New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . ley lay behind us, and the foot-hills began to shut out therange; but Pikes Peak, sixty miles off, loomed up as grandly as miles more were traversed, and then we turned into a great farm-yard, or corral, and stopped at a rustic stile. In a few moments Uncle 30 NEW COLORADO AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Fete Dotson came np tlic patli from tlio lioiise, and ii^avc lis a cordialgreeting. Al)Oiit a quarter t)f a century ago this gi-ay - bearded veteran, then ahale and vigorous West-Virginian, started to drive cattle to California,st(>i>ped at Salt L
New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . ley lay behind us, and the foot-hills began to shut out therange; but Pikes Peak, sixty miles off, loomed up as grandly as miles more were traversed, and then we turned into a great farm-yard, or corral, and stopped at a rustic stile. In a few moments Uncle 30 NEW COLORADO AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Fete Dotson came np tlic patli from tlio lioiise, and ii^avc lis a cordialgreeting. Al)Oiit a quarter t)f a century ago this gi-ay - bearded veteran, then ahale and vigorous West-Virginian, started to drive cattle to California,st(>i>ped at Salt Lake, became the United States Marshal for the Territory,and was there when Brigham Young was in his glory, and Albert SidneyJohnston Mintered in the snow. lie left with the troops in 1850, said Mrs. Dotson (a brave, patientwoman, who has shared his fortunes, good and bad, and crossed the plainsat least once by herself), and came to Denver watli a train in ISO 1. Nextyear we came to the Big Thompson; then we went to the Greenhorn, and. PETE S HOUSE. farmed ; then we kept a hotel in Pueblo. In 1864: we were washed outby the Fountain [Fontaine qui Bouille]. A boy rode down on a horsewithout saddle or bridle, only a rope in his mouth, and gave me fifteenminutes warning. I was sick in bed, but I took the children and we went to the Muddy and lived, and the Indians nsed to come andvisit us; but we were washed out there too. And then, in 18G5, we tookup this place. Uncle Pete had evidently made good use of his knowdedge and expe-rience in the choice of his ranch. His domain embraced 9000 acres, 5000of which were arable land. The ground sloped gradually from the footof the range, and the whole of his possessions were under his own a large barn-yard were great granaries and a fine stone stable, whicliwould not be amiss in any city in the United States; and at varying dis-tances on the gentle slope could be seen the little cabins of the tenants, THE JOURNEY TO PUE
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