mountains in the winter of 1835 and returned to his home in Buffalo to straighten straight-en out a family tangle One of his brothers had gone to Texas and the next year Warren Ferris joined him there. He became a surveyor in the service of the new Republic of Texas and it was he who made the surveys for the town which became toe great city of Dallas. Next he settled down as a farmer farm-er but took no part in the Civil war both because he was over age for sewice and because of his crippled shoulder received in the fight with the Indians in which Vandenburgh was killed. His later years were devoted to literary lit-erary work and he died on Feb ruary 8. 1873. ance of more than one hundred warriors, war-riors, erect In uncompromising enmity both before and on either side of us, at the terrifying distance (since measured) meas-ured) of thirty steps. Imagination can not paint the horrid sublimity of the scene. A thousand brilliances reflected from their guns as they were quickly thrown Into various positions, either to load or fire, succeeded the first volley, which was followed by a rapid succession suc-cession of shots, and the leaden messengers mes-sengers of death, whistled in our ears as they passed in unwelcome proximity. At that instant I saw three of our comrades flying, like arrows, from the place of murder. The horse of our partisan parti-san (Vandenburgh) was shot dead under him, but with unexampled firmness, he stepped calmly from the lifeless animal, ani-mal, presented his gun at the, advancing foe, and exclaimed "Boys, don't run"; at the same moment the wounded horse of a Frenchman threw his rider, and broke away towards camp. The yells of these infernal fiends filled the air, and death appeared inevitable, when I was aroused to energy by observing about twenty Indians advancing, to close the already narrow passage, between the two lines of warriors. . Dashing my spurs rowel deep into the flank of my coble steed, at a single bund he cleared the ditch, but before he reached the ground. I was struck In the left shoulder by a ball, which nearly threw me off; by a desperate effort, however, I regained my upright position, and fled. A friend, Mr. R. C Nelson, crossed the gully with me, but a moment after he was caBed to return. Without considering the utter impossibility of rendering assistance to our devoted partisan, he wheeled, but at the same instant his horse was severely wounded by two balls through the neck, which compelled him to fly; yet he kept his eye for some moments on our friend, wha seeing himself surrounded, without the possibility of escape, leveled his gun and shot down the foremost of his foes. The Indians Immediately fired a velley upon him he fell they ottered a loud and shrill yeU of exultation, and the noble spirit of a good and a brave man had passed away, forever. Thus fell Wm. Henry Vandenburgh. a gentleman born in Indiana, educated at West Paint in the Military demy. ; v-:.: : rf - The snappUy attired officers of the 207th coast artillery, anti-aircraft (mobile) New York National Guard. stand at attention during the farewell dinner tendered at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York city, December 16. They will see service with Uncle Sam's army. The dinner was given by the veterans of the Seventh regiment regi-ment and the Seventh regiment New York Guard. Britain 'Takes It' and Carries On V 4 St 4- "S ? i'i'. 'u tt h r 35 six i m 'j &lr& r7-f iW thiJ, -. "-l IrKi i.,r -lnffiTWh ."...I 4 At the left is shown a "knitting bee" in a Ramsgate, England, bomb shelter. These shelters are cut through solid chalk, 60 feet below the surface, and accommodate about 60,000 persons. The women are knitting comforts com-forts for the warriors. Right: Repairing watermains and light conduits in Ramsgate after a Nazi air raid. Facing Mecca From Desert Prison Camp ; I V! 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