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sevetour)W*s-teem‘ I discovered something, miles away upon the trail, coming towards me. I soon had my command closed up in order, and shortly afterwards we made out a buggy with two horses and. , two persons in the buggy, and to my P Isurprise found the party to be Thomas J. Bull, a merchant of La Mesilla, and Stephen B. Elkins, who came out to an New Mexico in 1862. as United States to' district attorney, both of whom I was ip‘ well acquainted with. The two gentle-rn men were much disturbed, not to say a frightened, and begged of me to fur-cn nish them an escort to the town of Dona Ana. They wanted only one soldier, who could ride in the buggy with them. I explained to them that another man, with all his accoutrements would. If they were attacked by the Indians, only be a detriment, as, with their fine team, they could drive much faster than they could be pursued,and might thus escape, but with another man in their carriage they could hardly get away. As they insisted on the one man escort. I announced to my company who were standing in order, that I wanted one man to volunteer to go with these gentlemen, and as they all knew the chances theywere taking, I ordered that the person who wished to go should bring his rifle to a carry, when, much to my surprise, nearly every man in the company brought his rifle to his shoulder.I finally selected Private Dickerson, and. furnishing him with a descriptive list, we bade each other good-bye. I never expected to see any of them again, and each proceeded on hi3 way. They got through safely.“I did not see either of the gentlemen again until October. 1886, when I was on my way home from San Francisco. having been in attendance as a%delegate to the twentieth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, when I stopped over at Mesilla, and encountered Thomas J. Bull. Well, he could not do enough for me during my stay with him. The other gentleman, now Senator of West Virginia, I have never seen since we bade each other good-bye that morning, 40 years ago. on that terrible ‘Jornado del Muerto.* ”n-,t-n-i-111
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Nov 14, 1903
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