| Show RAMBLING THOUGHTS OF A by frank sivey continued from last week editors note in the october sto story y printed in this column an error occurred kin red which read about the middle of november 1849 one branch of congress etc this should have read I 1 early in november 1894 in the issue of oct 24 our copyist misread the manuscript which is written witten in longhand and wrote broto col dawson in the issue of tile the the same mistake was made in both instances col dawson should read col lawton here at peters spring a few years I 1 later occurred another shooting shootings I 1 1 match this time among the renegade I 1 indians wash killing bridger Brid jer jack jn n a duel bridger Brid jer jack although alf F a so called renegade indian had bad always been a good friend to the pioneer settlers of la sal he could i peak fair english and was always honest in all his dealings with thel the white settlers the whites had always lieen been assured by him and warned in in time of any uprisings of the indians todi today t looking back to those old I 1 I 1 pioneer t days I 1 feel that bridger Brid jer jack with his personality and in fe croe mi measure asure leadership saved us i from a lot of trouble and perhaps bloodshed tall and straight as an arrow physically perfect he was an outstanding character for many years before his untimely death bridgers Brid jers areat wea weakness kness was gambling with iuds cards and lits his favorite game fame was monte i this weakness for gambl ina na led fifi filially ally to his death wash awaa just the opposite in charac character Fer and appearance rathers rather F small mall in stature a scowling cointe counter bance and carrying n chip on his hia shoulder houlder describes his character in general en eral to show this we will vill go back to may 1881 about a month before the indian fight or massacre of 1 12 2 white men on the northwest end of the la ia sal mountains the maxwells maxwelll Max wells mccartys mccartyy McC artys and neals olson lived at coyote today called la sal post office while at la sal proper the P rays pys ys webbs youngs king and tommy goshorn had taken up home eads jbara berea band of indians were cani camped wash wash being a kind of sub chief da others being of the same frame 1 af pf mind min d did all they could to tir uv up brou trou trouble bl e with the white settlers ach v ch as copin g and dragging year I 1 I 1 cwg cattler anany times up and down r rae racetrack e arse V to smooth it off and flake whit dinan man heap mad ghisi this I 1 1 I they did 1 SAs as the indians putnum 1 bared id tha five too to one it was policy control themselves one dauw ash rode over to coyote and 4 tj findings ill all the boys gone out riding le amyie grandpa and grandma maxwel Wax wel alone alane wash no doubt 4 hoing tt t 1 shiar 11 a good time to run ran amazee aV azee ianth a hd intimidate the elderly oaple an bake 1 them wine and e J ine n e him m V a finish heap hungry and aid y you k baw cook ein cm plenty for me as he sat his pony it 1 I the trant gate you go to 0 H 7 was Jye tva ply of grandpa maxwell wael efio struck grandpa over the bead it I 1 rawhide aahl de quirt grandpa gnep r u sha I 1 for abe th cabin and his old antal gun while wash whirled nd dashed fort for umber timber that I 1 X v grew hillside fabon bot fot his gun but had difficulty A atin 5 joed jj ed e on bashas wash Was has as he be wib was boyr dodging among timber along the ifie getting a bead beadon on wish heta arted ted to pull th trigger when v n maxw maxwell e it struck the ftc v kolii I 1 e gun kiin A as asit it was discharged thus h grandpas aim ahn and na alj kawi reaped in the timber Wa mahand hand his band now moved to sear rear the head of pack creek at a point at the foot of the old indian trail alja that runs runa from moab valley and coyote to 6 la sal and paradox valley philander maxwell had bad gone to moal moab cn n a visit and was returning to coyote ocote at the foot of the trail a number of excited squaws squads rushed out to meet him and jabbered jabberer jabb ered away apparently trying to warn him of langer danger but he could not understand them until finally a squaw rushed rut ut W the creek cutting a long lone switch she sack struck his horse a stinging blow d scented camous pronto taking the hint at last he hastened up the long hill keeping a sharp lookout continued on p e L J RM MIMING THOUGHTS OP OF A KER continued from page 1 rf r M for indiana indians nearing the top of the hill jie he caught a gi glimpse milse of a red blacet blanket d tle the brush that covered tile the hillside ile he was rid riding I 1 ng his top horse A and giving him the spurs he veered arcoui around id the spot where I 1 seen a patt part of tile the red b n e L of bullets now p pattered d aroun oun d ti liim but bt ile he was soon out or orrange 1 I gae of if those old fashioned black P powder oder guns so escaped unharmed and soon arrived safely at coyote about two hours later the wilson brothers erwin and toe joe reached the foot of this hill they were riding double and bareback a gentle mare and were looking for sonic some horses they owned that ran on the mesa beyond the top of this tile the park pack creek hill about two thirds the distance up this hill the indians fired on the boys and wound ed edjon joe in ill tile the foot in great pain joe rolled off the horse as also did erwin and they both took to the blush for shelter neither were armed so were helpless and their only hole hoile was in conce concealment almerit erwin soon became separated from joe all and i his ais idea no doubt was to reach safety and get help belp I 1 for joe at coyote a distance of about twelve miles as sonn as possible running and resting a at times with tile llie indians in hot pursuit h ho Q finally reached coyote just at sundown here he found philander maxwell neals olson billy mccarty McCar liy in all the six nen men had but four guns and two six s shooters hooters they had thoughtlessly been wen shooting at a mark so were al most out of cartridges and ana were help less ess against so many indians hastily preparing as best they could by assembling sem bling all in one of tile the three call cab ins ns they awaited an attack by the indians jid ians soon the they saw hitting flitting ob obi acts amongst the brush that coverd a small hill nearby and into this spot pot they fired a volley from their uns with no apparent result to be continued r |
