Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 8, 1895, Page 16

/BRI S\ Lo WS THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SWNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1895 JACKSON OF JACKSON'S HOL Faots Abont the Original Freebooter of the Teton Foothills, GAY LIFE IN HIS MOUNTAIN LAIR Btock Lifting e n Fine Point, and W dw Held Out It Was F1 the Red-H One of the first things T i after arriving west, wlile still a b says a writer in the Anaconda (Mont.)” Standard, was to join a band of cowboys and ald In taking a herd of Minnesota cows to the Sioux, stationed at what was then Fort Standing Rock. T joined the party for the sport that was in it and to write a serfes of newspaper articles regard- tng a country then new, but now thickly settled. T went for the fun of the thing, but was not long In ascertaining that I wa about to be the most disappointed youth in seventeen counties, and now, as I think of the trip, about the only thing I got out of it was some useful experience and a start on the highway to good health But then this 19 another story that may be worth the tell ing at some future period On this memorable trip 1 was assoclated with wild, haram-scarum young man named Jones, who, with the balance of the party, took perfect delight in play tricks upon the “tenderfoot kid,” who was It was my constant desire to “even with Jones, and finally the tim ame to 1 of cattle was an especlally sey, being carefully watched that she might be presented to the quartermaster. of whose good offices the contractor stood in need. 1In the wildest and most inhospitable part of the country the Jersey was missed, and Jones was directed to take the back trail and not return unless he brought the cow with him. He supposed that he would overtake her in a day, but he was gone three days, and he was the maddest man to be found in the whole of the Dakotas when he showed up at camp. It was my duty after each meal, to take a supply of pro vislons and place them in a conspicuous place near the camp fire for the use of Jones, who was presumed to be close at hand. The opportunity for revenge was so strong that I could not evade it, and as a result Jon had mighty slim eating for the next three days. Had 1 thought that he would have been gone so long I might not have carrfed the matter o far, but truuh compels me to state that ones did not eat during his absence_enough food to serve as a square meal. Bggs being so cheap in Minnesota, a whole barrel of them was taken along. Con- gequently we had eggs of ripe and mature age In every conceivable style, until the very word was sufficient to gag one. Accordingly 1 left Jones a nice fricd egg at every st tlon, and candor and truth compel me to sa that in one or two instances I carefully laid the egg upon u nice, well dried buffalo chip. But for the interference of the men Jones would have committed murder as soon as he reached our camp and this story re- mained unwritten, and, needless to add, as far as the sto Is concerned, agkindness to thousands of readers. It was long years after before 1 met Jones and then he was in trouble. He asked my assistance and I cheerfully gave it, for I had suffered pangs of regret every time 1 thought of his long ride on an egg diet and the too sever punishment I had inflicted. The story he told me s this: Soon after be last saw me he started for Montana and in due (ime joined a stampede to the Big Horn mountains. Here. day he was confronted by a party of about thirty nien, at the head of whom wds the notoriou “Terad Jackson,” after whom the naw cele brated Jackson’s Hole was named, and the most arrant freebooter ®ho scudded the plains. Jackson and his party had wi them a large band of herses, and, recognlz Jones us one who suiled their tasies. stronglv fovited Winy to winter at their rendezvou: which Jones speedily prepared to do. Th highest mountains of the Rockies surround the basin which Jackson called home fo: eight long winters. 1t was approached through a deep defile opening into a s basin of some twenty square miles, grew the succulent bunch grass in rich pro- fusion. Willow and cottonwood afforded abundant shade and sheltér, while an fed by rivulets and warm spring meandered through the undulating ¥ frecly watered the broad and extensiv meadow lands, Here {t was that this lawless chief with his followers, often numbering thirty as hardy and desperate characters as himself brought their bands of stolen horses and kept them to fatten during the winter months Only two canons through the mountains affordedl an opening in the Hole, and these 50 narrow that in winter they were practically impassable. By November they became so deeply filled with snow that it was foolhardy to attempt their passage. Even the expert suowshoer was effectually barred out, for he dare not brave the dangers of shifting snow and the unseen holes eaten out by the warm springs, which had lured the intrepld intruder to their yawning depths and to sure death in times agone. Such Jackson's Hole, where for elght winters son himself held full sway, complete mor of all he surveyed, a chieftain to be feared by his men as well as the horse raisers for miles and miles around. Secure he was during the long winter. No herders were needed to keep the stolen “tock in hand and in the long log cabins that served their purpose well, the Jolly erew held high carnival. No one could possibly enter the. retreat from elther side without the knowledge of the band, so ad- mirably was the habitation located, and, in- deed, there was little danger of any one doing 80 In those days, when it would require a ger posse than any sheriff could muster and involve danger from the elements which few cared to face, Perfectly se~ure then, with their ll-gotten steeds fast fattening on the rich grass, the men gave themselves up to the pleasures ot the chase and feasted upon the fat flesh of the game which was always in sight of (he cabin's outlook. When there was no need to hunt, they gambled and drank whisky which Jackson amply provided. Shooting matches, horse races and ather enjoyments served to enliven the tedium of Jife at Jackson's Hole, while the danger added a zest to existence Thus the long winter was enjoye frechooters’ style In constant ca only work to do during the winter fly doue, as soon as possibla after the arr of the last band at the rendezvous. gisted in round'ng up the horses and then ap plying the red bottom of a frying pan to the Dbrands necessary to obliterate. So-n after t e animals treated in this manner were again caught up and thelr wounds thoroughly satu- rated with grease, thus causing the hatr to grow 1n the spring t'me and removing every trace of the brand. When it was possible to do 50, an expert with the branding iron placed additional markings on the animal so far as o make it fmpossible for an owner to recog- nize h's mark, In May the horses were rounded up, d'- vided into small bands, sieek and fat, and they were taken slowly in d fferent directions to-yarious points and disposed of. Allies the thleves had In many a small town, and it was comparatively easy to sell the an‘mals. This accomplished, the men met at a fronti town, diviled thelr gains, purchased a winter uf'ly of provisions to be dispatched to the “Hole," by the men whose duty It was® to sfand guard during the summer, avd then began the summer's rald. The men who suc- ceeded In stealing tho most horses had of gourse the most money, and there was suf- ficlent incentive In the business to lead some of these men as far as northern Colorado. Tho majority, however, confined thelr preda- tory ra‘ds to Wyoming and Montana, though they quite often found It necessary to go close to the British line. It they arrived at the basin too early In the season, the herds were pastured at various secludid points a few miles away, fo be at.the first fall of snow hastily driven to the natural corral, Here the season of gay wassall of adventure in the settlements viewed, and In the spring the horses wers n stealthily brought out and sold. But In the year 1886 this band of frees booters was suddenly deprivid of its leader oralized as a rewult. Teton had pur- course that was bound to be cut short and 0 1t came about that the authorities of Idabo had the extreme pleasure of immuring him for & perlod of fourtcen state peuitentiary., This was BEAUTIFUL 3 P BEAUI7J. SOUVENIR FREE GRAND FA'.I. 0PENING SOUVENIR FREE TO ALL CALLERS. 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It willsnot be a bad made him indiscreet, and the | U ) lave. pslan oo It seems to be a fact that the Romans be- | Soon the entirc organ was exposed, and it "h‘ZL‘i, sat, bowslegaed, -rei-heated man,” | W brousht the interviow. to-s .apeedy. close jAD ol log béuse In the-paatue sande lieved the spleen to be the seat of the sud- | was found to be much darker than its normal | useless errand to move toward the sun's foe upon his head, was tried and sent | 204, o0 regaining the fresh air, I remarked 1, foreal den ‘pains in the left side, now generally sup- | tint. When exposed to the air several min- | light, because it is here, if all other re- with a price upon hi that Johnson had many of the characteris- | It8 windows gone, 20 t0 Do caused by mei X | B 4 nt | sources fall, that we may look for greater up for a term of fourteen years, He served | it SRRSO TG fhany of the characterls- | "4 14"its doors posed to be caused by general overexertion. | utes It began t0 glve out a very unpleasant | Sources fall that we may look Ists ot par 0SS | But a spirit lin; Old medical works searched at the different | odor. The operator, percelving th n- | power and wider possibllities. It is not the ust one year, when, with the assistan e ‘ A D g D Ry [ . . . O L ot pulioare on b autsids, iR pore ;“"““d o “fl}“v replied that he | With a sweet, old-time tepose, hospital libraries give evidence of the prac- | nounced his opinion regarding the previcus | buried sunlight of the past ages that we some of his devoted follo had never heard of ‘“Jackson,” and that [ gor in tangled masses round about 08 ome. 4 sl 3 polptle T it | need look for any more, for that is forever he made good his escape. Johnson was excited over th: manner in | Blossoms the pick whid rose. tice b Rome, and say that, so far s Is | open argumont onthe caso, by clalming that, | goue ““hg hoat of the sun, the Iiving, re- It was in May, 1885, a year after, that I | which he had been treated and mad at the | = e FRAN A e B LD SORS PRVRE :”“‘n”"',"‘I’f""’""l’l’["':"‘“l“‘ ot .;f.‘: much 190KST | viving rays of our parent planet will yield met Jones, who is mentioned early in this [ whole world. gather a bunch of the fragrant flowers, V- dpax o ! [in the body, mortification wol ave set in | ¢ " cRoroy” for countless years to come to Somewhat long-drawi-out siory. The fore- | When the habeas corpus proceedigs were | | And & ploture scems to rlse; Modern anatomists differ, however. They | and death been the result. Upon examination | \\3 €1eTEY, 106 COUUES Yoars 1o come to going facts he did not relate (0 mo on the [ disposed of and Johnson proceeded to walk | T {tand In the past a hundred years seem to have found the office of the spl the men of scleneo present agreed to this | ppicsgon invented a machine with which he spur of the moment, but afterward made a [ away, he was ordered to swp by Sherlft | pnlj e neath the suaseisides o | although there is a wide difference of opinion | unanimously. belleved- we would be independent of thy clean breast of it all. The tale he had to | Harris of Billings, and Informed that he [~ Toiling at twilight's elose; regarding the advisabliity of ramoving it when | It took but a few delicite strokes of the | coul supply and make direct usa of the heat tell me then was to the effect that he was anted on another charge. Harris, it | An old brown jar on the window sill found in such diseased condition as Merton's | scalpel to zever all the spleen’s conuections, | rayg of the sun. It might have been called horse raising over In Wyoming, and that , had a firm belief that Johnson was |~ Is filled with the pink wild rose. was. Some surgeons refuse to perform the |and it was promptly withdrawn from tie |4 sun steam engine—a steam engine heated hile with his partner, a Mr. Johnson, he | Jackson, and though he had hitherto pro- operation, while others still cling to the old | cavity. The wound was then cleinsed with | Ly sunlight. The vast tracts of the Sahara was about to ship the animals at Billings | fesscd to sympathize with him, he had also [ The husband sits on mfidfu"weu. idea that the pecullar, spongy, oval-shaped an antiseptic solution and scwed up at its | or the descrts of Asla can supply heat that for the east, his partner was arrosted on | procured several complaints in order to hold | , With the children playing organ's particular mission in life is still a | opening surface. | would generate millions of horse power in suspicion and was at that moment incarcer- | him until the Wyoming authorities arrived. | A% then tme marches Wth silent tread | 1 ysiory, "and that therefore its removal can- | The last time splenlotomy was performed in | Ericsson’s solar engines. The torrent of ated in the Bozemen county jail, awalting | They were not long in coming, as there was | And the ‘old log house Geserted 1s, not be harmful, this city it was attended with fatal results, | Niagara is not comparable to the incaleus the action of the court on a habeas corpus | & pretty price on Jackson, and he was spir-| A prey to the rains and snows, 5 lable waste of power on the scorching sure v 3 In spite of this reasoning the operation is 2 i proceeding, It was a burning shame, said | ited away fo serve out tho old sentence ana While the only volce of the days gone by | yery ‘seldom performed now, as the record NG 4 fico of thewe evormous plaink. ~ The en- Jones, that an American eitizen could not go | enough more to make him a prisoner for [ 1Is the voice of the wild' rose. O AL DTS DN AN (08 eouree | - gincering scheines of today will fade inte about’ bis business without being molested | life. Then it was that Jones, who was tried though the patients have lived for periods o™ A insignificance In comparison with those that by officers of the stock association. He |and acquitted, told me of his lite and doings CARVED LEEN, \ 61 ) livs erlod Jonl Mines Ar | the flerce cry of future necessity wiil force and Johnson had no maney, but they had | since the time I had left him at Fort Stand- | | RS il rqngl'l\g ';‘,’"“-’I'w\r-“|x"1'|k~fnw\:llx flf)*l‘si We often hear it sald that nearly all our | men to execute. It would be a curlous sight iy head of as §0od horses as ever Iifted | ing Rock In the year 1878, If ho s allve, | UBusual = Surgical = Operation Fer-|months. Dr. Charles B. Helth, who operated | o (0“0l U0 L EL e the sun, says | (0 teo a fully equipped power station situated foot, and they proposed to use up the entire | which is doubtful, what a tale of adventure bridh s Ashiate; | 85, MSTIAG: Relathe sttt the Literary Digest. This is true, but it fs | ID the center of a dreary waste, sending its herd In getting a speedy release, as both | he could unfold by this time! Unusual interest Is attached to the success | Sult ©f general abdominal exposure in:tead of . . SURON, v | thread-like lincs across the desert to heat were due in the east on important business. —————— of a surgical operation, extensively practiced | the absence of the organ. a curious fact that up to this time we bave | 4;q jight some distant town, thus guiding Nine head of horses.had been given to one | English and American Locomotives.|by the anclent Romans, and performed at| The young English challenger has, however, | Deen content to take that power at second, | ype warm sunlight that it may glow and . 3 - hird or fourth hand, through the agency of o ' lawyer, and Jones was ready to give as many | The best speed mentioned in the English | the Charity hospital, on Blackwell's Island, | Survived the ordcal of the kn'fe. He bas the | | g glitter in the mosques and minarets of the . 3 sland, | 845 . water that the sun's heat has raised or of ) more it I could tell him the man who would | reports of the recnt run of 540 miles in | says the News York Journal. It was the re. | advantage of having been otherwise in ex- The wind: that b R i Tiatiar ® Sants far cast. secure Johnson's release. 512 minutes, 32 miles at 74 miles an hBur, | moval of the spieen of Willlam Mertons, an | cellent physical condition when laid upon the A, s [ 0 ———— The generous disposal of hafbe flesh and | falls conslderably short of the record mads | EUgllsh amateur cross-country runner, who | oberating table, The house surgeon reports | Say bowever, we may. dlscard all thess Snake and Hen Fiuht. the fact that there was nothing in sight | by the Camden and Atlantic on April 21 | recently landed In this country rapid improvement in his health, and the | psbnolt head® The matter is well stated | A flerce battle took piace one night res agalust the so-called Jehnson, did in - his | last, from Camden to Atlantic City, N. J. He came over here to challenge America’s | Operator Is sanguine of the result, even be- |, \he Riectricsl Age, June 29, as follow cently in Florida bgtwes 2 al & hen and temporary release, uot, howeyer, untll he | This Atlantic City run, says the Railway | non-professional _cross-country talent, but | lleving Mertons will be enabled (o re-enter| if the conl mings of the world were ex- | g large chicken suake. A farmer heard: th bad most roundly berated his counsel, the | Gazette, was made by an englne with 78- | about & week after his arrival was seized | the field uga'n as the Romans did hausted 1t would be a relief to know that e % vk ¥ red lato Mr. Maglanis of Billings, for what he | inch driving wheels. If our American edi- | With the most exhausting pains in his left| Many students and physicians aitended the | other great sources of power are at our | ToCket, and upon investigation found biddy regarded as “coarse work.' I was taken | tors, who are inclined to feel chagrined at | side whenever he attempted to run any dis- | operation, and exhaustive arguments were | command; that no dlstress would ensue with [ A0d the egg thlef having it nip and tuck into lh.d presence of the hot-tempered Johr- | these new English records, wish to compare l!* heard for and against the practice. The pa- | such rapldity as to deprive us of a means | in the moonlight. Old biddy seemed to be son. and 4y soon uh.hme: had informed him | mere speed figu they should emphasize he Englishman remembered reading in an | tient was finally brought In on a stretcher, | of warmth. In fact, our own mother coun- | on the aggressive, and was giving the mide hl Wi :’%nl lnf those Xl\}:WIhDIDO; feller: this performance. The whole run of 58.8|0ld work on Romau outdoor sports that it | etherized and ready for the scalpel. Mertons | try, England, has been contemplating the ight marauder as good as he sent. As soon B:lubfl)(‘l!lfi hl Oflf‘q witl ld. cholcest of made in 45% minut equal to | was th om of the Roman rupners to|lay on his right side, and, with the athlete's | time when her fuel centers will have be- the correspondent took ip the situation n, ‘.\h. .mW“l oor:'m‘nn . to tell me ‘an hour; and a distance of 49.8 | bave thel spleens removed, and that the | back toward him, the surgeon made an in- | come diminished and the burrowed cal he quickly dispatched hiw snakeship and the m“.a l&u;“lolay"un n A:'u:;“:;ll‘: was covered in §7% mlnu\u. or at the | ancient anatomists and surgeons discredited | cision just beneath the ribs, about three | combs, reaching far out beneath the océtn's | brave old hen went back to the nest which 5 of 19.7 miles an bour, the organ having any important function in | inches in length, carefully removing the mem. | bed, will have been emptied of thelr precious | she had wo gallantly protected, brought about by Teton being too sure of his position. A long and uninterrupted carecr of |