The Indians made a raid through the country east of the present site of Greeley, stealing horses and cattle and killing the settlers. Geary had a hundred and fifty horses stolen and a large number were taken from Kempton’s ranch at the same time. Lieutenant J. L. Brush’s brother, William Brush, his cousin, J. L. …
In the fall of 1865 I took eight well armed men who were familiar with Indian fighting, with me after some timber. We went eighty miles up the Lawrence branch of the North Platte, through a very wild country and inhabited with hostile Indians. We were gone sixteen days and had only one scrap with …
These few short stories were told to the writer by three pioneers who took an active part in the early settlement of Colorado. It has been their desire for several years past to make known to the public (and especially to the citizens of the state of Colorado who have reaped the benefits of the …
In the year 1861, the Cheyennes and Arapahoes made a treaty with the settlers at Bent’s Fort. Tempting the Indians with vain promises, mystifying them with presents and deluding them into believing they would be benefited, if under the rule of the government, which, undoubtedly, they would, had they submitted to the authority and abided …
Some of the old residents will remember Jim Kimsey. He was from Southern Illinois, therefore did not know much about fighting Indians before he came to Colorado. But one thing he soon learned was that he was afraid of them. He said: “Nobody as knows ’em can help being ‘fraid of ’em; white folks are …
In September, 1865, I put up improvements on my ranch and took up my residence there. About seven o’clock in the morning of the twenty-second day of October, I came down out of the hills where I had been hunting my stock. Just as I came down on the road near my place, I met …
Alston Knox Shaw was born February 11, 1833, at Townson, Norfork County, in Canada West. Though a Canadian by birth, he is really a Holland Yankee. His grandfather on his father’s side came over in the Mayflower while his mother’s people belonged to the oldest colony in the New England states. From both sides of …
The prime object in the minds of the editor and his assistant writers in compiling this History of Colorado, also the intent of the publishers, has been to base it on authentic sources, not only in the narrative of the original explorations of the New World, but in the modern settlement and development of our …