Show THE OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY len winess reminiscences of operation I 1 indian it attacks and robberies tile the great farm in ruby valley the overland mall com company comeail pail wax wan rc a corporation orean lied in 86 to rn ann a line of singed from the souli river to san sail frandisco francisco cal a distance 0 of f 2710 2700 relies miles by the southern or but route they ran tills line until iggi when they moved tho thet stock and coardes onto the northern or salt lake route m which litch was a much shorter route of 0 their operation on in the bic Fout southern hent or loute I 1 know nothing no nol t then brine being connected with the company soon aate they moved onto the salt lake rout I 1 became nn an oin eul aloyce of the company I 1 commenced in the of 0 isell 62 C driving N lint hat was nas termed sit an extra stage out of S silt 1 it lake city to meet tho the regular Eilar re 1 static t agel A hith could it in time lime to start back oil nil lefful jr time on oil arrouet of lind bad anad I 1 continued d in thin situation until tho like lat of april 1862 aben I 1 took charge of nn an ox train ns as wagon inister in asler hauling grain to the stations station I 1 continued in this situation until I 1 I 1 october t 1 csc aben hen I 1 was appointed it a dlvgi lon agent lucent ol of the stage road for the middle division the road had bud three I 1 continued d in this Ms until january ISM when I 1 lmh v as up tip pointed and paymaster of if tho ilia bhole line front from salt lake to Virgi virginia city nov nev tills position I 1 tilled filled until the falk fait of 0 when I 1 quit null tho the employ of f tin tile company to 0 o put on a stage line of my mv own oln front from austin to white while pine tills this wall during tho the white pine fine excitement about this wells fargo barso co purchased haged ildi lit blage line from rom tile the missouri river to salt jak bake alro aim his lines into Alon montana and idaho all anil I 1 coil consolidated eard fuated them with tile the over lind ill d mall mail line anti anil lalord JE it all welli parco fargo co 0 o stage department dep artmont mr V r james J tracy of new net yolk was N as superintendent perin of the bhole thing tho the division dl aslon superintendents mete james stewart fast bast ot of salt lake eastern division v william il 11 taylor ten lent dent of the northern division div into montana division islon jerry J rry cope superintendent super nten dent 0 of tit thu idalin idaho dh division lilon and len wines superintendent perin perla or of the gestern wc starn division front salt lake to ita city I 1 mill mention that thu the existence of tile the overland and prior to the the he alln trip awni managed by mr fred cook conk ot of new talio 1 I 10 styled himmele ahlm elt as ailant treasurer assisted by mr ir it S J kumel ld a very able and intelligent gentleman jentli inan with jake gooding as lite line superintendent mr cook lost hit his life in sacramento cal lit in the 0 of ISM in a avry V ry oollah way may lie he had a hobby that lie could ou id drive four horses as veil lvell its it a stage driver dri vcr and lie he undertook to drive tour four fat and spirited horses over tho the mountains from sacramento Sacra monto on a I 1 light paring wagon arid and beffie lie ho got ept out 0 of tile the city they ran away with him and chiew him outi out lin head the curl curb and killing him and then and alicie died oil one ot or gods noblemen after the death of cook the management mi nt of the beiland 0 el land devolved on oil mr 11 II S Itu Ilum neld who managed the road from roin the of 1863 until the fall of JW 1 when the consolidation took place when he retired and went east to see his family lie had only I 1 visited once in six nix years during the year 3 ve a had an indian mar that was very serpoui indeed some s amt of the moat nion t thrilling adventures I 1 will mention tile alie first outbreak ont break occurred on sunday clarh 22 1141 at a station eight miles little front froni deep creek brei k and known an am eight mile station the indians had attacked the station and killed the station nice men before the stage arrived an ived the stage an ived about noon n non and fust in as ilia driver daler hank Il harper arper pulled up lip tn t stop the indians fired on him from the win window loV of the station fatally moun bounding mounding ding jilin him and moun bounding mounding ding a passe passenger aiger er cry v badly n be h was nitting by his ride at per immediately started pt bin I 1 team oil tin on A lun un and 11 lived v e d to drive them about ft a mile mb when e n he called t judge mott loft who was it a pas lus inside the stage stae to i conic out and 11 take the lines for lie ho was dying the judge managed to got bet out maille the team waa mas iu nning got hold of the lines anti and cioe the team on oil to deep creek eight miles when lie he got there them lie J a told tile the people he had two dead cload men inen in i the front linol but then ihen they came to get thern them out harper was dead but lite hie passenger r it dont remember lila pure name was alive and finally I 1 think thinh got vell veil the next attack was tn in the canavon between deep creek and willow springs the indians attacked the niage from behind the rocks rocha arid and killed alley ampson tile driver maj ngin egan who sat mat beside him caught farsht tho the lines and droe into willow springs the next station another sit attack ac 1 n fm 4 mado made on the stage about chiq time betie between oil salt tako lake city ind and fort crittenden near tile clousing or of lip jordan tile the driver wood wand jc holds and it L flat station ion man mail hampil wore were all on oil hoard board the indians mald buth men inen took the hormes and rut lut trip in stage mao nil all to lo ill aces they took look the athers di lera guld arid and showed it t lit jn N phi tile the next day so ito we heard I 1 1 cannot tot for the tru truth t it ot of ahk wood Il eynolds was it noble fellow and e were tile marks igei p lie hi hal had fought them fill a mankey haeng ha inn no gun or pistol ns none nolle were wc ic to be needed on that route there were quite a number of other attacks on the stage and stations allons Kt but as my eiith lr Is getting list I 1 haip ha c mentioned roust must suffice another thing that iva was a great reat an loyalle li it our line wid and a great luss loss to wells wel fargo r arffa co ca and aan I 1 th fib p paten aven ty wa waa 4 ali ito stage alayo lobbe ilos that mere nt timen arnil strang tu lu a ay nune of if tile etc ere committed over thirty aniles front virginin city choming ahoi trig that hat the in rob beret ret mated to lo vrginia vernl VIr nl city and mingled eulth tile the aroid and thus avoided dr do lection I 1 will mention one rold ory fry to nh how t or oil holdnes li and rid cheek check of if tile the robbers rob bern it tit ai alij second station cast of virginia city thy they camo came to th thal station lit in the forenoon to gat tiled and hound bound the cook and hostler and put them in the lh granary and then got their own on breakfast brcak fait or dinner and awal awaited teil the arrival of the tb stage chich alch canic cam about it 11 welock they took baddy green orr off tiro tilt box and I 1 made n dj him unhitch the horses and turn them t tain in thi the corral cital then they marched the lh passengers and baldy into the barn and put them in a one man mail stood guard over them auliffe we uw lite other two went ment through gli the treasure box then they unbound the hostler anti and t told 1 l him to harness the team that was wa to go out which he did and then t told old body to 0 o yet get on the box and nd ill the 1 e paz neri bencha verv to C pet it in and then told lom t them h em to KO go after this thin they took the stage plage it horae 0 ii out u I 1 of 0 I 1 hie I 1 e I 1 barn ar it an and 1 I rode off and tle tile next day those these horsen borsen afe ufe found in ahr fit suburbs of vi virginia lzinia city showing that tr they hey I 1 detrent treat til ed into toun arid and every case was the ih same thing in lite ot of I 1 the th company convolved conca lvcy tile adt librn a of putting in it a large farm fann in ruby kuby valley a and nd onal n 0 ili IL abren nas moa an and fr from 0 ili ihl ve me raised yjih of grain sup rup plied piled about one half of 0 tile the line thin ives not done so eo much to reduce the th v vt gron 24 ll it vials 03 to encourage ithe the along the line to go to farin fann 1 gnp 6 I 1 1 have now norr mentioned all the items 0 of in t erest in connection with the running 0 of the line and it if it la Is Interest lim to any ally one to read I 1 shall bo blo clad very truly LEN WINES |