. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ftfc«£i m r~-r-- --Jt «£sffe*s^ - • ^iaMMS fib). Mr y\/>\vr# £mg. ••■)( ARREST OF MURDERER —CONFLICT BETWEEN U. S. TROOPS AND CITIZENS. 245 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 247 of men used to danger. Many of them were grizzled miners from theSweetwater, expert in the use of deadly weapons, and not slow touse them when occasion required. Among them were stalwart Indian fighters—sharp
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ftfc«£i m r~-r-- --Jt «£sffe*s^ - • ^iaMMS fib). Mr y\/>\vr# £mg. ••■)( ARREST OF MURDERER —CONFLICT BETWEEN U. S. TROOPS AND CITIZENS. 245 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 247 of men used to danger. Many of them were grizzled miners from theSweetwater, expert in the use of deadly weapons, and not slow touse them when occasion required. Among them were stalwart Indian fighters—sharpshooters whosetrusty rifles had leveled many a savage foe, and in whose breasts thesensation of fear had never found lodgement. Added to these werethe class who had followed the road from its incipiency on the banksof the Missouri, and who were as familiar with scenes of blood anddeadly encounters as they were with the people and the towns theyinhabited. In the meantime information of the uprising of the people and theproposed rescue of the prisoner had been conveyed to Colonel was a man of resolution, a firm and determined officer, who woulddefend his action with his life. He believed this action to be withinthe line of
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