L I FE AND ADV ENTURES OF “ NED BUNTL I NE ”

’ Ned Buntline s Anecdote of Frank Forester And Chapter of Angling Sketches

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’ Edi or of F an Forest er s Fu iti e S ortin Ske ches t r k g v p g t , ” S ortin Scenes and Charact rs etc . p g e ,

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O F THE LI FE AND ADV ENTU RES O F NED B UNTLI NE TW O H U ND RED AND FI FTY C O PI ES HAV E BEEN PRI NTED FRO M TYPE A ND TH PE IS TRIBU E E TY D T D .

Tab le of Contents

I ntroduction

Anecdote of Frank Foreste r

CHAPTER I d E l d nt and F St r Boyhoo , ar y A ve ures , irst o y CHAPTER II I n the Semi nole War and in G otham CHAPTER III ’ ’ The Novelist s I ntense Patriotism Ne d B untline s

CH APTER I V — ’ Life in the Adirondacks A Hunter s Home

CHAPTER V Ne d Buntline in the Civil War CHAPTER V I Unjust I mprisonme nt of Ned Buntline

CHAPTER V I I ” Wi Sc of l n and m th outs the P ai s , at Ho e

CHAPT ER V III — La ter Y ears Personal Remi nisc enc es

CHAPTER I ! Ne d Buntli ne as An A nglin g Writer

CHAPT ER ! Ned Buntli ne as a Writer o f V erse

CHAPTER ! I Closing Y ears o f a Remarkab le Career

Books by Ned

I LLUSTRATI ONS

” P rai l n Ned n lin F n i i ort t of Co . Judso Bu t e ro t sp ece

—“ W b t F nk F . . F c n P 4 . Her er ra orester a i g age

Portrait of Seth Green Facing Page 1 1 1

I NTR ODUCTI ON

f E l The li e history o f Col . dward Zane Carrol “ ! Judson ! Ned Buntline ) is more thrilling than f romance , as his career , rom boyhood to middle o f age , was a succession adventures by land and sea ; as a sportsman and angler in the then primitive wil

o f derness and lake region the Adirondacks , as a S midshipman in the navy , a soldier in the eminole M f o f f war , the exican war , the our years war are S in between the North and outh , and finally the In

o dian wars f the wild west . Colonel Judson ’ s record should have lasting fame

—fi rst for f in , his un altering Americanism and his fl uence fo r loyalty in the times that literally tried ’ o f men s souls ; then , on account his really remark able literary achievements in the line o f realistic

~ f f romance , bringing into world wide ame the last i not the most notable o f American scouts and fron “ “ “ — ff T x s tiersman Bu alo Bill , Wild Bill , e a ” f o f e Jack , and other earless scouts th plains , whose deeds o f daring were no less thrilling than those of Daniel Boone and Kit Carson in an earlier era ; and

o f o f - last , but equal interest to all lovers out door f sports , his graphic, delight ul sketches relating to shooting and fishing, with his personal reminiscences o f some of the pioneers o f American sporting litera ture . C i r ‘ n o f ons de ed i the light realistic fiction , Ned ’ Buntline s seatales and border romances will com f pare avorably with the best o f J . Fenimore ’ — Cooper s celebrated novels in fact it is sa fe to state that in the remarkable series descriptive o f the ad ventures of the scouts o f the plains the popular stories written by Ned Buntline had far greater do gree o f accuracy as to depicting real scenes and in ’

f . cidents than any o Cooper s tales Priority, rather than preciseness o f work ; studious care in o f preparation , in place a hastily written and volum ino of o f us amount fiction , to meet the demand press and public— these conditions combine to give the earlier novelist more enduring fame . “ The series entitled Li fe and Adventures o f Ned ! ’ Wildwood s Ma azine Buntline first appeared in g , and the limited edition now published in book form —With some additional reminiscences and an enter “ n of taining A ecdote Frank Forester, by Ned Bunt ” line -may serve to interest the enthusiastic col lectors of personal memoirs o f noteworthy men ; writers who have not only put forth a liberal amount of stirring fiction , but have led adventurous lives s I f imilar to those represented in their novels . con sidered f rom this viewpoint alone , Colonel Judson o f would stand at the head American novelists , as _ _ 3

f f no other has shown such a wonder ul career o real , often reckless daring as he whose name was known “ to comparatively few while his nom de plume ! Ned ” f n Buntline ) at the height o his success , was k own f of to millions ; but ame is fleeting, and the man o f o f e phenomenal energy , dauntless courage , onc — national reputation , now rests almost unknown to — the younger generation in the shadow o f his loved “ ’ ” The E of the home agle s N est , in the Highlands

Hudson . ANBODOTE OF FR ANK FORESTER

By NED BUNTLI NE

Z C ud l Ed a d . . ! Co . w r J son)

‘ Y EARLY association with Hen ry William “ ” Herbert ! Frank Forester ) is indelibly

impressed upon the tablets o f memory . I remember the sporting author as a digui

- fied , scholarly gentleman , warm hearted , a f o f brilliant conversationalist , ull anecdote and sporting reminiscences . Snobs were his aversion . f Generous to a ault , he would give , not share , his last dollar , when any worthy person was in need n a d came under his notice . His cosy country seat , “ ! The R Cedars , on the Passaic iver , near Newark , f . . o r l N J , was the retreat not on y many wealthy f for and distinguished riends , but also more than f o f e one un ortunate or unlucky man letters , whos ff T literary e orts had been poorly rewarded . hough E nglish , and aristocratically so by birth , he was much attached to America as the home o f his adop

. Ye as tion All his works show this . t he w very H ENRY W I L L I AM H ERB ERT

! FRA N K FO RES T ER )

t o f sensitive , and any apparen slight or lack courtesy on the pa rt o f others was not lightly or easily for - t f given . His over sensitive na ure o ten involved him o in heated contr versies , and even quarrels , in regard

E The f to his native land , ngland . writer ound this o ut in a strange way . At a dinner party given by

o f S ir it the Times T . o William Porter , the p f , at the H Y Carlton ouse , New ork , where Herbert boarded , if there were present, I remember correctly , Pap R o f S ir it E ichards , the p ; Charles lliott, the great

o f portrait painter ; Lewis Gaylord Clarke , editor

K nickerb ocker Ma azine D the g ; empster , the com “ ” n F poser and balladist ; Fra k orester , and the f writer hereo .

The f dinner , strictly game , was pro use and ele f gant , and a ter the cloth was removed songs and for D stories were called . empster sang, Clarke told some o f his inimitable anecdotes and then called on the writer fo r a French story he had once heard him

o f tell . Not f r an instant thinking o giving Herbert ff f F n r . as o o ense , the sto y was told It w a re ch man who had been captured by the British frigate

o o f the Guerriere , telling f the capture the latter by

f i o f 1 8 1 2 . American r gate Constitution , in the war It ran thus : “ ’ Shentilmens ! W en z e Yankee Doodle natione ’ ze z a i ne was ave war wiz e John Bull n t o , I was in

H b ree B . avre wiz my leetle g, La elle Julie And I

k “ sin I will make one grand speculatione. I load my br ee f f ze z e g wiz a beauti ul cargo o wine, brandy — 6

and ze sausage de Bologna ; and I make sail fo r

m i e . A er qu to sell zem Four, five days I sail along free at finely, zen along come one John Bull g , and she go b oom wiz her big gun and I stop my leetle ofli ciare b reeg. Zen a John Bull he come on board my b reeg and he say ’ Sare l I ave ze onare to take possessione in ze M t name of his Brittanic ajes y. “ ‘ I reply : Sare l I very much oblige to heez Brit ’ n Mon Dieu l not all ta ic Majesty . I was oblige at . “ Zen he remove plenty o f ze brandy and wine to

ze free at a d John Bull g , n he remove me and my b ree men and make fire to my g, and send her to ’ D re Mon D — I avy Jones locka . ieu was more mad b ree az . I can speak I look at my poor g, and I swear and tear my hair and weep like as one foun taine l “ Zen ze John Bull capitan he come to me and ‘ : - i r ” say Nevare mind z s is but ze fortune o f wa . ‘ ’ — ‘ Aha I I reply to heem it is one bad fo r tune l ’ “ ‘ Then he say : Cheer up ! Come in ze cabin and ’ take some brandy wiz me . “ a c I sank him , I sink I will . Zen I go in cabin and he pour for me and for heem each a glass o f

brandy. Zen I say to him ‘ — ’ ’ ’ ’ Sare your varee goo t hel t l ! good health )

z and he say to me e same .

taste o f S ! ze I zat brandy . acre I throw it on f . h floor I spit it rom my mouth . Zat Jo n Bull

‘ ’ : o— to— z e— d— He say to me G l. ‘ I say : No sare l I will go to ze Yankee Doodle

ee for free at f o f fr gat wiz you , your old g is ull holes , ’ and soon she will go down to Davy Jones lockare to ’ b ree look fo r my leetle g.

T s his wa all the story , and it brought laughter from every one but Herbert . He was silent , and The f looked very grim . party broke up soon a ter, and I was astonished the n ext morning by a note from Herbert to this c fl ect : “ I f I thought Englishmen needed br andy to make n n them brave , I could be co vi ced to the contrary by ”

f . naming a riend to arrange preliminaries , etc f I was never more surprised in my li e , and I went “ ” right over to the Spir it of the Times offi ce to see Porter: While he and I were laughing over the f matter , Herbert himsel dropped in . I walked up to him with the note in my hand and told him sincerely that I had no thought o f reflecting on English cour age , and that the story was only an old one dressed over to show the amusing side of the broken French idiom .

H t f o f erber was all right in a second , and our us adjourned nex t door to s mile over what could have been made a serious a ffair had either party been f oolishly punctilious . C H A P T E R; ON E

B YH D E R Y D E T RES AND O OO , A L A V N U ,

W FI RST STORY

N a picturesque vale among the mountains f o the Catskill range , near the head D waters o f the elaware river , lies the quiet

f S f for village o tam ord , noted its health f l o f u location , and the lovely scenery the surrounding country , but more widely celebrated as “ ” - f the birth place and home o Ned Buntline . M r . . L Carroll Judson , a sturdy , intellectual rep resentative of an old and honored family- tracing descent from “ the Puritan fore fathers ”— came to Stamford in an early day and made his home in the

o f highlands . Like the rigid stock old Plymouth , m he was a ste and unyielding man , cold and me hodi a f His t c l o . , with intense energy, a will iron household was regulated by rules which were deemed as immutable as the laws o f the ancient M edes and Persians , and this strict discipline was held to be highly commendable by the ultra-moral ist of s that day . At times he would exhibit the warmer impulses o f his nature by generous deeds

o f and kind words , genial as the glimpses sunshine that break through threatening clouds . A lawyer by of profession , he was a man literary taste , and gave evidence f considerable talent in this direction by p — the publication o f several books chicfly historical “ o f The and practical works . One these , entitled S o f R ages and Heroes the American evolution , has f The been widely read and is still requently quoted . taste for literature and scholarship may be men ioned f t as a amily characteristic , reaching in indi — vidual instances a high degree o f merit as evinced

o f f in the career Adoniram Judson , the amous mis ’ si nar Mr . o y. L . Carroll Judson s work in the line o f authorship was undertaken as a diversion or re — laxation from his legal pursuits in which he at ined ta a high reputation . Amid such surroundi ngs and influences Edward — “ ” Zane Carroll Judson the Ned Buntline o f later — M 2 0 1 8 2 years was born arch , 3 . A terrible storm H o f . Dr prevailed on the night his birth . oward ,

as who was present on the occasion , relates that it w

f f - o f a wild , dark and ear ul night , the flood gates

Heaven appeared wide open , the wind swept over the mountains and along the valley with the fury o f

o f r a tempest , while the vivid flashes lightning and e

o f verberations thunder made the spectators tremble . This circumstance was impressed upon the mind o f

ho f young Judson , w o ten heard the incident men tioned f , and it caused a oreboding that his journey I I

o f li fe would be equally turbulent and tempestuous ;

a prediction that was fully verified . At a later period

o f he gave a vivid description , in verse , the memora The ble night and his stormy career . little poem is ” M - z r entitled arch Born , and the first stan a uns as follows Born when tempests wild were raging ’ sk O er the earth , athwart the y, When mad spirits seemed as waging ’ Battle fierce for mast ry; Born when thunder loudly booming Shook the roof above my head When red lightning lit the gloaming ’ Which o er land and sea was spread .

1 8 2 f In 6 his ather removed to Wayne county, Pa s . , then almost a wilderness , and young Jud on learned his first lessons from the glowing leaves o f the grand old book o f Nature . He was a born Th o f hunter and angler . e trout streams that sec tion were abundant , and Ned loved nothing better than to drop an occasional line to his fi nny friends at in the depths , while the fish responded to his kind f ’ tentions by coming out o the wet . Ned s pro pensity fo r playing truant sometimes led to a rather severe chastisement, as his father believed firmly in “ ” the old creed : Spare the rod and spoil the child . The f son was a convert to the same belie , but pre ferred to use the rod himsel f in whipping the for streams trout . The lad inherited the same spirit o f determina d tion that was isplayed by his sire , and to this was 1 2

0 added Spartan courage and endurance . He did not n rebel against paternal authority, but co tinued by -fi h n b ook or crook to go a s i g. His skill with the ’ r od and gun finally won his father s admiration . Before he was six years o f age he learned to shoot well with a h eavy rifle which he could not hold at ’ f o a arm s length , and there ore fired it at rest ver o f log or fence rail . When eight years age his dis play o f markm anship so pleased the elder Judson - for that he purchased a seven pound rifle Ned , who went out at dawn the next m orning and killed a fine “ doe in a field near the house . From that time to ” the present day , said Ned Buntline in writing to a “ ’ ” 1 T f 8 8 . riend , in 7 , I have been a hunter he se hunting exploits and fishing jaunts awakened in the lad all the latent love o f adventure that was to form ’ the more thrilling and romantic portion of his li fe s record . The f of wild , roving li e a young woodsman had become so thoroughly congenial to young Judson that he had mentally decided to follow the illustrious o f D example aniel Boone , when all his anticipations were dashed to the ground by removal of the family f f to Philadelphia . Here his ather ound a wider

for o f field the practice law , and as Ned progressed rapidly in his studies the proud sire resolved that the boy should be put through a course to prepare r f The of him fo the legal pro ession . dry tomes Blackstone and Coke proved utterly distaste ful to e fi f obnox N d, and he nally re used to continue the f ious studies . His ather , indignant at this defiance f o paternal authority , gave the lad a severe flogging, and told him the studies must be at once resumed .

Ned had firmly resolved never to become a lawyer , and the severe punishment caused him to run away “ to sea for the purpose o f becoming a sailor on the f high seas . He had or some time secretly cher h is ed an ambition to visit distant lands , and he now embraced the oppo rtunity to ship as cabin boy on a vessel about to sail around Cape Horn . At this of time he was but eleven years age , though remark

- he f . T ably strong, active and sel reliant voyage was rough and much o f the romance o f sea -li fe was “ found to be the baseless fabric o f a dream yet the scenes and adventures o f a li fe on the ocean wave proved irresistible to one o f his stirring tem m pera ent. Upon returning to Philadelphia he was f : met by his ather , who coldly said “ o ! ! S , sir you have returned I suppose you are o f f sick the sea , and are willing to ask my orgive if I ness ; and I permit you to come home , to do as ” wish ou will — P , not as y , eh “ No , sir , answered Ned , calmly but proudly ; f f no , sir ; I ask no home rom you . I have ound a dearer home on the breast o f the glorious ocean ; cordial friends and honest men share with me my

s trike oaken dwelling ; and , sir , here none dare me ; no one would strike me ; they all love me too ” dearly .

“ ' ‘ h in id n a s r i en a ears in N d untlin s ife T e c e t e e g , p e B e , h v p L — E Y ria tor . F . P. am , 3 se l s y . — I 4 O

ch01ce ! f of Is this your , degenerate boy A li e hardship and peril , shared with such associates ; is this the life which you choose in preference to one of luxury and ease , where you would have nothing to do but to study ' “ f o f Father , a li e honor with these rough men , f f a li fe o f peril and hardship , in pre erence to a li e

o f h! of luxury , where in a fit hasty anger I may

f r an li e struck to the earth like a re racto y slave ; y f , ! ” sir, but that “ n f Boy , do you k ow my power and my right ul authority ! Do you know that I could drag you ” home tied like a felon and lock you there ! “ Si do ! n and r, so bi d bar me ; but remember , no f locks , bonds or bars can bind my spirit . It is ree ; free as the glad albatross that shines. far and wide

' e the ov r ocean , and sleeps when it will on the bosom f E ‘ f o f the wave that eeds it . xercise your right ul ’ if n authority , sir , you choose ; but bi d me strong ! Th and bar me well . I love the ocean e sea is my home ; and beware , sir , lest I seek it again , in spite f ” o . s bolts and bars Love like mine defie both . “ ! Yo Boy, it is well u have chosen ! Never enter my house again . From this moment I disinherit you forever ! Not one farthing o f mine shall ever cross ‘ ’ ! e o your palm Now , sir , nj y your prospects ; en joy your ‘association ! ’ is f — f It well , my ather ather no longer. I have S anticipated your kind disinheritance . ince you dis a blow graced me with , I have not borne your name .

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’ Y toward Governor s Island , in New ork bay , and

Judson managed to get ashore with the whole crew . Then he fainted under his injuries and was taken M The w back to the acedonian unconscious . cre were so loud in their praises for rescuing a couple o f ' ffi them , that the o cers united in a request to have him made a midshipman , and President Van Buren n f sent on the commission withi a ortnight . “Then we young middies whose appointments was ‘ ’ f due to influence re used to mess with him , because he had been a common sailor before the mast . On f o f the way to the Gul squadron , on the ship war f Levant , where our re usal was made known to him , young Judson challenged thirteen of us in a day . Some withdrew their re fusals and associated with of f him , but seven the midshipmen ought him , one f a ter the other , in Florida , in New Orleans , and in ’ Havana . He didn t get a scratch , I believe , but f o f f o our his adversaries were marked or li fe . T the satisfaction of everybody in the navy he estab lished the presumption that he was as good as any body . Perhaps one circumstance that reduced the number o f midshipmen that he had to fight was a

. The little exhibition on the way down captain , who

o f o f made a kind pet the boy , hung a bottle out on of the yard arm , and Judson , at the word command , broke the bottle with one bullet and cut the string T above it with another . hat was the first intimation we had that he was even at that age , one o f the best S shots in the United tates . He was at this time — I 7

o f f only fi fteen years age , a act that I can vouch for f f th , being one o the seven who ought him on f ” way down to the gul .

Two years later an incident occurred which , f o f Ed though trivial in itsel , changed the whole ward Judson ’ s after li fe—transforming him from a in seaman to a novelist . A change had been made un the command of the ship , and the new captain , a like his predecessor , was severe disciplinarian , and disliked young Judson for his independent manner and the influence he had gained among his fellow he - f midshipmen . T serio comic incident re erred to may be best told in Ned Buntline ’ s own graphic f words , as related to a riend who asked him concern f The ing the origin o his literary career . anecdote is as follows :

’ THE CAPTAI N S PI G

At the time I wrote the first letter or word for I en the press I was a midshipman in our navy . re te d the navy when I was little more than a child . I had sailed round the world when I was eleven years old , was promoted to midshipman when I was thirteen . I never got promoted by act o f Congress M or Congressmen . y naval academy was hard ex erience f p in storms on deck and alo t , or as they call “ f it , be ore the mast . I was thrown in the com — pany o f a sort o f naval aristocracy sons o f rich men who had won their shoulder-straps by paper ' T f n re certificates . hey o te times insulted me and fused to mess with me because I had worked my way

m an re up . I never was a disposed to command n f I f spect through love a d awning . one , two or I f three insulted me , I would knock them down . they kept out o f my way I would challenge them to f fight in the first harbor we landed . O ten the very fact o f the challenge commanded their respect and they would take measures to apologize be fore we e f reached a port . I have , however , b en orced to command the respect o f seven o f my equals by meet ing them in mortal combat -four o f whom I

Wounded ; with the three others I exchanged shots , n unharming or u harmed , but in every case receiving their apology . I have thus been particular in stati ng the manner

obtairie of b e in which I d the respect my associates , cause it was on their account that my future trouble arose which resulted in ex changing the pistol fo r the ffi pen . While these o cers became my warmest friends an event took place which proved that I had an enemy in the a fter part o f the ship in the person

r o f the captain . We were at the time c uising in the

f n f n e o f Gul , and although o ly fi tee y ars age I was commissary o f that departme nt o f the man o f-war that included all the midshipmen . Our

o f M ship entered the port Vera Cruz in exico , f and while there the chie commissary , whose

' duty it was to provide for the officers o f the

n o f n and m ship above the ra k midshipme , y “ 1 9

f sel went ashore to purchase supplies . Among other necessaries that we purchased were six pigs o f the T ff o f . same age , the o spring the same mother hey were o f the same size and as white as snow , except that one had a small black spot on one leg . We divided them , then and there , each taking three and T each paying a half o f the purchase price . hey were put into separate boxes and put with our other

o f purchases on board the ship . I noticed in the division that the one with the small black spot came

o f to my share . I was very proud them , and gave f charge that they be well taken care o f. I o ten visited them and took satisfaction in pointing them

o out as beauties to some f my associate middies . On our return to Havana a terrible squall sprang n Th on us in the ight time e deck was swept . When morning came it was discovered that one box with its three pigs had been swept overboard , that a slat o f the other box had been broken o ff and two o f the pigs had got out and had followed the other he f three . T only pig le t from the deck wreck was the one with the black spot on the leg . I ordered the box to be repaired and the pig to be taken care o f f To as be ore . my surprise the chief commissary claimed the pig . I pointed out the black spot on the leg . He claimed never to have noticed it b e fore . I pointed out the di fference between the

was on . boxes , and that mine deck and his was not

He was was as obstinate as he dishonest , and noth f ing but that pig would satis y him . I was just as 2 0

0 determined that he should not have it . Another for f squall seemed inevitable , I would have ought for f for that pig, and was getting ready the ray, when a proposition was made to leave our dispute to the captain , who was approaching, having heard

f . somethingo our altercation I acquiesced . With erit pretended smc y he wished to hear the evidence .

On my part it was overwhelming . I proved by a number of middies that before the storm I was in possession of the pig with the black spot on the leg . That the box was the same in which my three had sculhon been kept . I also proved the same by the e e who f d them . Against all this positive evidenc the chief commissary could only interpose a claim that f ubstan the pig was his , without the least proo to s

tiate . it Nevertheless , the captain decided against I f f f . o me he decided in my avor , no part that pig l wou d go to the saloon tables , and he would get none o f f it . I claimed that the decision proceeded rom

f . his belly, not rom his head or heart I made a show of full surrender ; still I determined to keep my eyes on the pig with the design o f ultimately getting my hand upon it . Fearing another storm , or some surreptitious act on my part , or at least on my part o f the s hip , it was cunningly devised at a conspira cy f ff in the saloon among the chie o icers , including the captain , that the pig should be disposed of that day . Accordingly the butcher was ordered to kill and dress it . A banquet was to be held in the saloon that night . I also determined that a banquet should f if be held in the orward cabin , and that roast pig did not form the principal viand I should be the per son to be held accountable . I made every prepara tion that the occasion should be a success . I had all n ecessary luxuries except wine , and this I begged , f f borrowed or bought rom the chie steward , with

f i o f for for the ull ntention never paying it , I was determined that the luxuries o f the banquet should ’ ’ be drawn from the captain s and chie f commissary s a -ro t e l rder and wine om . I purposely passed and

a passed that galley while that pig w s roasting. I knew the progress that it was making as well as the cook did . I had my guests at the table in good sea o f f son , several whom I had ought against , all o f whom I was now fighting for . I had a number o f T e the most expert middies to act as carvers . h time o f our banquet was Hal f an hour earlier than the one in the saloon . I again patrolled the deck . Pass ing the galley , I saw the cook try the pig, and leave f- the oven door open , with a hal suppressed expres sion of satisfaction that the roasting was ended . I had only to watch my opportunity for the cook to absent himself to assist in the preparation o f the — saloon table . I had not long to wait then with a large fork I whipped the pig from the hot pan into a cold one and instantly placed it on a side table in “ R the cabin . I gave the watchword , oot hog, or ” die . A neater or cleaner , and to me a more f satisfa ctory job never was accomplished . Hal f an hour was passed be ore the pig was missed , —2 2 another hal f in search for it in every place but the A f right one . report was then made to the chie T commissary and to the captain . o say that they were exasperated is putting it light . A search was n made for bo es , but they had joined their kindred

The ff 1 00 for in the gulf. captain o ered $ evidence that would convict the person that took the pig . In The due time we reached Havana . captain had

o f kept up a good deal growling, and was especially t surly when I was near him . It was my du y here also to go on shore and provide fo r my depaftment . When I approached the gangway I was stopped by the guard . I demanded by whose authority I was ’ : stopped ; he said by the captain s . I replied I get ” t f my authori y rom the commander , not the captain , “ : I f and drawing my sword , I said you raise your ’ musket to my breast again I ll cut you down as I f ” o . would a piece old junk I passed on , went on shore , did my marketing , and returned . In due time S we reached avannah . I had , during shore hours , written a full account o f the adventure with the pig “ ’ ” “ I entitled it the Captain s Pig, by Ned Buntline . The - story made a pretty good sized pamphlet . It f was printed privately , as publishers were a raid of libel suits . Neither the author nor the publisher was known . When the captain saw the pamphlet ’ he was madder than when he didn t see the pig on f his table . He again o fered a reward o f $ 1 00 for o f the name either the author or publisher . He f T . he o f ound neither book is now out print , and

C H A PT EK ; T W O

I N THE SEMINOLE WAR AND I N G OTHAM

URING the progress o f the Seminole War

young Judson found ample opportunities , to indulge his love o f wild sport and ad ' “ The venture , both on land and sea . deep , ” tangled wildwoods o f Florida furnished a

o f great variety game , and Ned Buntline reveled fi eld- o f in the glorious sports that region , so vividly ’ “ described in Whitehead s Camp Fires o f the Ever ” T f ’ . o o adven glades one young Judson s active , l turons nature the land appeared to be a veritable “ ” f happy hunting ground , and his pen in a ter years recorded the incidents o f many sporting tours among f everglades and along shore . Under the title o “ Ducking by Wholesale ” he gave the following spirited description o f a foray among the wildfowl ° In 1 8 4 0 I was an Acting Lieutenant on board the S S U . . chooner Otsego , then belonging to what was ’ McLau hlin M known as g s osquito Fleet , engaged in co-operating with the army in subduing the Semi The . noles in Florida . flag schooner , Lieut . Comdg M Lau hlin f c g , was the Flirt ; the Wave , ormerly S ’ — tevens yacht, was commanded by Lieutenant now — R o Admiral John ogers , and the Otseg by passed E T midshipman , Actg . Lieut . Comdg . dmund emplar S T Exe hubrick . hough only a young middy, I was cutive Ofli cer o f the Otsego , wore the swab and got

the pay o f a Lieutenant . f or . n f And now the ducks Bei g o light draught , Baltimore flat-sharp build; the Otsego was ordered to skirt the coast closely from Cape Sable to the o f S I mouth the uwanee , to attack any ndian party seen on shore and to look out for some Spanish fishing boats that had been reported as furnishing

powder and lead to the redskins . It was midwinter when we anchored late one aft e rnoon o ff the eastern side o f the cape near an island f not then named in our charts , but known ever a ter D K The that night to us as uck ey. water and air

were literally dark with ducks o f all kinds and sizes . They were so thick that looking to port or star

far board , and near , flying in vast flocks or swim

ming about , you saw ducks , ducks everywhere . I owned a double-barreled Manton—as good a gun in those days as money could buy . I just ached to take

for and . a boat and go those ducks , I said so E But Jim agan , our coast pilot , an old Floridian : Lef enant f - said t , the moon will be ull to night , and ’ ’ if in you ll hearken to me , we ll have ducks enough one hour to-night to last the whole crew longer than ’ they ll keep , and have a hundred or two to give away, over and above . “ f As soon as it gets airly night , thousands and thousands o f these ducks will waddle up on that little ’ e low island there to lay over till morning. All we v got to do is to take our biggest boat , the one with a o f e swivel in the bow , let every man the crew hav his musket well charged with duck shot ; you with your gun and I with old Betsey Ann— she carries a quar — ter of a pound o f shot if she takes an ounce and ’ e sail in . We ll take cov r on the island just at night f for - all , load the swivel , too , the boat keeper to o handle , and when the ducks c me up as thick as flies ’ on a carcass , we ll all shoot at the same time and ’ I ll bet we pick up a boat load . The Six plan seemed good , and it was adopted . E ’ teen muskets , agan s cannon , as we called his Ann f Betsey , and a swivel with three pounds o shot

f f for to hal a pound o powder a load , were added to M for o my anton , loaded the occasion with near tw o f f ounces shot to each barrel , and about our or f f our and a hal drachms o f powder . Leaving the schooner at anchor about half-a-mile away we reached the island just as the moon showed f n her great round ace above the horizo . Hiding in o f - a clump sea grapes , leaving only a boat keeper to tend the boat and fire the swivel , we waited . — Not long for inside o f an hour the white sand o f the island could not be seen , bright and clear, though the moon shone upon it . It was literally coy cred with ducks ; and the water all around the island was literally and truly alive with them . E mus Guided by agan , eve ry man now leveled his ket in a direction a little wide from that of the next man ; the word was passed to the boat-keeper to stand by with his swivel , and the order was given “ ” Read F E y, IR ! E agan and I were to shoot on the rise . Every musket and the swivel exploded at the same fl i — . tter n moment Oh , heaven what a u g what a thunder-burst o f flapping wings as we sent in our charges ! T ff hen , in the bright moonlight , pushing o in our boat , we went to picking up game . On shore and in the water we found wild fowl enough to load that ’ barge s gunwale down to the water with ducks . M — f allard , teal , canvas back every kind o migra tory duck was there represented , and not by hun dreds but apparently by thousands . f I Never be ore or since have seen such slaughter . “ ” I - t was pot hunting with a vengeance . We had — — fo r ducks every day three times a day a week , T T and General aylor , with the hird Artillery and S f his own regiment , the ixth In antry, being at T f ampa Bay, we ran in there and le t them nearly a f cartload o birds . f It is not a very sportsmanlike scene to boast o , I

— or ow — know, but we wanted meat f l rather and we got it . At the close o f the war Lieutenant Judson re t e Y s igned from the service , and went up h ellow stone River in the employ o f the Northwest Fur

Company . He now had a chance such as he had o f long desired to test the wild sports the West , and he improved the opportunity by a vigorous cru sade against the large game o f the Rocky Moun tains . At that time the plains were covered with o f ff ff vast herds bison , or bu alo , a ording a seemingly o f inexhaustible supply , and large bands elk were f The encountered daily in the oothills . fleet and

R M exterm wary ocky ountain sheep , now nearly in e ff at d, peopled the crags and cli s gazing down with intermingled fear and surprise at the unusual invaders o f the wild region . The antelope could be seen dotting the prairie below in all directions and the hardy adventurers when penetrating the dense thickets occasionally found it necessary to hunt or Ned be hunted by the grizzly bear . Buntline here found his early dream of border li fe in the groove D - so nobly filled by aniel Boone , well nigh realized . Frequent exploring tours into the more remote sec “ ’ ” tions , where man had ne er or rarely trod , gave variety and zest to the work . After several months the restless nature o f the young frontiersman led him to seek new scenes and perils , and he turned toward the great Southwest as a suitable field . About this time he wedded a lovely and intellectual young lady whom he met in the S sunny outh , and stimulated anew to the exercise o f his literary talent he established a bright journal en ’ Ned Buntline s Own The at titled . new publication

tracted much attention , as the editor boldly criticised the tricks and traps o f gamblers and lawless char

a ter f f c s , whom he exposed without ear or avor , thereby incurring the deadly enmity o f a dangerous

class . As an indication o f the invincible courage and dar

o f f b ing Ned Buntline , the ollowing incident , pu lished in the columns o f the old K nicker b ocker

M a azine g , may be appropriately given . “ Ap r op os o f Ned Buntline : a new contributor f 2 th o f writing rom Natchez on the 5 November , 1 8 : 43 , says By the way , Ned passed through here this morning, on his way to Gallatin , thirty miles E K few distant . Being on a visit to ddyville , y. , a days since , he heard that three persons , charged with having committed an atrocious murder near Gallatin some time since , were in the woods in the neighbor ‘ ’ f o f hood . Arming himsel , Ned put out in pursuit fH f alo ne . e o them soon overtook them , when two T f . them surrendered , a ter a short resistance hese

in o f he tied to trees , and then went on pursuit the other , who had absconded in the meantime . But the f f ellow had too good a start ; and Ned , a ter firing f one or two shots a ter him , gave up the chase . He arrived here with his two captives last night in the f steamer , and as I said be ore went on to Gallatin f with them this morning . He has entitled himsel to the reward o f six hundred dollars offered for their apprehension . Just like Ned . The foregoing was crowded out o f our last num ber ; since the publication of which we have heard with deep regret of the death o f the yo ung and S lovely wife o f our correspondent . uch a loss will f of make him eel the impotency consolation , yet we cannot withhold the expression o f our sympathy with ‘ f Y ’ him in his great bereavement . The Li e arn will be resumed in a subsequent number . At this time a stirring serial entitled Ned Bunt ’ ” f Y o f line s Li e arn , combining the autobiography of our hero , with a thread romance interwoven , was f m a azme in running through the pages o the g , as e dicated by the editorial comment . At Nashvill ,

T . enn , his southern home , he toiled steadily in his f f chosen pro ession , and his reputation as a writer o

fiction soon became extensive . But the darkest hour The o f of his li fe was close at hand . busy tongue malicious gossip was the cause o f creating a deadly in f enemy one who had been a close riend , and this led to the fatal a ffray so widely published at the

P te fi ff or r l . The time , and known as the e d a air cir cumstances o f the sad occurrence were briefly re

f K nicker b ocker Ma azine corded as ollows , in the g , 1 8 April , 4 6 “There is great reason to fear that be fore the sentences which are now running from our pen shall t of have been placed in ype , we shall have heard the de ath of our frequent and always entertaining ‘ ’ E . n M . co tributor , Ned Buntline , late idshipman Z

if to be shot , and begged there was any gentleman present he would shoot him . They took him to the o f square , and ran him up over the rail an awning post ; the rope broke and he fell ; when he was taken back to the jail , where he lies to die some time dur li ’ ‘ ni t. f ing the g And this horrible , in amous out ’ Courier a nd En uirer si nifi rage , adds the q with g ‘ cant emphasis , occurred in the streets and was per ’ f o f e ormed by the people Nashville . W have been for many months in intimate correspondence with Mr . Judson , whom , however , we never met person

o f ally . We have been made the repository all the o f f f circumstances his checkered and event ul li e , up almost to the time of the occurrence above narrated . O f f these it will be our province to speak herea ter . In the next issue of the magazine the rumor o f ’ f Ned Buntline s death was declared un ounded , and the editor published an extract from his letter giving a few important details o f the a ffray : “ We are glad to be able to state that our appre h n ns M e sio in regard to the death o f r . Judson ! our ‘Ned Buntline ’ ) had not at the last advices been f f realized . He writes us himsel , under date o ‘ ’ l oth f Nashville , April , although in a altering hand , ‘ f : Y as ollows our April number has just reached me , and I hasten to tell you that I am worth ten ‘dead ’ men yet , and hope to be ready in two or three ‘ ’ f ‘ ’ or o f . months , to go it the whole Oregon I ex f E pect to leave here o r the ast in three or four days . I cannot yet rise from my bed ; my le ft arm and leg f . are helpless , and my whole le t side is sadly bruised

o f - Out twenty three shots , all within ten steps , I was

thr ee f f t - slightly hit by only . I ell or y seven feet three inches ! measured ) on hard , rocky ground , and T n not a bone cracked . hus GOD told them I was i n wr o n e R . I nev er d ob ocent As GOD is my judge , g

‘ ert Por ter eld M fi . y enemies poisoned his ears , and f oully belied me . I tried to avoid harming him , and calmly talked with him while he fired three shots at me , each shot grazing my person . I did not fire till

I saw he was determined to kill me , and then I fired but once . Gross injustice has been done me in the o ff published descriptions f the a air . As soon as I can sit up I shall publish a full account o f the entire ff a ray . I shall not be tried ; the grand jury have set,

f The and no bill has been ound against me . mob was raised and composed o f men who were my ene mies on other accounts than the death o f Porterfi eld. They were the persons Whom I used to score in my ‘ ’ ’

N ed Buntline s Own. one little paper , I saw but

The respectable man among them . rope did not

r e k f c b a ; it was cut by a riend . I believe I a ted calmly and bravely through the whole scene ; my

Mr P r erfi el . o t d enemies say so , at least . was a

and brave , good , but rash hasty man ; and deeply ,

necessit o f . deeply , do I regret the y his death I am faint and weak from this exertion in writing ’ f you , and must close . We have given the oregoing to the public without request , and without the per

i m ssmn o f the writer . It seems but just that one l

who . so conspicuous an actor in the sad events he re f f to ore recorded, should have the opportunity o as n e serting his innoce c . It could hardly be denied ” him by an enemy .

Soon a fter recovering from the effects o f this ter! d rible or eal , Ned Buntline removed to New York , as ff for a ording a wider field his literary labors , and “ he soon became a notable figure in the Old Guard , a term a ffectionately applied to the corps of gi fted contributors who rallied to the support of old Spirit he f in its palmiest days . Among t bright lights o Dr S. this coterie was . Alban Payne , who has since “ become famous under the nom de plume o f Nicho ” las Spicer . Dr . Payne and Ned Buntline formed a f f warm mutual riendship , which lasted through li e , and when together during their early years were ever ready for any adventure requiring nerve and S ” — f daring . Nicholas picer one o the noblest ‘ ’— membres o f the Old Guard has another claim to distinction aside from his literary talent and high reputation as a physician . He is the identical man

WHO STRU CK BILLY PATTERSON

As the writer o f this has been favored with the f S f true version , rom the gallant picer himsel , the history of the famous encounter is worth repeating. “ ” The quaint and genial Nicholas Spicer was at o f that time in the prime o f manhood , one the finest of f of amateur athletes the day, and his eats strength and agility commanded the admiration of i h s associates .

f D S. r . n A ter graduating with honors , Alba

Payne joined the American Medical Association , where his humor and powers of oratory made him a f 1 8 8 M warm avorite . About the year 4 the edical V R a. Association convened at ichmond , , and “S ” picer attended as was his custom . One night, “ ’ ” the re during wee sma hours , the members were r f tu ning rom a late session , in solid column to the number o f twenty-fi ve or thirty ; and upon reaching

f o f h o f - the oot Capital Hill , t e door a well known restaurant flew open , as the redoubtable Billy Pat terson emerged therefrom and sprang out upon the pavement . Patterson , a very Hercules in size and f strength, appeared more ormidable than usual , hav ing indulged heavily in “ the cup that inebriates” and of re being in one his worst moods . He evidently garded the company as a posse o f police bent upon his arrest, and made a bold stand . i Pausing an instant to collect h s energies , Billy of Patterson dashed at the head the column , and by sheer strength and weight hurled the disciples of [E i The sculap us in either direction as b e advanced . o f streets were almost impassable , the result heavy of f rains , and the members the pro ession nearest the outer edge o f the pavement were sent reeling into f the gutter . Patterson had utterly routed the ront, “ ” S re when picer, who was bringing up the rear, leased his arms from his companion , on either side and prepared to meet the burly antagonist . As Patterson , filled with exultation at his appar

f o f ent triumph , ound only one man the rear guard f to con ront him , he aimed a terrific blow at that individual ; but to his great surprise this was readily

a la Y S parried , and the counter blow , ankee ullivan ,

f f e e f f ell upon his le t y with such orce , that , ollowed

by a second , the desperado was thrown heavily into M the street . ore dead than alive , he was carried

into the restaurant , where he was restored to con

ciousness s , while the interrupted company resumed

its line o f march . The next morning Nicholas Spicer learned that two policemen were on the lookout for the man who

struck Billy Patterson , and while clear in conscience , his distaste fo r legal proceedings caused him to lay f the case before a riend at the hotel . Assuring him

f o f o a speedy cessation hostilities , this gentleman engaged two newsboys to traverse the streets of the “ Who city , asking every person old or young, struck ” ! The Billy Patterson policemen soon retired , but

o f the question was caught up by hundreds lips , and f the query soon ound a place in the daily journals , whence it spread with electric rapidity through all parts of the Union . This is believed to have been the only fi stic en in counter which Billy Patterson was vanquished , but it utterly subdued the bravo . It was the first and

f Dr f o . a last one , in all probability , Payne ; yet so mous has it been rendered that many will no doubt be pleased to learn who struck Billy Patterson . “ Having given the reader an idea o f Nicholas S ’ ” picer s courage and skill , it may be seen that he was a right royal companion for the gallant young

sailor , adventurer and novelist . In response to a f S request rom the writer , Nicholas picer has given the following personal recollections of Ned Bunt line

A E N C H A P CE M MOIR , BY I OL S S I R . I can clearly remember the circumstances attend ing my first meeting and subsequent acquaintance n with the distinguished novelist , sportsma and trav “ ” E — The eler , Col . . Z . C . Judson Ned Buntline . whole world knows he was chivalric , and intellectual ,

few n o f but k ew as well as does the writer this , his

t o f intrinsic worth , his generosi y, his goodness heart , JH and his undying attachment to his friends . e was — a grand type of the true sportsman in eve ry accep t tion of a the term . f He loved his riends dearly , tenderly , and was ever ready to lend them a helping hand . He was f earless , generous , magnanimous . At times he was f “ bold as a lion , at others capable o being gentle as ” a lamb . In his composition the boldness o f true manhood was happily blended with the gentleness o f woman .

A soul in which the manlier traits so ed And gentler , were blend ,

That none could say where these began , Or where the others ended Alas ! to fi tly speak his worth All words seem poor and common In whose large spirit Nature fused ” of The tenderness a woman . f l of 1 8 — a In the a l 44 , I had written a sketch

—for S irit o the Times humorous article the old p f , giving a glimpse o f New York li fe as seen by a ver The dant young countryman . article was mentioned in er v y complimentary terms by the genial editor , T “Y ’ T William . Porter ! ork s all and in the notice to correspondents there was an invitation to call at the offi ce next day . I was then sojourning at 1 o f S oc 5 3 Broadway, corner pring street , and was cu in ofli ce py g, through courtesy , the same with New ’ f S Y . ork s great surgeon , Pro Lewis A . ayre , then a f . f young but rising man I dressed mysel care ully, and with palpitating heart and trembling step pro ceeded o f S ir it o the Times to the sanctum the p f , then located in Barclay street . As I entered the door I asked “ ! I s Col . Bill Porter at home Yes f re , sir , always at home to my riends , “ nde f T S spo d a ull , hearty voice , as the all pirit f — six foot our in stature advanced to welcome me . Within the rare old sanctum I found a glorious gath — “ ering of talent Hen ry William Herbert ! Frank

f K nicker Lewis Gaylord Clark , o the

D f o M o ker . M b c f . ; Lieut ick eade , ather Gen eade f f Eu o Gettysburg ame ; Henry Inman , the artist ; f n E . . r sign dward Z C Judson , lately returned ro a ing upon our Canadian cousins the superiority o f “ ’ ” Benton s mint drops over the copper coins o f the

British Provinces , and the mutual benefits to accrue t from annexation wi h the United States . M At ontreal he made many enthusiastic converts , C for and left the ity in high spirits , bound ! uebec, en r oute f but on board the steamer , while , we ormed the acquaintance o f two British officers with whom

McCra the gallant e became convivial , and finally a quarrel seemed imminent— over the relative merits S of English and American soldiers . everal times I quieted the conflicting elements , curbing my own McCrae temper meanwhile , until finally , as stepped

o f f f out the room , in response to a call rom a riend , A o f ffi . . sotto one the o cers , Capt , sneeringly said , ” v oce : See Y . , the ankee coward is sneaking away

McCrae did not overhear the remark , but this f final insult , ollowing close upon a reflection on Gen . ’ t f ff Jackson s courage , s ung me to renzy , and I o ered f to meet the boast ul Britishers , one or both , with

. T any weapons , there or elsewhere hey were taken s aback at this , but handed me their card and went

Mc r up on deck . Upon arriving at ! uebec C ae and f f mysel stopped at the Albion Hotel , and a ter a ride o f during the day over the historic plains Abraham , we returned and found two mutual friends awaiting — m T f E . us W . o . . Henry yler , West Point , and Z C K ni k r Judson , who , as correspondent o f the c e b ocker n , was visiting Canada to wit ess her grand scenery . Just as I passed in to supper a most elab - 4 I o ratelydressed officer handed me a voluminous chal f o f R lenge rom Capt . A the oyal Guards , and f I wrote a prompt acceptance , re erring the doughty

f for soldier to my riend Judson , arranging all pre

e f liminari s . At my earnest request my riends prom ’ o f f l ised , in event my alling by my antagonist s bul et , that my parents should not be informed I had been be ° killed in a duel , but that the report should D n S R row ed in the t. Lawrence iver . All were o f pledged to secrecy, and no word or rumor the

The f event ever reached my family . ollowing let Dr m r S . D . f ter , written by ewall to his riend Car an , f ff o I . Jamaica , L . , explains the a air better than I can possibly do

EBEC 4 1 4 8 5 . ! U , Nov. ,

MY DEAR DOCTOR : was his I surgeon to Dr . Payne in 17 meeting with Capt . A Royal Guards , on the th day of last September . This fight occurred in a secluded spot , not far from Falls of Montmorency . The American party E e of . . . o consist d the principal , Payne ; second , Z C Juds n ,

. . . c . . . f Hon G W Mc rae , Lieut Wm H Tyler and mysel ,

. E acting as surgeon . We found the nglish party on the d ground , having arrived , however , only a few moments ahea

of us. They consisted of five officers with their valet . and c —a Imagine Payne , slight , graceful , but tall ere t man ner so unassuming and modest that he might have been mis for fi fteen- r- bo — taken a yea old y yet cool , calm, serene , with his his stern determination in eyes , carelessly toying with pistol ! although to the observer it was evident he had a b o ul h ndled a pistol before) , confronted y a large , p werf ly of f built man , apparently fifty years age , dressed in ull uni

f . is and his e o n orm He in manner theatrical , handles w ap 42 O

in that style . Stern determination can be seen on the coun o s o tenances f both these men . Neither i going t yield until o — badly hurt . They are both waiting f r the word the try E ing moment has come . . Z . C . Judson steps forward, and

in a clear , manly tone says “ ! ou two Gentlemen , are y ready One , , but at the “ ” two of in word there is a simultaneous report , a moment

tense suspense ; the smoke rolls away , and there stands our is to friend , apparently unhurt, while Capt . A seen his stagger back , and is caught in the arms of second , and to is d of carried the rear , where he lai in the shade a group

of trees . i i his A few moments pass , Payne still stand ng n tracks ,

’ “ ’ : A— and . he says Judson , ask if Capt desires another fi re. s r The question is asked , and the an we comes back , ” He does not. : I s on r Then , said Judson there any gentleman the g ound ’ ” who ! doubts Gen . Jackson s courage “ i s was . There none , the reply “ : I t who Said Lieut . Tyler s there any gen leman doubts the courage of the ofli cers of the American army “ ” fi None, replied the of cers . “ Mccrae then inquired : I s there any gentleman present who doubts the courage of the Yankee nation “ ” None, was the response . “ h to T en , said Judson , the sport will have stop from — ” want of material and we had better get away from here . — I acted as surgeon for both parties the Englishman not on thinking one necessary . The ball struck the fifth rib the of out f un left side the Captain, glanced , and I cut it rom

der the latissimus dorsi muscle . Capt . A never knew ’ was Payne hit at all , but the Captain s ball struck his right out thigh , ranged upward and outward , and I cut it over rochauls sa of the t major . I can y in truth the conduct your w r . sa r friend unde fire was capital , superb I never mo e c or to the ourteous behavior, a stronger desire fight than

m c . con A eri ans evinced that day Indeed , their gentlemanly duct and desire to fight seemed to strike the English offi cers so forcibly that their feelings became those of admiration in place of resentment . ’ d to d I applie a strong , hot poultice Payne s woun that s out x night, which took all the sorene s , and the ne t day he as Not so w walking around as if nothing had happened .

u r . the Captain . He was laid p three weeks for repai s A re and we conciliation took place before we left the grounds , all d t returne o ! uebec together .

u u Yo rs tr ly,

ILLIAM EWALL W S , M . D .

My third memorable meeting with Ned Bunt — line not to mention the many social ones of minor — f importance was in the winter o 1 84 5 . At this period it was dangerous a fter nightfall to pass through that notorious portion of Gotham known as “ ” the Five Points , unless protected by policemen . l r f f Not on y robbe y, but oul murders were requent , and the locali ty was carefully avoided by belated citizens . One evening I decided to attend a main , “ ” or battle royal , on the Bowery, and not wishing to go alone I walked down to the Broadway House , M ’ T near itchell s Olympic heater , thinking I would meet some o f the Spirit family at this popular hos elr t y. As I entered the door the first man I met for adven was Ned Buntline , who , ever ready an to f ture , gladly consented go with me . A ter enjoy our ing the sport to a very late hour , we set out on n retur . As we neared the Five Points we could see a 44

- T crowd gathering on the right hand sidewalk . hey seemed to gather from the sound of our steps on f the pavement , and rom their movements it was evi

ou dent they were bent stopping us . I proposed to - on f - f k cross over the le t hand side , walk ast , and flan “ : ! them , but Ned said No let us advance rapidly I and boldly right toward them . f they make any ” hostile demonstration we must fire right into them . f f o f When within fi teen eet them , the rascals S made a rush at us . imultaneously our pistols were f fired , three men were seen to all , and the rest scat ere t d in every direction . We reached Broadway , -h and there separated , the lion earted Ned going to H f the Broadway ouse , and I to my lodgings arther — 1 1 2 M. up town 5 3 Broadway . About next day I ’ r S ffi was in D . ayre s o ce when a messenger arrived asking him to come to see a wounded man at the d Five Points . He invited me to go with him , an I helped to dress the wounds o f one o f the miserable rascals that sought to take my li fe the night before . I have always thought that Ned Buntline and myself did as much to reform the Five Points as any o f the home missionaries in that section . C H A P T E R; T H R E E

THE NOVELI ST ’ S I NTENSE PATRIOTI SM “ NED BUNTLINE OWN ”

ED BUNTLINE’ S career in Gotham was a

o f for succession stirring incidents , his rest less and daring nature could never be con tent with the steady routine that marks the f The li fe o ordinary mortals . excitement “ ” o f the chase or the clamorous crowd was as nec

es essary to him as food to the famished . He was T sentially a man o f action and impulse . hrough the ’ medium o f N ed Buntline s Own he scourged the law

f as n less element o the metropolis , and w the mea s directly and indirectly o f bringing to justice many f The o the cunning rascals o f the city . breezy jour

o f and was nal was the talk the town , the editor ” f o f a ault o ten in danger s with intent to kill , on the part o f the shrewdest members at large r epre ’ sented in the rogue s gallery . Ned Buntline was aware that his life was eagerly sought by scores o f c miscreants , but as the danger in reased his spirits

fo r rose , he believed that A single hour of honest strife

I s worth a year of peaceful life . He possessed an untamable and dauntless spirit that would have been more in keeping with the age ‘ o f chivalry than the prosaic era in which he lived .

He was a modern knight errant , hedged in with cus f toms uncongenial and ormal , yet warring V igor “ ously a gainst the code o f the unco guid and rigidly ” o f metro righteous , while assailing the vices the p f olis on the other hand . Thus he was o ten between

for two fires , and cared no more the assailants on

o f one side than the other . It has been said him ,

f fo e fo r and with justice , that he never eared a nor f sook a riend . M E of r . . One his most intimate acquaintances , M o f Ned Locke ason , who was associate editor ’ Bunt ine s O — l wn 1 8 8 8 . , and who , in , married Col Judson ’ s widow— thus alludes to the characteristics “ ’ and eccentricities o f the novelist : Ned s li fe was of f one continuous series sensations , almost rom the b cradle to the grave , and I verily elieve he kicked o ff f o f the coverlets r m his little cradle , and ought against the rigid rules o f decorum with all the ear nestne o f S ss a baby monarch . ensations upon sen sations , riots , shootings , speeches , duels , prisons

— ad north and south travels , dramas , yachts , wars , ventures and a thousand condiments o f this char f f acter , go together to spice a li e that will urnish a

for o f. ild dish lovers vV scenes among Indians , rough experiences at sea and startling episodes ashore . I f ’ am amiliar with Ned s early history , and more par

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if would accomplish it at all hazards , he came out T naked in the end . hus was lost to us , to his f — f riends , to history , to posterity all or nearly all o o f n f the data and incidents his sensatio al li e ; which , o f added to what is public record , would have made a remarkable book The foregoing may be r e - u f garded as a graphic pen pict re , in miniature , rom a master hand . Perhaps the most intense and unalterable o f Ned ’ Buntline s sentiments was his radical Americanism . This ruling passion at one time overshadowed all

o f others , and the outcome was the organization the true American party , more generally known as the “ ” K o f now Nothings , which the irrepressible Ned was one o f the leading spirits and prime movers . ' The im o rtan factor party was an p t in politics , and faction fights o f the most bitter and relentless char The fo r acter were common during its ascendancy . ei n g element assailed the new party vigorously , and the radical Americans retaliated in like spirit . Ned nd Buntline was the lion o f the day . His pen a

. Al tongue exercised a potent influence in the cause .

o f im ways a ready speaker , he rose to the height passioned eloquence when advocati ng the pri nciple ” for America Americans , and his services were in

o f constant demand as the orator his party . Upon such occasions he was frequently interrupted and de nounced f by the oreign element , and bloodshed seemed almost unavoidable at times , yet the speaker never wavered fo r an instant . “ 49

W s hile making a speech at Portland , during thi

x e citing period , he had a ludicrous encounter with a

f o f huge oreigner , who , backed by a shouting mob f ollowers , seemed bent on silencing him by intimida f f tion or by orce . Jumping upon the plat orm , with

- an axe helve in hand , the leader approached Judson him M r . and told he could not go on . Judson very T coolly asked his name , which was given . hen he asked “Have you been naturalized ! ’ ” Yes , I ve been naturalized , shouted the dis turber . “ ’ Well , I don t believe you have been baptized , “ o f and said Judson ; in the name the stars stripes , ”— take water and be fore the astonished Bo mbas tes Furioso could resist he was thrown headlong in the f f river which flowed beneath the rear o the plat orm . It was such a surprise to the crowd that it com ’ letel p y demoralized them , giving the speaker s The friends a chance to rally to his assistance . speech was finished without further disturbance . 1 8 8 f In 4 the stri e reached its climax , when Ned Buntli ne was indicted and convicted as one o f the principals in the celebrated Astor Place riot , grow ing out o f the bitter feud between the foreigners

K . D and the now Nothings Judge Charles P . aly n sentenced him to one year in the penite tiary , where fu he cheer lly served his term , while still keeping up his crusade against Judge Daly and other anti

n o f American opponents , through the colum s his f newspaper . His release rom imprisonment on Blackwell ’ s Island was celebrated by an enthusiastic

o f f Six ovation on the part his riends and admirers .

white horses , harnessed to a gorgeous open bar w S ouche , dre him to his home near Abingdon quare , and the streets were thonged with men and boys who f n cheered him voci erously, while a ca non thundered f orth welcome , and a mighty brass band played “ Hail to the Chief as the cortege drew up to the square . A number o f eulogistic speeches rounded out the long to be remembered reception to Ned — o f Buntline the idol young America , then as in later years . Contempora ry with the so-called Know Nothing — z party though entirely distinct as an organi ation , and having no political significance or affiliation S of was the Patriotic Order ons America , later rec o gnized as a society o f vast influence and increasing T for strength . his patriotic order , having its pri “ mary objects the inculcation o f pure American prin ciples ; the opposition to foreign interference with state interests in the United States o f America ; the cultivation o f a fraternal love ; the preservation o f

o f S ro a the Constitution the United tates , and the p p ” ation o f f g ree education , was first organized in 1 8 o f Philadelphia , in 4 7 , and Ned Buntline was one Th f f . e o the ounders progress the order was slow , and prior to the late war the Camps were confined S principally if not wholly to the Middle tates . At the outbreak o f the war a general enlistment of the members compelled temporary suspension ; but in 1 8 66 it was reorganized upon a more substantial

basis , and its development has since been phenom

To enal . this organization the chivalrous Ned

Buntline gave his heart and energies , and was ever a

most devoted believer in its cardinal principles , as set forth in the preamble :

Wher eas x of and all r dis , The e periences all ages count ies tinctl showeth l — of y , that popu ar liberty born amid the din o oc r battle , baptized in patriot blo d , and r ked by the ude — or e storms of civil strife demands f its pr servation, against r of of the age party spirit , the wiles ambition , and the stern of its arm power , the undivided love of all votaries and the all firm determination of its friends , in an internal struggle with all its foes . The history of the world most plainly proves that it is the business of one generation to sow the seed of which an r it 0r x of other reaps the ha vest , be of grain ta es , good or evil . n of Now; therefore, we , the undersig ed , Sons America of of children its soil , reared beneath the shadow its flag, loving it as none other can love , and having an interest in m d its future welfare , nearer , truer , deeper than all ankin as o r beside, do hereby sociate ourselves int an O der for the purpose of maturing ourselves in the knowledge and encour aging each other in the practice of our rights and duties as citizens of a country in which we are called to ex ercise among our fellow men the common rights of sovereignty . In which act of association we severally pledge ourselves to the s of ob ervance and support of the laws the land , and regu lations of as of l this body , becomes the sons freemen , wil ing to s acknowled submit to the re traints of social order , and g no G od our ing other bonds but those of duty to our , coun

tr r . y, and ou selves ’ While en aged in editing N ed Buntline s Own in g , the South and East ; and amid the other occupations o f n M r . divers ki ds to which he turned his attention ,

f t Judson continued to publish , rom time to time , sti t ! ing novels o f the kind that first made his nom de plume a familiar household word to all lovers o f ex n T o f citi g fiction . one un amiliar with his methods o f fo literary labor , and his capacity r continuous

o f work , the prolific character his writings must be little short o f marvelous . When engrossed in writ

for ing a new story the press , he plied his pen with astonishing rapidity , and scarcely knew any rest until his task was completed . A friend once inquired how he managed to do of if such an amount literary work , and asked his

f re plots were care ully prepared in advance . He “ o f 6 1 0 - plied , I once wrote a book pages in sixty two hours , but during that time I scarcely ate or slept . — As to my method I never lay out a plot in ad ’ fo r vance . I shouldn t know how to do it , how can I know what my people may take it into their heads ! to do First I invent a title , and when I hit on a good one I consider the story about half finished . It f T is the thing o prime importance . hen I take a

o f bound book blank paper , set my title at the head o f it , and begin to write about the fictitious charac f ter who is to be the hero o f it . I push ahead as ast t as I can write , never blotting out any hing I have once written , and never making a correction or I f o f modification . you will examine the leaves 53 '

manuscript you will see that the pages are clean , — I f with no erasures no interlineations . a book does not suit me when I have finished it , or at any o f stage its progress , I simply throw it in the fire , and begin again without any reference to the dis

. f do carded text When I speak , as I requently on n political topics , tempera ce , or any other subject , I talk straight on , as I write , without notes or any previous preparation Many o f his romances appeared in the columns o f Y M er cur K nicker b ocker the New ork y, the

M a azine g , and his own periodical , and the greater portion o f these were a fterward published in book f o f — orm , to meet the demand the public always ’ eager to read Ned Buntline s charming sea tales , and

o f equally thrilling novels o f border li fe . One his — f . . riends , Commodore L A Beardslee better known to the sportsmen o f America over his signature o f “ ”— Piseco says o f the influence and impressive nat “ ure o f these faithful pictures o f li fe at sea : Time

f o f vicissi a ter time , when passing through some the

o f - f o f tudes sea li e , I have recalled , by a flash mem ory— as though I myself had been there be fore re some o f his descriptions which fitted . I have o f called , in gales at sea , in the rivers and jungles f f S A rica , o Central and outh America , and when I Sea o f cruising in the Caribbean , along the Isle T Pines , ortugas , and other buccaneering resorts f sc of made amous by him , the adventures and enes ” his creation . Another gentleman , now a prominent patron of literature and art, relates that in early youth , having read nearly all the sensational tales o f the prolific mex res ible of writer , he once enjoyed the p s pleasure gazing up on the novelist, and on informing his “ - school mates that he had seen Ned Buntline , the awe and admiration o f his fellows for one thus fay o f ored by a passing glimpse their hero and idol , f knew no bounds . For many days a ter he was the k re ac nowledged leader among his playmates , who garded him as one that had seen a supe rna tural be — ing the great and only Ned Buntline .

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HE so-called charms o f civilization were ’ literally chains to one o f Ned Buntline s

roving nature , and it is not surprising that a fter a sojourn o f a few years in New Y f n ork , he began to cha e u der the restraint f o f f and ormality city li e , and to cast about for an opportunity to return to the wilderness . In a letter to the writer , several years ago , he remarked that he

for had no love cities , but was always happiest w far f hen removed rom civilization , surrounded by

o f woods and waters , where the carol birds , the

o f o f whisper the breeze , and the roar the cascade , awoke sweeter music to his ear than all the sym

r phonies o f Beethoven . His natural distaste fo city li fe became intensified during his residence in Y New ork and Philadelphia , as the convivial habits there formed came nea r wrecking the stalwart f woodsman , and he determined to break away rom the dangerous surroundings and influences . T o think was to act with Ned Buntline , and he f quietly olded his tent like the Arab , and as silently

o f stole away, to the wilds the Adirondack region , then known to the public under the name o f John ’ The f Brown s tract . region was amous only as the “ ” o f Ossa atomie retreat o f the visionary old man w , and few were aware o f the fact that it was a para dise o f fish and game . Upon reaching this wild locality Ned was once more in his element , and di vided his time pretty equally between the enjoyment o f field sports and the writing o f sensational stories The for the press . spot selected for his hermitage ’ The E in the wilderness , which he christened agle s ” n Nest , a romantic retreat , glowi gly described in — his little poem o f that title was near the bank o f

E o f agle Lake , one the three now known as the Blue

Mo n o f untai lakes . He gave the place and many the lakes and streams in that region the names they n now bear , and in his humble cabi lived as happy as n f n a prince , entertaini g his rie ds who visited the

n o f wilder ess , with the proverbial hospitality a true

o f knight the trigger .

M lH h r f r . at o n ho Chauncey , w has long been ami

o f n f fur liar with almost every phase Adiro dack li e , nishes the following brie f description o f Ned Bunt ’ and line s first appearance in that region , the circum stances which led him to make it his home “ f o f 1 8 6 o f f n In the all 5 , I , with a party rie ds f S V fo r ex rom aratoga , isited the woods a hunting cursion n n , i te ding to remain some time , and located n E F n at what is ow agle Lake . indi g there a log house and clearing which had been made for lumber The ing purposes , we occupied it by permission . Y party returned home about New ears day , and I f remained with two woodsmen , one o whom had been f a guide o r Ned at Lake Piseco some time before . f On our return to camp one day we ound Ned , with n F T a party he had picked up at Gle s alls . hey had made their way in with a team on the rude road . n f n Whe we come in Ned made himsel know , and I ‘ : k said to him I am glad to meet you . I now you well , having read all your books , and was also a ’ ’ Ned Buntline s Own subscriber to . From this time f f ever a ter he was a firm and genial riend . “ The place where we were was soon after offered fo r a nd sale , he lost no time in finding the owner , who sold it to him at a moderate price . His party remained a week and then went out , Ned leaving me in charge o f the place until he should return in the spring , to make it his literary and mountain home .

f ac A ter his return I was called home , and Ned

o f companied me to the outskirts the woods , urg ing me to soon return and live with him and be his guest as long as I wished . !He desired a housekeeper , and I recommended to him a bright , M comely girl , arie Gardiner , whom he employed f f and soon a terward married . Be ore I returned she f o f died . A ew evergreens mark the resting place ’ the mother and child at the Eagle s Nest . “ M f yhealth being poor , rom close confinement to business , I decided to go again to the woods , and in

o f 1 8 the spring 5 9 I made my way up to the Lakes , T where Ned gave me a cordial greeting . here were two eagles that made their nest each year opposite the house on the lake , and we never disturbed them .

T x heir close pro imi ty pleased him , and he named his ’ E o f home the agle s Nest , and the sheet water ,

E . agle Lake It is about one mile long , and a lovely

The o f lake . one below , and the last the chain , he

a nna . named , Ut wa , which signifies sunshine Upon namm f g this lake he composed some beauti ul lines , of only a portion which I now remember, namely

r lea eth f Where the swift t out p reely, Where the wild rose blushing blossoms to Where the red deer stoops drink, On its mossy covered brink ; Not a human dwelling near it ’ Tis a gem in living green Utawanna of , ! ueen waters ,

In thy heavenly silver sheen . At this time Ned was writing stories for the

New Yor k M ercur M r . y, and Cauldwell , the senior

editor , made us a visit, and I became well acquainted The with him . editor and publisher was a warm ad o f mirer Ned Buntline , and paid him liberally, as the public demand for his wild and fanci ful stories made

for M er cur a great circulation the y. He wrote for short stories other papers , under various signa “ o f h s E tures , one i pseudonyms being thelbert , the ” f Wanderer . His income rom his writings , when he f f was aith ul to his work , would amount to several f c thousand dollars per year , but a ter ompleting a f n long serial story or ulfilling a literary e gagement , he would often indulge in a period o f dissipation though he would strive vigorously to conquer the n besetting weakness , and fi ally succeeded in doing ad so , I believe , and became a strong temperance

vocate . “ The natives o f the country looked upon him as a

wonderful man . His scars and wounds attested the

desperate encounters he had engaged in , and won — 6o

derful stories were told of his courage and prowess - r which were in t uth remarkable . He was very f o f ond shooting and fishing . Wild deer were very f f abundant , and might o ten be seen rom his door , n feeding i day time . He wrote but little during the

f o f ff day, but at night , a ter a drink strong co ee , would do his writing when all was quiet . He had a f E ’ post o fice established at his agle s Nest , and he employed a mail carrier to come in on foot each w o f - eek , a distance twenty eight miles , and change the mails . “ 1 8 60 Y In Ned made a trip to New ork , leaving f f me to look a ter his home , and not long a ter a messenger came to ask me to meet the irrepressible f Ned , and assist him in bringing home a wi e he had f just married . I met them , and it ell to my lot to take the bride to her home in a boat , while Ned

The went with the teamster around the road . lady at once began to question me in regard to her future home o f which she had form ed a somewhat roman tic idea— apparently expecting a find a mansion in the wilderness . As mildly as possible I gave a

o f clearer view the cabin home , taking especial care ‘ f to describe the beauti ul scenery , and the woman

She a gracefully accepted the situation . w s good n looki g and intelligent , but the marriage proved an unhappy one , and trouble soon commenced which

e f for only nded when Ned le t the war . “ Ned Buntline had some excellent traits o f char f f acter . His riendship was ervid and sincere , he despised gambling and profane language , and would never employ any one who would use it in his presence . Although generous and hospitable almost to a f ault , he required due respect should be shown on of the part his guests , and certain simple rules must T b oundin o f be complied with . here must be no g deer on or across his premises , and no game butcher ’ would be entertained at the Eagl e s Nest . It is said

o f D that one the guides , Alvah unning, boasted that he should set his hounds a fter deer in the vicinity o f ’ Ned Buntline s home at the first opportunity, and made the threat that in case o f interference he would shoot the man who should attempt to stop

T ho him . his threat was repeated to Ned , w soon f a ter detected Alvah crossing the little domain , and T f ’ at once intercepted him . wo o the guide s hounds f accompanied him , and oreseeing danger , he called them to heel . Ned very coolly raised his rifle and shot one o f the dogs so close to Alvah that the bullet

f a in whistled uncom ort bly near , then warned the truder that another bullet would be ready for him

of if he were not out sight in five minutes . Alvah

f V o ne disappeared rom iew within minute , running at a rate o f speed never before equalled by man in that region , and he was never again known to set f f “ ” oot on the domain o Ned Buntline , the terrible . f Another incident , related by an intimate riend , indicates the spirit of true sportsmanship and love o f f o f air play, on the part the rare old woodsman . One evening two ski ffs were rowed up to his land — ing, and the occupants two wealthy young sports

- men , accompanied by their guides , put their shoot c ing a coutrements on shore , depending upon putting ’ E The in a pleasant night at the agle s Nest . owner o f the cabin came down and welcomed the belated f b o t . o a hunters From the bow each j protruded the f saddles o a deer, and espying them Ned Buntline of asked where they were shot . With a glow con f scious pride the young sportsmen in ormed him , and added that a few more deer had been killed the day “ ! ” previous , all by floating . Where are they asked “ f Ned . Oh ! they were does and a awn and we “ ” le ft them on the bank as we had no Hold on ,

cried the veteran woodsman at this point , interrupt

ing the speaker , and directing the guides to reload the boat he compelled the game butchers to seek E other quarters . ntreaties were in vain , and as the boats were pushed off he delivered a lecture to the occupants on the enormity of their o ffence against fair sportsmanship which they doubtless remem f bered ever a ter .

The novelist had no cause to complain o f monot ony while living in the great North Woods of New f York . Adventures seemed to ollow each other f with surprising frequency , and he ound his rifle con

o f venient for almost daily use . One his exploits o f he recorded as follows , under the title

. Two or three tremendous leaps brought him within easy s rifle range , one hundred yards , but the accursed wolve , at w on least twenty in number , ere him , and in a second he was down , with every jaw fastened in him that could find a place to bite . Oh ! if I had then had the glorious Old Reliable that now stands in one corner of my sanctum , I believe I could have killed every wolf in the gang before they knew what I was - on doing, while , they , half starved , were gorging their prey .

As it was , while they were plunging, growling and tear to ing the poor animal pieces , I sent in shot after shot , as fast as I could load and fire . It was not until nine of their number were dead or dis abled that the wolves found out they were in an unhealthy neighborhood , and several of these limped away when they went at last , leaving a bloody trail on the glittering ice . In that brief time that deer was so nearly devoured that ’ you couldn t find a bone that was not broken or a bit of ’ meat big enough for a bulldog s swallow . And some of the dead wolves had their hides torn so badly they were almost of worthless by the numerous jaws their mates in the blind , mad struggle for a feast . I did not make much on my wolf hunt besides the fun of was no killing them and avenging the noble buck . There ot on bounty on wolves , though I g ten dollars a head three panthers shot a little later . ! Ah , what a change from then and now The woods were f full of deer ; moose , though not plenty , were o ten seen , and c trout , spe kled and salmon , were so plenty that twenty min ’ utes fishing any time , and almost anywhere, would feed a half dozen hearty men for the day . — Shot-guns were never heard of rifl es were our only o as weapons , and a red rag or a bit of venison just as g od

s all . a whole book of flie , for practical purposes , in trouting t n w of r and It makes me sick o go there o . A lover Natu e ’ — Nature s gifts shudders at the advance of dudes and their Hunte an r fancy accessories . rs and gle s go beyond civiliza

e . tion , if they know thems lves On another occasion he very narrowly escaped f with his li e , when his cabin burned to the ground ’ C! ! d one bitter winter s night , as related in a com ! munication to one o f the sporting journals a few

Of x years later . this e perience he gives a very vivid description , entitled ,

B URNED OUT

F I had gone up for my all deer shooting , and finding a ’ a hunter s c bin , evidently long unused , near the head of In to dian River , I made up my mind test a Winter there or as much of it as I could stand . I had an old guide who could pack his hundred and twenty pounds at a time , and by his aid I had such stores as I needed packed in before the snows

r . we e deep The cabin , built against and partly under a e rocky l dge , was made of spruce logs , covered with hem suflfcient lock bark , and had a door, rude , but , made of a

of . couple split slabs , standing upright Windows were not needed— there were air holes enough between the logs de ffi Spite the moss stu ng we put in .

- - Inside I had a small sheet iron camp stove , which could

- be made red hot with a double handful of birch bark . Out fi f side , old Birch , my guide , cut and piled about twelve or oo teen cords of birch , beech and maple w d of large size for a -fi re of camp when I wanted it . There was plenty dead tim ber lying around loose on the banks of the little lake near

‘ Th e Tur Field a nd Far m w en the offices of the f, h ’ w ell-known sportsmen s jo urnal w er e burned in the fi r e wh ich h N consumed t e old World building on Pa r Row ew Yo r . k , k - 66

m so no d of f -out h - ca p, I had anger a reeze . I ad snow shoes to s travel with when I de ired , and when he left Bi rch was to come in every two weeks to bring my mail and carry out wor ked as do r manuscript, for I there , I always whe ever I ll en u . am , p f y

For the first six weeks after Winter set in . I had a glor

. o ious time Hermit life just suited me . I had plenty t eat of out- o to m and drink , good reading matter , and all d ors y x o self when I wanted e ercise . Writing sketches and st ries

filled up the intervals .

of Almost every night I had a concert . A gang wolves played the principal part . A panther solo made the varia N was . o to tion . I happy temptation deviate from the f was ver rules o health and morality appeared . I at church p y f was its th r . o e day The blue arch heaven dome , g eat pines its and maples and birch trees formed columns, the lofty l e r f hi ls , the voicel ss lake, the singing ills which never roze , its lessons- the contemplation of the G od-created forest its sermons . But I went to sleep and pleasant dreams one night at an early hour to wake at or near midnight under a light as S f brilliant as a salamander could desire . ome spark rom my slender stove pipe must have fallen on the half rotten

roof of r r . back the straw covering in front , unde the ocks A fierce north wind that was blowing most likely fanned it to “ f o li e, and when I woke fire was ab ve and all around me , for was fire had dropped from above on my bedding, and it t ablaze as I sprung o the door .

to r s I had only time snatch my ifle, ammunition , clothe - afi re o and snow shoes from a corner not yet and get utside , u was when the b t all ablaze .

out on themometer be I dressed the crust , with the away l w not f x . ft o zero , but did eel the cold in the e citement A er was oos - I in my thick woolen clothes , and my m e skin mocca on n sins , I began to think of ma y things inside that I might o out was too . had have g t and needed . But it late They

r has to . gone where you noble library gone , ashes o on Sadly I lo ked the fire till it smouldered down , keeping r as sat on d- b wa m I my unconsumed woo pile, and then y the early light of the mo rning star I laid my course for the little f o was o . hamlet Lake Pleasant, ab ut thirty miles away I “ on - o was traveling light an empty stomach , snow sh eing

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ot to . fair, and I g there dinner r w and I neve tried complete hermit life since . I as then c ed of all for there ur desire it . C H A P T E R; F I V E

NED BUNTLI NE IN THE CI VI L WAR

OON a fter the outbreak o f the late Civil

War , the gallant Ned Buntline , whose love for the stars and stripes had been tested on

o f M the battlefields exico , and the earlier S eminole war , again enlisted under the

Union flag , and served with credit and distinction in - o f the hotly contested battles the terrible , and , as it ” Hi f r . s o has been termed , irrepressible conflict

. f mer experience in border war are , his intrepid cour

fit~ him age , coolness and daring combined to admira bly for the position which was soon assigned to him — “ ” f f o f n o f . that o chie scouts , with the ra k colonel The dashing spirit and manner o f Colonel Judson inspired his soldiers with confidence and admiration , and it is recorded that his nerve and gallantry , b ordermen backed by the brave under his command, proved victorious by unexpected assaults against

o f superior numbers . He was essentially a fighter re- oc the hurricane order , and enacted on several t casions , though on a smaller scale , the impe uous , resistless charges so characteristic o f Sheridan and

Custer . On the other hand , where caution and strategy were required , Colonel Judson was equal to the emergency , and his knowledge o f the Indian and guerilla mode of warfare often enabled him to check the ravages o f the vindictive fighters o f the frontier . During the terrible stri fe Colonel Judson was un consciously laying the foundation fo r greater fame f and ortune as a writer o f fiction . It was during o f ar this period , and at the close the w , that he formed the intimate acquaintance o f the brave scouts “ ” o f the border , James B . Hickock , Wild Bill ; Wil F “ ff f liam . Cody, Bu alo Bill ; Capt . Jack Craw ord ; “ ” Om h n r T . . o u d a J B , exas Jack , and other daring o f f heroes the West , who a terward figured promi f nently in his most success ul novels . In his spirited o f reminiscences the war , scattered through the

o f o f pages many periodicals the day , Ned Buntline has given graphic pen pictures o f the times that lit ’ Th f llo m er all . e o w ytried men s souls g sketch , orig inally contributed by our hero to the columns of the

Tur Field a nd Far m o f f, , gives a glimpse the grim glo ry of war

A WAR-TIME REMINIS CENCE

of Meeting , not long ago , to my great delight , one your old s ff of subscribers and be t friends, Major Schie elin , the

S ff Co . of . . great drug firm W H chie elin , recalled an incident very memorable in his life and mine . He was the D ’ F . third major in Gen . Charles C . odge s irst N . Y s and Mounted Rifle , joined the regiment about the same time that I had the honor of taking saddle with as fine a bo of o a dy men as ever touched spur t fl nk .

r 1862 r was The day I reached the egiment , early in , the e a reconnoisance ordered to feel of the enemy on the lines of to o d r to the Blackwater, and make a push t war Pete sburg ” w was o see what his strength as . There a brigade f infantry d a d s c of un er Gener l Wessels ; e tion Battery L , regular d t United States artillery , un er Lieut . Beecher ; the howi zer of F e e Fair raves battery irst Mount d Rifl s under g , and the F Col f l irst Mounted Rifles under . Dodge , a terward a genera t - e of fi nest- when only wenty thr e years age , and the looking Six w . t o man that I ever saw in the saddle feet in height , f a f elegantly formed , with a classic , e rless ace , a Splendid

n d r r. horsema , he looke eve y inch the soldie He had already ’ s r cav erved abroad in the ! ueen s Light Gua ds, the finest alr E y in ngland . When within half a mile of Blackwater Bridge the com mand was halted in a depression near a stream , scouts sent ahead and the enemy discovered in force across the Black a of water , with long range masked rifle pits beyond the of saw abutments the bridge , which , with the steam mill at that point , they had burned . The undersigned volunteered alone to find where the en

did . w so emy was , and find them , rather suddenly They ere well m asked that he gained the river bank above the ruins ’ of o to the mill, r de down the water s edge and skirted along the shore to the east abutment of the bridge , without seeing or of on a man , anything but a thick growth bushes the — high bank just beyond the river there very d eep and about e 100or 13 0 feet wide . The bridge had been a wooden stru ture , single span .

as r f of Just the ider reached the oot the abutments , a single confederate officer rose among the bushes and shouted : “ ou d— d ! H and rr d r ! Halt , y Yank alt su en e

two Beecher opened fire with his rifled guns, but his shot a ! shrapnel he w s using) went forty feet too high .

of K a One my men , Corporal ne , now , I think , in New e c how York , crept back and told B e her from me much de s to pre sion was needed reach their works .

i of Meanwh le Lieutenant Wheelan , brother our then

Major Wheelan, who is now a senior captain in the Second ’ regular United States cavalry , Gen . Augur s old regiment , to to tried creep through the rail fence reach my tree , from behind which I was firing as often as I could see a man on the other side . Poo r Wheelan was shot through the throat as he raised to his head to speak me .

of of Amid a shower bullets two the heroes , who had h him eld the tree with me all this time , caught him , dragged e through the fence and keeping in the tr e line , carried him to the rear , where he died in a few minutes . And now I or r saw Schieffelin f the fi st time under fire .

h and He had ridden up on hearing that W eelan was shot , there he sat in his saddle, his plumed hat over his fair young a a face , a blue clo k with its red lining , thrown b ck over his ’ o as shoulder , curiously lo king at the enemy s works, just ’ t Beecher s battery go in its work at the right elevation . A s of two to soldier my elf , long, hard wars , used fire , knowing that he was for the first time under fire , I watched him f with a curiosity that made me orget any danger myself , W though several bullets grazed me here I stood . Bullet l and after bul et whistled over and about him, he did not to - seem mind them a bit , until an officer in the Thirty ninth

Illinois gave him a caution , and was hit himself a second after . “ — ’ This is war , is it rather hot , but they don t kill every ” of as . was shot his cool remark , made within ten feet me he turned his ho rse and rode back slowly to the battalion . Ten minutes later the battery had shelled the enemy back ,

E P . and the leventh ennsylvania cavalry , Col Spear, having

come up , a regular cavalry charge was ordered , and both

commands , the rifles leading, swam the river , captured the ’ enemy s works , chased the force, superior to our own , nearly

to Ivor , a large intrenched camp , and then turning to the ’ F d right captured the picket guards at Joiner s or , seven miles

above , and rejoined the infantry at the Isle of Wight court

house . S urgeon Boyd , of the One Hundred and Twelfth New ’ e York was along as a volunte r , and his horse wouldn t swim a r worth a cent . If he is living perhaps he will tell your re de s who pulled him from his saddle and landed him on the right e side of Jordan, where he found his horse in time to k ep

up with the command . ’ l ’ o d . I d like to see that sycamore I ll bet , if it yet stands , e of and has not been hack d at, that twenty pounds bullets , shot at the head and shoulders of the writer— that was all — the target they had can be found in that tree . o D d I have never ceased t regret that Gen . o ge and Major f Schie felin did not remain in the service . They would have — held their own and more they were all dash and courage .

But business calls , matrimony , and an aversion to the politi — cal promotions they had to wince under men wh ose service as ward politicians gave them political preference—did the s work , and both re igned , with glory waiting to crown their

. who brows They were idolized by the men under them ,

would have followed them to death without drawing rein . r This is but a desultory sketch , a pleasant memo y of hot i t . work , but is yours If the major would only give it he ’ ff a could describe the a air f r better than tis here recorded . ! C H A P T E R; S I !

UNJUST I MPR I SONMENT or NED BUNTLINE

NOTHER episode in the war record o f

Colonel Judson , which has been incorrectly , if not maliciously , distorted , was the period o f temporary incarceration at Fort Hamil

t n The o f ff 0 . true version this a air has M M E T . . c lrath been recently given by ajor P , the

o f f : popular writer war stories , as ollows Happening to encounter recently a newspaper account of x E — 0 u e of . the ploits the late dward Z C . Judson more p p larly known to the past generation by his nom de plume of “ ” — Ned Buntline the author of some of the most blood-curd - i ling, hair raising novels in Amer can literature, it flashed upon my memory that the novelist had once been a prisoner

c F . in my spe ial custody at ort Hamilton , New York Harbor The post was not utilized during the war as a military pris on nor soc of t , is its history as iated with the records cap ives , a or as of f mous infamous , military or civilian Opponents ’ e t as of F f Mon the nation s int gri y are those orts La ayette ,

McHenr f . roe , Warren , y and Jef erson Nevertheless , within an interval of a few months three men were incarcerated in F of d all ort Hamilton , all them sol iers, and three arrested by the unusual ex ercise of arbitrary power without the pre ferment of charges against them which would have insured fi of t cir them the bene t trial by court mar ial . As the whole cumstances of these cases have never found their way into of public print , many their attendant facts being known only to to myself, it occurred me that their recital might consti

tute an interesting contribution to the histo ry of that period. The first of the three individuals referred to was an officer i of high rank whose ability in both military and civilian branches of service prior to . and since the war of the rebel lion earned for him world-wide distinctionf In the second of 1861 Army Register , issued after the first reorganization f r o . r the regular a my , the name of Charles P Stone appea s seventh in rank in the list of brigadier generals of volun F teers , Generals Porter , ranklin and W . T . Sherman being “ his immediate predecessors and U . S . Grant being ten files ’

. unex below him General Stone s career , including his still ’ r six too plained imp isonment of over months duration , is familiar to the American people to require detailed relation

. to in this sketch I have felt constrained , however, make this brief allusion to him from the circumstance that after having who r 1861 been the first man , , in Janua y , , was mustered be into service for the defense of the national capital , he came a few months later the fi rst military prisoner confined F during the war in ort Hamilton . He was arrested at mid o 1 6 u 8 . F 8 2 c night the th of ebruary , , while ommanding a corps of men in Virginia , and was placed in close captivity and a cold ear turned to his demands for an ex of planation the outrage . Fort Lafayette was the prison to which he was consigned his r a and custodian was the sturdy Ma tin Burke , lieuten nt h colonel of the T ird United States artillery , a strict military o who for f d - f e c nstructionist , earned himsel a wi e Spread am by the grim literalness which be displayed in managing the “ ” No hospitalities of that isolated and dreaded bastile . charges were ever preferred against General Stone , and about of 18 62 the middle July, , he received permission to take F quarters at ort Hamilton on the neighboring main land , which his wife and daughter were allowed to share with

. F l6th was him inally, on August , he abruptly turned a loose , being fully released from arrest, though nearly nother year elapsed before Secretary Stanton permitted him to again ’ assume command in the field . During his few weeks resi dence at Fort Hamilton he was very popular with the officers of the garrison whose sympathies were naturally brought into play by the mysterious irregularity of his captivity . To the “ ” youngsters of the mess it was a treat to witness the genial o courtesy which unif rmly marked his association with them , while his soldier ’ s dignity furnished them a desirable model for imitation . The subsequent distinguished career of Gen eral Stone has recently been exhaustively related in the news x e unex papers , through the interest e cit d by his sudden and pected death in New York during the last week of Janu 188 7 ary, . The two successors of General Stone as prisoners in Fort ff recol Hamilton were men of a wholly di erent type . My lection of them was revived by the newspaper paragraphs f inade re erred to above, which contained an inaccurate and ’ o quate statement regarding an epis de in Mr . Judson s career o of that has never t this writing been related . The writer that article summed up his subject ’ s war record in the fol “ lowing words : During the war he was arrested and con i ” fined n Fort Lafayette for overstaying his parole . That is too of his rather scanty a recognition services in the army , As o and moreover it is not true . a matter f fact Judson x was never confined in Fort Lafayette . His single e perience as a prisoner of consequence during his military career re lated solely to a captivity in Fort Hamilton during the sum “ o 1 63 of mer f 8 . At that time the military post the city ” and of F r Ham harbor New York , with headquarters at o t ilton , was commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Harvey F — Brown , Colonel of the ifth United States artillery the ffi to brave and skillful o cer , who , a few weeks subsequent the occurrences related in this sketch rescued the city of New York from the of the largest and most evil-disposed ‘ hands mob that has ever come to the surface in the United States . The “ post ” comprised all the forts and military commands ’ x o in the vicinity of New York, e cepting G vernor s Island F and ort Lafayette, besides the hospital and convalescent de D ’ ’ ’ pots at avid s , Hart s and Riker s Islands . The garrison “ of x this post , e clusive of the New York headquarters and f who e staf of Gen . Wall , command d the department of the E two ast , was composed of the headquarters and mounted F batteries of the ifth United States artillery , battalions of several regiments of regular infantry which had been sent ’ North to replenish their forces decimated in McClellan s peninsular campaign , and some volunteer regiments recently reorganized after having been mustered out at the end of ’ their original two years enlistment . General Brown had ffi an o ce in Grand street , in New York , and had organized a military patrol for the city in the shape of a volunteer com be was pany which designated the invalid corps , and which f the object of his special and a fectionate solicitude . One fine afternoon in the early summer of 1863 a corporal of the invalid corps , with a file of men escorting a prisoner , F r reported to me at ort Hamilton . where I was se ving as was - post quartermaster . The captive a tall , broad shoul ’ dered handsome man , wearing a combination of civilian s and ’ soldier s costume , and bearing himself with the air of a man accustomed to command rather than obey . With him

I received a note from Gen . Brown , in New York , directing me briefly to lock the prisoner in a casemate and to keep

the key carefully in my own pocket . An empty casemate recently vacated by a departing officer of the garrison was s selected for the purpo e , and was hastily furnished with an of few o conveni iron bedstead , a couple chairs and a ther c own r r for en es from my quarte s , furnished apa tments stran r r gers not being provided at that post . Sho tly afte leaving to was the prisoner his reflections , I handed a note which to he had passed through a window a passing soldier. The . a of as missive , the origin l which lies before me I write , reads as follows : “ If Lieutenant McElrath will have the kindness to loan r me a book o two I shall be sincerely obliged .

Respectfully , etc . , “ E N WAR . O . D D Z . C JUDS

Recognizing the name at once I knew my prisoner to be “ ” the redoubtable Ned Buntline . The great sensational nov clist was reluctantly contributing his share toward a minor chapter of the history of the war in the same hurried and peremptory manner in which doubtless the heroes of his own lurid fiction were unex pectedly caused to encounter the of s shocks adverse fate . I sent the me senger back with an armful of literature and arranged matters so that a fresh ’ supply could be provided at the captive s will .

’ ' d On General Brown s arrival at Fort H amilton in the e M —o — ev ning I learned that r . r rather Sergeant Jud son i had been placed in durance at the special request of h s wife . “ ” He had come North from the field on furlough , and had — not only overstayed h is allotted time a circumstance which of itself might not have provoked connubial dissension- but of he had become irritable in his days inactivity , being em “ phatically one of that restless class who prey upon high ad ' n r tir of o e . s ac venture , can aught but rest His Spou e , cordingly thought the easies t way to restore peace in the to its off to family would be pack head the regiment . That , was t however , not a thing hat could be at once accomplished , as was e his command somewh re in the distant South , and it ’ was necessary to wait until the quartermaster s department o should despatch a vessel in that direction . In all likelih od

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his countenance and in his general appearance , evidence of - w . as recent over indulgence in drink He a German , with a E in very imperfect knowledge of the nglish language . My structions to with regard him were very plain , and I clapped him into the same apartment with Judson and left him to off cool , without at the time inquiring his name or the cause of the singularly disgraceful manner in which he had been o projected upon my n tice . When I reported the new arrival to General Brown on his return at the point that evening I found the latter highly incensed over the circumstances which had led to his arrest . r s It appea ed that the German , after loading him elf with E beer in some ast Side saloon, had become engaged in a dispute with the people of the establishment which resulted in a lively fight . The military man succeeded in worsting his Opponents and in clearing the apartment of both visitors be and attendants . Then hastily closing the front door , armed himself with the piece of scantling with which it was x barred at night when shut to e clude the outside world , and stood ready to repel an assault . This was not long delayed . Planted by the door the hero of the evening made such a vigorous defense with his formidable weapon that the assail ing party were twice repelled with considerable effusion of blood and some severe bruises . Then , taking advantage of discomfi ture their , he made a sudden sortie , brandishing his club , and before the astonished host divined his purpose , he rushed past them and was quickly out of sight . As he was hastening in the direction of Broadway he met a party be ’ longing to Gen . Brown s Veteran Reserves patrolling the streets in search of wandering and dilatory soldiers . Slack to ing his pace, he ordered the detachment halt , and the ser s geant in command , impre sed by his authoritative manner and his uniform , reiterated the order . Hastily informing the sergeant that a party of volunteers had been maltreated in a beer saloon in the vicinity , the stranger took command of the detachment himself and marched them to the place of his recent conflict . The door was found open and the room was filled with people drinking beer and discussing voci fer ously the apparition before which they had i en way a few gy' e moments previously . Whe ling his column into line , the - self appointed commander gave the order to charge . ff An indescribable tumult ensued . The a righted occupants of the saloon , seeing their redoubtable adversary approaching no with reinforcements , had time to rally for resistance , but ’ x fled incontinently, making their e its promiscuously through the rear windows of the hall and scaling the fences of the F back yard with eager haste . inding himself again the mas s ter of the situation , the stranger di creetly marched his c command from the s ene of the double victory , and when he had gone a few blocks from the place he relinquished the command again to the sergeant and disappeared in the dark ness . The idea gradually penetrated the mind of the ser x geant that he had been imposed upon . Accordingly the ne t morning on General Brown ’ s arrival at the New York office the disgusted non -commissioned offi cer reported the oc ’ was currence , and mighty the General s wrath at hearing x fi the rueful story . The appearance of an into icated of cer was not a phenomenal thing in those days , but that anyone s should have the audacity to take posse sion of. his pet patrol and use it for the subjugation of a lager beer saloon was an D indignity not to be ignored . etectives were employed to

ferret out the mysterious brawler , and on the following day

they arrested him in his room in the St . Nicholas hotel and t carried him triumphantly o the general . The latter wasted no words over him but sent him at once under guard to F ort Hamilton , as I have related . On the following morning he was brought before the general at headquarters immedi m be ately after guard mounting , when he declared hi self to f D al long to the sta f of General oster, then provost marsh D of the istrict of Columbia , recreating himself in New York w i on a brief leave of absence . He as remanded to h s case mate and a communication was despatched to General Dos o ru ter inquiring as t the t th of the story . The two worthies bore their confinement with praise worthy good nature . Their meals were furnished them from ’ o flicers was the bachelor mess, which at that time conducted in handsome style under the stewardship of one of the Flou uets of who q the famous Plattsburg family of caterers , had been enticed from the shores of Lake Champlain for that to special purpose , and both were permitted receive visitors F during the day time . inally a steamer was despatched to some Southern port from which Judson could receive trans ortation saw p to his regiment , and I never him again . Rum ors , however , reached us of his having distinguished himself F by gallant conduct shortly after his liberation . A ederal command somewhere in the interior stoo d in need of sup of was t e plies, but the master the vessel transporting them luctant to run the gauntlet of rebel troops occupying the o banks of the river , by which alone the command c uld be as reached . Pilots were not obtainable , the shores were to known teem with confederate sharpshooters . In the emergency Judson stepped nobly to the front and volun teered to pilot the steamer . Bullets rattled along unceas ingly against the iron clad pilot house which he occupied

during the trip up the river , but happily none of them were who billeted for Judson , stood calm and unflinching at the

wheel until he had conveyed his charge to his destination . For ran this gallant act , the story , he was publicly thanked in general orders besides receiving more substantial reward o in the shape f promotion . d d Meanwhile my German captive remaine in urance vile , nearly a fortnight elapsing before the receipt of General ’ ’ r t a Doste s response o General Brown s letter . The nswer ’ fully corroborated the prisoner s statements in regard to him to fi r s ia self . He proved be a subaltern of ce of the Pru s n lr son of one o cava y, a baron by title , and the of the m st fi of v r merit re prominent of cials the Prussian go e n . He had ceived leave of absence to enable him to visit the United States and attach himself to our service in order to gain a practical familiarity with grand tactics , and the New York episode which I have related was possibly a private rehearsal of some tactical principle he had picked up during a resi o O o r f . f dence several months in the national capital c u se , was r to t re ri he immediately estored liber y , with a spicy p fr who mand om General Brown , had him kept under sur v illan e ce until he had departed in the cars for Philadelphia .

Some months afterward I encountered him at the St . Nicho las o hotel , in New York , and found him a very s ciable com panion . I understood that he returned to his own country a 1864 o his e rly in . I have thought it best n t to reveal i f s as an fi dentity , oreign though he was, ina much of cial rep his has resenting his government and bearing name and title , figured somewhat largely and creditably in the higher dip lom atic circles in Washington during the past few years and I have a serious suspicion that he is the same person who as an unknown lieutenant nearly twenty-four years ago was the reluctant recipient of the enforced hospitalities F of ort Hamilton and the fellow prisoner of Ned Buntline . C H A P T E R; S E V E N

WI TH SCOUTS OF THE PLAI NS AND ‘AT HOME

TH E H ILLS OF DELAWARE

c Once more , lear hills of Delaware , I look upon your leafy pines Once more upon your mossy slopes

My wearied form at ease reclines , And up into the pictured clouds

I gaze with glad contented eyes , s And feel myself in blis at home, ’ Beneath my boyhood s native skies .

’ ’ I ve stood on fair Nevada s peaks , And thought the picture grand and fair ’ s I ve sighed in bright Yo emite , ’ And thought twas almost Heaven there ; ’ I ve wandered far in every clime ,

And met with beauties strange and rare , But ever still my heart looked back To these—the hills of Delaware !

No matter where my footsteps tread By fortune ’ s wayward changes led o N matter how those fortunes shine , Or where I rest my weary head a da In dre ms by night , in thoughts by y,

Before me pictured everywhere ,

I see my home , and those I love , o D Upon the hills f elaware . — Ned Buntline . _ _ 8 5

T o f ar the close the late Civil W , Colonel

f cov Judson retired rom military service ,

ered with wounds and broken in health , but retaining his indomitable will and courage — the resistless force that had carried him through perils and adventures bordering upon the T marvellous . hat he survived the numerous wounds f rom bullet and shell and sabre , inflicted during his military career and desperate encounters with In

. f f dians , outlaws , etc , is evidence o a wonder ul vi tality . — With a few congenial spirits notably Buffalo ” F “ ” Bill ! William . Cody ) , Wild Bill ! James B . ” T x Hickox ) , e as Jack ! J . B . Omohundro ) and — Captain Jack Crawford all well-known scouts and f rontiersmen , Ned Buntline rambled over the West ern plains , where he reveled in hunting and Indian

for fighting, while gathering abundant material the thrilling romances o f the border with which his name and fame have been since so closely identified .

and His coolness courage , no less than his remark

a able skill as crack shot with the rifle and pistol , made him an acknowledged leader among the wild b orderm en o f if o f f the West , and the record his li e f on the plains could be care ully gathered , it would f f orm a bright chapter in his li e history . Without

fo r f seeking ame in this direction , he was ever one o f the boldest de fenders o f the defenseless , and often an avenger o f the cruel wrongs perpetrated by the lawless Indian tribes . In public or private li fe Ned Buntline was not the wild man o f the woods he was o ften supposed

. o f to be He was a man culture and dignity, an “ eloquent orator and clever conversationalist— the ” ' of attraction in center magnetic an assemblage , and few would surmise from his appearance that he was o f 1 8 6 1 8 68 the hero a hundred battles . In 7 and he made a regular tour in California and along the

Pacific coast , in the temperance work , and gained ff the reputation o f a vigorous and e ective advocate . f He also appeared requently as a lecturer , in inci

o f a dents and scenes the war , but his great theme , s f a riend once remarked , was radical Americanism , and from first to last he believed and practiced in the principle that Americans should rule America . An amusing episode occurred in connection with his brief yet sensational career as playwright and actor . He had prepared a Western drama , entitled , “ ” The S o f couts the Plains , adapted to the histrionic abilities o f the bold scouts Buffalo Bill and Texas

Jack , who agreed to meet him in Chicago , where they were to make their first appearance on any

— - stage aside from the stage coach o f the far West . Ned Buntline thus relates his experience in introduc ing Buffalo Bill to the public as one of the hunters o f the wild west “ I shall never forget the time I had putting him on his feet as a showman twelve or fourteen years ago . We had corresponded and I had agreed to

‘ run the show . We were to meet in Chicago . I got

—88 — words . I told him to . say something anything . ‘ ’ ! : He was speechless I said Why , you ve been off ’ ’ ff - n M bu alo hu ting with illigan , haven t you ! That M woke up him . He looked at illigan and his f n riends in a box , and told in plain la guage the story f ff T o his last bu alo hunt . hen we all got warmed ‘ ’ ’ S o f n o ff up , and the couts the Plai s went in a lively f manner . It was a highly success ul show , financially , and has introduced many other similar wild west combinations , which the public seem to appreciate judging from the vast assemblages drawn together to see the same .

c . Later another western s out , James B Hickox Wild Bill ” ) was added to Ned Buntline ’ s unique

— o f company , and this dauntless man the bravest the brave ; as proven in many deadly fights to maintain — law and order was a bright star in the little galaxy . While holding the position o f sheri ff or marshal at “ t f K Hays Ci y, and a terward at Abilene , ansas , Wild ” Bill maintained the reputation for cool courage which he had shown in earlier years , through meet

- ing, single handed , and killing or desperately wound ing all the members o f the notorious McCandless

o f . gang desperadoes Wild Bill , however , was never given to seeking notoriety , and it was with di fficulty that he had been induced to remain for even a short time with the traveling company . He f ’ had always been a real actor in li e s wild drama , and the presentation o f this on the stage did not ap f peal to him , there ore it is not surprising that the o f call the wild had been an irresistible one to him . Of all the American frontiersmen— not even except — ing Kit Carson it is believed that Wild Bill met with a greater number o f deadly encounters against

apparently hopeless odds than any other in history .

His murder was a most cowardly act , and thousands o f friends and admirers o f the brave scout mourned the loss o f a man who had o ften been tried and never f m ound wanting ; a man so etimes misjudged , but one Whose kindness o f heart was known to those most intimately acquainted with him . No other westerner o f recent years can be named to bear comparison as f ff f a daring rontier sheri , a per ect marksman and

n o f ever reliable mai tainer law against all odds , with

x f S the possible e ception o the late eth Bullock , R friend and companion o f Theodore oosevelt . The following tribute to Wild Bill appeared not

f N ew Yor k Cli er long a ter his death , in the pp UNDER THE SOD BURIAL OF WI LD BILL

WRITTEN F TH E N EW Y R CLIPPE AN 1 1 OR O K R ! J . 3 , 8 77 ) AND D EDICATED TO CHARLEY UTTER ! COLORADO CHARLEY BY CAPT AC K ) , . J

t . . [Cap J . W Crawford , otherwise Capt Jack , is also known west of the Missouri as the Poet-scout of the Black x Hills , and last winter his e tempore songs and poetic de clamations were the life of the mining-camps in that sec was . to x tion As guide an e pedition in search of gold , he on x e of the first to e plore the Black Hills country , and credited to him are some of the quickest and most daring — g)

r on . to t e r ides record Last August, in response a el g am F ff . . d from Bu alo Bill ! W Cody) , he starte on horseback , o to o and al ne , join General Crook , whose command he f und f of r in five days , a ter a ride five hundred miles th ough the ' Big Horn country . On another occasion he carried dis patches for a leading New York newspaper from Owl Creek to F m of e in ort Lara ie , a distance over four hundr d miles , and side of four days, beating five fresh couriers getting in 0 of all . 25 five hours ahead others The dispatch cost $ , and ’ a supplementary dispatch descriptive of Capt . Jack s remark

150 500 a . able ride cost $ more, which , with $ paid C pt Jack '

or The Herald s 900. f his services as courier , made outlay $ 17 These costly dispatches appeared in that paper on Sept . ,

18 76 on . , the day which Capt Jack wrote the poem given

for fi . below , which now appears in print the rst time After ’ Buffalo Bill left General Merritt s cavalry on the Yellow was o f o stone River, Capt . Jack appointed chief sc uts with

- that command . At present he is a character actor with Buf ’ falo Bill s traveling company . Verses from his pen have from time to time appeared in these columns ; and accom panying his present contribution is a personal narration that could not p ossibly be couched in more expressive language “ than the simple words he himself has chosen : A word or - two of f . a of my ormer history I am twenty eight ye rs age , 17 8 . stand five feet eleven inches high , and weigh pounds I

in . 1863 entered the army , and at that time could not write

. s was my own name I couted for General Hartranft , and o lvania a 12 1864 S tts V . wounded at p y , , May , . While in Saterlee one of the Hospital, Philadelphia, of the Sisters Chari ty taught me to read and to write ! and may she be an

it l . o angel for ) After five months spent in the h spital , I e to return d the field and was again wounded , this time at 1 6 Va. 8 5 Petersburg, , April , after which I was discharged .

Since then I have led a wandering life , mostly on the plains .

I have written many poems after the style of Bret Harte .

Under the sod in Deadwood Gulch You have laid his last remains ; No more his manly form will hail - on The red man the plains . ou ! And Charley , may Heaven bless y You gave him a “ bully good send was Bill a friend to you , pard ,

And you were his last , best friend .

’ You - buried him neath the old pine tree,

In that little world of ours, His trusty rifle by his side His grave all strewn with flowers ;

His manly form in sweet repose , That lovely silken hair I tell you , pard , it was a sight That face so white and fair ! And while he sleeps beneath the sod

His murderer goes free , set Released by a perjured , gaming Who ’ d murder you and me Whose coward hearts dare never meet

A brave man on the square . ’ Well , pard , they ll find a warmer clime

Than they ever found out there .

Hell is full Of just such men ; And if Bill is above to-day The Almighty will have enough to do To keep him from going away c That is , from making a little s out ’ T o the murderer s home below ;

And if old Peter will let him out ,

He can clean out the ranch , I know . 93

About 1 8 7 0 Ned Buntline returned to Delaware Y S f county , New ork , and erected near tam ord , the

o f place his birth , a handsome residence which he “ ’ ” E in o f christened the agle s Nest , remembrance his hermitage o f the same name in the Adirondack n wilderness . His home i the highlands o f the Hud

a - son was erected upon picturesque hill side , over

o D looking many miles f the lovely elaware valley, “ The and successive ridges o f the Catskill range . residence was built and furnished at an expense o f nearly and all the surroundings indicated the culture and sporting proclivities o f the owner . A tract o f twenty acres close at hand was kept as a

a nd f game preserve , his avorite room , the armory or curiosity shop , as he was wont to call it , contained a

o f im rare collection guns , pistols , sabres and other m n f ple e ts o f war are and the chase . His library in sanctum , as he remarked , were one , and this cosy retreat his prolific pen produced the numerous thrill f ing tales which brought him wider fame and ortune . He was at this period under contract to contribute

o f N ew Yor k We ekl exclusively to the columns the y, and it has been stated that he received from the pro M S 8: S rietors . p , essrs treet mith , the handsome sum n T o f per year for his productio s . hrough — his thrilling and sensational tales many o f them possessing the merit almost o f historical novels o f the frontier— “ Buffalo Bill ” first attained public in fame , and his success in later years may be a great measure traced to this origin , as he was thereby made the ideal representation o f a border scout in o f Y the opinion oung America , and he possessed , fot natel u y, the sterling qualities that confirmed this — impression in his public career a genuine triumphal tour at Home and abroad . Under Ned Buntline ’ s supervision the mountain streams o f Delaware county were liberally stocked with brook trout , and he enjoyed the fishing each f f season , with a ew intimate riends who were ardent f lovers o the Waltonian art . In a letter to the w o f riter this , several years ago , the keen old sports man gave the following graphic description o f the ’ last day s sport o f the season

has no dr c It been my habit for years , when serious hin an e to of intervened , Spend the last day the trout season over on the crystal Beaverkill , and the last day of August found t me at the famous Tripp cottage, wi h my cherished Orvis rod of box of . s , a book Orvis flies and a big genuine gra s

hO ers d to out. pp , rea y see the season a was The stre m very low, consequently rather warm and the fishing poo r except where cold Springs entered the main m . as stream There it was superb , and knowing the strea I do from ten years of experience I skipped all places but - was c these very spring holes , and the consequence that I ame - f of in with a twenty pound basket ull speckled beauties , of mostly fine size . ’ Approaching the stream cautiously on the Charley Water s fr of oo clearing, sheltered om view by a clump willows, I l ked over to the mouth of a cold spring brook running from Rob ’ ert a - Se l s farm . In a shallow pool where the ice cold water from the spring ran in I counted ten trout that would aver age from ten to twelve inches long and in weight strike a

c . r fi ns uiv half pound apie e There they lay , their do sal q

Ere I close let me join the general boom in congratula Eastwar d li ht tions that you have come for g , found it , and are content to give your facile pen play in a field which I to trust will add both your fame and fortune .

In another communication , at a later date , Ned Buntline alluded to the wild sports of the wilderness Y in northern New ork , and closed with a humorous description o f the last bear o f the Western Catskill

range , thus

LAST B EAR I N THE CATS K ILL MOU NTAI NS

Until within a very few years , bears have been often seen in the Catskill Mountains near the two heads of the Dela F ware River , every all , when berries were ripe , and corn in f r . o the milk And occasionally they lost their pelts , we have some hunters of the Old stock left .

But they are rare visitors now . About Thanksgiving we x to had a light fall of snow, barely enough to make an e cuse start sleighs to running .

o One crisp m rning about that time , young Will Papino , two e living miles east of Stamford , and dir ctly under the Utsa steepest part of Old Bear Mountain , now misnamed y to anto , came tearing into town tell the Sportsmen that a huge black bear was playing and tumbling about in the snow ’

of r . near the foot the mountain , just above his fathe s house Jerusalem ! Such a hurry and a scurry you never saw among the shooters of the town . I had the sciatica and not o so D of t could g , ell Warner , one our best sho s , got my 45 -calib re Sharps rifle and jumped into his cutter with Billy d Ives for driver . Billy carried a tremen ous old ! ueen Anne , 4 No 1 to with 2 . buckshot the load

E of rskine Seeley , a keen Sportsman and the owner the best dog in the county, doubled in with Aruna Maynard , Mr of ou and . r a Green mated with Harvey Wood , another

noted shots , and away they started after Bruin .

was There not much time lost getting there , and sure ’ enough when the party got to Papino s up the hill nearly

half a mile , near an old hay barn , the monster was seen . The shotgun men were not quite so anx ious to close up when they saw the huge black beast slowly walking about near the edge of the woods ; it was debated whether shot D guns were just the thing for bear hunting . This gave ell

Warner the start . He shouldered the Sharp , and , backed

by the valiant Ives, started up the hill .

ot d se t He g within about four hundre yards , his sight d for the distance, and as the bear had stoppe playing and to seemed watch the party , knelt down , took deliberate aim, “ ” to a ! and , use his own classic langu ge , let Sliver

’ The bullet struck the snow just under Bruin s nose , and

must have knocked his eyes full , for he wheeled around and

around as if pretty mad . 45 -100 Without rising , Warner coolly put in another .

c and . artridge , allowing for windage , let drive again This all time Bruin got it hot , and as the sportsmen were on the

run up the hill to join Warner , yelling at every jump , the o bear limped off toward the wo ds , turning once in a while as o if it thought f fighting it out instead of retreating. “ ’ ! ” Don t let him get away , Dell shouted Seeley . ’ ” No ! , for goodness sake , no cried Maynard . ’ ! ” D Not if Ned s rifle is worth a snap said ell , and he got

a rest over the shoulder of Billy Ives , and as the bear mounted a shelving rock he fired his last and fatal shot . d and The bear rolled over and over own the rock , when it reached the bottom it was still .

Just then an old settler , Carlos Van Housen , who was chO m wood pp g on the mountain , came tearing down through the woods with his ax on his shoulder and fire in his eye . o o as a and He g t t the bear just Warner and the rest c me up , his voice could have been heard a mile when he yelled : “ What in shael have you been shooting my Newfound ! ” land dog for

Dell stood like one suddenly struck with lightning . H e looked sadly down at his prize and asked the old settler if its w sured—if wa o f as in s n t for . li e it , he would pay it And th at is the last bear seen in our

—I OO f ragmentary memoirs , Ned Buntline remarked “ T o f his is not much a game region . We have a few o f ff woodcock , plenty ru ed grouse , squirrels and a d pigeons , n brook trout . I usually go forty to one hundred and fi fty miles fo r my trout and venison in — season . It is a high , cold region here settled long M ago . y ancestors came here immediately a fter

R o f 1 6 the evolution 7 7 . I think I sent you a pic f E ’ o . f ture agle s Nest It is beauti ully located , and was designed by myself ; a conservatory in one wing f and a library o the same size forms the other wing . My library contains my books as well as all my

n o f f hu ting and fishing gear , with p ortraits riends , ’ etc . , etc . I have a good library and take my winter s

f and com ort there . In summer the woods streams n S are my hau ts almost constantly . hould you come E ’ f ast don t ail to visit me , and I will take you where ” trout congregate and red deer roam free . “ In a subsequent letter he writes : Long con

for tinned sickness , killing all love the pen , must be my only excuse for not answering you before . A ’ 6 wound received in June , 3 , the bullet still remain ing under the spinal column in a place almost or f f suf quite impossible to extract , causes me ear ul

The fering from sciatica . winter here has been simply terrible , the thermometer below zero f all the time , snow on the level three eet , and in f dri fts twenty feet deep o ten . How do you like the ’ picture ! God helping me , tis my last winter in the North . - I OI

The following autumn Ned Buntline put into ef

f e S fo r e t his proposed plan to go outh the winter ,

o f - f and with characteristic love out door li e , made the trip in his easy carriage , accompanied by his f wi e . While en route he was compell ed to stop sev

Pa f eral days at Gettysburg, . , and wrote as ollows “ from the historic old battle ground : We are de r f ained here by a continuous rain storm o five days ,

to for and Tur and I have been able send get the f,

Field and Far m with your kind biographical sketch . l I find it in the main correct , on y too flattering when speaking o f my talents In consequence o f ff f severe su ering rom old wounds , especially in cold f S weather , I shall spend the all and winter in a outh

o n f ern hunting trip , driving my w team , and ollow ing along the base o f the Alleghenies and Blue R S M idge through outhern Pennsylvania , aryland ,

Virginia and North Carolina i nto Georgia . I pro pose to hunt going and fish the trout streams as I ’ return toward Eagle s Nest in the spring . I wish n you were along . I expect a grand old time amo g ” the deer , bear and turkeys . M rs . It may be interesting to know that Judson ,

- a keen devotee o f angling and out door recreation , enjoyed the novelty and healthful character o f the f trip quite as fully as her husband , and in avorable weather could vie with him in fishing fo r trout and o D bass . Up n arriving in the Old ominion , about n fol the holiday season , Colo el Judson wrote as f D Va . o lows from Warrenton , , under date ecember 1 02

2 : D f f 7 elight ul society , air hunting for quail and t urkey, with fine weather , has kept me here yet . Next week I shall prospect the Blue Ridge and Ra ahanno k Upper pp c . I have not met any o f the

- old time sportsmen yet , but may before I get

- through my trip . I got a twenty pound wild turkey

. for this morning Wish you had him dinner . No

news down this way , only a Virginia Christmas is fun the liveliest you ever saw . On a subsequent trip to the Sunny South the gal lant old sportsman prepared a series o f brie f letters for publication in one o f the leading sporting jour m f als , to which he contributed requently as a labor

o f The f x l love . ollowing e tracts are given to i lus The trate his keen delight in the sports o f the field . n f letters were writte rom Warrenton , Virginia

15 th on a On the of October our season opens grouse , qu il — and wild turkey . They are unusually plenty the game laws and those of trespass being very clos ely observed . Fine sport will be had in the fields I am confident , and I will keep you posted thereon . Fox d hunting, with a noble pack of hounds , is in ulged in of three times a week by a gallant coterie brave cavaliers , and many fair ladies j oin in the dashing sport . on Major Holman , his famous leaper Talisman , gen erall d y lea s the way , while Charles Payne , the banker , a “ of nephew our genial friend , Nicholas Spicer , is never far to for behind ; that is , unless he is delayed let down a fence some obese party who is unused to taking five bars on the

as . fly , he often does x o d r Young James Maddu has a go d hunter un e him , and only gives in to the gallant major in keeping up to the hounds

one and running a fourth to earth after a long and ex citing

chase . The hunters have been busy after birds and have met with “ fair success . Alic , from Washington , paid us a visit , being o A a f . s a guest at the hospitable home Charlie Ross qu il , o s turkey and grouse ab und on Rossmere, he lived gloriou ly ,

I am sure . Three Philadelphia gentlemen spent a week in the vi cinit y very pleasantly, making the Warren Green their head ’ - quarters . Their hind quarters , like Pope s , were in the

fur f . saddle every day , as they rode out to seek and eather The shooting will be far better if we can only get a frost

or two to kill the weeds , which have grown rank and thick

with so much rain . The fox hunters will enjoy the crisp air also and scent

will lie all the better when the sun rises on frosted fields . E F . . a n C . Payne, the M ster Huntsma , is receiving many letters from lovers of good bounds and those who enjoy the

daring rides the hunters take . Though a very busy man in of his bank , he rises before dawn and covers many a mile

come and forest and field before the Opening hour arrives .

o The letter from the n ble Colonel of the Old Guard , a recollec the veteran Skinner , roused a thousand ple sant ‘‘

. a F tions in the mind of yours truly A week ago l st riday ,

the coolest day we have yet had in Virginia this year , I - drove fifty miles to enjoy a visit with genial , true hearted ” Dr l P S. Nick Spicer , . A ban ayne . I found him at his de - of the lightful home near Markham, in the foot hills Blue

- Ridge , surrounded by his good wife and well loved and C lovely daughters , enjoying the omforts of a generous home ,

but not in as robust health as when last we met . The acci dent I alluded to in my last letter yet troubled him and makes writing painful and laborious . Yet he says he will soon t e ” sume his pen for the sake of us old -time men who love him

so well . The warmth of my welcome at Crystal Water r de Hall made me forget the chill air and the long rough i , who uc o while in the presence of the man str k Billy Patters n , o i f listening to the music f h s accomplished daughters, I elt d it was a sin to think of growing ol . T o o r of m ed so C lonel Skinne , who we talk much that : w if and e r day, I would say I ill , health engagem nts pe mit , fulfill his advice in regard to the Daniel and Asshely hunts . The old Colonel has many very warm friends here who al ask f am d ways after him when we meet . Since rost c e bir s

r . are easier got at , the efore they appear more plenty r u Mr. Charles Payne, the popula banker, still keeps p his of bounds bo and f pack , and hunts them ldly requently r and with good success . Well mounted , a ather light weight , m b . Mr fr e d . o generally lea s the field Young De Lancey, is s is New York, never ab ent at the death ; he a very fine

has a . r f . K ride , and ast hunter and fine jumper James x the has no Maddu rides with boldest , and with the gun

o no . superi r , in fact equal in this section h 12 7 d Wit my gun , a Colt choke bore , gauge , % poun s , r he missed but one quail in twenty shots, in thick b ush , far which is ahead of my best work with the same gun . I am invited to a deer and turkey hunt on the Lower Ra ahannock x as Dowerman and pp ne t week , and Major

. to s ome l to Mr Yates are be in the party , game wil have ! ”

ff or sur e . su er, f x of With the e ception one cold snap last week , the b d f r for Old weather has een elight ul , real nice weathe an ’ man s enjoyment . a r n Wild turkey , quail , pheas nt and abbit are found o of r an i the table the Warren Green very f equently, d m ne “ ” host Maddux welcomes his guests in true Old Dominion style .

’ The sporting sketches from Ned Buntline s pen f f ! orm an attractive eature o f his literary work . A — I OO

e though written hastily and spontaneously , th y are filled with the spirit o f enthusiasm so characteristic o f M . f the author Leon ead , an timate friend o o f f the novelist, says his li e work as represented in “ his voluminous writings : Ned Buntline a ecom plished more literary work than Walter Scott and D ickens put together . In book form his serial n stories , which he has been almost incessantly pen ing for f over fi ty years , would amount perhaps to more t o than w hundred volumes . It is presumable that much which he wrote he did not very highly prize for intrinsic merit , just as Whittier , the poet , wishes that he had never published his first little volume o f ’ verses . But Buntline s tales stand by themselves as f T a a distinct class o literature . hey c nnot be com

- pared with the so called refined novel , except per

! his haps upon points o f style . It is certain that methods o f work were inspirational , else how could he have weaved his thrilling plots as he wrote , with out previou s deliberation . What Goethe says about ‘ literary style is essentially true ; style is the man f ’ himsel . “ His experience , both military and secular , doubt less caused him to continue in the peculiar field o f fiction which he originated and in which he was un

surpassed . Upon one occasion when the writer was h paying him a visit at his elegant home , w ich he ’ ‘ he : called Eagle s Nest, in the Catskills , said I might have paved fo r mysel f a far di fferent career

in letters , but my early lot was cast among rough

’ C H AP T E R; N I N E

NED BUNTLINE AS AN ANG LER AND ANG LI NG WRI TER

F all outdoor sports , Ned Buntline loved

of i n best the time honored art angling, as dicated clearly in his writings . He was fond o f the wilder sports o f the wilderness f and the plains , but there was a ascination — — in angling especially in trout fi shing that ap pealed to him more irresistibly than any other open air recreation . His entertaining contributions to the ’ sportsmen s periodicals would fill a volume o f ah

o f sorbing interest , and it is worthy note that the o f greater portion these sketches , written literally

o f o f as a labor love , are on the subject fishing with rod and line , and the angling companions with whom fe o f he enjoyed the sport . A w these pleasing tales o f trouting and o f his fishing associates are given to throw a side light on the man of dynamo energy and action , whose chosen pastime was the quiet , con templative art made classic by good old I zaak Wal 1 09

FEMALE AG LERS

It must not be arrogated by man that he is sole lord of D - o the Piscatorial omain . I have a better half wh can handle her six-ounce fl y-rod right skillfully ; who has camped with me on the banks of more than one bright trout Stream and of ec f gently , deftly drawn her share the sp kled beauties rom t their native element o the shore . M r a o rs. of I remember well , some ten yea s g , a Pollard , who t Jersey City , in a nea bathing suit took the lead over of our fl -fi shermen some best y wading in the Beaverkill , and who always took at least two to his one when her husband to tried beat her in the catch . She was graceful , skillful, too of sex to and , unlike many the sterner , not a bit given boasting . F emale anglers are gaining ground every year , as any one f who reads can see for himself . In the salmon waters o E ’ Canada , ngland s fairest Princess made a grand name this year for her skill and success . At this moment I hold a letter written to my wife by one of the fairest married belles

o W . f . Washington , Mrs Mattie , telling of the joy she had x e perienced with her husband , father , and a select party of ladies and gentlemen from the Old Dominion , while on a

fishing tour on the lovely Shenandoah . “ ” “ e tussel of an I caught , said she , and sav d , after a — — - ! hour more or less a four pound bass . Oh how he pulled — worse than a mule speeding home at feeding time . But I — held on even after he had run out all the line one hundred f —on befo e out and fifty eet my reel , and g I was quite tired , on so I pulled him ashore , and sat right down him, I was ’ ” afraid he d take a fresh start and get away again . d Just fancy that queenly form , which I have watche in - d for many a glorious waltz , seated on a four poun bass a : throne , while she shouted in glee “ ’ — for Harry ! Harry ! run here run fast , I ve got the - I I O

K ing of the Waters in the tightest pen he ever knew ! i ” Come and help me save him . And well might our fai r friend rejoice over such a cap u few o a o she a t re . A m nths g and her happy mate m de their ’ r to E am to o a b idal trip the agle s Nest , and I glad kn w th t

to ; many other accomplishments she has added that of

. no one angling Healthful , noble, and gentle , it will hurt to r f and o in and seek colo , li e j y the wilderness by the “ ” is ld of . d as o side bright waters It big me icine , an aw a to f d eat P nee chief s id me , when I pulled a fi ty poun fi sh ashore for him near Grand Island once on a raw-silk fl - d ro . u yline , with a trout reel and ten ounce I sed a bit “ o o w of sage hen f r a bait that time . I th ught it as big medicine myself when he shoved about half of it into an ot o fat iron p with s me venison , bear and hardtack that he t o ar wa had go fr m the Post ne by . But I s hungry and went into the mess cheerfully when it was brought into the

tepee .

ho on o w . to But , L rd love me, I have run What I want see now Amer ican An ler is in the g , some live , spirited , true fr of our F are sketches om some emale Anglers . There of - o wh fi rst s o , plenty them come on , ladies , and blest be “ ” ’ ’ ! — ac cries , Hold , enough Twill ne er be me bet your b k o hair n that . ' NE T I D BUN L NE.

’ E l N t 1 1 1 ag e s es , Oct. 3 , 88 .

S ETH G REEN ON THE STREAM

1857 was on In , I fishing the lower rapids , between Lake Utawana ow of and Marion River , which carries the overfl

the three Blue Mountain Lakes toward Raquette . It was — — early too early for the fly but I was there with a tin box f ll of r out of and e u white g ubs , chopped rotten logs thaw d u o ot into life in the genial s n f a frosty May morning. I g

S ET H G R EEN

FA MO U S A NG L ER AND FI S H C U LTU RI S T — I I I

o r a strike about once in two or three minutes n an ave age, - and seldom less th an a two pounder took the Limerick . I - f had been in the ice cold water an hour , had a fi teen pound u to i s basket f ll , and a string hanging my belt w th near a

on . o to o to many more it I had , I thought , en ugh g my n E cabin o agle Lake with . o Just then I heard a sharp hallo , and looking ver to “ ” — ward the carry I saw Bill Wood S ince killed in the war of 186l— i -set carry ng his boat over , followed by a thick man own r about my size , but looking near a centu y older, with his out to bushy grey beard and hair , and I walked join

own . them , for my boat lay at the upper end of the carry “ ! ” Got any said the stranger curtly , before Bill had a o w chance t say ho he was . “ n was Some ; more tha I can eat for supper , I reckon ,

my reply . ’ Yes t 0 n ; pret y fair for this time year , said the stra ger,

looking at the basket and string carelessly . “ i ” I was nettled at pretty fa r only , and yet I had near

of . thirty pounds trout , caught within less than an hour “ ! ” Pretty fair . Can you do better Y ’ es ; Bill set down your boat . I ll show this youngster ’ ” un how to lure the big S. was o not That all he said , and he to k my rod , that I had a own yet unjointed , put on a double le der of his and a single

boo . k at the end of it I had been using two . Wading into

the water just as he was , without rubbers, he cut the red o belly fin from one f the best trout and put it on his book. Casting over into the swiftest water of the rift he drew the line rapidly up stream and we could see the red fin leap now and every then clear of the white water . A second more and the largest trout I had ever seen in and was those waters struck fairly hooked . My rod , bought of as Conroy imported lancewood , bent nearly double , and then I saw the prettiest display of science I had then ever —I I Z

. a r and seen The trout , first up , then down stre m, here, the e , for f and everywhere, always on a strain , struggled nobly li e

f . r of reedom But he had a master at the ight end the rod , ot and in about ten minutes a trout weighing , when we g unds one was home , five pp lacking ounce, secured . “ on do as a Shall I keep , or will this a specimen sked

the stranger . “ d ’ This will do . I coul n t have saved him , I said . And ” now to who ! , have the kindness tell me you are “ ’ ”

! . Me Oh , I m only Seth Green ! s f Only Seth Green I had heard genial , gifted , kil ul

o of Alban J our nal . George Daws n, the y , talk of him Gen F E of eral . . Spinner , then think in Congress , told me him — I said he was the best fly fisherman in America . I grasped his broad , honest hand , looked into his clear eye, and a love out for all a has went him then , which in the ye rs since never changed . Good old Seth Green ! He has been old Seth for fifty years , yet he is younger, sturdier in frame and in heart than two- are thirds of the youngsters who talk fishing and .ply the rod when they can do it easily in waters reached by rail and stocked for the benefit of lazy boys . God bless old Seth Green ! He has done more for fish culture and fish information than all the rest of us scribblers on the theme in the country . Long may his hand be steady , hi s eye clear and his heart warm in the art he loves so well . to who His name is sacred all know him truly , and what he s or ays about fish fishing may be depended on faithfully .

NED BUNTLINE.

New or k Feb 1 1 . 4 882 Y , th , .

W H ERE TO FI S H FOR TROUT

Yearly, Uncle Sam receives much financial benefit in the postage line through letters directed to me , mainly by stran

u . bill co nty Thence , Jack Scudder will speed you over the s to h the Beaverkill , w ere , at Tripps, Jones , Brothers , Leals ’ as as or Weaver s , you will find good accommodation any e true angler ne d desire , and fair sport . of Whenever I am in, the starry flag freedom flies from ’ the staff at Tripp s . That has been my headquarters for B o . e years , but either of the other places named are g od w M o lo rs . , Murd ck keeps a splendid house , and there are “ o ! many others wh se names forget , who will take a stran ” ger in if they get a chance . Philadelphians will yet find trout and rattlesnakes up the — c Lycoming Valley espe ially about Trout Run, Red Run , E and . on at Ralston And the rie Railroad , at Narrows co r burg, Sullivan unty , New York , at the famous Mur ay ou o s hostelry, y will have fine tr ut and black ba s fishing,

d do . pointed out close at hand . You will live well an well u o i r Ask k . o t Roc well If y wish to fish mus c , where rattle s s as as off are almo t plenty pretty girls , stop at Mast Hope , f r two o . just below , a day or This is a brief mention of places with which I am fami

r ar e . lia , that easily reached I will , in another number , out point some more, not so handy , but yet accessible and good when you get there .

NED BUNTLIN E. —I t o d orn in mind t a th for oin ra ic ! NOTE. sh ul b e b e h t e eg g g ph “ ’ ” lines wer e cast from Ned B untline s prolifi c pen ne ar ly thi rty

ea s a o and ot er conditions rev ail at the resent time . The y r g , h p p old-time uides a e one to t ei r fi nal rest and the famous hos g h v g h , t ri f o da fo th mos a rt i n a to ar er el es o t er s a e r e t p , g e w l g h y h v , v y “ ” i r Palati a am s if not more congen al summer esort hotels. l c p a re now to b e found in th once r emote laces of the Adirondac s e p k , a nd angling de lux e is the order of the day with the millionaire - - fl r F E P. a t . . y c s e s . )

NOTES FROM T HE NORTH WOODS

- Your old correspondent and good old time angler , A . who as N . fishes with an Orvis rod , doth yours truly, “ carries me back to very happy memories in his Then and Now . We have fished in the same waters and I know every guide and some rather slimpsy ones that were there from 1856 to 1861 o for r , when I left the North W ods harde game to deal with than wolves or panthers . n —a r and fi sh Yes , I k ew Dick Birch better guide , hunte erman did not roam the woods or paddle lake and stream . I ’ o - l knew all the Bennett boys, the Wo ds a most all were in or my employment at one time another . w “ ” I as right about Tallow Lake . I changed the name t E was fi fs to o agle Lake . I the t settler in there and ought l . c o know Ordway and Phelps had a small learing, with a g bu t . and a log hay barn on it , that I bought No one ever wintered there before me . — As to Alvah Dunning God help the poor old fellow on I would not hurt a grey hair his head , if there are any d to as hairs left . He use annoy me , he had annoyed others , and I quietly let him know that there was a law of self defense , that ruled even in the wilderness . E A . N . C . is probably aware that I named agle and Uta “ w Utawanna anna Lakes . , in the Indian tongue , means Sunny

Water . hO e to o to I p g there this summer see Chauncey Hathorn , ’ E o Sabatis dward and Charlie Bennett , the Woods , go d old , ’ d r l o “ r an of i s t o. fo all the rest the boys , and g , And I ll fish ’ r or m t out, and I ll get them in Minnie Pond so ewhere else , ’

ou be t . y If not I ll go hungry . ’ b I don t sing ass . on r The largest salmon I ever caught , I got a t olling line off the mouth of Minnie Brook in the upper part of Blue — of Mountain Lake , west side just inside the end Long - as . f Island , we called it then It weighed twenty our pounds

. F nine ounces S . Bennett , from the ourteenth township , w 1 rowed my boat . This as in 85 8 I think in July . Poor ld o . d Si went down for the flag, I heard Well , a goo many more brave boys took the same chances and went the same ro was ad . Brave Bill Wood one of them . - I I 6

o F o and When I g in I shall take Glens alls in my r ute, ’

. . . a maybe A N C will join me . We ll carry in to Alvah “ ’ ” drop o comfort - and tell him to take care of his own traps o n for and his w boats , and prepare a final rest in the happy i hunt ng grounds . NE NTLI D BU N E.

’ l N D o Ea e e t el. C 1 s s N. 28 8 2 8 . g , Y March ,

FIS HI NG UP STREAM “ H h f . . w o My Watsontown riend , J . R , likes falling who how down up stream, and remembers I handled the rib tamden a in 1856 d re bons over a te m , keeps me in kin ly bra c — me n e . bo m , I see Well , it is all right , my dear y there is no s - she accounting for ta te, as the milk maid said when ’ cow saw a man kiss a . You fish up stream and I ll fish ’

l o d . down , and we l both be c ntente with our catch I am getting old and lazy and carry all the lead I ever use in ’ fishing, in a game leg of mine, which I didn t have when you saw me first , and I can get down stream easier than I a x can go up . If possible I will try some of your stre ms ne t H i ’ . f summer , J . R . , especially you ll save one big , wild “ ” trout for me to come down stream on . I don ’ t know until I see the water and have the day what I ’ ll fish with—but I ’ ll chuck something that the big

s . trout will like . Bet your cork crew on that And should you incline to the lovely Beaverkill I will lead you a pleas m ant minuet along its wooded shores . A note to the A er i can Angler office will reach me wherever I may be wander who o ing. And with a God bless you and all love to g - ’ NE N E. a fi shin d a r evoir . D N TLI g, BU

BL UE MOU NTAI N LAK E AND N ED B U NTLI NE

My thanks to Ned Buntline for his reply to my query ! about the size Of trout in Blue Mountain Lake . I knew th at he named the lakes around his forest home .

C H A P T E R; T E N

NED BUNTLINE AS A WR ITER OF VERSE

’ OLONEL JUDSON S love o f the woods

and waters , his admiration fo r the ever

o f varying charms Nature , his impassioned f eloquence in speech and ervor in writing, all denote the poetic cast o f the eccentric novelist . Few perhaps , even among his admirers , are familiar with his glowing stanzas— grave and — f r gay , serious and sentimental o it must be con f fo r essed that they were the most part , merely the “ ” unconsidered trifl es in the avalanche o f literary work which he poured forth with amazing vigor and f f t . o versatili y With poetic gi ts a high order, he e chose , and no doubt wisely , to subordinate thes and givehis wayward fancy free rein in a direction that f assured him greater ortune , though possibly less ex alted fame . f T e O his poems it may be said , hey hav been too e phemeral to stamp themselves deeply into the pub f o f f lic attention ; and thus , as so many eathers ancy , have been blown aloft only to be whistled down the 1 1 9

f . ew o f wind A these , however , have been treas ur ed o f as charming gems verse , notably his stirring “ ’ o f The E lines descriptive agle s Nest , and the ex “ uisite The o q little poem , Hills f Delaware , pub lished f o f in ormer chapters the present serial .

was o f Ned Buntline a man strong passions , as

ze olian variable in mood as the harp in its tone , and f he embodied the very spirit o poetic sentiment . He pre ferred the solitude o f the wilderness to the social f o f f en orms the cities , and , as he o ten said with thusiasm f nd , ound more peace , happiness a unal loyed pleasure in the haunts o f bird and beast tha n f in the midst o the surging tide o f humanity . He f o f ound inspiration , like the pastoral poets olden “ nk o f f- times , in the twi ling hal hidden brooks , in

o f o f the gleaming silver rivers , in the blue distance

o f mountains , in the repose sequestered lakes ; in the

o f o f - song birds , in the sighing the night wind , in

o f f f the fresh breath the woods , in the per ume o the

in hyacinth , the suggestive odor that comes to him ,

f far at eventide , rom distant undiscovered islands , ” n over dim oceans , illimitable and u explored .

’ Duri ng the early years o f Ned Buntline s stirring career the stern realities o f li fe occupied his atten

x o f f n tion , to the e clusion poetical a cies , but when he finally found rest and peace at his home in the H u f f udson highlands , his merc rial spirit o ten ound solace in spontaneous rhymes as varied as the lights

The en and shadows that surrounded him . lines 1 2 0

March Born may be given as characteris his serious moods : Born when tempests wild were raging ’ sk O er the earth , athwart the y, When mad spirits seemed as waging ’ Battle fierce for mast ry Born when thunder loudly booming Shook the roof above my head When red lightning lit the glooming ’ o er s a Which land and e was spread .

Life since then a constant battle , Foes ahead and foes behind

Like a skirmish line , the rattle Sweeping up on every wind Clouds and shadows ever rapping All the paths my feet before Spent my soul with eager mapping Plans that vanish evermore !

is m Age co ing swift upon me , Comes no rest with all these years L ove r won , though t uly it hath me, Lessens not my many cares Only when my Maker calleth

Can I lay my burden down , Then as in the forest falleth oak is ! Stricken , my work done ’ In 1 8 8 1 Colonel Judson s home was darkened by o f f the death little Irene , a bright and beauti ul f o . The child , the idol her parents pathetic lines

S f Mirr or o f published in the tam ord , under the title ” f Our Lost Irene , indicates the deep grie and deso lation o f the novelist

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When the crisp north wind is blowing From the regions of the pole ; When the squirrels cute are Stowing Nuts within their nesting hole ; When the song birds have deserted All the thi ckets on the hill ; i s r When dead leaf from branch pa ted , And the ice-lock chains the rill

e Then it is , in sanctum seat d , h our ; Wit rods and, guns in Sight Joys of Summer are repeated ’ By the voice of Mem ry bright is Then it , with comrades cheery, ’ Hours with pleasure s woof are wrought ; s And true hearts , which el e were weary , Are to fond communion brought

Then we tell our woodland stories How we fished and where we Shot ; ’ o Revel in a sportsman s gl ries , Which we know are ne ’ er forgot !

Catch again the speckled beauty , Gi ant of his native stream ; ’ to oo Drink man and manh d s duty , o And f loved ones think and dream . On rare occasions Ned Buntline indulged in an

o f amusing burlesque or witticism , and his sense f humor on estive occasions , his ready wit and the ease with which he could prepare impromptu verse , made him a most delightful companion at club gath n er e erings and ba quets . An admirable little hit p p trated on the occasion o f a feast upon an ancient — 1 23 f owl is given herewith . It is entitled A Washing ton ’ s Birthday Dinner ”

o old They slew a g bbler, grim and , That never told a lie ; They used a hatchet; fierce and bold y saw The that gobbler die . d d They boiled it long, they boile it har , “ ” r Then baked the c itter down . — Four hours they cooked believe your bard T o do that turkey brown .

’ With oysters fresh from Dorlon s stand They stuffed the anci ent fowl ; With butter sweet from Elgin ’ s land old They basted that owl . ’ Twas garnished well with parsley shred , And backed with viands rare ; ” chawed But we who some tear drops shed,

While others loud did swear.

They said on far-off Aarat d Old Noah dumpe that bird , And all this time it took to fat Perhaps the grumblers erred ; s But this we know , the toughe t course We e ’ er had tried to masticate With jaws once used to m ule or worse o Was left up n our dinner plate .

’ Ned buntline s hours o f relaxation at his country f home were characteristic o f the man . As be ore

o f stated , the sports the field claimed the greater

o f f su ervi portion his leisure days , but a care ul p 1 2 4

o f sion the grounds , the blooded stock , and all the ’ o f f belongings his beauti ul home , the Eagle s f f Nest , ormed a never ceasing source o pleasure to him . At sunrise every morning it was his custom “ : to call his little son with the cheery words Come , E ” ddie , it is time to raise the flag, and catching the spirit o f patriotism the lad would glee fully assist in running up the stars and stripes to the top o f the - ff tall flag sta on the lawn , where it might be seen ,

for o f f in fine weather , a distance fi ty miles up and T down the Delaware valley . hen the old veteran would usually give the lad a short drill in the manual o f f n arms , and , a ter a morning drive along the mou

o f for tain roads , take up his round literary work the day .

1 2 6 en Th sword and toy gun . e youngster has more playthings than any other boy in the state , and ‘ o f o f many them are suggestive mimic battle . I ’ mean that his childhood shall be happy , said the e f ‘ Colon l , ondly regarding him , as mine was not . for the D I get him all toys any boy needs . uring my childhood I never had a kite or a ball , a trumpet or a marble . I never knew how to play . He has a

u tr emenduous tr mpet and a drum and a banjo , and for this house is musical , besides these we have a violin , and two guitars , a tambourine , organette , n E xylophone and piano . A d I mean to bring ddy E up with an a ffection for the old flag . very morn -f ing he helps me raise a twenty oot flag on that tall , sun spruce pole on the lawn , and every night at down he and I man the halyards and lower it . All day every pleasant day it floats when I am at home , and is visible for twenty miles up and down the ’ valley . Colonel Judson suffered acutely and almost con n f sta tly rom his many wounds , yet with character i sti c spirit he would not ask or receive a pension . His iron constitution gradually gave way under the physical strain endured through long years , and his visits to New York City became les s and l es s fre ff f quent . He was a terrible su erer rom sciatica , and

finally a serious a ffection of the heart came on , which baffled the skill o f his physicians . With unabated zeal and spartan resolution he still plied his pen , though su ffering untold agony, which he strove to 1 2 7 hide lest it should add to the grief o f his wi fe and child . While in this condition Ned Buntline prepared o f en several thrilling bits fiction , notably a serial “ ” fo e Y titled Incognita , written r the N w ork Wav erl y. At his request an easy reclining e asy

f r chair was sent him , o greater convenience in writ ing , and in acknowledging receipt of this he wrote f f n 1 8 his publishers as ollows , under date o Ju e ,

1 8 8 6 : The chair arrived last night, and I write my f first letter in it this morning . It is a great relie to ‘ I n me , and I will soon get used to working in it . ’ f cognita will grow very ast now . It will be a grand f o f story , ull mystery , and the best I have ever writ Wa ten . It may be my last serial , and I want the verl y to have my last letter , which this may be Thanking you sincerely in taking so much

care in selecting the chair , I will well repay you in ‘ ’ good work on Incognita . Ned Buntline ’ s last contribution to the sporting 0 1 8 8 6 journals was a brief sketch written April 3 , ,

Tur Field a nd Far m fol and published in the f, as lows Propped Up in my invalid chair by the window of my - for sick chamber, where I have battled life for ten long r out on a s wea y weeks , I look Opening le ve , bright apple blos r of r r o soms , and the flashing wate s my p ivate t out bro k , while for the first time at this date for years I see no Sign n or - d d of snow o hillside mountain . To morrow a hun re rods will bend over bright waters within a radius of four “ ” o on vis r five miles of me , yet I must look sadly my pet Or

m o . in the corner , and let the Split ba b o rest 1 2 8

is It hard when sympathizing visitors , and they are many, tell me the streams never before gave better promise of sport in this section .

. ifli Stocked liberally by John N Bennett and John G r n, e n of D a aided by mys lf , the west bra ch the elaware nd the l many brooks near by are literally alive with speck ed beauty . two fi rst- The named gentlemen have died within a year, and “ ’ not hO e here am I , on my beams ends , looking sadly , yet p lessly, on dark waters ahead . ! who m to Strange , is it not We , have done so uch fill

of x ! Telle the waters , past the reward labor and e penditure

est vie.

’ to out of o I don t like tell tales of school , but some the b ys “ ” seen o of hunting leeks for use in school have milli ns trout , r as they wandered along the brooksides . And I am af aid — encouraged by my physician they may have brought in one loo o ou ! r two o k . t o for me t at Just cheer me up , y know rod I can write no more . Hopeless of bending a this sea son if do u , , indeed , I ever again , I am faithf lly yours ,

NED BUNTLIN E.

f . A subsequent letter to his riend Capt . L . A

Beardslee written in the same vein , gives evidence o f the fraternal spirit o f genuine

The o f 1 sportsmanship. letter bears date June 9

’ D EAR OLD PIS ECO : Your flattering comparison of the do hulk p ropped up on shores to this writing, and the gal -u Pawhatan lant yet at last used p , was received and read , with a soul full of appreciation . The seamanship which brought her safely through her last terrible battle with the ’ ’ be e ocean s might and the tempest s will , can only appreciat d now I to . by a sailor . f I live I will try work it up I am — to few e helpless so weak I can hardly keep up write a lin s , yet my brain , thank heaven , seems clear . If I were only ou able to make a visit from y a pleasure , how glad I would

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d f f wor s breathed a loving arewell to wi e and child . The funeral was held the followin Sunda in con g y , f ormity with his request , and was attended by a con “ f f f far T e course o riends gathered rom and near . h remains were escorted from his late residence called , ‘E ’ ’ by him agle s Nest , by delegations o f Posts o f H D ff obart , elhi , Oneonta , Je erson , Grand Gorge , R Y . . and P ondout, N , Philadelphia , a . , under com o f Th mand Captain Clark . e old flag he loved so well floated at hal f-mast in the clear atmosphere o f f the day on the lawn ronting the residence , and the spirited steed he had so often bestrode walked rider f less a ter the hearse . A large number o f citizens f also ollowed the mourners in procession , and the funeral is said to have been the largest ever seen in The that neighborhood . body was taken into the Methodist Church where brief ceremonies were

Re E R . held by v . L . . ichards , Presbyterian pastor

Not half those in attendance could gain admittance . The procession then reformed and proceeded to thg o f cemetery , where the remains the gallant hero fi ti - were t ngly consigned to their last resting place , consistent with the ceremonies incident to the burial of of a soldier and patriot, the sincere mourning sor ” rowing relatives and friends . The sentiment of regret over the death o f the gal wa s lant scout , sailor , sportsman and novelist, sin

lHis i cere and widespread . many noble and dar ng few s deeds were called to mind , and sacreligiou hands were fou nd to emblazon be fore the public the in wayward deeds which , his career , were the out

o f o f come passionate impulse , not premeditation . The Tur Field a nd Far m f f, paid the ollowing ju dic10us tribute to his memory f hi E ’ Peace ully at s home, appropriately christened agle s ” Nest , among the mountains which overlook the historic H - man udson , this lion hearted , generous and remarkable o his f b wed head and gave up the struggle for life . The brie m s w to a f e sage hich came us over the wires from St m ord , l F o E d as f . . o t riday, announcing the death dward Z C Ju s n , d us for his de paine deeply , though we had been prepared e a t mise by the closing s ntence in his l st communication o us . It is now over two years since the rugged Old sportsman to fi was ascended the stairs our of ce, where he always a wel

. was s to come visitor That his la t visit , we believe , the “ ” metropolis . History will speak of Ned Buntline as a as fer dashing middy , a brave scout on the frontier, and a f and r a tile writer o fiction . It was as a sportsman a b illi nt contributo r to sporting literature that we knew him and ad Tur Field and Farm mired him most . The volumes of the f, contain many graphic descriptions of the chase and spark l was ing tales of the delights of angling , from his pen , and it to this journal that he sent his l ast greeting to fellow-sports m o and en . f 7 It appeared in our issue May of this year, it seems fitting that we should publish it again at this time . Between the lines we read Of the p ai n and disease which was slowly but surely breaking the spirit and sapping the strong life. The closing paragraph was sadly prophetic .

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M 1 1 is r . o was 8 9 h Juds n born in Philadelphia about , no father being a practicing attorney in that city . Ned had t for the dr of K and com aste y tomes Blackstone and ent , menced an adventurous career by shipping as a cabin boy on a merchantman bound for the Pacific ; thence to a man-oi — I 3 2

’ war , where by bravery he earned a midshipman s commis sion from the hand of President Van Buren . His service in was the Navy brief but brilliant , and upon leaving the em oi a ploy Uncle Sam , he d shed into sensational fiction , and with his re ady pen coined the dollars which his generous l to hand was a ways ready bestow upon the needy. One weekly paper in this city was elevated to prosperity by pub “ ’ ” lication for c in its columns of Ned Buntline s serials , whi h the proprietors paid him enormous sums . The now famous “ ” Buffalo Bill was brought before the public gaze through ’ ” on Ned Buntline s stories of life the plains , investing the daring frontiersman with an air of romance which still clings to him . A conspicuous figure, broad of shoulder and strong ' d of muscle , his countenance spoke of indomitable will an his O keen eyes flashed with the fire of geni us . f late years he f - d mingled but little with his ellow men , but that the bon s of friendship were not loosened by this was evinced upon his funeral , when over eight hundred mourners followed the “ ’ ” - as remains to Ned Buntline s last resting place . He w buried at Stamford on Monday last with the honors of the of b of Grand Army the Republic , many prominent mem ers that order being present . Dr S S . Alban . Payne Nicholas picer the f popular sporting writer , a devoted and almost li e “ ” f n long rie d o f Ned Buntline , gave a spontaneous , heart-felt tribute to his worth in the journal above o f mentioned . His words echo the sentiments nu

: m erous friends o f the deceased sportsman fi nd d Your las t issue contains sad n ews to me . I my ear w l s . H as E . . o d Col. . G friend , Z Jud on , is no more e a — a . generous , brave, noble man remarkable man Our acquaintance commenced in the office of the old Spir it of the ur Times r . o , and antedates fo ty years In all that time “ ” be friendship never paled . Nick Spicer always felt and

1 3 4 manly eye will moisten when they learn of the death of their Old —no not one— fee generous , noble friend, but none , can l a e or r r for of d de per a mo e since e grief the death their frien , or Whos e heart pulsates in a stronger rhythm of sympathy for his begeaved family than does the heart of his and your l o d friend . ICH OLAS PI N S CER.

S o f In the patriotic order , ons America , no mem ber was more widely known or more highly appre ciated e f than Colon l Judson . He had been one o f o f ff the ounders the order , and at di erent times filled the position o f National Vice-President and

M o f National aster Forms and Ceremonies . It is t f na ural , there ore , that his death should be deeply

o f deplored by the comrades that organization , and that a feeling eulogy should be given at the ha nds

S f a e he f M . C m N ws t o r . . o H J tager , editor the p , f o f f o ficial organ the order , rom which we quote

We are deeply grieved to make this sad announcement to our F has brethren . Since ebruary last Brother Judson been troubled with heart disease for which no relief could be oh w ff a tained. He as aware that he might pass O of the ctive stage of life at any moment and himself arranged many of the details and gave directions as to what should follow his a il e decease . He felt a willingness to be freed from the f i of his tions this life , only solicitude being the parting that must follow with his clear wife and son upon whom the

fondest affections of a warm true heart were freely lavished . He was conscious to the last and excepting a token of the to of r who warmest love the dear companion his best yea s , wa to to his r a s ever near and with him minister eve y w nt , he repeated the words so close to his heart and in full con sistency with the object of his whole life , that Americans must rule America . His end was as peaceful and gradual as the sleep of an f of in ant, and his spirit was wafted to the side the great patriots of our land who have gone before and whose deeds and works while in the flesh will be remembered in the ur brightest pages of o national history . For many years he m had resided at Sta ford, surrounded by all the comforts that r t o o man can enjoy, and eve ready o d his utmost t advan ce of to do his to the interests society , and part benefit man Hi l ‘ l kind . s who e ife was devoted to the servi ce of his coun and its his d t try , flag, and honor eepest solici ude and study , and on many occasions his life was offered as a sacrifice in his to his devotion these principles , and miraculous escapes f x wonder ul almost beyond belief . He e celled as an author in fiction whose stories have amused millions of readers , and “ ” Ned Buntline is known all over the world .

H our was r on e took a highly active part in Order , p esent several occasions as a delegate in the State Camp of Pennsyl

. H in 7 Pa. vania e held membership Camp , , Philadelphia , 1868 ro osed jherein Philadel since , being p p by the writer ; o NO 4 to phia C mmandery . , and also belonged the Sons of , o 77 of America Post N . , Grand Army the Republic , in Phila of delphia . He organized the Order in the States Maine , “ New Jersey , and Illinois , while traveling with his Scouts ” f to o the Plains combination . He helped organize the Na tional Camp in 18 72 was first National Vice-President and then elected as Nation al Master of Forms and Ceremonies in 18 72 He was ever earnest and practical and never e a lost interest in the cause . The present Red Degr e ritu l of our Order is the work of his pen and will stand as an ever lasting monument refl ecting his fidelity to our cause and de wa is votion to true American principles . He s liberal with h means and made many presentations to str uggling Camps and a one of our members . In his dece se we lose ablest and best standard bearers, whose loss it will be impossible to fully re place . 18 7 1 was F In , he married to Miss Anna uller , an Ameri Of W wa can lady his native town , to hom he s most earnestly of devoted , and in the happy union these years a daughter s e o and on w re added t the family . The daughter died in 188 1 x , and his grief in this loss was e cessive . He now sleeps by her side where he had erected an almost perfect i mage of his lost child , in Italian marble, to mark the spot of her s o burial . His on is a bright pr mising youth of five years who Will not forget the patriotic teaching of the father who be gan thus early to instruct him .

Mr . f . o Charles J Beattie , a prominent member S o f the ons America , said in presenting appropriate resolutions of regret and condolence

to Brother President, our brethren have deputed me the melancholy duty of preparing and presenting to this Camp resolutions of regret at the death of our honored comrade E 7 and brother , Colonel dward Z . C . Judson , of Camp ,

Pa. ; it is a duty always sad and mournful , seldom pleasant and never delightful to write an epitaph or pen an obituary ’ r esolution , and in this case the notice of the hero s death r r b ings with it not alone the sorrow but the sigh and the tea , so and visits every heart with the pangs of grief, every bo m with agonized feelings of loss and loneliness , and every mind with recollections of his words and works now ceased for ever . The fearless heart of the sterling patriot is now still

in death , it throbs no more with the holy emotions that f hereto ore thrilled it for home and country , his immortal pen that aroused sentiments of patriotism in every lan d is laid aside forever : his eloquent tongue which always uttered r f wo ds of cheer for friend and brother , for flag and ather ’ a r land , and thundered denunci tions against our count y s foes , is now quieted in deathly silence ; his sword that flashed brightly in the line of battle against sedition and anarchy for

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W if hen a complete biography shall be written , ever , by any author competent to do justice to the work , it f f will be ound that the volume here presented , ar from ex aggerating the personal courage and dar ing, the heroic deeds and Wild adventures o f this modern knight errant , one tithe has scarcely been told . A detailed biography would resemble , in

n o f thrilli g interest , the adventures the Arabian

- Nights . His meteor like career , however , closed as calmly as the summer eve that lulled him to a final rest . ’ l After life s fi tfu fever he sleeps well . BI BLI OG RAPHY It has been estimated that the literary work of Ned Bunt line— his serial stories and miscellaneous writings— if col lected in book form would fill no less than two hundred f of volumes of good size . The ollowing is a partial list his published books as recorded by bibliographers :

’ 1 h C in Pi T e apta s g.

A T h mon f Fir . 1 2 Ella dams o r e e o e 8 63 . ; , D h 1 3 T he attlesna e ; or T e eb el Pri ateer . 8 63 . R k , R v N 1 h ansion a ster of w or . 8 4 . 4 . T e G rosb e ak M ; My y e Y k 6

ion. 1 . S. adia a eroine of the e ell 8 64 S , H R b

6 ife in the addle or T he C a alr cout. 1 8 65 . L S ; , v y S

7 T he Parricides or T he oom o f the A ssassin. 1 8 65 . ; , D

8 T he Volunteer or T he aid of onte e . 1 865 . ; , M M r y N 1 9 . T he B eautiful un. 8 66.

h as 1 . 1 0. agdalena t e Outc . 866 M , t

1 1 C n tt. 1 8 66. . lare ce e Rh 0

1 h a l of H at or ea s Ar rum s. 1 867 . 2. T e B tt e e ; e , H rt T p h d S 1 9 1 3 . ! ua er aul t e I iot p . 86 . k S , y

14 . Red W a rrior. 1 8 69.

h o r e. 1 86 . 1 5 . T hanendena a t e c u g 9 g , S

1 h an er. 1 8 0. 6. Red a l t e g 7 R ph , R 1 1 7 . T he Se a B andit. 8 70.

1 8 T he W ron ed au te . 1 87 0. . g D gh r

h K ni o th lack Fla . 1 9 . organ ; or t e g f e B g M , ht

E fi i 1 1 . 20. n alo B ll. 8 8

1 1 . 21 . W restling Joe. 88 ’ h B Ho s of New or T e y Y k . ’ au t r T he B uccaneer s D gh e . ’ h n i ti T e C o spir ator s V c m. ’ h G Hals of N w or T e e Y k . ’ T h a te e Jew s D ugh r. ri n i ri N Yor Myste es a d M s e es of ew k . ft Th ree Y ea r s A er. h i T e White C ru s er . T he B lack A v eng er of the Spanish M ain.

T he Red i t H and a a le of ndian Warfare. R gh , T I

Hilliare H enderson or T he ecret ev ealed. ; , S R ’ h Con i t T h Cons ira i T e c or e to r s V ctim. v ; , p

ermet Ben r T h A strolo er K in . M ; p , e g g

T he ueen of the Se a or Our ad of the cean. ! ; , L y O T h K in of th Sea a al of th F l F e g e ; T e e ear ess ree. L ona Pr scott T h C r fi u e ; or, e u se Ful lled. ’ ’ T he Man 0 W ar M an s G rudge ; A Romance of the Revo

lution. ’ En i T h gl s om ; or T e muggler s ecret. h , S S

aul Sabb erda or T he diot S . S y; , I py T he W eel of isfortune or T he V ictims of otter and h M ; , L y Po lic aler s y D e . ’ iri am o r T he ew s au ter. M ; , J D gh h T e W ite Wiz ard or T he G reat Pro et of the eminoles . h ; , ph S ’ tella elorme o r T he Comanc e s ream. S D ; , h D o wood if P i N r or e on the ra rie . ; , L C ruisings Afl oat and A sh ore ; from the Private Log of Ned nt in B u l e. ’ Ned u tlin if arn B n e s L e Y . T he L ast of the B uccaneers ; a Y a rn of the Eighteenth Cen tury. ’ Elfr ida T he R ed o er s au ter. , R v D gh Se a W a if or T h ro C e e r r o f the oast. ; , T T he ell H nt r o r An C u e c ean o as . Sh ; , O L ve h e ill r ede ar A al of th ono a B T g ; T e e M ng ahel . T he in r M e D etective. Da w h F n rro t e lo ati ete i . , g D ct ve adowed and r a d Sh T ppe . arnacle ac s B B k tay. ountain T om M . O rt odox eems h J . az l E H e ye. o r i d R ve W l . ensation S S ate. attlesna N d R k e e . G uliett th e, e W a if. Bi F t g oo Wallace. H arr luff h t e eefer. y B , R Na i ator Ned v g . ’ Wild ill s ast r ail B L T .