Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . nst the wall. It was filled withhay for a matress and he had a blanket for a sheet. Inthe early part of the evening, while I was preparing our 138 LARIMER REMINISCENCES supper, his attendant came rushing into our cabin telHngus that Capt. Bassett was dying. My father, Mr Collierand I rushed to his cabin and in a few minutes he passedpeacefully away. It was a sad time for us all and notsoon to be forgotten. Scudder quickly left the country: went to Salt Lakewhere he remained a year o
Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . nst the wall. It was filled withhay for a matress and he had a blanket for a sheet. Inthe early part of the evening, while I was preparing our 138 LARIMER REMINISCENCES supper, his attendant came rushing into our cabin telHngus that Capt. Bassett was dying. My father, Mr Collierand I rushed to his cabin and in a few minutes he passedpeacefully away. It was a sad time for us all and notsoon to be forgotten. Scudder quickly left the country: went to Salt Lakewhere he remained a year or two, but eventually returnedand gave himself up. He stood trial and was acquitted,but soon afterwards again left the country. Captain Bassett was a member of the Town Company,stood high in the esteem of his friends, (as indeed Scudderalso did,) and like the balance of us was living in brightanticipation of the future. His life was thus cut shortbefore he had received any benefit from his adventuresand privations. Had he lived he would, no doubt, havetaken a conspicuous part in the development of General William Larimer (1860) CHAPTER FOURTEEN Gold prospecting—The first white woman at Denver—A theatrical troupe—The first hanging—Noisy Tom—Locating a cemetery DURING the winter it was hard to distinguish theGeorgia and Lawrence Parties from our ownLeavenworth Party. We had all been pioneersin the sense that we were all early arrivals and felt thatwe had first claim on everthing in sight; and as winter hadshut us out from all communication with the outer world,we grew better and better acquainted with each other anda sort of brotherly affection arose between us. Thiswas particularly noticeable in the spring when the immi-grants of 1859 commenced to arrive; and in order to main-tain our precedence in importance as well as in time, wefelt as though we had to stand together in protection ofour mutual interests. The mildness of the winter gave us an excellent opp
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