b'Curly Bill andLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureKIT CARSON AND THE CONQUESTJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up atOctober 28,1880: OF CALIFORNIAthe Alhambra SaloonFresh off the trail fromsays, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known asSanSimon,wheresomebelieveheandhispistol.AsCurlyBillreachestopullouthis CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRS unclearwhetherhisadversarywaskilled, Corrigans)When he was a mere lad of 15, Kit Carson pards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps in Tombstone. ran away from home in Missouri and joinedbutCarsonreceivedabulletcreaseonhis TheThe worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas locomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringshis arms around him to see if he is to togogointo into a restaurantof traders onthe people FeTrail.neck and the spent powder burns damagedarestaurant once, while the Santa a caravan once, while the people his mayhem to Tombstone.carrying anymore weapons.werewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outCarsons eye and singed his hair. dinner. was drunkand pulled outHe fell in with a group of mountain men and After a tall bucking at BrownsGrabbing the barrel of Curly Bills hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate,Afterwitnessingthecollapseofthefur for the next 15 years he learned the ropes on corral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, andand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until until After multiplefur trapping and trading. He also got into atrade,Carsonhadachanceencounter to Allen Street and land in Corrigansan he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u d dyou God damned son of a bitch, give it aws ausn genngetlnetmleamnlayn layn drinks, the rowdyhorseback duel with a French-Canadian bullywithexplorerJohnC.Fremont,in1842, saloon. The cow-boys are joined by a impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished theirupthatpistol!Ashetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheircrew spills out ontonamed Joseph Chouinard, who was on a drunkthatallowedhimtoactasaguideand meal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat sat meal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boythe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, Allen Street andtear at the annual trappers rendezvous on thefighter before he joined the fight in the 1846-andand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. upperGreenRiverinWyoming.Thiswas48Mexican-AmericanWarwhichbecame several pull theirso sofull full hehelaid laid down down his his head head upon upon his his arms arms an dand Frank Patterson, Ed Collins, AndrewI am shot! says White, as he falls. in August of 1835, when the two mountainknown as the Bear Flag Revolt. In 1849, he pistols and shootfelfl ealls laeselpee, pa,n dan tdh et hfeo lfkosl kwse wree rseosaof raafirda iodfohfi mhi mth atth atht etyh esyu psuppopseods ehdehe Ames and a Charleston miner namedThe muzzle blast sets his pants afire, men shot it out on horseback at close range.moved to Taos, New Mexico; five years later, at the moon. waws ajus sjtu sth asmhammimngi nsgle selpee apsatsotgoe tg eat c ah acnhcaen cteotsoh oshoto otht et hfeir sfitr sotn oe nweh wo ho James Johnson. After several drinks, the partyand someone snuffs the flames.CarsonseverelywoundedChouinard.Itshe became a Ute Indian agent.rosreo sfero fmro mth eth tea btlaeb. leT.h Teyh eayl l awlla witaeidte udn utinl thile h aew aowkeo,k ew,h wenh ehnehpea ipda itdh et he spills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattbrandishesaborrowedpistoland billb iflol rf othr et hcer ocwrodw adn dan lde flte.ft.of the men pulling their pistols and firing sev- clubs Curly Bill on the head, knocking him to Fresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly BillToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna GleaylveiyllveilleFresh outininTucson,Curly BillBrocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys backA YOUNGER CARSON FOR THE COVER CurlyBill Brocius leadsa group cow-boys back eral shots at the moon and stars. theground.WhathaveIdone? Wyatt Earp andCurlyBilltriestostoptheshooting,say- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe to tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take takeI am proud and excited to report we are his brother Morganingaccordingtoaneyewitnessthiswontarrested for.ititupstreamandstopatatachurch fourCurCluyr Blyi lBl i(lfl a(rf alerf lte )f tw )a ws aasr raersrteesdte tdh et hnee nxte xdta yd afyo rf ohri sh cish uchrcuhr ch upstream andstop achurchfour publishing a very cool original article based miles shesnheaniagnaingsa nasn dan cdh acrhgaerdg e$d2 5$ 2f5o rf odri sdtiusrtbuirnbgin tgh et hpee apceea.c eC. urCluyr ly hear the illegaldo, boys, but the men continue their promis- Wyattgrabsthecow-boybythecollarand miles from from Charleston. Charleston. on a chapter in Paul Andrew Huttons next paipda,id D,e Dpueptyu tSyh eShrieffr iWff iWlliialmlia Bmr eBarkeeankerindrgideg re preoprtoerdt,e db, ubt usat isda id shooting and runandgoing inside, Curly cuous fuselage. As locals gather on the streetmarcheshimovertothesmallwoodenjail, Dismounting andgoinginside,Curly Dismounting non mo omreo rceh uchrcuhr cfho rf ohri mhi,m it,wita ws atos oto eox peexnpesinvsei.ve.book. As we were prepping this issue for press Bill,Bill, followed bybyhis his gang, demands theto see what all the shooting is about, three inmere feet away from the fracas. Wyatt and his to the scene.gang,demands the followed we realized that most of the photographs of parson totostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest parsonhistalk Billwillwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. the legendaryand now controversialscout behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins,Andrew CuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurly and frontiersman, show him in old age, pained Town Marshal Fred White suddenly appears Curly Bill Bill and and pards pards shoot shoot upupFifth FifthAmes, Dick Lloyd, Frank Patterson and James andand Allen Allen in Tombstonein Tombstone more more than than once. once.pasptaosrt,o mr, amkiankgi nhgi mh imda ndcaen cliek eli kae f oa oflo ionl ifnro fnrto notf ofand a tad weather beaten and emaciated. from around the corner. Several men run up,Johnson. A Much Younger Kit Carson vs.hish hiso rhroifrireidfi ecdo ncgorneggraetgioatni.on. includingWyattEarp,just And, yet, at the time asthemarshalan Older Kit CarsonNineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon Simon In an arroyo (behindof the events covered in andand his his pards invade Contention City, where Fortunatelyforme,oureditor,Stuartpardsinvade Contention City, wherePaulsmasterfulstory the current location thethe cow-boy cow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end endRosebrook,foundthisphotowhichIhad of the Birdcage)KIT CARSONSwhichyouwillreadin of ofthe the town. town. never seen before of Carson. So we scrapped AftAefrt earb uCONFLICTED DESCRIPTIONS thenextissueaboutWyatt Earp (center, with pistol) Wyatt, Morgane nasbiunsgi negvervyeornyeo nteh etyh ecyac afni nfdin, dt,h et hethat original cover and I took a swing at a and Marshal Whitethe so-called Bear Flagand his brother Virgil (at left, gangga nggr agvriatavtiteast etos toh et hneo rntohr tehn den wdh werhee rteh etyh egyogo A legendary character in his own time, Kit Carson was thuslycover painting that skewed more towards his attempt to disarmRevolt, Carson was 36-with shotgun) establish a in iansato srteo,r reo, br otbh et hteil l toilfl o$f5 0$ 5a0n dan cdo mcommitm oitt hoetrh er described by John C Fremont: He was a man of mediumyounger visage.outrages like like shooting shooting at ata peaceable a peaceable citizen. citizen. years-old,andinthedeadline around the jail and outragesheight, broad-shouldered, and deep chested, with a clearFirst mock-up fromCurly Bill with Several brave citizens arm themselves andprime of his life. warn everyone not to cross it. Several brave citizens arm themselves andsteady blue eye and frank speech and address: quiettragic results. Dan The Mancome out on on the street totoconfront the out- - TRTEREEIENIGN GAAT OTWOWNN The Earps and others guard theoutthe streetconfront the outcomeand unassuming. Contrast that with General Tecumsah laws,laws, but but Curly Curly Bill Bill and and his his men men pay pay them them no noHuHnutenrtse rcso ncosindseidr eitraitvai cvtiocrtyo rwy hwehn etnh ethire irTo Tleoa lrena rmn omreo raeb oabuot utht etheShermans description, who met the famous scout injail all night against lynching. At attention.erupts on on bothdodgso gcsh acshea sgea mgaem a ru nru in u To learn even more about Kit Carson, pick up a attention. Eventually, Eventually, gunfiregunfire erupts bothen dand tuitpa d23 2g3u gnufingfihgtsh btse hbienhdin tdh et hOe. KO K. Monterrey, Mexico in 1847: I cannot express my surprise atptar eter eaen danthe time of the White shooting, sides with neither side taking any casualties. copy of True West Magazines July-August, 2023, sides with neither side taking any casualties.sursruoruronudn idt.iWt. eWbsetbesrtes rdse dfienfiitnioitnio onfotrfe terienegi ngCorCroarlr pali cpki cukp u Bpo Bbo Bbo Bzeo zBee Bllesl l sbeholding such a small, stoop-shouldered man, with reddishTombstone has a makeshift After issue or order on-line from our Store.After afulla full day day ofofbedevilment, bedevilment, the the cow-boys cow-boysis: isT: oT bor ibnrgi ntgotboa yb.a yT.o T pou pt u itntion taopao psiotisoitnion hair, freckled face, soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicateClaCslsaiscs Gicu Gnufingfihgtsh Vtso Vl.o IlI. IITo learn more about the 23wooden jail. 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