. 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 . o was to get heeled. All of this sounded verystrange and queer, but I soon learned the value of the suggestion, andthe time swiftly arrived when I too became a partial battery andrammed my derringer in my pocket with the same ease, dexterity andnecessity with which I placed my hat upon my head. I walked intothe main part of the town and saw Julesburg by daylight. It wascomposed of all manner of s
. 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 . o was to get heeled. All of this sounded verystrange and queer, but I soon learned the value of the suggestion, andthe time swiftly arrived when I too became a partial battery andrammed my derringer in my pocket with the same ease, dexterity andnecessity with which I placed my hat upon my head. I walked intothe main part of the town and saw Julesburg by daylight. It wascomposed of all manner of stores, saloons and other business places, anda multitude of such warriors as I had met on my arrival. In factevery man I saw was a warrior, judging from his armament. Therewas also an innumerable number of ladies all painted and clothedin white and spangled silks. I had a friend there—one of the boysnoted for his desperate bravery. He said: To-night you shall seeJulesburg by gas-light! I saw it in all its deformity, and over it Iwould draw the curtain of forgetfulness. The road between Julesburg and Denver, which during thesummer of 1867 was the direct mail route to the West, was so beset by. ,uiWfi RACE WITH AN ECHOES FROM THE EOCKY MOUNTAINS. 165 Indian violence that it became necessary for the protection of both themails and the lives of the passengers to travel in quite large parties,well armed and willing to fight. Consequently the rule was estab-lished by the superintendent of the mail route for three coaches tostart together every other day, thus transporting the mails and pas-sengers that had accumulated daily at the end of the line. The second day after our arrival at Julesburg was the day uponwhich such a start should be made, and so, early in the morning, threelarge Concord coaches, each drawn by four spirited horses, were drivenin front of the mail and express office and there loaded with pas-sengers and the mail and express matter destined for the Pa
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