Identifier: ourpioneerheroes01kels (find matches)
Title: Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Kelsey, D. M. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Pioneers Indians of North America
Publisher: Philadelphia, St. Louis, Scammell & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
fore. You are a year older now, and Ireckon you can stand it. Ill give you a trial, anyway, and ifyou weaken you can come back to Horseshoe station and tendstock. He was assigned to duty on the road between Eed Buttes, onthe North Platte, to the Three Crossings of the Sweetwater, adistance of seventy-six miles. Riding into the latter one day notlong after his ajDpointment, he found that the rider who was ex-pected to carry on the letters that he brought had been killed in adrunken row the night before, and there was no one to take hisplace. Without a moments hesitation, Cody changed horses,and undertook the extra ride of eighty-five miles. Arriving atthe end of the route in good time, he turned and rode back tothe starting-point, accomplishing a distance of more than threehundred miles on the round trip. The Indians were becoming very troublesome along the stageroute, continually lying in wait for the express riders and thecoaches; and all, especially the lone riders, had to take many
Text Appearing After Image:
'

Note About Images