OCR Text |
Show i 7 '.- i- . 1 !""" ' " T . irmv ' J ' "' ' - a i ' ' ' ' '. ..h .".: ' . " " WfWNWMfl, iwiii i ' .. jwi.iy . ,.1, , w,.;;.,:-v- .' - " ,yww..MI"'iWiwi ' I'gf1.- ' .. - , iiiii pwiBiiijiiiiiiiii ........ .w ' .' ' .. ' i. mi m i n' ...a " - ; ' ' ' . iiuiiih ' ' '"' imiwiin jim ' ' . .....m h-ii '. - ' ''. - i ' ' " ' ' '. ippwwMwwwwyw n .in ,!. , i. g 1 i 1 V. Sr. 'l TRAPPERS ido Jullfornia, black men and women were an integral tants, but they along with Buffalo Bill, became famous in show business while Pick- ett received little notice outside the rodeo circuit. He died in 1932 on his 160-acr-e ranch in Oklahoma after being kicked in the head by a horse. , . He knew horses Cattle . rustler, rodeo down, prospector, and Isom Dart never ster, made it to the silver screen or western pulp novel, but it was said "No man understood horses better." Katz quotes afwesterner as sayall the ing, "I have seen fttV bub great' riders,ay aecUWmaH, skill Isom Dart was unexcelled. . . He could outride any of them; but never entered a contest." Dart was shot in the back and killed at the age of 51. a movie, was made about his suspected killer, hired assassin Tom Horn; who was hanged in 1903 for murqer , ooy. ; ing a Generar eorge cJ" Custer's Hast against the Sioux Indians is forever recoraea in mswiy, bronco-bu- ail-arou- 14-year-- nd - Much of the prosperity and glory of the early fur trading business is owed to contributions of black trappers If part of the rush for and many movies have been made about the incident. But the black frontiersmen who rode with Custer as an Indian interpreter on that last operator remains virtually unknown. He was guide, scout, and Pony Express rid- er Isaiah Dorman. Before that fatal day in the 1876, Dorman carried mail in the Dakota Territory between Missouri River outposts. He was also a guide iri a survey project for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Dorman had lived with the Sioux, married an Indian woman, and learned their language. He was allegedly a iood friend of. Chief .Sitting Bull. Legend has it that the Sioux didnt" scalp or deface his body out of respect for their longtime friend. There were thousands of r . other black frontiersmen and women whose lives would make fascinating Western fiction and whose exploits would fill history books. But their stories are : never likely to be told: And an important part of Ameri-ron- e can heritage and history will be forever lost. . SETTLERS - llionnd. ol bUuik ,eWeVl.elped turn tfce .T - ! a. E . i'. --.' : :' ivimrsst SmSdled up to cny mril ol' .rr-v- nd pWc Jlie oM West. Ezpress rider, privided Render cra5.mnIc.H0n, .. V:.0 Vl.;.. v.- |