Show THE OVERLAND MAIL How Bob Evans Rilnsed to Ferry Holllday Across Grata River I IXUTIMl SIOIITS ATII SCIMES Inlpll fleck AillholainihoUroundi 1 I When Hrlilgtr Unit flarooKill Ug ot Indian Agents rtietttrNo 5 NolwItbitiiDdlni Ibo dinners end hardships of a fire on Ibo road It hId Iti I eicllemeula and allurements lot ili > Venturesome and In the late turn met and full If the Indians were peaceful nil pleatrnl and health end many a laughable anecdote although < al-though Ibo decide nave patted It often repeated that bail Hi origin at the tipenteof Ureeley Captain llloh Add Burton Lord OroiTonoranJ oilier Under land the Inn was not a ways at the expense of the euiceptl bin Jobnnlet Overlsiiil Hot ISrani once stilted to put lien Holll Jay across Ureou rtTerouhhown lorry Bob did flat know Holllday and told him that tie had received orders to put no ono nr but those coo nected with the company lie kept lien there for twelve noun when tome one ia rrc dun Irom KJ Unions and convinced Bob that lieu wai all right Holiday took l > aca 10 Ualllornla on a present tip paying lili expenses aDd wager at a tribute to his fidelity I remember Charlie McUarty telling Oreeley that the drngrosd at 101110 HirlBB was caused by Ibo bean slid Inlt I down In Ibo spring lo tot gall that the country lucre WAS underlaid with roclt nil unu that Shatters looted clown through the moll and linked ug Iba IOU Of eoune there li HU tail Were but the surface of tile bail It underlaid with lolld Ice Veil oin remove tbe eoll to the depth ul moot end die out the Ice la solid block It U luppoieil by tome to be a lnoralnu remaining from the claolal period by others that Ibo out 1400 01 the bed rock U I ol the term I ct n mallow bails which at soma time bat bnn a like which bat ttcouio congealed ana became covered with sail and the tow having but little effect at that point It hike nut thawed < What a flld fur scientific exploitation tit I here aflordcd our local I zymotollglatt and loa euarpi Jim ilrldgerj crystal mountain story vise 1 furnished Ibo boy lulling for my a ooolliollog gooo Horo Urefoloy asked Dromloy how Ionic bo Snood been In tho country when Jim pointing to Pulpit lock laid < 1 You tee that roeL whol I Come here It lu was a hole 10 stile fit ound2 It wai old that Horace took out lilt tablets and make a note of It but I that when he arrld 10 Hall Lk aDd foil Into tbe heads of the prees gentlemen he JltcoTcred that they were acquainted with Jim and so corrected bit notes At least Ibo Incident did not appeal lu What knew about IK log ADOlb source 01 amusement was Ibo perseverance with which llolllday besieged CorRren with backb ui I muleaHara and truuu full ef immaterial deoviti if lulllo opoJolIo mail au exPert Wdo1I LUlldor was sure of poormnlll Duly 10 be dud beaded over the rod one filing IB collln lie wa list on lIavd when inn genuine material I affidavits was being I made It IB IT it Pro true that llolllday received re-ceived great dial of niouey Iroui Ibo 11 gnrDmDI for damages III alleged k Indian raid that bail vo foundation III i so t evil that Iftheird ollllr1 byolclon P In Washington who devote their skill I t counteracting symplomt uf obesity In Ibo treasury received the greater part of these appropriations I Overland dy Ibo was con toot danger from the Indians Bud i I they moil always nod the ndvn trigger as I rom behind rocks aud brush anti I rom ravines they would fire upon tile t the team and the couou oDd Ibo driver conductor oDd paH4engcr0 II any would have lo scurry out and i cn tholdontelven beside the Wbol or behind sacks ol mall until they failed from where Iby were olloko and then there wa usually some live ci lyluollug Tie Indians would steal up to the station In the uuutcf tin evening or at daybreak and about 11 down the station keeper or bottler at h cmn < ul or the door Of Ibo drlr 8 be tirove np the station Itiliky Hlmpn sea shot and allied by ICiD Jlckn India Is law miles Hill side I ol D ep Creek Re be woo driving along the route In 1803 Ur Harper wan shot SO he wit driving I Into klRhl Mile station ly ionic Indians eincealed hblod this creek bani they had killed the two men at Ib l a allon before the stage cJuio In Judge Moll then of Virginia Vir-ginia Rev we e a latienier I on the ocD He climbed ojt to the front boot and ealbxrlnz the llnvt from Ibe dying driver with one hand and with the wther holding blm on he rushed the learn la Deep creek they having I already came tom Antelope some twenty asiltdo welt Harper and a flatterer wouoJed at the me lima both died In July or the same Year Canyon station l Was Attacked File WaltboUnd eoltCh ho Icat pod and the rour 01ler gudl oil It bad just leen relieved auto at U was cousins daylight had cone to their idt which wore In a covered alley refined irom too stable and bayitaoh na poor Will Riley who on the pony bad 01100 uo the ununtlet at lgau Canyon woo cleanln a horse In ihe itatloa yd When it shot wise fired the > lIo keeper tau out and leilui lllley on the ground mounted Ihe horse and although receiving a Intel l but lived to reach Willow Hprlugl and tell the story file InJIo of 1 Ore to the station I lUj o and haystack and shot down the toldleriai they ran from the lUmet I0 lhl2 and mutilating them In a lleiidiiu manner aDd Klluyi body they threw on the wvoaplle onJ LurDd or that Lout a IDIII pillion ot hit rtmal wero recovered Been IIIr this WooJ liiynolJB oDd Smith not ten miles from Jorun river I on Their way rum Fort Criltt do 10 Halt Lot City Wllb tile oooob wore killed and huirluly mutilated KtynollB being Scalped hit chin skinned bis hoirl ell Iolit and hit Red flight 1 ow cut tfl and U I was learned that alter being wounded unto death he wielded a monkey WOOD the ooly weapon he bad With inch fear fulUMperailon that tile Indians thought Ibire sets mnJlolui in bit arm Again In March 160J the IlIon attacked the cast IS ui ripllt Iljck station ou Hw elnaler and Lam Floweret William llrown William Bled and another potion wen wuud but tavoi tharniselvto by UIIIIDg the coach and mud making a breastwork of It and lu coolnlt Theta Soma had to bt > pulled onr the Smith 1jae en hand minims < at II I I was Impossible for 001 moll lo travel rouiili the molt DoW The writer all lllld have been In one of the leami I but woo laid Uf > at Ijclllo Hplne Allow blind and the Poor tuau t 014L uried him JidabsoU a lsilsfrapli 11 peraturs was 1100Wd shot down bye II by-e Indiana tit he stood lu Life station door Ore mr station In the tpilno 1602 wi raided and Jhu Mulky the kunptr ws killed while outfit me wood pllu lor wujj OliO his family and Ibo drlvtr iloylnij there were keitlu horrible tutpeniofur hours I but saved theimelvit from the abolt through the door and window by casilni their bodlei down by the lower I lout of Iho bulldlui The indleui made no attempt to get lu iefbe front not koolnK how many poo were IcBlde and finally went away taking all Ibe uliimU with them boou alter this I they vlBllel Well rotation and run oil Ihe lock Ou this occatltu Ball Worley Bud II u driver lei a race lor their lives 11111wal I coining up the road ou horseback It I wa uit lu Hie eveuloK and ai he I neared a large hollow tilt other Blue 01 llami Fork some twenty ludlani mounted raised out of lue hollow Bit turned and they look alter him ihoullug at him but be WON Wall 1 mouutuj mud fcOJU met the feline from Iu east 1 Silly the alarm the driver turned his team and with Valley urgUg the Uailors and lltlbvn pounding tile wheeled With an extra king bull tuey kept Ihtad of the It dlaiB aud got Into the Stalled but the Indians got all Ihe aulmaN at the en lionIbe Tire drivers Cnlttlan came was lltubio and IDIII that lime no wai uliUaamed < limb Iteuteu Sain alter this the Indlins Called Uogo nation on Horn Forkand fortunately got away with but a portion of the stock the boy at the elation Pressing them so closely that they let some ol It get away from them An Incident occurred at this rail although various for Ibo victim It 1 was laughable Ac thony Coegrove the company black imllu bad a fine American ilillloo and at II t time Ibo florae Wit ruing with tome other animal mad won Corcrove now his hone an Arupbo hnn was oatrd a I him find he lIoueJ u to Cogroo 111 1101 your bnre you American 1 II YOU want him Omni and fljlil for him Tony wiea bristle mau but ururiued < and he came back on lost and rerhspi the Imllaui leafed that Iho bone would get away from him If he got off or snot tit Ills kick woo all mat saved Toy life Again lutweller with Airs Village wile of the ruporlmenJeut with her liter at paieungert was coming up Herself Creek Mountain Unit night when tbnlnJIani fired on them from II ecodan Killing 1 the near wheeler Old Tut cut nu tile break qu etly Kit down rolled Ihe dead hone out ol the way put the near lender btck 10 Ihe wheel auj with this Improvltprt plke team made blprlog Valley atlon In salely Here wan exhibited I retenoo of mlud and nerve that would < dIB lugulih a general on the Hold of brittle Many of the circumstances and events occurring ou Iho roaJ have pained Into tile lolk lore of tho country anti m1 of tire Intel that Wire with that omnclln link In the gaps lu clvlliiitluu In the Wnl have made their last trip and resulted their ttel nol hitne station Hilu Jeff tile I road And Initial Harry MgB pr001loo 01 1 modern clTlllmlou In Cull and loru tome allured by the glitter 01 EOJ peilihoJ lu Juana Aud of all that boJ Dr hardy daring mn loan recall living in lull vicinity but Wines Dicker Ujbnup Faun Spencer Spen-cer and two or lbneotb rt UodwlD Illkeltt Ullmer McComut Ilromley and u host of once lumlllar Characters lu the overland tervlco have puoied In their wuyMII I Hud been checked ill the route Mauy relt In consecrated round the greensward nod blowmihg lljweri a beautiful and geutle onlratt tbe ruggej scenes lu thelanilscare ot their active lives Borne later tmuealb the brow of me lonely mountain the lougblug cum mer winds moaning In the pluet lu winter the roar ol the mlgnti y to va luLcbot tnelr requlelory uirfe and om mulJo 10 unmarked graven 011 the barren dell plain too route abanJonoJ the station moved or crumbled In oeoiy Ibo dlemal bowl of the famlsnlui Wllhe ecretuu of the whiter boost their uq often W I APFLEBV |