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THE TWO SCOUTS.

Buffalo Bill and Captain Jack
Restless-Tired of Civilized Life
and Desirous of a Position where
they can Fight the Indians.

A rumor was being circulated through
our streets last night that Buffalo Bill
and Captain Jack had been called to the
service of the Government in Idaho by
official requisition. The statement, by
reason of the excitement resting on the
war with the redskins and the well-known
character of the men in question, created
great interest. Accordingly, as the
clock told the hour of 8:30 this morning,
a reporter of the BEE was immediately
dispatched to the Golden Eagle to interview
the noted scouts and ascertain the
truth or falsity of the pervading rumor.
Arrived at the hotel a person was seen
standing at the door-a fine-looking
young man with a face which would not
seem remarkable for strength of purpose
or energy were it not for two
piercing eyes which sparkled with
an expression betokening a nevertiring
heart and a will of steel. Long
hair, a la Joaquin Miller, floated down
his shoulders, and a broad-brimmed,
slouched hat covered his head. Some 5
feet 9 inches in height, straight as an
arrow and seemingly possessed of an immense
amount of vital force. A man
who would stand by a friend through thick
and thin, but, if expression be any criterion,
would be as relentless as a blood
hound on the path of an enemy. Pictures
on the walls and in the stores had
made the features familiar, and the reporter
had no difficulty in recognizing
Wild Bill's friend, and Buffalo Bill's
chum, the noted

CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD,

The man who is famous throughout the
Black Hills, and who killed three horses
under him in riding from the scene of
conflict to the nearest station, carrying
dispatches for the New York Herald and
beating all other couriers by five hours-
a feat for which he immediately received
a check for $222 75.

The reporter approached, introduced
himself, and after the usual commonplace
expressions which follow a self introduction,
he was invited into Captain
Jack's room, and the duo started up
stairs. Arrived there, business was at