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Show TIIEDEADWOOD COACh. 1 Col. W. r. Cody, known over the world ns "Huffalo mil." Is considering the advisability of prcbeutlnK his famous fa-mous Deadwood coach to the National museum. lib Is In tho elty for a tow days In thn Interest of the Irrigation ot Ihe arid wastes of W)oinlng and other Slatcu of the West, and has been a fnmlllar flguient the Capitol this week. Ihls morning he visited tho National museum nml lift j. long tlk with fcev-cral fcev-cral ollli luls of tho Institution When seen by the Sun coi re'epondont at the New Wlllaid he admitted that the objcel of his visit to the museum was to confci with tho olllclnls regarding regard-ing a pioposlllon to have him donato the toieh to the collection. In tho past few months tho museum authorities hue coi responded with hlin about the coach, but he has been loth to part with It, although he desires ti ultima, ulti-ma, 'y piesent It to some Institution, lluft.j ho heard from the National museum mu-seum hu contemplated having a largo glass care made, in which ho might store the bullet-riddled old vehicle at his homo nt Cody, W)o ' I have not reached uny decision regarding re-garding the donation, ' said Col I'ody this aftcrndon "After I return to W)omlng I will do so, ' ' Strangely enougb," Col Cody said, "the National museum has no stuga coaeh of the type used In the West years ago In Us wonderful collection of locomotives and vehicles of transportation. transporta-tion. Thero li) r.n old prairie schooner, but no stage coaeh They aro getting scarcu now I havo seven or eight of them, but none so hlstoiie nnd Interesting Inter-esting as tho old Deadwood coach In addition to tho fnct that It figured In many thrilling affairs In tho West, It hus a doubly Interesting history from tho fart that eveiy crowned head uf liuroiKi has ridden within or upon It, 'The Deadwood coath," he) eontlnued, "Is ono of the old Concord type. It waa built In ISM by Abbot, Downy i Co. of Concord. Vt. It Is numbered, and tho records show It was shipped mound the Horn to a California firm It was ones of GOO contracted for In that year. Trace of It was lost for some tlmo. In eleven years It had worked Its way eastward urioss tho country from California to Wyoming, whero It was found lunnlug In 1871 on the stage lino between Cheyenne, Wyo, nnd tho Black Hills. S. D 'At that time It was H a traisuro coach In 1S7I. 73 una '7S H It was usi-d to trinspoit gold from tho H Hla. k Hills mines tojho Union Pacific B ralhotd On that route It figured In M muny fights with the bloux Indians, fM the greatest or which was In the early H spring of 187(1, during whit was known as the Hut creek or llonnet creek fight. M The coach wai" attacked by somo of thn jniiru'er Sioux Indians, and eleven men were killed defending tho coach within fl and without tho vehicle I wanted a M hlstoite' coach and picked up the Dead- wood coach, which was practically abandoned shortly after the ltonnet erw k tight " Col Cody referred to tho eontrasts In the life of the old vehicle A democratic demo-cratic Institution In every respect, typically typ-ically American and Identified with, ono or the most Interesting puges of Ameilian history, the development or tho West, It had served ns a coich for the crowned heads of monarchical Ku-lope Ku-lope and runke'd with tho royal coaches , of the continent ns a telle "The Princess of Wales, now Queen Alexandra," said Col. Cody, "was the ! llrst rO)al personage to rldo In It. Sho set tho fashion. Her Innovations have f for years been followed all over 13ng- ' land In the year 18K7. when the show wus u l.ngland. she expressed a deslro to occupy a seat in the ooach Her request re-quest was granted With her wero her two soni and two daughters. I . drove the horses. This started a fad, and all the time we were) lu Kngland members of the nobility and royalty rode In tho coich We booked engagements en-gagements for weeks ahead ' On another occasion tho Prince of Wales commanded' that I drive tho coach for four gntlemen who wero examining It curiously The gentlemen enteted while I mounted to the box. Tho Prlnco of Wales asked to rt allowed al-lowed to sit beside me while I drove. A band of my Sioux Indians chased ua around the Inclosiiro and the entire party of llvo enjoyed thu experience i wondet fully. Aftet the ride tho Prince of Wales said lo me 'I suppose yoet . never before had the pleasure of holding hold-ing four Klngsr This refernce to tha national game led me to reply "YetV ' I have often held four kings, but never four kings with the royal oker nt thn same time' I was Introduced to tho four distinguished personages who rode , In tho roach. They wero Leopold, King or the llelglans the, King of Sax. ' ony, King CJeorge of Oreece and Kin ' Oscar of Norway and Sw eden "Wash. ' lngtou Corrcsipondence Daltlmore gun,, J1 . 'Jm |