Dodge City times. [volume], December 20, 1879, Image 5

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FOURTEEN YEABS AGO.
H. W. Jones, in the Las Animas Leader,
gives eotae interesting reminiscence of the
border, Jborteta yean ago, from which we
quote:
The lit of Mar, 1865, had come, and af
ter a rroggle lor life for the fire yean ot
the cruel conflict that was now ended, the
writer of this, with hia wife and family o
little children, took np thtir march aeroaa
the deaert toward the setting eon. In 1885
the Indiana from Council drove to the foot
of the mountain, lo use a familiar exprea.
eion, were btd. They attacked ever train,
I believe, that croawd the pUina that year,
or annoyed it in tome way. At FawneoRock
they charged na several times bat were re
pulsed. The train cona'a.ed of fire handled
wagons, and (raveled doubled op or in two
column, tide by aide, for several houia of
that day. The government traina and pri
Tate tram were obliged to (rare! together
and in great numbera for protection. Wten
we got to Lamed on the Pawnee Fork, we
were halted teTeral days, daring which tioM
a tbouaand wagoca congregated at that point.
When the military concluded to ltt ua fe
on towarda oar deatinaiion, we were pat un
der n escort of one company of infantry.
There were now two traina of fire hundred
wagons each. One column went by the rirer
route, we came by what waa called the dry
route acroM the plain. icstrad of following
the mer to Dodge. Ihia dry route waa
fifty miles acrota to the Arkanses,and where
the road struck the rirer they had jilt com
menced builolng Fort Dodge, and the only
water waa at Coon creek, awe fifteen or
twenty milea from Larned. We camped
about two o'clock ia the afternoon of the
firrt day at Coon crre, and had juat got
comfortably to work preparing our food,
when thirty Iadiins dabbed ortr the hill
opoa aome Mexican herders, killing two
and scslpiog one. The one they ecalped af
terwards recorered. In the hurry of eealping
the Mexican, one of the Indiane,haying dia-
moanted, luat hia hone, which ran direct y
into the camp. He waa a aplendid animal,
bedecked with paint and hia forelock and tail
ornamented with feathers.
At Dodge we had to lie again for num
ber of daya, and when we got permnwun to
start, were put under the escort of Captain
Thayer, with one company of the California
Column. lie need great prrciuiion, march
ed part of hi command along the river.pert
on the MuBh, aome in our front and rasas in
the rear. We battened alowly, and on the let
of August arrived at Bent's old fort.
We were weary and worn: our conatant
.inxiety, and being obliged to keep constant,
ly within the column, alowly following the
ox tram, tod not daring to go one hundred
yards from the train or camp, had played
ua out completely.
At Col. Boone's old pl.ca, fifteen milea
this aide of Pueblo, there waa an encamp
ment called Camp Fillmore, where one com
pany of cavalry was stationed. Pueblo waa
a meagre and stinted Tillage; the whole
country waa at a stand atiil; the war was
over; the goTcrnment had ceased to pay out
with lavish band any more greenbacks in
this region.
In the fall of 1865 corn was worth 10c per
pound; wheat 10c to 15c per pound; floor
$20 to $30 a sack; lard 40c per pound ;cfiee
$1; bacon 50c; ham 75c; and ererything
else in proportion. Mining had scarcely com
menced. A person coming from the "elates"
as it was then termed, soon found that he
moat "scratch gravel," and that pretty lire
'y. or go back orer the same weary way ha
had jast traveled. We concluded to ttey, and
the Bret thine we did was to buy a scythe
and try to make bay whilit the aun continu
ed to ahine brightly through the months of
August and September. The weather waa de
lightful and invigorating; the motwuica
were in view like a east panorama; and we
eoon came to lore country on account of the
climate, albeit it looked like a deaert then,
and atill has the same appearance. Indeed,
it not only looked like a deaert, but looked
as if people would not hare long to wait to
tarre to death. In the winter of '63 and '66
e bid great eport killing antelope, the en-
f tire country was alive with them In every
direction north of the Arkansas river; often
thousand could be seen ia one band.
Ia the spring of '66 we put in grain on
the shares, sad moved lo Cocharaa. Thia
waa ths first time we handled the plow. We
had to pay 10 cents a pound for wheal, fur
niah our own plows worth $60 apiece, our
teams also; and after paying all expenses of
lie crop, give one-third of what we might
prodoee to oar landlords. It was God-s nd
to ua; they provided ua with everything and
then trusted us for it,
Mr. Jones' career aioee that time has been
a euccessfol one. He is now a wealthy and
influential citizen of Bent county.
TeK UTNI asIScasvamT.
or more valac thin aay Silver Mine la Color
ado, Is UEttMAX CATABKH CCKK: a remedy
prepared especially for the care of Catarrh and
Severe Colda In the head, that invariably lead to
catarrh which ia to common ia thia climate. Re
member thai Catarrh, if aot checked promptly,
Soea lo the laaira. and ends in Consumption,
ach day's delay lessons the chances of care.
Price only SO r.te. Porsaleby the manufactur
ers. Brown Medicine Man'ifCo. Leavenworth
Kaataa, and all wholesale aad retail Druggists
la lha wait "
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Will cure that eongh. II cures by aliayiag irrl-
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the moei reliable Uxura cure in the wear. lie.
wareol remedies thai contalnstupefyinf opiate
i.w.(uwiiair, Are jm aojner an to
not ueclectlar what mav lead Ia a brnnrhUl n
lung disease! Brown's Tar Trachea will cure
thai hoarseness sad soreness aad strengthen the
. rTwL?e u' " wunj ana ur. x,
L. McCAKTr. Hodge City.
A THatafaOBIKr.
The pride or a mother, the lire aad joy o! a
home, are her children, heace bar trier when
eickaesa enters and takes them away. Take
warning then, that you are running a terrible
risk, ir they have a Cough, Croup or Whoop lor
Cough, which lead to Consumption I, you do not
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TIOX CURsS Is guaranteed lo cure them. ITice
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or chest, use .Shllnh's Porous Plaster. Prices
cenis. soia oy 11. J. rrlnger, Druggist.
th bsst mrmu kivbw .
J. a. Srsrkey, a prominent aad laflnentlal eit
iieu or Iowa City, says: I have had the Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint for acvtral years.
and save used every remedy I eonld hear or.
without any reliet whatever, until 1 saw your
Shiloh'a Vitaliser advertised in our paper, and
waa persuaded to try it. lam happy to stale
that it hu entirely cored me. It ia certainly
the beet remedy I ever knew t." Price Jl eta.
ld by I
SI. J. l-TII
ringer, Drsgxiit.
SHILOirs CATARRH RKatRDT. A mar.
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mouth, and Headache. With each bottle there
ia an ingenious nasal injector lor the more suc
cessful treatment or the completer, without ex
tra charge. Price SO eta. Sold by B. 4. rriager.
Druggist, jjodge ultj. Kas.
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Larned, Kansas, Xor.JD, 1879. i
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