Powder River invasion : $b War on the rustlers in 1892Mercer, A. S. (Asa Shinn)
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Powder River invasion : $b War on the rustlers in 1892
Mercer, A. S. (Asa Shinn)
Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century; Johnson County War, 1892; Wyoming -- History
After the mob had killed Champion and Ray at the K. C. ranch we took
supper at the wagons, about half a mile above the K. C. house, on the
river. After supper we started for Buffalo. About six or seven miles
from the K. C. ranch we changed horses and kept on the road to Buffalo
until near a place known as Carr’s ranch, where we saw a bright fire
burning about half a mile ahead. Some one in the direction of the fire
let a gun go off. We then left the road and turned to the left and cut
a wire fence and went through a large field, and came into the road
again and followed the road to the 28 ranch, where we got some coffee
and bread and took two hours’ rest in the loft of the stable. We then
started for Buffalo on the morning of the 10th of April, and came a
short distance toward Buffalo from the TA ranch when Ford, who had gone
to the TA ranch to get a change of saddle horse for one of the mob, by
the name of Dudley, came riding up to where the mob had halted, and
reported that Dudley’s horse had bucked with him and thrown him, and
that his Winchester fell out of the scabbard and was discharged about
the time that Dudley fell from his horse, and shot Dudley, breaking his
leg. The leaders claimed that arrangements had been made with parties
in Buffalo to meet them a short distance from Buffalo and inform them
as to the state of affairs in Buffalo. While we were talking about what
to do with Dudley a man rode up to us. He came from the direction of
Buffalo.
This man informed the leaders that there were over 200 settlers
in Buffalo up in arms against the mob, and that the settlers were
deputized as a sheriff’s posse for the purpose of arresting the mob.
This horseman informed us that the sheriff was in the Powder River
country with a posse looking for the mob. This horseman said that the
parties that had charge of the arrangements for assassinating the
sheriff at Buffalo had intended to kill the sheriff on the night of the
9th of April, in order to keep the sheriff from organizing sheriff’s
posses before the mob could get to Buffalo. But the horseman said that
a man from Powder River had rode into Buffalo on the afternoon of the
9th of April and reported the fight at K. C. ranch, and the man said
that the sheriff had organized a posse and started to Powder River
before the parties who had intended to kill him had an opportunity to
do so.
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