...and one that was possessed of remarkable endurance. Being cut off from retreat back to Horse Shoe, I put spurs to my horse, and lying flat on his back,...was unable to get a remount. I therefore continued onto Ploutz's Station — twelve miles further — thus making twenty-four miles straight run with...

...and one that was possessed of remarkable endurance. Being cut off from retreat back to Horse Shoe, I put spurs to my horse, and lying flat on his back,...was unable to get a remount. I therefore continued onto Ploutz's Station — twelve miles further — thus making twenty- four miles straight run with...

...records as being the longest Pony Express journey ever made. "A week after making this trip, and 52 while passing over the route again, I was jumped on...morning of my adventure with them, and after killing the stock tender had driven off all the horses, so that I was unable to get a remount. I, therefore, continued...

...Sioux Indians who dashed out from a sand ravine nine miles west of Horse Creek. They were armed \\ith pistols, and gave me a close call with several bullets,...morning of my adventure with them, and after killing the stock tender had driven off all the horses, so that I was unable to get a remount. I, therefore, continued...

...kept straight for Sweetwater, the next station, which I reached without accident, having distanced say pursuers. Upon reaching that place, however, I found...was unable to get a remount. I therefore continued onto Ploutz's Station — twelve miles further — thus making twenty-four miles straight run with...