. 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 . d, untamed nature found keen zest andenjoyment in the danger and excitement of the daring frontier life. Avolume might be written of their personal exploits. One of these boysrode for eighty miles on a single £ stretch, leaping from stirrup to stir-rup, until he entered the city of Salt Lake through the rough moun-ts o tain fastnesses and the rocky canonsof the mighty Wahsatch range. Thisrider wa
. 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 . d, untamed nature found keen zest andenjoyment in the danger and excitement of the daring frontier life. Avolume might be written of their personal exploits. One of these boysrode for eighty miles on a single £ stretch, leaping from stirrup to stir-rup, until he entered the city of Salt Lake through the rough moun-ts o tain fastnesses and the rocky canonsof the mighty Wahsatch range. Thisrider was a bright, intelligent lad,of most brave and sturdy qualities,who afterward laid down his younglife upon a Southern named Murray diednot long ago in Salt Lake well remember him and hislittle auburn-haired wife, whoappeared to be as proud of himas of the grandest. Murraywas known as a desperateman and a deadly shot. He igrew from a thin stripling tobe a large, powerful man,weighing more than two ■■hundred pounds. I can see \i\\^him noAv, walking the streets of Salt Lake City in a sort of murray a bear and buckskin suit, a brace of revolvers strapped to his waist, a. ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 47 knife in his boot-leg, and a breech-loading shotgun in his hands; butthen none thought strange of such a garb. It was the custom of the coun-try and one of the institutions of the times for a man to go armed cap-a-pie ; in fact, it was essential for the peace and security of a man thathe should go constantly armed. He did not know at what moment hemight be assailed, and to be heeled at the proper moment he mustneeds carry a battery around with him at all times. I remember veryAvell that it was as natural for me, when I dressed in the morning, topush my derringers in my pistol-pockets, as it was to place my shirtupon my back or my hat upon my head. The charges for carrying a letter by the Pony Express was $5 perounce or fractional part thereof. This aft
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