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Title: The cattle queen of Montana
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Collins, Elizabeth M. Smith, b. 1844. (from old catalog) Wallace, Charles. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: St. James, Minn., C.W. Foote
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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he Vigilantes promptly hung bothmen, the innocent as well as the guilty—for no doubtexisted as to the guilt of the man with whom Wilson wastraveling. The next day the bodies were cut down and brought totown for burial, and it was then we learned of the fate ofthis innocent boy—the Vigilantes telling of the statementhe had made—and at that time also was his innncenceestablished, for all knew of the date of his coming toVirginia City, and all who were members of the train couldtestify as to his innocence. But it was now too late forsuch testimony to aid the poor boy and all that remainedfor his friends to do was to accord his body a decent burial,which was done. Our arrival in Virginia City with the freighting trainwas at a date quite late in the fall, and, as soon as the traindisbanded, which was within but a few days, brother and Iat once set about preparing for the winter. We both had wages coming for the work we had done,but in less than two weeks after our arrival brother was
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o a d >^ a a o w o A STORY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST. 169 taken very sick with brain fever and soon our funds wereexhausted. I will tell you of our home. A small, low log cabin builtfrom charred pine logs, the door being simply a largehole in the side of the wall and the lone window beingof the same material. The floor was of earth, but thisI eventually carpeted with four medium-sized cowhides,which were held in place by wooden pegs driven throughthe corners of the hide into the earth beneath. Aeheet iron stove, a few tin dishes, a small box for a standand table, with a tallow candle held in a home-made candle-stick, and the furniture and contents of the house is almostfully described. Amid these surroundings, and with brother to care for,as he raved with brain fever, did I enter upon the winterwithout money. Brother still owned the mule team with which he hadformerly freighted and this I rented to a man, who wishedto haul wood, receiving as payment for the use of theteam,

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