Greater Britain: a record of travel in English-speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 . wearing of the Green, and told methe day and the hour at which the republic was to be pro-claimed at his native village in Galway. Like a true Irish-man of the South or West, he was happy only when he could Nameless Alps. 135 be generous; and so much joy did he show when I discover-ed that the cork had slipped from my flask, and left me de-pendent on him for my escape from the alkaline poison, thatI half believed he had drawn it himself when we stopped tochange horses for mules. Certain it is that he press
Greater Britain: a record of travel in English-speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 . wearing of the Green, and told methe day and the hour at which the republic was to be pro-claimed at his native village in Galway. Like a true Irish-man of the South or West, he was happy only when he could Nameless Alps. 135 be generous; and so much joy did he show when I discover-ed that the cork had slipped from my flask, and left me de-pendent on him for my escape from the alkaline poison, thatI half believed he had drawn it himself when we stopped tochange horses for mules. Certain it is that he pressed hiswhisky so fast upon me and the various drivers, that the daywe most needed its aid there was none, and the bottle itselfhad ended its career by serving as a target for a trial ofbreech-loading pistols. At the sixth ranch from the city, which stands on theshores of the lake, and close to the foot of the mountaifts, wefound Porter Rockwell, accredited chief of the Danites, the Avenging Angels of Utah, and leader, it is said, of the^ White Indians at the Mountain Meadows PORTER ROCKWELL. Since 1840 there has been no name of greater terror in theWest than Rockwells; but in 1860 his death was reported inEngland, and the career of the great Brother of Gideon wasended, as we thought. I was told in Salt Lake City that hewas still alive and well, and his portrait was among those thatI got from Mr. Ottinger; but I am not convinced that theman I saw, and Avhose picture I possess, Avas in fact the Por-ter Rockwell who murdered Stephenson in 1842. It may be 136 Greater Britain. convenient to have two or three men to pass by the one name;and I suspect that this is so in the Rockwell case. Under the name of Porter Rockwell, some man (or men)has been the terror of Mississi]3pi Valley, of Plains and Pla-teau, for thirty years. In 1841 Joe Smith prophesied thedeath of Governor Boggs, of Missouri, within six months:within that time he was shot — rumor said, by the
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