Red Neck the Scout Helped Civil War Sisters Rescue
Feature on Ben Clark known as Red Neck a scout for General Miles in 1874 aiding in the rescue of the Germaine sisters from Cheyenne captivity. Details his service at Fort Reno and his role as interpreter after the campaigns.
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Custer
Black Kettle
Washita
Red Neck
Clark
Nelson Miles
Germaine
Kansas
Adelaide
Julia Germaine
Frank Baldwin
Gray Beard
Miles
Catherine
Sophia Germaine
Ben Clark
Stone Calf
Julia
Fort Reno
Okla
Old Fort Reno
Trapper Scout Dr Carver Known as Evil Spirit of the Plains
In the sixties near Cedar Mountain Wyoming trapper Dr W. Carver outshot ambush Indians with a repeating rifle. He earned the name Evil Spirit of the Plains after the Indian tale of his medicine gun. Carver later served as a U S army scout during the Sioux war and befriended Buffalo Bill Cody, joining his Wild West show as a sharpshooter.
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Cedar Mountain
Wyoming
St. Louis
Rocky Mountains
W. ¥. Carver
Plains
Carver
United States Army
Buffalo bin' Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
The Kit Carson Scouts Creed and Initiation Ritual
A historical write up describes the Kit Carson Scouts charter style vows aims and practices. It covers eligibility ages ten to fifteen rendezvous at Las Animas near the Arkansas, council rituals duties dues and governance including pledges taps and the initiation rite with guide captain scribe and new scout ceremony.
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Kit Carson Scouts
Las Anamas
Arkansas
West
Kit Carson
America
Boy Scouts
De Short Says He Avoids Hunting to Not Be Mistaken
In a light quip, De Short remarks he does not go hunting lest he be mistaken for a deer. A witty reply counters that he would not be mistaken for anything larger than a gnat.
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de Short
Feathered quadrupeds riddle prompts puzzled reply
A playful exchange features a teacher asking Earlie for an example of a feathered quadruped. Earlie answers with a joke, saying a feather bed. The banter captures a light moment likely from a school setting or comic strip.
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Earlie
Always A Woman First Suffragette Dialogue
A brief dialogue features two suffragettes debating vote buying. The first questions whether candidates would purchase votes, while the second insists she would not unless votes could be exchanged or credited.
Alderney Mottoes on Trust and Taxation
A collection of maxims and quotes emphasizing liberty, trust, and governance including Lysander on skin and fox, Happy Alderney proclaiming no taxes, and Daniel Webster on confidence as natural rather than coerced.
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Lysander
Alderney
Island of
Daniel Webster
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J. F. Riggs Publishing Company
B. R. Jordan
Iowa City
Iowa
Frye Co
International Chemical Company
Ralph Porter
J. R. Wright
Vanderford
Bybee
A. B. Brobst
State v. Et al
Bishop Bros
Mack Bowman
W. Brand
W. L. Dickerson
Court House Ofics Supply Company
Sup
West Publishing Company
Blackmar Co
Hammond & Stephens Company
G. W. Hodges
Norman R. Hays
Knox Coal Company
Knox Coal Co
Court House
Wm. Miller
A. J. May
Marion County News
J. N. Mulky
Jack Marks
Midland Chemical ‘Company
Ruby Wilson
Grand Deer
Enny An
Pittsburg Steel Company
Suppiia
Marion County Electric Company
I. H. Garretson
Allots
Knoxville Journal
Jno
J. Clarke
Roy Crawford
Breese
Mount Pleasant
W. C. Southwick
C.B
Q. R.R. Co
Anspach
County Farm
T. B. West & Son
C. C. Gambell
Snow & Co
C. M. Maddy
B. O. Osborn
EB. Hedrick
Standard Oil Company
Stephen Smith
Salary
Elmo Great Scouts
Western Newspaper Union
Medical Supervision
Clyde Welch
Covey
Merchandise Eat
Anu Neenin
Jess Willis
Coal County
J. L. Moneysm
G. W. Richards
J.W. Martin
Citizens Nation
Malinda
Thorn
Burg
Terund
Brancow
J. Aplin
Red Rock Township
Roveu
John Tukker
W. H. Robuck
Sol
F. W. Reynolds
Chers
John R. Hall
By Eno
Scott Watson
Spaper Union
W. F. Carver
the Plains
THE
D. Reagan
Chicago
Joo Dnors
Castoria
Kelloggs
Kellogg’s
Keillogg’s
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