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Marion Wills— Reporter
Westwtrd Bound
Marion Wills
The small village of. Louis
ville, Kentucky was swarming
with peoj)le bound for the West.
Among the families going there
were the Gordons and the O’Con
tiers. They were both going to
gether on that long trip west
ward.
Mr Gordon was looking for
:i suitable place to farm, and pict
ured a large fertile faim for
liimself and his family. He had
two sons. Jack and William, who
were considered young men. He
had one big daughter and a mu
all son. His daughter’s name was
Jean and his small son was Eil
ward or Ed. Mrs. Gordon was a
sweet, frail, loving mother.
Mr. U'(.'onnet’s wife was
dead. He had three beautiful
daughters, Ella. Marguerite, and
Horothy. He had a son twenty -
• me years old whose name was
1 >an.
They had two covered wag
r.ns, four oxt ii, three cow.-, hi d
mght horses They canned a
great quantity of food.. They
also had some crude furniture
with them. The two men and tin*
three young men all had rifles
and a belt, which carried their
shot.
They started out early in
the morning on the rough cord
uroy road. The women aim Ed
rode in the wagons while the
men walked beside the wagon
Jr, was a clear sunny day and at
lunch time they stopped by a
stream and made a fire. They
ate some bannocks, then pushed
onward. At twilight they stopp
ed at a good place to stay all
night. Jean and Dorothy cooked
dinner while Dan hobbled the
horses. After dinner they sat
around the camp-fire and Mr.
O’Conner told stories about
when lie was in India. They heal
rd an animal’s howl and heard
wild turkeys getting ready to
roost. They all slept out under
the stars that night except Ed
and Mrs. Gordon.
The next morning they star
ted out before dawn. They trav
eled eight miles when they sto
pped for lunch. They wore oat
ing when they heard hor.-sos’
IhkP's. Mr. Gordon said, ’‘Indians”.
1 ho boys and the men grabbed
their rifles, and the girls ;ipd
women got into the under-brush.
IIlore were about eight Indians.
They swooped down on the five
white men. Mr. O’Conner shot a
tall Indian who seemed to be the
leader. Then an arrow grazed
.Jack's ear. It made him so angry
that he grabbed an Indian near
him and height with bare hands.
They rolled over and over when
suddenly Jack held him and
threw the Indian over his head.
The Indian hit a stump and it
killed linn. There were just three
Indians left, but they got away.
The little caravan started on
and the next day arrived in St.
Louis.
There they joined other wag
on sand started across the plains.
They fought the Indians many
times, but as the whites were
better armed they could always
win.
They kept on and one day
they saw a large herd of buffa
lo. Then the men got on their
horses and went down to shoot
some. There was one large bull
that seemed very ferocious. He
tried to gore William’s horse but
got shot himself.
When they reached a good
place to make farms they stopp
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