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NED BUNTLINE. Soldier, Scout, and Novelist. The name of. Ned Buntline, the alias of Colonol E. Z. C. Judson, through the medium of his facial and brilliant pen, has become a household word, and his stories are more widely read than those of any other author engaged in the same field of Journalism. His has been a very, eventful career, and a short sketch like this can give but a very brief idea ọf his wonderful exploits and successes.

Colonel Judson was born in 1823, on the homestead which he now owns, at the head of the Delaware river his inclination asserted itself at an early age, and he then only a boy served through the Florida war of 1838 and 1842; also, in the Mexican war of 1846 and 1847, and in all the Indian wars, and was in the field from the breaking out of the rebellion until the surrender of Johnston.

At the close of the Mexican war, the Colonel turned his steps Westward and explored the uninhabitable wilderness, of which Chicago was then the border village.

For three years he was with the Snakes and Blackfeet, acting as agent of the Northwestern Fur Trading Company, and during that time made himself familiar with the traits of Indian character, which, in his afterlife have served him so well in depicting the scenes which the eyes of but few white men had ever looked upon.
For several years he was on to Santa Fe trail with Aubrey, the great tur trader of St. Louis, whose murder by gamblers created a profound sensation throughout the whole country, and whose death no nan deplored more than Colonel Judson.

The scars left by thirteen bullets are now upon his person; on his broad breast, an Indian's vengeful knife has left its ghastly mark. Notwithstanding all his hardships and his wild adventures on sea, in forest, and in traversing the vast prairies, the Colonel is still hale and hearty and looks good for many an active campaign in the future.

Confining himself, to no country or clime, he has followed the impulses of his roving disposition and traveled tho wide world over, but scarcely a year has passed during the past three decades that has not found him, for a greater or less time, among the mountains or on the plains, enjoying the wild excitement and enduring the hardships of border life.

In his present tour, the Colonel is accompanied by his young and beautiful wife: they are inseparable, and the womanly devotion and tenderness which she bestows upon lier talented husband and which he so richly deserves is remarked by all.
Colonel Jadson's first acquaintance with Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack and his subsequent successful effort to bring them before the public are best described in his own words

"In my travels in the West I have met with every description of scouts including Kit Carson, Major Bridger, and hundreds of others noted in the annal of military life on the plains. With these men, I have been on terms of the most intimate friendship but never met a live scout until chance Ted to the acquaintance of Buffalo Bill. The meeting took place several years ago, and we have been firm friends and boon companions ever since, having camped together, hunted together, and, when occasion required, fought together.

"During this time I studied the character of my friend thoroughly and searchingly, and fAnding that he was all that my fancy desired, I determined to bring him before the American people as a real specimen of the nobles of the frontier; as one of the daring scouts who, day and night, from one year's end to another, have

NED BUNTLINE. Soldier, Scout, and Novelist. The name of. Ned Buntline, the alias of Colonol E. Z. C. Judson, through the medium of his facial and brilliant pen, has become a household word, and his stories are more widely read than those of any other author engaged in the same field of Journalism. His has been a very, eventful career, and a short sketch like this can give but a very brief idea ọf his wonderful exploits and successes.
Colonel Judson was born in 1823, on the homestead which he now owns, at the head of the Delaware river his inclination asserted itself at an early age, and he then only a boy served through the Florida war of 1838 and 1842; also, in the Mexican war of 1846 and 1847, and in all the Indian wars, and was in the field from the breaking out of the rebellion until the surrender of Johnston.
At the close of the Mexican war, the Colonel turned his steps Westward and explored the uninhabitable wilderness, of which Chicago was then the border village.
For three years he was with the Snakes and Blackfeet, acting as agent of the Northwestern Fur Trading Company, and during that time made himself familiar with the traits of Indian character, which, in his afterlife have served him so well in depicting the scenes which the eyes of but few white men had ever looked upon.
For several years he was on to Santa Fe trail with Aubrey, the great tur trader of St. Louis, whose murder by gamblers created a profound sensation throughout the whole country, and whose death no nan deplored more than Colonel Judson.
The scars left by thirteen bullets are now upon his person; on his broad breast, an Indian's vengeful knife has left its ghastly mark. Notwithstanding all his hardships and his wild adventures on sea, in forest, and in traversing the vast prairies, the Colonel is still hale and hearty and looks good for many an active campaign in the future.
Confining himself, to no country or clime, he has followed the impulses of his roving disposition and traveled tho wide world over, but scarcely a year has passed during the past three decades that has not found him, for a greater or less time, among the mountains or on the plains, enjoying the wild excitement and enduring the hardships of border life.
In his present tour, the Colonel is accompanied by his young and beautiful wife: they are inseparable, and the womanly devotion and tenderness which she bestows upon lier talented husband and which he so richly deserves is remarked by all.
Colonel Jadson's first acquaintance with Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack and his subsequent successful effort to bring them before the public are best described in his own words "In my travels in the West I have met with every description of scouts including Kit Carson, Major Bridger, and hundreds of others noted in the annal of military life on the plains.
With these men, I have been on terms of the most intimate friendship but never met a live scout until chance Ted to the acquaintance of Buffalo Bill. The meeting took place several years ago, and we have been firm friends and boon companions ever since, having camped together, hunted together, and, when occasion required, fought together.
"During this time I studied the character of my friend thoroughly and searchingly, and fAnding that he was all that my fancy desired, I determined to bring him before the American people as a real specimen of the nobles of the frontier; as one of the daring scouts who, day and night, from one year's end to another, have