Show A FRIEND OF BRIDGER ell Clothed and Fed Ped on Plains I Walker 6 eaps ars wh moreth n fifty years u rs n io o sat t d dI I camp fires in the little yn LUige as tn n 0 Utah with James Bridger tte l r and and amI strolled forests ts with hi him In fn reh oj garne visIted the grave or of n fl Washington cemetery tItis m morning and anel lai laid la a wreath Ot or W r up uPOn mt e which h was December ii 11 1901 Mr Walker At Ian ICan fIe He lies th there I This was his fIrst vilt tp to the theof l e ot of Jini l the he tr pr fur tl tinder der explorer explore guide gulde s out and lighter fighter ii of lS jO Walker last r then he has reed Q ot thc career ot and ome to Kansas S City f fur Jr t th r the grave of the nan man who nee befriended hint him when lie he was far ar away aWu from ch Jl and among the Indians In the sprIng of Mr Walker five left In CalifornIa on tc few Y weeks h later tOl the they po ed through n old ohI Wo We t port stopping only Oily t 4 dy anti crosS ing Raw on U a 8 ferry b heat into Kan Kanpa s They li UI the t ti ouri river valley to eo eoA A few dart out thir Iines and anel Vi 1 and a anton Thatcher decided to thai n flOto to on to t The Theother four which made up ip he party of ti si turned back to Omaha I IThe The trail tran we w traveled vas vasby b by the white Ue In diana who usually t camped trail had said lr It WIker er thIS molI I were to t et r d wolves 1 r i b wew pa l ln i pel perou Qi find and te fe 9 th hall WP we ft a ft trw o u ms oi 1 bl boats u t ant anti from these thee or ctr re cut meat am It Tits feed 1 mIt t tr f d dh h l st th the u uh us fl h We encountered 0 Lt n til d at ft a l un tt eighty from m Sf Stilt Jt rake Jim Bridger discovered There ro row w We f found und or friendly tribe trib of We e were cre u a Welcome arid and offered the best the country could lie He gave gUe us clothes and food and made macic us In the u hut When we wele lf ready dy th tD dep it ik tie lie tu ur nis e 1 many or of the n for our journey It was th the heat and la I ever saw Jim er He was ps fis fearless 9 as a lion Hon ft 0 h heart t full rull of goodwill and fo for his tel fel tellow fello low lo adventurers I I II i I 1 a friendship and attach m meat lii for oi Bri l h has l d nie ne times I could 5 ee hini again I place on his grave trave ft a f en flow flowers I Ier er ers and now that I s ld id and travel around ry It bly be the last time I the i of paying a 8 tribute to the 1 memory of m my r old friend Jim Jiin BrId gert lic 1 Mr Walker sp spent t t two l months ii ft the vicinity oJ of J lc LaIi In S q and there r met 1 Kit it Carson who also oft often n d James BrIdger II I J to t o spend p nd tile Ule winter flear Salt Lake said Mr 1 but Brigham Young Yong found out that I was from Illinois and liS as a e of Mormon leaders lied had a resolution resolution tion that no one from Illinois find lIli sour woUld rould be ill Ut Jl on aC or of the encountered b by th o in n being driven out of statts l 1 na l to con em my journey journe to California A com oni or of Mormons visited me CUll And toi t 1110 I would have han to move n e out i 1 thin then to where I stayed or several years year II I thon visIted MexIco and i wi went nt to Chile There I the met mel canine cantlie business In competItion SOme German and English Jews A band or of natives tried to te teme me I was Informed b those with conditions that ot the Jews wished JO o drive me out of tile the conn tr und had gIven the band of a small amount of gold to kill Inti I boarded th the first that came alOng which took U to anama There I bargaIned for n a cofie jhan tation hut but found I could not depend Ol On th the natives I 1 th then went to IcarI I agua where I remained only a short I returned to th States f In time thue to bc 00 among the tho first to enlist In th the Federal almy in the Civil ivar After Ailer the I located In West Vest Lib Libert Liberty ert erty In Ten years ears later latel I went to Standla Kan where I have since rep re I City Star I II I |