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Chapter chapter NN 4671 148 2 III III NNP 4671 148 3 The the DT 4671 148 4 First first JJ 4671 148 5 Trip trip NN 4671 148 6 and and CC 4671 148 7 Triumph Triumph NNP 4671 148 8 On on IN 4671 148 9 March March NNP 4671 148 10 26 26 CD 4671 148 11 , , , 4671 148 12 1860 1860 CD 4671 148 13 , , , 4671 148 14 there there EX 4671 148 15 appeared appear VBD 4671 148 16 simultaneously simultaneously RB 4671 148 17 in in IN 4671 148 18 the the DT 4671 148 19 St. St. NNP 4671 148 20 Louis Louis NNP 4671 148 21 Republic Republic NNP 4671 148 22 and and CC 4671 148 23 the the DT 4671 148 24 New New NNP 4671 148 25 York York NNP 4671 148 26 Herald Herald NNP 4671 148 27 the the DT 4671 148 28 following following JJ 4671 148 29 notice notice NN 4671 148 30 : : : 4671 148 31 To to IN 4671 148 32 San San NNP 4671 148 33 Francisco Francisco NNP 4671 148 34 in in IN 4671 148 35 8 8 CD 4671 148 36 days day NNS 4671 148 37 by by IN 4671 148 38 the the DT 4671 148 39 Central Central NNP 4671 148 40 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P. NNP 4671 151 27 M. M. 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hour NNS 4671 231 20 and and CC 4671 231 21 twenty twenty CD 4671 231 22 minutes minute NNS 4671 231 23 , , , 4671 231 24 in in IN 4671 231 25 spite spite NN 4671 231 26 of of IN 4671 231 27 the the DT 4671 231 28 Sierra Sierra NNP 4671 231 29 Divide Divide NNP 4671 231 30 where where WRB 4671 231 31 the the DT 4671 231 32 snow snow NN 4671 231 33 drifts drift NNS 4671 231 34 were be VBD 4671 231 35 thirty thirty CD 4671 231 36 feet foot NNS 4671 231 37 deep deep JJ 4671 231 38 and and CC 4671 231 39 where where WRB 4671 231 40 the the DT 4671 231 41 Company Company NNP 4671 231 42 had have VBD 4671 231 43 to to TO 4671 231 44 keep keep VB 4671 231 45 a a DT 4671 231 46 drove drove NN 4671 231 47 of of IN 4671 231 48 pack pack NN 4671 231 49 mules mule NNS 4671 231 50 moving move VBG 4671 231 51 in in IN 4671 231 52 order order NN 4671 231 53 to to TO 4671 231 54 keep keep VB 4671 231 55 the the DT 4671 231 56 passageway passageway NN 4671 231 57 clear clear JJ 4671 231 58 . . . 4671 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331 14 , , , 4671 331 15 besides besides IN 4671 331 16 a a DT 4671 331 17 sheath sheath NN 4671 331 18 knife knife NN 4671 331 19 at at IN 4671 331 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 331 21 side side NN 4671 331 22 . . . 4671 332 1 In in IN 4671 332 2 the the DT 4671 332 3 saddle saddle NN 4671 332 4 holsters holster NNS 4671 332 5 he -PRON- PRP 4671 332 6 carried carry VBD 4671 332 7 a a DT 4671 332 8 pair pair NN 4671 332 9 of of IN 4671 332 10 Colt Colt NNP 4671 332 11 's 's POS 4671 332 12 revolvers revolver NNS 4671 332 13 . . . 4671 333 1 After after IN 4671 333 2 a a DT 4671 333 3 time time NN 4671 333 4 the the DT 4671 333 5 carbines carbine NNS 4671 333 6 were be VBD 4671 333 7 left leave VBN 4671 333 8 off off RP 4671 333 9 and and CC 4671 333 10 only only JJ 4671 333 11 side side VB 4671 333 12 arms arm NNS 4671 333 13 taken take VBN 4671 333 14 along along RB 4671 333 15 . . . 4671 334 1 The the DT 4671 334 2 carrying carrying NN 4671 334 3 of of IN 4671 334 4 larger large JJR 4671 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Valley Valley NNP 4671 338 12 , , , 4671 338 13 but but CC 4671 338 14 considerable considerable JJ 4671 338 15 preference preference NN 4671 338 16 was be VBD 4671 338 17 shown show VBN 4671 338 18 for for IN 4671 338 19 the the DT 4671 338 20 western western RB 4671 338 21 - - HYPH 4671 338 22 bred breed VBN 4671 338 23 mustangs mustang NNS 4671 338 24 . . . 4671 339 1 These these DT 4671 339 2 animals animal NNS 4671 339 3 were be VBD 4671 339 4 about about RB 4671 339 5 fourteen fourteen CD 4671 339 6 hands hand NNS 4671 339 7 high high JJ 4671 339 8 and and CC 4671 339 9 averaged average VBD 4671 339 10 less less JJR 4671 339 11 than than IN 4671 339 12 nine nine CD 4671 339 13 hundred hundred CD 4671 339 14 pounds pound NNS 4671 339 15 in in IN 4671 339 16 weight weight NN 4671 339 17 . . . 4671 340 1 A a DT 4671 340 2 former former JJ 4671 340 3 blacksmith blacksmith NN 4671 340 4 for for IN 4671 340 5 the the DT 4671 340 6 Company Company NNP 4671 340 7 who who WP 4671 340 8 was be VBD 4671 340 9 at at IN 4671 340 10 one one CD 4671 340 11 time time NN 4671 340 12 located locate VBN 4671 340 13 at at IN 4671 340 14 Seneca Seneca NNP 4671 340 15 , , , 4671 340 16 Kansas Kansas NNP 4671 340 17 , , , 4671 340 18 recalls recall VBZ 4671 340 19 that that IN 4671 340 20 one one CD 4671 340 21 of of IN 4671 340 22 these these DT 4671 340 23 native native JJ 4671 340 24 ponies pony NNS 4671 340 25 often often RB 4671 340 26 had have VBD 4671 340 27 to to TO 4671 340 28 be be VB 4671 340 29 thrown throw VBN 4671 340 30 and and CC 4671 340 31 staked stake VBN 4671 340 32 down down RP 4671 340 33 with with IN 4671 340 34 a a DT 4671 340 35 rope rope NN 4671 340 36 tied tie VBN 4671 340 37 to to IN 4671 340 38 each each DT 4671 340 39 foot foot NN 4671 340 40 before before IN 4671 340 41 it -PRON- PRP 4671 340 42 could could MD 4671 340 43 be be VB 4671 340 44 shod shod JJ 4671 340 45 . . . 4671 341 1 Then then RB 4671 341 2 , , , 4671 341 3 before before IN 4671 341 4 the the DT 4671 341 5 smith smith NNP 4671 341 6 could could MD 4671 341 7 pare pare VB 4671 341 8 the the DT 4671 341 9 hoofs hoofs NN 4671 341 10 and and CC 4671 341 11 nail nail VB 4671 341 12 on on IN 4671 341 13 the the DT 4671 341 14 shoes shoe NNS 4671 341 15 , , , 4671 341 16 it -PRON- PRP 4671 341 17 was be VBD 4671 341 18 necessary necessary JJ 4671 341 19 for for IN 4671 341 20 one one CD 4671 341 21 man man NN 4671 341 22 to to TO 4671 341 23 sit sit VB 4671 341 24 astride astride IN 4671 341 25 the the DT 4671 341 26 animal animal NN 4671 341 27 's 's POS 4671 341 28 head head NN 4671 341 29 , , , 4671 341 30 and and CC 4671 341 31 another another DT 4671 341 32 on on IN 4671 341 33 its -PRON- PRP$ 4671 341 34 body body NN 4671 341 35 , , , 4671 341 36 while while IN 4671 341 37 the the DT 4671 341 38 beast beast NN 4671 341 39 continued continue VBD 4671 341 40 to to TO 4671 341 41 struggle struggle VB 4671 341 42 and and CC 4671 341 43 squeal squeal VB 4671 341 44 . . . 4671 342 1 To to TO 4671 342 2 shoe shoe VB 4671 342 3 one one CD 4671 342 4 of of IN 4671 342 5 these these DT 4671 342 6 animals animal NNS 4671 342 7 often often RB 4671 342 8 required require VBD 4671 342 9 a a DT 4671 342 10 half half JJ 4671 342 11 day day NN 4671 342 12 of of IN 4671 342 13 strenuous strenuous JJ 4671 342 14 work work NN 4671 342 15 . . . 4671 343 1 As as IN 4671 343 2 might may MD 4671 343 3 be be VB 4671 343 4 expected expect VBN 4671 343 5 , , , 4671 343 6 the the DT 4671 343 7 horse horse NN 4671 343 8 as as RB 4671 343 9 well well RB 4671 343 10 as as IN 4671 343 11 rider rider NN 4671 343 12 traveled travel VBD 4671 343 13 very very RB 4671 343 14 light light NN 4671 343 15 . . . 4671 344 1 The the DT 4671 344 2 combined combined JJ 4671 344 3 weight weight NN 4671 344 4 of of IN 4671 344 5 the the DT 4671 344 6 saddle saddle NN 4671 344 7 , , , 4671 344 8 bridle bridle VB 4671 344 9 and and CC 4671 344 10 saddle saddle NN 4671 344 11 bags bag NNS 4671 344 12 did do VBD 4671 344 13 not not RB 4671 344 14 exceed exceed VB 4671 344 15 thirteen thirteen CD 4671 344 16 pounds pound NNS 4671 344 17 . . . 4671 345 1 The the DT 4671 345 2 saddle saddle NN 4671 345 3 - - HYPH 4671 345 4 bag bag NN 4671 345 5 used use VBN 4671 345 6 by by IN 4671 345 7 the the DT 4671 345 8 pony pony NN 4671 345 9 rider rider NN 4671 345 10 for for IN 4671 345 11 carrying carry VBG 4671 345 12 mail mail NN 4671 345 13 was be VBD 4671 345 14 called call VBN 4671 345 15 a a DT 4671 345 16 mochila mochila NN 4671 345 17 ; ; : 4671 345 18 it -PRON- PRP 4671 345 19 had have VBD 4671 345 20 openings opening NNS 4671 345 21 in in IN 4671 345 22 the the DT 4671 345 23 center center NN 4671 345 24 so so IN 4671 345 25 it -PRON- PRP 4671 345 26 would would MD 4671 345 27 fit fit VB 4671 345 28 snugly snugly RB 4671 345 29 over over IN 4671 345 30 the the DT 4671 345 31 horn horn NN 4671 345 32 and and CC 4671 345 33 tree tree NN 4671 345 34 of of IN 4671 345 35 the the DT 4671 345 36 saddle saddle NN 4671 345 37 and and CC 4671 345 38 yet yet RB 4671 345 39 be be VB 4671 345 40 removable removable JJ 4671 345 41 without without IN 4671 345 42 delay delay NN 4671 345 43 . . . 4671 346 1 The the DT 4671 346 2 mochila mochila NN 4671 346 3 had have VBD 4671 346 4 four four CD 4671 346 5 pockets pocket NNS 4671 346 6 called call VBN 4671 346 7 cantinas cantina NNS 4671 346 8 in in IN 4671 346 9 each each DT 4671 346 10 of of IN 4671 346 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 4671 346 12 corners corner NNS 4671 346 13 one one CD 4671 346 14 in in IN 4671 346 15 front front NN 4671 346 16 and and CC 4671 346 17 one one CD 4671 346 18 behind behind IN 4671 346 19 each each DT 4671 346 20 of of IN 4671 346 21 the the DT 4671 346 22 rider rider NN 4671 346 23 's 's POS 4671 346 24 legs leg NNS 4671 346 25 . . . 4671 347 1 These these DT 4671 347 2 cantinas cantina NNS 4671 347 3 held hold VBD 4671 347 4 the the DT 4671 347 5 mail mail NN 4671 347 6 . . . 4671 348 1 All all DT 4671 348 2 were be VBD 4671 348 3 kept keep VBN 4671 348 4 carefully carefully RB 4671 348 5 locked lock VBN 4671 348 6 and and CC 4671 348 7 three three CD 4671 348 8 were be VBD 4671 348 9 opened open VBN 4671 348 10 en en IN 4671 348 11 route route NN 4671 348 12 only only RB 4671 348 13 at at IN 4671 348 14 military military JJ 4671 348 15 posts post NNS 4671 348 16 -- -- : 4671 348 17 Forts Forts NNPS 4671 348 18 Kearney Kearney NNP 4671 348 19 , , , 4671 348 20 Laramie Laramie NNP 4671 348 21 , , , 4671 348 22 Bridger Bridger NNP 4671 348 23 , , , 4671 348 24 Churchill Churchill NNP 4671 348 25 and and CC 4671 348 26 at at IN 4671 348 27 Salt Salt NNP 4671 348 28 Lake Lake NNP 4671 348 29 City City NNP 4671 348 30 . . . 4671 349 1 The the DT 4671 349 2 fourth fourth JJ 4671 349 3 pocket pocket NN 4671 349 4 was be VBD 4671 349 5 for for IN 4671 349 6 the the DT 4671 349 7 local local JJ 4671 349 8 or or CC 4671 349 9 way way NN 4671 349 10 mail mail NN 4671 349 11 - - HYPH 4671 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4671 568 3 triumphed triumph VBN 4671 568 4 in in IN 4671 568 5 the the DT 4671 568 6 state state NN 4671 568 7 election election NN 4671 568 8 on on IN 4671 568 9 September September NNP 4671 568 10 4 4 CD 4671 568 11 , , , 4671 568 12 1861 1861 CD 4671 568 13 , , , 4671 568 14 and and CC 4671 568 15 on on IN 4671 568 16 that that DT 4671 568 17 date date NN 4671 568 18 the the DT 4671 568 19 California California NNP 4671 568 20 crisis crisis NN 4671 568 21 was be VBD 4671 568 22 safely safely RB 4671 568 23 passed pass VBN 4671 568 24 . . . 4671 569 1 The the DT 4671 569 2 contest contest NN 4671 569 3 , , , 4671 569 4 to to TO 4671 569 5 be be VB 4671 569 6 sure sure JJ 4671 569 7 , , , 4671 569 8 had have VBD 4671 569 9 revealed reveal VBN 4671 569 10 about about RB 4671 569 11 twenty twenty CD 4671 569 12 thousand thousand CD 4671 569 13 anti anti JJ 4671 569 14 - - JJ 4671 569 15 Union union JJ 4671 569 16 voters voter NNS 4671 569 17 in in IN 4671 569 18 the the DT 4671 569 19 state state NN 4671 569 20 , , , 4671 569 21 but but CC 4671 569 22 the the DT 4671 569 23 success success NN 4671 569 24 of of IN 4671 569 25 the the DT 4671 569 26 Union Union NNP 4671 569 27 faction faction NN 4671 569 28 restored restore VBD 4671 569 29 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 569 30 feeling feeling NN 4671 569 31 of of IN 4671 569 32 self self NN 4671 569 33 - - HYPH 4671 569 34 confidence confidence NN 4671 569 35 . . . 4671 570 1 The the DT 4671 570 2 pendulum pendulum NN 4671 570 3 had have VBD 4671 570 4 at at IN 4671 570 5 last last JJ 4671 570 6 swung swung NN 4671 570 7 safely safely RB 4671 570 8 in in IN 4671 570 9 the the DT 4671 570 10 right right JJ 4671 570 11 direction direction NN 4671 570 12 , , , 4671 570 13 and and CC 4671 570 14 henceforth henceforth RB 4671 570 15 California California NNP 4671 570 16 could could MD 4671 570 17 be be VB 4671 570 18 and and CC 4671 570 19 was be VBD 4671 570 20 reckoned reckon VBN 4671 570 21 as as IN 4671 570 22 a a DT 4671 570 23 loyal loyal JJ 4671 570 24 asset asset NN 4671 570 25 to to IN 4671 570 26 the the DT 4671 570 27 Union Union NNP 4671 570 28 . . . 4671 571 1 Such such JJ 4671 571 2 expressions expression NNS 4671 571 3 of of IN 4671 571 4 disloyalty disloyalty NN 4671 571 5 as as IN 4671 571 6 her -PRON- PRP$ 4671 571 7 secessionists secessionist NNS 4671 571 8 continued continue VBD 4671 571 9 to to TO 4671 571 10 disclose disclose VB 4671 571 11 , , , 4671 571 12 were be VBD 4671 571 13 of of IN 4671 571 14 a a DT 4671 571 15 sporadic sporadic JJ 4671 571 16 and and CC 4671 571 17 flimsy flimsy JJ 4671 571 18 nature nature NN 4671 571 19 , , , 4671 571 20 never never RB 4671 571 21 materializing materialize VBG 4671 571 22 into into IN 4671 571 23 a a DT 4671 571 24 formidable formidable JJ 4671 571 25 sentiment sentiment NN 4671 571 26 ; ; : 4671 571 27 and and CC 4671 571 28 , , , 4671 571 29 adding add VBG 4671 571 30 to to IN 4671 571 31 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 571 32 discouragement discouragement NN 4671 571 33 , , , 4671 571 34 the the DT 4671 571 35 failure failure NN 4671 571 36 of of IN 4671 571 37 the the DT 4671 571 38 Confederate Confederate NNP 4671 571 39 invasion invasion NN 4671 571 40 of of IN 4671 571 41 New New NNP 4671 571 42 Mexico Mexico NNP 4671 571 43 in in IN 4671 571 44 1862 1862 CD 4671 571 45 , , , 4671 571 46 was be VBD 4671 571 47 no no RB 4671 571 48 doubt doubt RB 4671 571 49 an an DT 4671 571 50 important important JJ 4671 571 51 factor factor NN 4671 571 52 in in IN 4671 571 53 suppressing suppress VBG 4671 571 54 any any DT 4671 571 55 further further JJ 4671 571 56 open open JJ 4671 571 57 desires desire NNS 4671 571 58 for for IN 4671 571 59 secession secession NN 4671 571 60 . . . 4671 572 1 Sumner Sumner NNP 4671 572 2 was be VBD 4671 572 3 not not RB 4671 572 4 called call VBN 4671 572 5 East East NNP 4671 572 6 until until IN 4671 572 7 the the DT 4671 572 8 October October NNP 4671 572 9 following follow VBG 4671 572 10 the the DT 4671 572 11 election election NN 4671 572 12 . . . 4671 573 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 4671 573 2 removal removal NN 4671 573 3 of of IN 4671 573 4 course course NN 4671 573 5 caused cause VBN 4671 573 6 keen keen JJ 4671 573 7 regret regret NN 4671 573 8 along along IN 4671 573 9 the the DT 4671 573 10 coast coast NN 4671 573 11 ; ; : 4671 573 12 but but CC 4671 573 13 Colonel Colonel NNP 4671 573 14 George George NNP 4671 573 15 Wright Wright NNP 4671 573 16 , , , 4671 573 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 573 18 successor successor NN 4671 573 19 in in IN 4671 573 20 charge charge NN 4671 573 21 of of IN 4671 573 22 the the DT 4671 573 23 Department Department NNP 4671 573 24 of of IN 4671 573 25 the the DT 4671 573 26 Pacific Pacific NNP 4671 573 27 , , , 4671 573 28 proved prove VBD 4671 573 29 a a DT 4671 573 30 masterful masterful JJ 4671 573 31 man man NN 4671 573 32 and and CC 4671 573 33 in in IN 4671 573 34 every every DT 4671 573 35 way way NN 4671 573 36 equal equal JJ 4671 573 37 to to IN 4671 573 38 the the DT 4671 573 39 situation situation NN 4671 573 40 . . . 4671 574 1 In in IN 4671 574 2 the the DT 4671 574 3 long long JJ 4671 574 4 run run NN 4671 574 5 , , , 4671 574 6 Colonel Colonel NNP 4671 574 7 Wright Wright NNP 4671 574 8 probably probably RB 4671 574 9 was be VBD 4671 574 10 as as RB 4671 574 11 satisfactory satisfactory JJ 4671 574 12 to to IN 4671 574 13 the the DT 4671 574 14 loyal loyal JJ 4671 574 15 people people NNS 4671 574 16 of of IN 4671 574 17 California California NNP 4671 574 18 as as IN 4671 574 19 General General NNP 4671 574 20 Sumner Sumner NNP 4671 574 21 had have VBD 4671 574 22 been be VBN 4671 574 23 . . . 4671 575 1 The the DT 4671 575 2 five five CD 4671 575 3 thousand thousand CD 4671 575 4 troops troop NNS 4671 575 5 were be VBD 4671 575 6 not not RB 4671 575 7 detailed detail VBN 4671 575 8 for for IN 4671 575 9 duty duty NN 4671 575 10 in in IN 4671 575 11 the the DT 4671 575 12 South South NNP 4671 575 13 . . . 4671 576 1 Like like IN 4671 576 2 the the DT 4671 576 3 first first JJ 4671 576 4 detachment detachment NN 4671 576 5 of of IN 4671 576 6 fifteen fifteen CD 4671 576 7 hundred hundred CD 4671 576 8 , , , 4671 576 9 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 576 10 efforts effort NNS 4671 576 11 were be VBD 4671 576 12 directed direct VBN 4671 576 13 mainly mainly RB 4671 576 14 to to IN 4671 576 15 protecting protect VBG 4671 576 16 the the DT 4671 576 17 overland overland NN 4671 576 18 mails mail NNS 4671 576 19 and and CC 4671 576 20 guarding guard VBG 4671 576 21 the the DT 4671 576 22 frontier[22 frontier[22 NNP 4671 576 23 ] ] -RRB- 4671 576 24 . . . 4671 577 1 Throughout throughout IN 4671 577 2 this this DT 4671 577 3 crisis crisis NN 4671 577 4 , , , 4671 577 5 news news NN 4671 577 6 was be VBD 4671 577 7 received receive VBN 4671 577 8 twice twice RB 4671 577 9 a a DT 4671 577 10 week week NN 4671 577 11 by by IN 4671 577 12 the the DT 4671 577 13 Pony Pony NNP 4671 577 14 Express Express NNP 4671 577 15 , , , 4671 577 16 and and CC 4671 577 17 , , , 4671 577 18 be be VB 4671 577 19 it -PRON- PRP 4671 577 20 remembered remember VBN 4671 577 21 , , , 4671 577 22 in in IN 4671 577 23 less less JJR 4671 577 24 than than IN 4671 577 25 half half PDT 4671 577 26 the the DT 4671 577 27 time time NN 4671 577 28 required require VBN 4671 577 29 by by IN 4671 577 30 the the DT 4671 577 31 old old JJ 4671 577 32 stage stage NN 4671 577 33 coach coach NN 4671 577 34 . . . 4671 578 1 Of of IN 4671 578 2 its -PRON- PRP$ 4671 578 3 services service NNS 4671 578 4 then then RB 4671 578 5 , , , 4671 578 6 no no DT 4671 578 7 better well JJR 4671 578 8 words word NNS 4671 578 9 can can MD 4671 578 10 be be VB 4671 578 11 used use VBN 4671 578 12 than than IN 4671 578 13 those those DT 4671 578 14 of of IN 4671 578 15 Hubert Hubert NNP 4671 578 16 Howe Howe NNP 4671 578 17 Bancroft Bancroft NNP 4671 578 18 . . . 4671 579 1 It -PRON- PRP 4671 579 2 was be VBD 4671 579 3 the the DT 4671 579 4 pony pony NN 4671 579 5 to to TO 4671 579 6 which which WDT 4671 579 7 every every DT 4671 579 8 one one NN 4671 579 9 looked look VBD 4671 579 10 for for IN 4671 579 11 deliverance deliverance NN 4671 579 12 ; ; : 4671 579 13 men man NNS 4671 579 14 prayed pray VBD 4671 579 15 for for IN 4671 579 16 the the DT 4671 579 17 safety safety NN 4671 579 18 of of IN 4671 579 19 the the DT 4671 579 20 little little JJ 4671 579 21 beast beast NN 4671 579 22 , , , 4671 579 23 and and CC 4671 579 24 trembled tremble VBD 4671 579 25 lest lest IN 4671 579 26 the the DT 4671 579 27 service service NN 4671 579 28 should should MD 4671 579 29 be be VB 4671 579 30 discontinued discontinue VBN 4671 579 31 . . . 4671 580 1 Telegraphic telegraphic JJ 4671 580 2 dispatches dispatch NNS 4671 580 3 from from IN 4671 580 4 Washington Washington NNP 4671 580 5 and and CC 4671 580 6 New New NNP 4671 580 7 York York NNP 4671 580 8 were be VBD 4671 580 9 sent send VBN 4671 580 10 to to IN 4671 580 11 St. St. NNP 4671 580 12 Louis Louis NNP 4671 580 13 and and CC 4671 580 14 thence thence NN 4671 580 15 to to IN 4671 580 16 Fort Fort NNP 4671 580 17 Kearney Kearney NNP 4671 580 18 , , , 4671 580 19 whence whence NN 4671 580 20 the the DT 4671 580 21 pony pony NN 4671 580 22 brought bring VBD 4671 580 23 them -PRON- PRP 4671 580 24 to to IN 4671 580 25 Sacramento Sacramento NNP 4671 580 26 where where WRB 4671 580 27 they -PRON- PRP 4671 580 28 were be VBD 4671 580 29 telegraphed telegraph VBN 4671 580 30 to to IN 4671 580 31 San San NNP 4671 580 32 Francisco Francisco NNP 4671 580 33 . . . 4671 581 1 Great Great NNP 4671 581 2 was be VBD 4671 581 3 the the DT 4671 581 4 relief relief NN 4671 581 5 of of IN 4671 581 6 the the DT 4671 581 7 people people NNS 4671 581 8 when when WRB 4671 581 9 Hole Hole NNP 4671 581 10 's 's POS 4671 581 11 bill bill NN 4671 581 12 for for IN 4671 581 13 a a DT 4671 581 14 daily daily JJ 4671 581 15 mail mail NN 4671 581 16 service service NN 4671 581 17 was be VBD 4671 581 18 passed pass VBN 4671 581 19 and and CC 4671 581 20 the the DT 4671 581 21 service service NN 4671 581 22 changed change VBD 4671 581 23 from from IN 4671 581 24 the the DT 4671 581 25 Southern Southern NNP 4671 581 26 to to IN 4671 581 27 the the DT 4671 581 28 Central central JJ 4671 581 29 route route NN 4671 581 30 , , , 4671 581 31 as as IN 4671 581 32 it -PRON- PRP 4671 581 33 was be VBD 4671 581 34 early early JJ 4671 581 35 in in IN 4671 581 36 the the DT 4671 581 37 summer summer NN 4671 581 38 . . . 4671 582 1 * * NFP 4671 582 2 * * NFP 4671 582 3 * * NFP 4671 582 4 Yet yet CC 4671 582 5 after after RB 4671 582 6 all all RB 4671 582 7 , , , 4671 582 8 it -PRON- PRP 4671 582 9 was be VBD 4671 582 10 to to IN 4671 582 11 the the DT 4671 582 12 flying fly VBG 4671 582 13 pony pony NN 4671 582 14 that that IN 4671 582 15 all all DT 4671 582 16 eyes eye NNS 4671 582 17 and and CC 4671 582 18 hearts heart NNS 4671 582 19 were be VBD 4671 582 20 turned turn VBN 4671 582 21 . . . 4671 583 1 The the DT 4671 583 2 Pony Pony NNP 4671 583 3 Express Express NNP 4671 583 4 was be VBD 4671 583 5 a a DT 4671 583 6 real real JJ 4671 583 7 factor factor NN 4671 583 8 in in IN 4671 583 9 the the DT 4671 583 10 preservation preservation NN 4671 583 11 of of IN 4671 583 12 California California NNP 4671 583 13 to to IN 4671 583 14 the the DT 4671 583 15 Union Union NNP 4671 583 16 . . . 4671 584 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 584 2 15 15 CD 4671 584 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 584 4 Bancroft Bancroft NNP 4671 584 5 . . . 4671 585 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 585 2 16 16 CD 4671 585 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 585 4 Ibid Ibid NNP 4671 585 5 . . . 4671 586 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 586 2 17 17 CD 4671 586 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 586 4 After after IN 4671 586 5 the the DT 4671 586 6 War War NNP 4671 586 7 had have VBD 4671 586 8 started start VBN 4671 586 9 , , , 4671 586 10 Gwin Gwin NNP 4671 586 11 deserted desert VBD 4671 586 12 California California NNP 4671 586 13 and and CC 4671 586 14 the the DT 4671 586 15 Union Union NNP 4671 586 16 and and CC 4671 586 17 joined join VBD 4671 586 18 the the DT 4671 586 19 Confederacy Confederacy NNP 4671 586 20 . . . 4671 587 1 When when WRB 4671 587 2 this this DT 4671 587 3 power power NN 4671 587 4 was be VBD 4671 587 5 broken break VBN 4671 587 6 up up RP 4671 587 7 , , , 4671 587 8 he -PRON- PRP 4671 587 9 fled flee VBD 4671 587 10 to to IN 4671 587 11 Mexico Mexico NNP 4671 587 12 and and CC 4671 587 13 entered enter VBD 4671 587 14 the the DT 4671 587 15 service service NN 4671 587 16 of of IN 4671 587 17 Maximilian Maximilian NNP 4671 587 18 , , , 4671 587 19 then then RB 4671 587 20 puppet puppet NNP 4671 587 21 emperor emperor NN 4671 587 22 of of IN 4671 587 23 that that DT 4671 587 24 unfortunate unfortunate JJ 4671 587 25 country country NN 4671 587 26 . . . 4671 588 1 Maximilian Maximilian NNP 4671 588 2 bestowed bestow VBD 4671 588 3 an an DT 4671 588 4 abundance abundance NN 4671 588 5 of of IN 4671 588 6 hollow hollow JJ 4671 588 7 honors honor NNS 4671 588 8 upon upon IN 4671 588 9 the the DT 4671 588 10 renegade renegade JJ 4671 588 11 senator senator NN 4671 588 12 , , , 4671 588 13 and and CC 4671 588 14 made make VBD 4671 588 15 him -PRON- PRP 4671 588 16 Duke Duke NNP 4671 588 17 of of IN 4671 588 18 the the DT 4671 588 19 Province Province NNP 4671 588 20 of of IN 4671 588 21 Sonora Sonora NNP 4671 588 22 , , , 4671 588 23 which which WDT 4671 588 24 region region NN 4671 588 25 Gwin Gwin NNP 4671 588 26 and and CC 4671 588 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 588 28 clique clique NN 4671 588 29 had have VBD 4671 588 30 doubtless doubtless RB 4671 588 31 coveted covet VBN 4671 588 32 as as IN 4671 588 33 an an DT 4671 588 34 integral integral JJ 4671 588 35 part part NN 4671 588 36 of of IN 4671 588 37 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 588 38 projected project VBN 4671 588 39 " " `` 4671 588 40 Republic Republic NNP 4671 588 41 of of IN 4671 588 42 the the DT 4671 588 43 Pacific Pacific NNP 4671 588 44 . . . 4671 588 45 " " '' 4671 589 1 Because because IN 4671 589 2 of of IN 4671 589 3 this this DT 4671 589 4 empty empty JJ 4671 589 5 title title NN 4671 589 6 , , , 4671 589 7 the the DT 4671 589 8 nickname nickname NN 4671 589 9 , , , 4671 589 10 " " `` 4671 589 11 Duke Duke NNP 4671 589 12 , , , 4671 589 13 " " '' 4671 589 14 was be VBD 4671 589 15 ever ever RB 4671 589 16 afterward afterward RB 4671 589 17 given give VBN 4671 589 18 him -PRON- PRP 4671 589 19 . . . 4671 590 1 When when WRB 4671 590 2 Maximilian Maximilian NNP 4671 590 3 's 's POS 4671 590 4 soap soap NN 4671 590 5 bubble bubble NN 4671 590 6 monarchy monarchy NN 4671 590 7 had have VBD 4671 590 8 disappeared disappear VBN 4671 590 9 , , , 4671 590 10 Gwin Gwin NNP 4671 590 11 finally finally RB 4671 590 12 returned return VBD 4671 590 13 to to IN 4671 590 14 California California NNP 4671 590 15 where where WRB 4671 590 16 he -PRON- PRP 4671 590 17 passed pass VBD 4671 590 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 590 19 old old JJ 4671 590 20 age age NN 4671 590 21 in in IN 4671 590 22 retirement retirement NN 4671 590 23 . . . 4671 591 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 591 2 18 18 CD 4671 591 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 591 4 Senate Senate NNP 4671 591 5 documents document NNS 4671 591 6 . . . 4671 592 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 592 2 19 19 CD 4671 592 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 592 4 All all DT 4671 592 5 parties party NNS 4671 592 6 in in IN 4671 592 7 California California NNP 4671 592 8 were be VBD 4671 592 9 unanimous unanimous JJ 4671 592 10 in in IN 4671 592 11 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 592 12 desire desire NN 4671 592 13 for for IN 4671 592 14 a a DT 4671 592 15 transcontinental transcontinental JJ 4671 592 16 railroad railroad NN 4671 592 17 . . . 4671 593 1 No no DT 4671 593 2 political political JJ 4671 593 3 faction faction NN 4671 593 4 there there EX 4671 593 5 could could MD 4671 593 6 receive receive VB 4671 593 7 any any DT 4671 593 8 support support NN 4671 593 9 unless unless IN 4671 593 10 it -PRON- PRP 4671 593 11 strongly strongly RB 4671 593 12 endorsed endorse VBD 4671 593 13 this this DT 4671 593 14 project project NN 4671 593 15 . . . 4671 594 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 594 2 20 20 CD 4671 594 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 594 4 The the DT 4671 594 5 signers signer NNS 4671 594 6 of of IN 4671 594 7 this this DT 4671 594 8 petition petition NN 4671 594 9 were be VBD 4671 594 10 : : : 4671 594 11 Robert Robert NNP 4671 594 12 C. C. NNP 4671 594 13 Rogers Rogers NNP 4671 594 14 , , , 4671 594 15 Macondray Macondray NNP 4671 594 16 & & CC 4671 594 17 Co. Co. NNP 4671 594 18 , , , 4671 594 19 Jno Jno NNP 4671 594 20 . . . 4671 595 1 Sime Sime NNP 4671 595 2 & & CC 4671 595 3 Co. Co. NNP 4671 595 4 , , , 4671 595 5 J. J. NNP 4671 596 1 B. B. NNP 4671 596 2 Thomas Thomas NNP 4671 596 3 , , , 4671 596 4 W. W. NNP 4671 596 5 W. W. NNP 4671 596 6 Stow Stow NNP 4671 596 7 , , , 4671 596 8 Horace Horace NNP 4671 596 9 P. P. NNP 4671 596 10 James James NNP 4671 596 11 , , , 4671 596 12 Geo Geo NNP 4671 596 13 . . . 4671 597 1 F. F. NNP 4671 597 2 Bragg Bragg NNP 4671 597 3 & & CC 4671 597 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 597 5 , , , 4671 597 6 Flint Flint NNP 4671 597 7 , , , 4671 597 8 Peabody Peabody NNP 4671 597 9 & & CC 4671 597 10 Co. Co. NNP 4671 597 11 , , , 4671 597 12 Wm Wm NNP 4671 597 13 . . . 4671 598 1 B. B. NNP 4671 598 2 Johnston Johnston NNP 4671 598 3 , , , 4671 598 4 D. D. NNP 4671 598 5 O. O. NNP 4671 599 1 Mills Mills NNP 4671 599 2 , , , 4671 599 3 H. H. NNP 4671 599 4 M. M. NNP 4671 599 5 Newhall Newhall NNP 4671 599 6 & & CC 4671 599 7 Co. Co. NNP 4671 599 8 , , , 4671 599 9 Henry Henry NNP 4671 599 10 Schmildell Schmildell NNP 4671 599 11 , , , 4671 599 12 Murphy Murphy NNP 4671 599 13 Grant Grant NNP 4671 599 14 & & CC 4671 599 15 Co. Co. NNP 4671 599 16 , , , 4671 599 17 Wm Wm NNP 4671 599 18 . . . 4671 600 1 T. T. NNP 4671 600 2 Coleman Coleman NNP 4671 600 3 & & CC 4671 600 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 600 5 , , , 4671 600 6 DeWitt DeWitt NNP 4671 600 7 Kittle Kittle NNP 4671 600 8 & & CC 4671 600 9 Co. Co. NNP 4671 600 10 , , , 4671 600 11 Richard Richard NNP 4671 600 12 M. M. NNP 4671 600 13 Jessup Jessup NNP 4671 600 14 , , , 4671 600 15 Graves Graves NNP 4671 600 16 Williams Williams NNP 4671 600 17 & & CC 4671 600 18 Buckley Buckley NNP 4671 600 19 , , , 4671 600 20 Donohoe Donohoe NNP 4671 600 21 , , , 4671 600 22 Ralston Ralston NNP 4671 600 23 & & CC 4671 600 24 Co. Co. NNP 4671 600 25 , , , 4671 600 26 H. H. NNP 4671 600 27 M. M. NNP 4671 600 28 Nuzlee Nuzlee NNP 4671 600 29 , , , 4671 600 30 Geo Geo NNP 4671 600 31 . . . 4671 601 1 C. C. NNP 4671 601 2 Shreve Shreve NNP 4671 601 3 & & CC 4671 601 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 601 5 , , , 4671 601 6 Peter Peter NNP 4671 601 7 Danahue Danahue NNP 4671 601 8 , , , 4671 601 9 Kellogg Kellogg NNP 4671 601 10 , , , 4671 601 11 Hewston Hewston NNP 4671 601 12 & & CC 4671 601 13 Co. Co. NNP 4671 601 14 , , , 4671 601 15 Moses Moses NNP 4671 601 16 Ellis Ellis NNP 4671 601 17 & & CC 4671 601 18 Co. Co. NNP 4671 601 19 , , , 4671 601 20 R. R. NNP 4671 601 21 D. D. NNP 4671 601 22 W. W. NNP 4671 601 23 Davis Davis NNP 4671 601 24 & & CC 4671 601 25 Co. Co. NNP 4671 601 26 , , , 4671 601 27 L. L. NNP 4671 601 28 B. B. NNP 4671 601 29 Beuchley Beuchley NNP 4671 601 30 & & CC 4671 601 31 Co. Co. NNP 4671 601 32 , , , 4671 601 33 Wm Wm NNP 4671 601 34 . . . 4671 602 1 A. A. NNP 4671 602 2 Dana Dana NNP 4671 602 3 , , , 4671 602 4 Jones Jones NNP 4671 602 5 , , , 4671 602 6 Dixon Dixon NNP 4671 602 7 & & CC 4671 602 8 Co. Co. NNP 4671 602 9 , , , 4671 602 10 J. J. NNP 4671 602 11 Y. Y. NNP 4671 602 12 Halleck Halleck NNP 4671 602 13 & & CC 4671 602 14 Co. Co. NNP 4671 602 15 , , , 4671 602 16 Forbes Forbes NNP 4671 602 17 & & CC 4671 602 18 Babcock Babcock NNP 4671 602 19 , , , 4671 602 20 A. a. NN 4671 602 21 T. T. NNP 4671 602 22 Lawton Lawton NNP 4671 602 23 , , , 4671 602 24 Geo Geo NNP 4671 602 25 . . . 4671 603 1 J. J. NNP 4671 603 2 Brooks Brooks NNP 4671 603 3 & & CC 4671 603 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 603 5 , , , 4671 603 6 Jno Jno NNP 4671 603 7 . . . 4671 604 1 B. B. NNP 4671 604 2 Newton Newton NNP 4671 604 3 & & CC 4671 604 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 604 5 , , , 4671 604 6 Chas Chas NNP 4671 604 7 . . . 4671 605 1 W. W. NNP 4671 605 2 Brooks Brooks NNP 4671 605 3 & & CC 4671 605 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 605 5 , , , 4671 605 6 James James NNP 4671 605 7 Patrick Patrick NNP 4671 605 8 & & CC 4671 605 9 Co. Co. NNP 4671 605 10 , , , 4671 605 11 Locke Locke NNP 4671 605 12 & & CC 4671 605 13 Montague Montague NNP 4671 605 14 , , , 4671 605 15 Janson Janson NNP 4671 605 16 , , , 4671 605 17 Bond Bond NNP 4671 605 18 & & CC 4671 605 19 Co. Co. NNP 4671 605 20 , , , 4671 605 21 Jennings Jennings NNP 4671 605 22 & & CC 4671 605 23 Brewster Brewster NNP 4671 605 24 , , , 4671 605 25 Treadwell Treadwell NNP 4671 605 26 & & CC 4671 605 27 Co. Co. NNP 4671 605 28 , , , 4671 605 29 William William NNP 4671 605 30 Alvord Alvord NNP 4671 605 31 & & CC 4671 605 32 Co. Co. NNP 4671 605 33 , , , 4671 605 34 Shattuck Shattuck NNP 4671 605 35 & & CC 4671 605 36 Hendley Hendley NNP 4671 605 37 , , , 4671 605 38 Randall Randall NNP 4671 605 39 & & CC 4671 605 40 Jones Jones NNP 4671 605 41 , , , 4671 605 42 J. J. NNP 4671 606 1 B. B. NNP 4671 606 2 Weir Weir NNP 4671 606 3 & & CC 4671 606 4 Co. Co. NNP 4671 606 5 , , , 4671 606 6 B. B. NNP 4671 606 7 C. C. NNP 4671 606 8 Hand Hand NNP 4671 606 9 & & CC 4671 606 10 Co. Co. NNP 4671 606 11 , , , 4671 606 12 O. O. NNP 4671 606 13 H. H. NNP 4671 606 14 Giffin Giffin NNP 4671 606 15 & & CC 4671 606 16 Bro Bro NNP 4671 606 17 . . NNP 4671 606 18 , , , 4671 606 19 Dodge Dodge NNP 4671 606 20 & & CC 4671 606 21 Shaw Shaw NNP 4671 606 22 , , , 4671 606 23 Tubbs Tubbs NNP 4671 606 24 & & CC 4671 606 25 Co. Co. NNP 4671 606 26 , , , 4671 606 27 J. J. NNP 4671 606 28 Whitney Whitney NNP 4671 606 29 , , , 4671 606 30 Jr. Jr. NNP 4671 606 31 , , , 4671 606 32 C. C. NNP 4671 606 33 Adolph Adolph NNP 4671 606 34 Low Low NNP 4671 606 35 & & CC 4671 606 36 Co. Co. NNP 4671 606 37 , , , 4671 606 38 Haynes Haynes NNP 4671 606 39 & & CC 4671 606 40 Lawton Lawton NNP 4671 606 41 , , , 4671 606 42 J. J. NNP 4671 606 43 D. D. NNP 4671 606 44 Farnell Farnell NNP 4671 606 45 , , , 4671 606 46 C. C. NNP 4671 606 47 E. E. NNP 4671 606 48 Hitchcock Hitchcock NNP 4671 606 49 , , , 4671 606 50 Geo Geo NNP 4671 606 51 . . . 4671 607 1 Howes Howes NNP 4671 607 2 & & CC 4671 607 3 Co. Co. NNP 4671 607 4 , , , 4671 607 5 Sam Sam NNP 4671 607 6 Merritt Merritt NNP 4671 607 7 , , , 4671 607 8 Jacob Jacob NNP 4671 607 9 Underhill Underhill NNP 4671 607 10 & & CC 4671 607 11 Co. Co. NNP 4671 607 12 , , , 4671 607 13 Morgan Morgan NNP 4671 607 14 Stone Stone NNP 4671 607 15 & & CC 4671 607 16 Co. Co. NNP 4671 607 17 , , , 4671 607 18 J. J. NNP 4671 607 19 W. W. NNP 4671 607 20 Brittan Brittan NNP 4671 607 21 , , , 4671 607 22 T. T. NNP 4671 607 23 H. H. NNP 4671 607 24 & & CC 4671 607 25 J. J. NNP 4671 607 26 S. S. NNP 4671 607 27 Bacon Bacon NNP 4671 607 28 , , , 4671 607 29 R. R. NNP 4671 607 30 B. B. NNP 4671 607 31 Swain Swain NNP 4671 607 32 & & CC 4671 607 33 Co. Co. NNP 4671 607 34 , , , 4671 607 35 Fargo Fargo NNP 4671 607 36 & & CC 4671 607 37 Co. Co. 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NNP 4671 608 6 Parker Parker NNP 4671 608 7 . . . 4671 609 1 ( ( -LRB- 4671 609 2 Above above IN 4671 609 3 data datum NNS 4671 609 4 taken take VBN 4671 609 5 from from IN 4671 609 6 Government Government NNP 4671 609 7 Secret Secret NNP 4671 609 8 Correspondence Correspondence NNP 4671 609 9 . . . 4671 610 1 Ordered order VBN 4671 610 2 printed print VBN 4671 610 3 by by IN 4671 610 4 the the DT 4671 610 5 second second JJ 4671 610 6 session session NN 4671 610 7 of of IN 4671 610 8 the the DT 4671 610 9 50th 50th JJ 4671 610 10 Congress Congress NNP 4671 610 11 in in IN 4671 610 12 1889 1889 CD 4671 610 13 , , , 4671 610 14 Senate Senate NNP 4671 610 15 Document Document NNP 4671 610 16 No no UH 4671 610 17 . . . 4671 611 1 70 70 CD 4671 611 2 . . . 4671 611 3 ) ) -RRB- 4671 612 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 612 2 21 21 CD 4671 612 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 612 4 In in IN 4671 612 5 the the DT 4671 612 6 writer writer NN 4671 612 7 's 's POS 4671 612 8 judgment judgment NN 4671 612 9 , , , 4671 612 10 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4671 677 2 was be VBD 4671 677 3 afterward afterward RB 4671 677 4 hanged hang VBN 4671 677 5 for for IN 4671 677 6 murder murder NN 4671 677 7 at at IN 4671 677 8 Seneca Seneca NNP 4671 677 9 , , , 4671 677 10 but but CC 4671 677 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 677 12 services service NNS 4671 677 13 to to IN 4671 677 14 the the DT 4671 677 15 Pony Pony NNP 4671 677 16 Express Express NNP 4671 677 17 were be VBD 4671 677 18 above above IN 4671 677 19 reproach reproach NN 4671 677 20 . . . 4671 678 1 Another another DT 4671 678 2 Eastern Eastern NNP 4671 678 3 Division Division NNP 4671 678 4 man man NN 4671 678 5 was be VBD 4671 678 6 Jack Jack NNP 4671 678 7 Keetly Keetly NNP 4671 678 8 , , , 4671 678 9 who who WP 4671 678 10 also also RB 4671 678 11 rode ride VBD 4671 678 12 from from IN 4671 678 13 St. St. NNP 4671 678 14 Joseph Joseph NNP 4671 678 15 to to IN 4671 678 16 Seneca Seneca NNP 4671 678 17 , , , 4671 678 18 alternating alternate VBG 4671 678 19 at at IN 4671 678 20 times time NNS 4671 678 21 with with IN 4671 678 22 Frey Frey NNP 4671 678 23 and and CC 4671 678 24 Baughn Baughn NNP 4671 678 25 . . . 4671 679 1 Keetley Keetley NNP 4671 679 2 's 's POS 4671 679 3 greatest great JJS 4671 679 4 performance performance NN 4671 679 5 , , , 4671 679 6 and and CC 4671 679 7 one one CD 4671 679 8 of of IN 4671 679 9 the the DT 4671 679 10 most most RBS 4671 679 11 remarkable remarkable JJ 4671 679 12 ever ever RB 4671 679 13 achieved achieve VBN 4671 679 14 in in IN 4671 679 15 the the DT 4671 679 16 service service NN 4671 679 17 , , , 4671 679 18 was be VBD 4671 679 19 riding ride VBG 4671 679 20 from from IN 4671 679 21 Rock Rock NNP 4671 679 22 Creek Creek NNP 4671 679 23 to to IN 4671 679 24 St. St. NNP 4671 679 25 Joseph Joseph NNP 4671 679 26 ; ; : 4671 679 27 then then RB 4671 679 28 back back RB 4671 679 29 to to IN 4671 679 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 679 31 starting starting NN 4671 679 32 point point NN 4671 679 33 and and CC 4671 679 34 on on RB 4671 679 35 to to IN 4671 679 36 Seneca Seneca NNP 4671 679 37 , , , 4671 679 38 and and CC 4671 679 39 from from IN 4671 679 40 Seneca Seneca NNP 4671 679 41 once once RB 4671 679 42 more more JJR 4671 679 43 to to IN 4671 679 44 Rock Rock NNP 4671 679 45 Creek Creek NNP 4671 679 46 -- -- : 4671 679 47 three three CD 4671 679 48 hundred hundred CD 4671 679 49 and and CC 4671 679 50 forty forty CD 4671 679 51 miles mile NNS 4671 679 52 without without IN 4671 679 53 rest rest NN 4671 679 54 . . . 4671 680 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 680 2 traveled travel VBD 4671 680 3 continuously continuously RB 4671 680 4 for for IN 4671 680 5 thirty thirty CD 4671 680 6 - - HYPH 4671 680 7 one one CD 4671 680 8 hours hour NNS 4671 680 9 , , , 4671 680 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 680 11 entire entire JJ 4671 680 12 run run NN 4671 680 13 being be VBG 4671 680 14 at at IN 4671 680 15 the the DT 4671 680 16 rate rate NN 4671 680 17 of of IN 4671 680 18 eleven eleven CD 4671 680 19 miles mile NNS 4671 680 20 an an DT 4671 680 21 hour hour NN 4671 680 22 . . . 4671 681 1 During during IN 4671 681 2 the the DT 4671 681 3 last last JJ 4671 681 4 five five CD 4671 681 5 miles mile NNS 4671 681 6 of of IN 4671 681 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 681 8 journey journey NN 4671 681 9 , , , 4671 681 10 he -PRON- PRP 4671 681 11 fell fall VBD 4671 681 12 asleep asleep JJ 4671 681 13 in in IN 4671 681 14 the the DT 4671 681 15 saddle saddle NN 4671 681 16 and and CC 4671 681 17 in in IN 4671 681 18 this this DT 4671 681 19 manner manner NN 4671 681 20 concluded conclude VBD 4671 681 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 681 22 long long JJ 4671 681 23 trip trip NN 4671 681 24 . . . 4671 682 1 Don Don NNP 4671 682 2 C. C. NNP 4671 682 3 Rising Rising NNP 4671 682 4 , , , 4671 682 5 who who WP 4671 682 6 afterwards afterwards RB 4671 682 7 settled settle VBD 4671 682 8 in in IN 4671 682 9 Northern Northern NNP 4671 682 10 Kansas Kansas NNP 4671 682 11 , , , 4671 682 12 was be VBD 4671 682 13 born bear VBN 4671 682 14 in in IN 4671 682 15 Painted Painted NNP 4671 682 16 Post Post NNP 4671 682 17 , , , 4671 682 18 Steuben Steuben NNP 4671 682 19 County County NNP 4671 682 20 , , , 4671 682 21 New New NNP 4671 682 22 York York NNP 4671 682 23 , , , 4671 682 24 in in IN 4671 682 25 1844 1844 CD 4671 682 26 , , , 4671 682 27 and and CC 4671 682 28 came come VBD 4671 682 29 West West NNP 4671 682 30 when when WRB 4671 682 31 thirteen thirteen CD 4671 682 32 years year NNS 4671 682 33 of of IN 4671 682 34 age age NN 4671 682 35 . . . 4671 683 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 683 2 rode ride VBD 4671 683 3 in in IN 4671 683 4 the the DT 4671 683 5 pony pony NN 4671 683 6 service service NN 4671 683 7 nearly nearly RB 4671 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Kearney NNP 4671 684 13 until until IN 4671 684 14 the the DT 4671 684 15 telegraph telegraph NN 4671 684 16 had have VBD 4671 684 17 reached reach VBN 4671 684 18 that that DT 4671 684 19 point point NN 4671 684 20 and and CC 4671 684 21 made make VBD 4671 684 22 the the DT 4671 684 23 operation operation NN 4671 684 24 of of IN 4671 684 25 the the DT 4671 684 26 Express Express NNP 4671 684 27 between between IN 4671 684 28 the the DT 4671 684 29 fort fort NN 4671 684 30 and and CC 4671 684 31 St. St. NNP 4671 684 32 Joseph Joseph NNP 4671 684 33 no no RB 4671 684 34 longer long RBR 4671 684 35 necessary necessary JJ 4671 684 36 . . . 4671 685 1 On on IN 4671 685 2 two two CD 4671 685 3 occasions occasion NNS 4671 685 4 , , , 4671 685 5 Rising rise VBG 4671 685 6 is be VBZ 4671 685 7 said say VBN 4671 685 8 to to TO 4671 685 9 have have VB 4671 685 10 maintained maintain VBN 4671 685 11 a a DT 4671 685 12 continuous continuous JJ 4671 685 13 speed speed NN 4671 685 14 of of IN 4671 685 15 twenty twenty CD 4671 685 16 miles mile NNS 4671 685 17 an an DT 4671 685 18 hour hour NN 4671 685 19 while while IN 4671 685 20 carrying carry VBG 4671 685 21 important important JJ 4671 685 22 dispatches dispatch NNS 4671 685 23 between between IN 4671 685 24 Big Big NNP 4671 685 25 Sandy Sandy NNP 4671 685 26 and and CC 4671 685 27 Rock Rock NNP 4671 685 28 Creek Creek NNP 4671 685 29 . . . 4671 686 1 One one CD 4671 686 2 rider rider NN 4671 686 3 who who WP 4671 686 4 was be VBD 4671 686 5 well well RB 4671 686 6 known know VBN 4671 686 7 as as IN 4671 686 8 " " `` 4671 686 9 Little Little NNP 4671 686 10 Yank Yank NNP 4671 686 11 " " '' 4671 686 12 was be VBD 4671 686 13 a a DT 4671 686 14 boy boy NN 4671 686 15 scarcely scarcely RB 4671 686 16 out out IN 4671 686 17 of of IN 4671 686 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 686 19 teens teen NNS 4671 686 20 and and CC 4671 686 21 weighing weigh VBG 4671 686 22 barely barely RB 4671 686 23 one one CD 4671 686 24 hundred hundred CD 4671 686 25 pounds pound NNS 4671 686 26 . . . 4671 687 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 687 2 rode ride VBD 4671 687 3 along along IN 4671 687 4 the the DT 4671 687 5 Platte Platte NNP 4671 687 6 River River NNP 4671 687 7 between between IN 4671 687 8 Cottonwood Cottonwood NNP 4671 687 9 Springs Springs NNP 4671 687 10 and and CC 4671 687 11 old old JJ 4671 687 12 Julesburg Julesburg NNP 4671 687 13 and and CC 4671 687 14 frequently frequently RB 4671 687 15 made make VBD 4671 687 16 one one CD 4671 687 17 hundred hundred CD 4671 687 18 miles mile NNS 4671 687 19 on on IN 4671 687 20 a a DT 4671 687 21 single single JJ 4671 687 22 trip trip NN 4671 687 23 . . . 4671 688 1 Another another DT 4671 688 2 man man NN 4671 688 3 named name VBN 4671 688 4 Hogan Hogan NNP 4671 688 5 , , , 4671 688 6 of of IN 4671 688 7 whom whom WP 4671 688 8 little little JJ 4671 688 9 is be VBZ 4671 688 10 known know VBN 4671 688 11 , , , 4671 688 12 rode ride VBD 4671 688 13 northwesterly northwesterly RB 4671 688 14 out out 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NNP 4671 691 3 Brink Brink NNP 4671 691 4 , , , 4671 691 5 or or CC 4671 691 6 " " `` 4671 691 7 Dock dock VB 4671 691 8 " " '' 4671 691 9 Brink Brink NNP 4671 691 10 as as IN 4671 691 11 he -PRON- PRP 4671 691 12 was be VBD 4671 691 13 known know VBN 4671 691 14 to to IN 4671 691 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 691 16 associates associate NNS 4671 691 17 , , , 4671 691 18 was be VBD 4671 691 19 one one CD 4671 691 20 of of IN 4671 691 21 the the DT 4671 691 22 early early JJ 4671 691 23 riders rider NNS 4671 691 24 , , , 4671 691 25 entering enter VBG 4671 691 26 the the DT 4671 691 27 employ employ NN 4671 691 28 of of IN 4671 691 29 the the DT 4671 691 30 Pony Pony NNP 4671 691 31 Express Express NNP 4671 691 32 Company Company NNP 4671 691 33 in in IN 4671 691 34 April April NNP 4671 691 35 , , , 4671 691 36 1860 1860 CD 4671 691 37 . . . 4671 692 1 While while IN 4671 692 2 " " `` 4671 692 3 Dock Dock NNP 4671 692 4 " " '' 4671 692 5 made make VBD 4671 692 6 a a DT 4671 692 7 good good JJ 4671 692 8 record record NN 4671 692 9 as as IN 4671 692 10 a a DT 4671 692 11 courier courier NN 4671 692 12 , , , 4671 692 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 692 14 chief chief JJ 4671 692 15 fame fame NN 4671 692 16 was be VBD 4671 692 17 gained gain VBN 4671 692 18 in in IN 4671 692 19 a a DT 4671 692 20 fight fight NN 4671 692 21 at at IN 4671 692 22 Rock Rock NNP 4671 692 23 Creek Creek NNP 4671 692 24 station station NN 4671 692 25 , , , 4671 692 26 in in IN 4671 692 27 which which WDT 4671 692 28 Brink Brink NNP 4671 692 29 and and CC 4671 692 30 Wild Wild NNP 4671 692 31 Bill[25 Bill[25 NNP 4671 692 32 ] ] -RRB- 4671 692 33 " " `` 4671 692 34 cleaned clean VBN 4671 692 35 out out RP 4671 692 36 " " `` 4671 692 37 the the DT 4671 692 38 McCandless McCandless NNP 4671 692 39 gang gang NN 4671 692 40 of of IN 4671 692 41 outlaws outlaw NNS 4671 692 42 , , , 4671 692 43 killing kill VBG 4671 692 44 five five CD 4671 692 45 of of IN 4671 692 46 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 692 47 number number NN 4671 692 48 . . . 4671 693 1 Charles Charles NNP 4671 693 2 Cliff Cliff NNP 4671 693 3 had have VBD 4671 693 4 an an DT 4671 693 5 eighty eighty CD 4671 693 6 - 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divisions division NNS 4671 739 18 in in IN 4671 739 19 the the DT 4671 739 20 same same JJ 4671 739 21 manner manner NN 4671 739 22 as as IN 4671 739 23 do do VBP 4671 739 24 railroad railroad NN 4671 739 25 train train NN 4671 739 26 crews crew NNS 4671 739 27 at at IN 4671 739 28 the the DT 4671 739 29 present present JJ 4671 739 30 time time NN 4671 739 31 . . . 4671 740 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 740 2 25 25 CD 4671 740 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 740 4 " " `` 4671 740 5 Wild Wild NNP 4671 740 6 Bill Bill NNP 4671 740 7 " " '' 4671 740 8 Hickock Hickock NNP 4671 740 9 was be VBD 4671 740 10 one one CD 4671 740 11 of of IN 4671 740 12 the the DT 4671 740 13 most most RBS 4671 740 14 noted noted JJ 4671 740 15 gun gun NN 4671 740 16 fighters fighter NNS 4671 740 17 that that WDT 4671 740 18 the the DT 4671 740 19 West West NNP 4671 740 20 ever ever RB 4671 740 21 produced produce VBD 4671 740 22 . . . 4671 741 1 As as IN 4671 741 2 marshal marshal NN 4671 741 3 of of IN 4671 741 4 Abilene Abilene NNP 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energy NN 4671 748 15 with with IN 4671 748 16 which which WDT 4671 748 17 the the DT 4671 748 18 riders rider NNS 4671 748 19 followed follow VBD 4671 748 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 748 21 course course NN 4671 748 22 . . . 4671 749 1 Unfortunately unfortunately RB 4671 749 2 , , , 4671 749 3 a a DT 4671 749 4 majority majority NN 4671 749 5 of of IN 4671 749 6 the the DT 4671 749 7 red red JJ 4671 749 8 men man NNS 4671 749 9 were be VBD 4671 749 10 not not RB 4671 749 11 always always RB 4671 749 12 content content JJ 4671 749 13 to to TO 4671 749 14 watch watch VB 4671 749 15 the the DT 4671 749 16 Express Express NNP 4671 749 17 in in IN 4671 749 18 simple simple JJ 4671 749 19 wonder wonder NN 4671 749 20 . . . 4671 750 1 They -PRON- PRP 4671 750 2 were be VBD 4671 750 3 too too RB 4671 750 4 frequently frequently RB 4671 750 5 bent bent JJ 4671 750 6 upon upon IN 4671 750 7 committing commit VBG 4671 750 8 deviltry deviltry NN 4671 750 9 to to TO 4671 750 10 refrain refrain VB 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4671 751 30 days day NNS 4671 751 31 called call VBN 4671 751 32 " " `` 4671 751 33 Pony Pony NNP 4671 751 34 Bob Bob NNP 4671 751 35 , , , 4671 751 36 " " '' 4671 751 37 and and CC 4671 751 38 William William NNP 4671 751 39 F. F. NNP 4671 751 40 Cody Cody NNP 4671 751 41 , , , 4671 751 42 who who WP 4671 751 43 is be VBZ 4671 751 44 known know VBN 4671 751 45 to to IN 4671 751 46 fame fame NN 4671 751 47 and and CC 4671 751 48 posterity posterity NN 4671 751 49 as as IN 4671 751 50 " " `` 4671 751 51 Buffalo Buffalo NNP 4671 751 52 Bill Bill NNP 4671 751 53 . . . 4671 751 54 " " '' 4671 752 1 Haslam Haslam NNP 4671 752 2 's 's POS 4671 752 3 banner banner NN 4671 752 4 performance performance NN 4671 752 5 came come VBD 4671 752 6 about about RP 4671 752 7 in in IN 4671 752 8 a a DT 4671 752 9 matter matter JJ 4671 752 10 - - HYPH 4671 752 11 of of IN 4671 752 12 - - HYPH 4671 752 13 fact fact NN 4671 752 14 way way NN 4671 752 15 , , , 4671 752 16 as as IN 4671 752 17 is be VBZ 4671 752 18 generally generally RB 4671 752 19 the the DT 4671 752 20 case case NN 4671 752 21 with with IN 4671 752 22 deeds deed NNS 4671 752 23 of of IN 4671 752 24 heroism heroism NN 4671 752 25 . . . 4671 753 1 On on IN 4671 753 2 a a DT 4671 753 3 certain certain JJ 4671 753 4 trip trip NN 4671 753 5 during during IN 4671 753 6 the the DT 4671 753 7 Ute Ute NNP 4671 753 8 raids raid NNS 4671 753 9 mentioned mention VBN 4671 753 10 in in IN 4671 753 11 the the DT 4671 753 12 last last JJ 4671 753 13 chapter chapter NN 4671 753 14 , , , 4671 753 15 he -PRON- PRP 4671 753 16 stopped stop VBD 4671 753 17 at at IN 4671 753 18 Reed Reed NNP 4671 753 19 's 's POS 4671 753 20 Station Station NNP 4671 753 21 on on IN 4671 753 22 the the DT 4671 753 23 Carson Carson NNP 4671 753 24 River River NNP 4671 753 25 in in IN 4671 753 26 Nevada Nevada NNP 4671 753 27 , , , 4671 753 28 and and CC 4671 753 29 found find VBD 4671 753 30 no no DT 4671 753 31 change change NN 4671 753 32 of of IN 4671 753 33 horses horse NNS 4671 753 34 , , , 4671 753 35 since since IN 4671 753 36 all all PDT 4671 753 37 the the DT 4671 753 38 animals animal NNS 4671 753 39 had have VBD 4671 753 40 been be VBN 4671 753 41 appropriated appropriate VBN 4671 753 42 by by IN 4671 753 43 the the DT 4671 753 44 white white JJ 4671 753 45 men man NNS 4671 753 46 of of IN 4671 753 47 the the DT 4671 753 48 vicinity vicinity NN 4671 753 49 for for IN 4671 753 50 a a DT 4671 753 51 campaign campaign NN 4671 753 52 against against IN 4671 753 53 the the DT 4671 753 54 Indians Indians NNPS 4671 753 55 . . . 4671 754 1 Haslam Haslam NNP 4671 754 2 therefore therefore RB 4671 754 3 fed feed VBD 4671 754 4 the the DT 4671 754 5 horse horse NN 4671 754 6 he -PRON- PRP 4671 754 7 was be VBD 4671 754 8 riding ride VBG 4671 754 9 , , , 4671 754 10 and and CC 4671 754 11 after after IN 4671 754 12 a a DT 4671 754 13 short short JJ 4671 754 14 rest rest NN 4671 754 15 started start VBN 4671 754 16 for for IN 4671 754 17 Bucklands[29 Bucklands[29 NNP 4671 754 18 ] ] -RRB- 4671 754 19 , , , 4671 754 20 the the DT 4671 754 21 next next JJ 4671 754 22 station station NN 4671 754 23 which which WDT 4671 754 24 was be VBD 4671 754 25 fifteen fifteen CD 4671 754 26 miles mile NNS 4671 754 27 down down IN 4671 754 28 the the DT 4671 754 29 river river NN 4671 754 30 . . . 4671 755 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 755 2 had have VBD 4671 755 3 already already RB 4671 755 4 ridden ride VBN 4671 755 5 seventy seventy CD 4671 755 6 - - HYPH 4671 755 7 five five CD 4671 755 8 miles mile NNS 4671 755 9 and and CC 4671 755 10 was be VBD 4671 755 11 due due JJ 4671 755 12 to to TO 4671 755 13 lay lay VB 4671 755 14 off off RP 4671 755 15 at at IN 4671 755 16 the the DT 4671 755 17 latter latter JJ 4671 755 18 place place NN 4671 755 19 . . . 4671 756 1 But but CC 4671 756 2 on on IN 4671 756 3 arriving arrive VBG 4671 756 4 , , , 4671 756 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 756 6 successor successor NN 4671 756 7 , , , 4671 756 8 a a DT 4671 756 9 man man NN 4671 756 10 named name VBN 4671 756 11 Johnson Johnson NNP 4671 756 12 Richardson Richardson NNP 4671 756 13 , , , 4671 756 14 was be VBD 4671 756 15 unable unable JJ 4671 756 16 or or CC 4671 756 17 indisposed indisposed JJ 4671 756 18 to to TO 4671 756 19 go go VB 4671 756 20 on on RP 4671 756 21 with with IN 4671 756 22 the the DT 4671 756 23 mail[30 mail[30 NN 4671 756 24 ] ] -RRB- 4671 756 25 . . . 4671 757 1 It -PRON- PRP 4671 757 2 happened happen VBD 4671 757 3 that that IN 4671 757 4 Division Division NNP 4671 757 5 Superintendent Superintendent NNP 4671 757 6 W. W. NNP 4671 757 7 C. C. 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J. NNP 4671 761 32 G. G. 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last VBG 4671 836 28 fame fame NN 4671 836 29 of of IN 4671 836 30 the the DT 4671 836 31 enterprise enterprise NN 4671 836 32 : : : 4671 836 33 Baughn Baughn NNP 4671 836 34 , , , 4671 836 35 Melville Melville NNP 4671 836 36 Beatley Beatley NNP 4671 836 37 , , , 4671 836 38 Jim Jim NNP 4671 836 39 " " `` 4671 836 40 Boston Boston NNP 4671 836 41 " " '' 4671 836 42 Boulton Boulton NNP 4671 836 43 , , , 4671 836 44 William William NNP 4671 836 45 Brink Brink NNP 4671 836 46 , , , 4671 836 47 James James NNP 4671 836 48 W. W. NNP 4671 836 49 Burnett Burnett NNP 4671 836 50 , , , 4671 836 51 John John NNP 4671 836 52 Bucklin Bucklin NNP 4671 836 53 , , , 4671 836 54 Jimmy Jimmy NNP 4671 836 55 Carr Carr NNP 4671 836 56 , , , 4671 836 57 William William NNP 4671 836 58 Carrigan Carrigan NNP 4671 836 59 , , , 4671 836 60 William William NNP 4671 836 61 Cates Cates NNP 4671 836 62 , , , 4671 836 63 Bill Bill NNP 4671 836 64 Clark Clark NNP 4671 836 65 , , , 4671 836 66 Jimmy Jimmy NNP 4671 836 67 Cliff Cliff NNP 4671 836 68 , , , 4671 836 69 Charles Charles NNP 4671 836 70 Cody Cody NNP 4671 836 71 , , , 4671 836 72 William William NNP 4671 836 73 F. F. NNP 4671 836 74 Egan Egan NNP 4671 836 75 , , , 4671 836 76 Major Major NNP 4671 836 77 Ellis Ellis NNP 4671 836 78 , , , 4671 836 79 J. J. NNP 4671 836 80 K. K. NNP 4671 836 81 Faust Faust NNP 4671 836 82 , , , 4671 836 83 H. H. NNP 4671 836 84 J. J. NNP 4671 836 85 Fisher Fisher NNP 4671 836 86 , , , 4671 836 87 John John NNP 4671 836 88 Frey Frey NNP 4671 836 89 , , , 4671 836 90 Johnnie Johnnie NNP 4671 836 91 Gentry Gentry NNP 4671 836 92 , , , 4671 836 93 Jim Jim NNP 4671 836 94 Gilson Gilson NNP 4671 836 95 , , , 4671 836 96 Jim Jim NNP 4671 836 97 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 4671 836 98 , , , 4671 836 99 Sam Sam NNP 4671 836 100 Haslam Haslam NNP 4671 836 101 , , , 4671 836 102 Robert Robert NNP 4671 836 103 Hogan Hogan NNP 4671 836 104 ( ( -LRB- 4671 836 105 first first JJ 4671 836 106 name name NN 4671 836 107 missing miss VBG 4671 836 108 ) ) -RRB- 4671 836 109 Huntington Huntington NNP 4671 836 110 , , , 4671 836 111 Let let VB 4671 836 112 " " `` 4671 836 113 Irish Irish NNP 4671 836 114 Tom Tom NNP 4671 836 115 " " '' 4671 836 116 James James NNP 4671 836 117 , , , 4671 836 118 William William NNP 4671 836 119 Jenkins Jenkins NNP 4671 836 120 , , , 4671 836 121 Will Will NNP 4671 836 122 D. D. NNP 4671 836 123 Kelley Kelley NNP 4671 836 124 , , , 4671 836 125 Jay Jay NNP 4671 836 126 G. G. NNP 4671 836 127 Keetley Keetley NNP 4671 836 128 , , , 4671 836 129 Jack Jack NNP 4671 836 130 " " `` 4671 836 131 Little Little NNP 4671 836 132 Yank Yank NNP 4671 836 133 " " '' 4671 836 134 Martin Martin NNP 4671 836 135 , , , 4671 836 136 Bob Bob NNP 4671 836 137 McCall McCall NNP 4671 836 138 , , , 4671 836 139 J. J. NNP 4671 836 140 G. G. NNP 4671 836 141 McDonald McDonald NNP 4671 836 142 , , , 4671 836 143 James James NNP 4671 836 144 McNaughton McNaughton NNP 4671 836 145 , , , 4671 836 146 Jim Jim NNP 4671 836 147 Moore Moore NNP 4671 836 148 , , , 4671 836 149 Jim Jim NNP 4671 836 150 Perkins Perkins NNP 4671 836 151 , , , 4671 836 152 Josh Josh NNP 4671 836 153 Rand Rand NNP 4671 836 154 , , , 4671 836 155 Theodore Theodore NNP 4671 836 156 Richardson Richardson NNP 4671 836 157 , , , 4671 836 158 Johnson Johnson NNP 4671 836 159 Riles Riles NNP 4671 836 160 , , , 4671 836 161 Bart Bart NNP 4671 836 162 Rising rise VBG 4671 836 163 , , , 4671 836 164 Don Don NNP 4671 836 165 C. C. NNP 4671 836 166 Roff Roff NNP 4671 836 167 , , , 4671 836 168 Harry Harry NNP 4671 836 169 Spurr Spurr NNP 4671 836 170 , , , 4671 836 171 George George NNP 4671 836 172 Thacher Thacher NNP 4671 836 173 , , , 4671 836 174 George George NNP 4671 836 175 Towne Towne NNP 4671 836 176 , , , 4671 836 177 George George NNP 4671 836 178 Wallace Wallace NNP 4671 836 179 , , , 4671 836 180 Henry Henry NNP 4671 836 181 Westcott Westcott NNP 4671 836 182 , , , 4671 836 183 Dan Dan NNP 4671 836 184 Zowgaltz Zowgaltz NNP 4671 836 185 , , , 4671 836 186 Jose Jose NNP 4671 836 187 . . . 4671 837 1 Many many JJ 4671 837 2 of of IN 4671 837 3 these these DT 4671 837 4 men man NNS 4671 837 5 were be VBD 4671 837 6 rough rough JJ 4671 837 7 and and CC 4671 837 8 unlettered unlettered JJ 4671 837 9 . . . 4671 838 1 Many many JJ 4671 838 2 died die VBD 4671 838 3 deaths death NNS 4671 838 4 of of IN 4671 838 5 violence violence NN 4671 838 6 . . . 4671 839 1 The the DT 4671 839 2 bones bone NNS 4671 839 3 of of IN 4671 839 4 many many JJ 4671 839 5 lie lie NN 4671 839 6 in in IN 4671 839 7 unknown unknown JJ 4671 839 8 graves grave NNS 4671 839 9 . . . 4671 840 1 Some some DT 4671 840 2 doubtless doubtless RB 4671 840 3 lie lie VBP 4671 840 4 unburied unburied JJ 4671 840 5 somewhere somewhere RB 4671 840 6 in in IN 4671 840 7 the the DT 4671 840 8 great great JJ 4671 840 9 West West NNP 4671 840 10 , , , 4671 840 11 in in IN 4671 840 12 the the DT 4671 840 13 winning winning NN 4671 840 14 of of IN 4671 840 15 which which WDT 4671 840 16 their -PRON- PRP$ 4671 840 17 lives life NNS 4671 840 18 were be VBD 4671 840 19 lost lose VBN 4671 840 20 . . . 4671 841 1 Yet yet CC 4671 841 2 be be VB 4671 841 3 it -PRON- PRP 4671 841 4 always always RB 4671 841 5 remembered remember VBN 4671 841 6 , , , 4671 841 7 that that IN 4671 841 8 in in IN 4671 841 9 the the DT 4671 841 10 history history NN 4671 841 11 of of IN 4671 841 12 the the DT 4671 841 13 American american JJ 4671 841 14 nation nation NN 4671 841 15 they -PRON- PRP 4671 841 16 played play VBD 4671 841 17 an an DT 4671 841 18 important important JJ 4671 841 19 part part NN 4671 841 20 . . . 4671 842 1 They -PRON- PRP 4671 842 2 were be VBD 4671 842 3 bold bold RB 4671 842 4 - - HYPH 4671 842 5 hearted hearted JJ 4671 842 6 citizen citizen NN 4671 842 7 knights knight NNS 4671 842 8 to to IN 4671 842 9 whom whom WP 4671 842 10 is be VBZ 4671 842 11 due due JJ 4671 842 12 the the DT 4671 842 13 honors honor NNS 4671 842 14 of of IN 4671 842 15 uncrowned uncrowned JJ 4671 842 16 kings king NNS 4671 842 17 . . . 4671 843 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 843 2 29 29 CD 4671 843 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 843 4 Afterwards Afterwards NNP 4671 843 5 named name VBN 4671 843 6 Fort Fort NNP 4671 843 7 Churchill Churchill NNP 4671 843 8 . . . 4671 844 1 This this DT 4671 844 2 ride ride NN 4671 844 3 took take VBD 4671 844 4 place place NN 4671 844 5 in in IN 4671 844 6 the the DT 4671 844 7 summer summer NN 4671 844 8 of of IN 4671 844 9 1860 1860 CD 4671 844 10 . . . 4671 845 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 845 2 30 30 CD 4671 845 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 845 4 Some some DT 4671 845 5 reports report NNS 4671 845 6 say say VBP 4671 845 7 that that IN 4671 845 8 Richardson Richardson NNP 4671 845 9 was be VBD 4671 845 10 stricken stricken VBN 4671 845 11 with with IN 4671 845 12 fear fear NN 4671 845 13 . . . 4671 846 1 That that IN 4671 846 2 he -PRON- PRP 4671 846 3 was be VBD 4671 846 4 probably probably RB 4671 846 5 suffering suffer VBG 4671 846 6 from from IN 4671 846 7 overwrought overwrought JJ 4671 846 8 nerves nerve NNS 4671 846 9 , , , 4671 846 10 resulting result VBG 4671 846 11 from from IN 4671 846 12 excessive excessive JJ 4671 846 13 risks risk NNS 4671 846 14 which which WDT 4671 846 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 4671 846 16 run run NN 4671 846 17 had have VBD 4671 846 18 involved involve VBN 4671 846 19 , , , 4671 846 20 is be VBZ 4671 846 21 a a DT 4671 846 22 more more RBR 4671 846 23 correct correct JJ 4671 846 24 inference inference NN 4671 846 25 . . . 4671 847 1 This this DT 4671 847 2 is be VBZ 4671 847 3 the the DT 4671 847 4 only only JJ 4671 847 5 case case NN 4671 847 6 on on IN 4671 847 7 record record NN 4671 847 8 of of IN 4671 847 9 a a DT 4671 847 10 pony pony NN 4671 847 11 messenger messenger NN 4671 847 12 failing fail VBG 4671 847 13 to to TO 4671 847 14 respond respond VB 4671 847 15 to to IN 4671 847 16 duty duty NN 4671 847 17 , , , 4671 847 18 unless unless IN 4671 847 19 killed kill VBN 4671 847 20 or or CC 4671 847 21 disabled disabled JJ 4671 847 22 . . . 4671 848 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 848 2 31 31 CD 4671 848 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 848 4 After after IN 4671 848 5 the the DT 4671 848 6 California California NNP 4671 848 7 Pony Pony NNP 4671 848 8 Express Express NNP 4671 848 9 was be VBD 4671 848 10 abandoned abandon VBN 4671 848 11 , , , 4671 848 12 Bob Bob NNP 4671 848 13 rode ride VBD 4671 848 14 for for IN 4671 848 15 Wells Wells NNP 4671 848 16 Fargo Fargo NNP 4671 848 17 & & CC 4671 848 18 Co. Co. NNP 4671 848 19 , , , 4671 848 20 between between IN 4671 848 21 Friday Friday NNP 4671 848 22 's 's POS 4671 848 23 Station Station NNP 4671 848 24 and and CC 4671 848 25 Virginia Virginia NNP 4671 848 26 City City NNP 4671 848 27 , , , 4671 848 28 Nevada Nevada NNP 4671 848 29 , , , 4671 848 30 a a DT 4671 848 31 distance distance NN 4671 848 32 of of IN 4671 848 33 one one CD 4671 848 34 hundred hundred CD 4671 848 35 miles mile NNS 4671 848 36 . . . 4671 849 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 849 2 seems seem VBZ 4671 849 3 to to TO 4671 849 4 have have VB 4671 849 5 enjoyed enjoy VBN 4671 849 6 horseback horseback NN 4671 849 7 riding riding NN 4671 849 8 , , , 4671 849 9 for for IN 4671 849 10 he -PRON- PRP 4671 849 11 made make VBD 4671 849 12 this this DT 4671 849 13 roundtrip roundtrip NN 4671 849 14 journey journey NN 4671 849 15 in in IN 4671 849 16 twenty twenty CD 4671 849 17 - - HYPH 4671 849 18 four four CD 4671 849 19 hours hour NNS 4671 849 20 . . . 4671 850 1 When when WRB 4671 850 2 the the DT 4671 850 3 Central Central NNP 4671 850 4 Pacific Pacific NNP 4671 850 5 R. R. NNP 4671 850 6 R. R. NNP 4671 850 7 was be VBD 4671 850 8 built build VBN 4671 850 9 , , , 4671 850 10 and and CC 4671 850 11 this this DT 4671 850 12 pony pony NN 4671 850 13 line line NN 4671 850 14 abandoned abandon VBN 4671 850 15 , , , 4671 850 16 Haslam Haslam NNP 4671 850 17 rode ride VBD 4671 850 18 for for IN 4671 850 19 six six CD 4671 850 20 months month NNS 4671 850 21 a a DT 4671 850 22 twenty twenty CD 4671 850 23 - - HYPH 4671 850 24 three three CD 4671 850 25 mile mile NN 4671 850 26 division division NN 4671 850 27 between between IN 4671 850 28 Virginia Virginia NNP 4671 850 29 City City NNP 4671 850 30 and and CC 4671 850 31 Reno Reno NNP 4671 850 32 , , , 4671 850 33 traveling travel VBG 4671 850 34 the the DT 4671 850 35 distance distance NN 4671 850 36 in in IN 4671 850 37 less less JJR 4671 850 38 than than IN 4671 850 39 one one CD 4671 850 40 hour hour NN 4671 850 41 . . . 4671 851 1 To to TO 4671 851 2 accomplish accomplish VB 4671 851 3 this this DT 4671 851 4 feat feat NN 4671 851 5 , , , 4671 851 6 he -PRON- PRP 4671 851 7 used use VBD 4671 851 8 a a DT 4671 851 9 relay relay NN 4671 851 10 of of IN 4671 851 11 fifteen fifteen CD 4671 851 12 horses horse NNS 4671 851 13 . . . 4671 852 1 He -PRON- PRP 4671 852 2 was be VBD 4671 852 3 afterwards afterwards RB 4671 852 4 transfered transfer VBN 4671 852 5 to to IN 4671 852 6 Idaho Idaho NNP 4671 852 7 where where WRB 4671 852 8 he -PRON- PRP 4671 852 9 continued continue VBD 4671 852 10 in in IN 4671 852 11 a a DT 4671 852 12 similar similar JJ 4671 852 13 capacity capacity NN 4671 852 14 on on IN 4671 852 15 a a DT 4671 852 16 one one CD 4671 852 17 hundred hundred CD 4671 852 18 mile mile NN 4671 852 19 run run VBN 4671 852 20 before before IN 4671 852 21 quitting quit VBG 4671 852 22 the the DT 4671 852 23 service service NN 4671 852 24 for for IN 4671 852 25 a a DT 4671 852 26 less less RBR 4671 852 27 exciting exciting JJ 4671 852 28 vocation vocation NN 4671 852 29 . . . 4671 853 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 853 2 32 32 CD 4671 853 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 853 4 Inman Inman NNP 4671 853 5 & & CC 4671 853 6 Cody Cody NNP 4671 853 7 , , , 4671 853 8 Salt Salt NNP 4671 853 9 Lake Lake NNP 4671 853 10 Trail Trail NNP 4671 853 11 . . . 4671 854 1 [ [ -LRB- 4671 854 2 33 33 CD 4671 854 3 ] ] -RRB- 4671 854 4 Root Root NNP 4671 854 5 and and CC 4671 854 6 Connelley Connelley NNP 4671 854 7 's 's POS 4671 854 8 Overland Overland NNP 4671 854 9 Stage Stage NNP 4671 854 10 to to IN 4671 854 11 California California NNP 4671 854 12 . . . 4671 855 1 Chapter chapter NN 4671 855 2 VIII viii VBP 4671 855 3 Early early JJ 4671 855 4 Overland Overland NNP 4671 855 5 Mail Mail NNP 4671 855 6 Routes Routes NNPS 4671 855 7 In in IN 4671 855 8 the the DT 4671 855 9 history history NN 4671 855 10 of of IN 4671 855 11 overland overland NN 4671 855 12 transportation transportation NN 4671 855 13 in in IN 4671 855 14 America America NNP 4671 855 15 , , , 4671 855 16 the the DT 4671 855 17 Pony Pony NNP 4671 855 18 Express Express NNP 4671 855 19 is be VBZ 4671 855 20 but but CC 4671 855 21 one one CD 4671 855 22 in in IN 4671 855 23 a a DT 4671 855 24 series series NN 4671 855 25 of of IN 4671 855 26 many many JJ 4671 855 27 enterprises enterprise NNS 4671 855 28 . . . 4671 856 1 As as IN 4671 856 2 emphasized emphasize VBN 4671 856 3 at at IN 4671 856 4 the the DT 4671 856 5 beginning beginning NN 4671 856 6 of of IN 4671 856 7 this this DT 4671 856 8 book book NN 4671 856 9 , , , 4671 856 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 4671 856 11 importance importance NN 4671 856 12 lay lie VBD 4671 856 13 in in IN 4671 856 14 its -PRON- PRP$ 4671 856 15 opportuneness opportuneness NN 4671 856 16 ; ; : 4671 856 17 in in IN 4671 856 18 the the DT 4671 856 19 fact fact NN 4671 856 20 that that IN 4671 856 21 it -PRON- PRP 4671 856 22 appeared appear VBD 4671 856 23 at at IN 4671 856 24 the the DT 4671 856 25 psychological psychological JJ 4671 856 26 moment moment NN 4671 856 27 , , , 4671 856 28 and and CC 4671 856 29 fitted fit VBD 4671 856 30 into into IN 4671 856 31 the the DT 4671 856 32 course course NN 4671 856 33 of of IN 4671 856 34 events event NNS 4671 856 35 at at IN 4671 856 36 a a DT 4671 856 37 critical critical JJ 4671 856 38 period period NN 4671 856 39 , , , 4671 856 40 prior prior RB 4671 856 41 to to IN 4671 856 42 the the DT 4671 856 43 completion completion NN 4671 856 44 of of IN 4671 856 45 the the DT 4671 856 46 telegraph telegraph NN 4671 856 47 ; ; : 4671 856 48 and and CC 4671 856 49 when when WRB 4671 856 50 some some DT 4671 856 51 form form NN 4671 856 52 of of IN 4671 856 53 rapid rapid JJ 4671 856 54 transit transit NN 4671 856 55 between between IN 4671 856 56 the the DT 4671 856 57 Missouri Missouri NNP 4671 856 58 River River NNP 4671 856 59 and and CC 4671 856 60 the the DT 4671 856 61 Pacific Pacific NNP 4671 856 62 Coast Coast NNP 4671 856 63 was be VBD 4671 856 64 absolutely absolutely RB 4671 856 65 needed need VBN 4671 856 66 . . . 4671 857 1 To to TO 4671 857 2 give give VB 4671 857 3 adequate adequate JJ 4671 857 4 setting setting NN 4671 857 5 to to IN 4671 857 6 this this DT 4671 857 7 story story NN 4671 857 8 , , , 4671 857 9 a a DT 4671 857 10 brief brief JJ 4671 857 11 account account NN 4671 857 12 of of IN 4671 857 13 the the DT 4671 857 14 leading lead VBG 4671 857 15 overland overland NN 4671 857 16 routes route NNS 4671 857 17 , , , 4671 857 18 of of IN 4671 857 19 which which WDT 4671 857 20 the the DT 4671 857 21 Pony Pony NNP 4671 857 22 Express Express NNP 4671 857 23 was be VBD 4671 857 24 but but CC 4671 857 25 one one CD 4671 857 26 , , , 4671 857 27 seems seem VBZ 4671 857 28 proper proper JJ 4671 857 29 . . . 4671 858 1 Before before IN 4671 858 2 the the DT 4671 858 3 middle middle NN 4671 858 4 of of IN 4671 858 5 the the DT 4671 858 6 nineteenth nineteenth JJ 4671 858 7 century century NN 4671 858 8 , , , 4671 858 9 three three CD 4671 858 10 great great JJ 4671 858 11 thoroughfares thoroughfare NNS 4671 858 12 had have VBD 4671 858 13 been be VBN 4671 858 14 established establish VBN 4671 858 15 from from IN 4671 858 16 the the DT 4671 858 17 Missouri Missouri NNP 4671 858 18 , , , 4671 858 19 westward westward RB 4671 858 20 across across IN 4671 858 21 the the DT 4671 858 22 continent continent NN 4671 858 23 . . . 4671 859 1 These these DT 4671 859 2 were be VBD 4671 859 3 the the DT 4671 859 4 Santa Santa NNP 4671 859 5 Fe Fe NNP 4671 859 6 , , , 4671 859 7 the the DT 4671 859 8 Salt Salt NNP 4671 859 9 Lake Lake NNP 4671 859 10 , , , 4671 859 11 and and CC 4671 859 12 the the DT 4671 859 13 Oregon Oregon NNP 4671 859 14 trails trail NNS 4671 859 15 . . . 4671 860 1 All all DT 4671 860 2 had have VBD 4671 860 3 important important JJ 4671 860 4 branches branch NNS 4671 860 5 and and CC 4671 860 6 lesser less JJR 4671 860 7 stems stem NNS 4671 860 8 , , , 4671 860 9 and and CC 4671 860 10 all all DT 4671 860 11 are be VBP 4671 860 12 today today NN 4671 860 13 followed follow VBN 4671 860 14 by by IN 4671 860 15 important important JJ 4671 860 16 railroads railroad NNS 4671 860 17 -- -- : 4671 860 18 a a DT 4671 860 19 splendid splendid JJ 4671 860 20 testimonial testimonial NN 4671 860 21 to to IN 4671 860 22 the the DT 4671 860 23 ability ability NN 4671 860 24 of of IN 4671 860 25 the the DT 4671 860 26 pioneer pioneer NN 4671 860 27 pathfinders pathfinder NNS 4671 860 28 in in IN 4671 860 29 selecting select VBG 4671 860 30 the the DT 4671 860 31 best good JJS 4671 860 32 routes route NNS 4671 860 33 . . . 4671 861 1 Of of IN 4671 861 2 these these DT 4671 861 3 trails trail NNS 4671 861 4 , , , 4671 861 5 that that DT 4671 861 6 leading lead VBG 4671 861 7 to to IN 4671 861 8 Santa Santa NNP 4671 861 9 Fe Fe NNP 4671 861 10 was be VBD 4671 861 11 the the DT 4671 861 12 oldest old JJS 4671 861 13 , , , 4671 861 14 having have VBG 4671 861 15 been be VBN 4671 861 16 fully fully RB 4671 861 17 established establish VBN 4671 861 18 before before IN 4671 861 19 1824 1824 CD 4671 861 20 . . . 4671 862 1 The the DT 4671 862 2 Salt Salt NNP 4671 862 3 Lake Lake NNP 4671 862 4 and and CC 4671 862 5 Oregon Oregon NNP 4671 862 6 routes route VBZ 4671 862 7 date date NN 4671 862 8 some some DT 4671 862 9 twenty twenty CD 4671 862 10 years year NNS 4671 862 11 later later RB 4671 862 12 , , , 4671 862 13 coming come VBG 4671 862 14 into into IN 4671 862 15 existence existence NN 4671 862 16 in in IN 4671 862 17 the the DT 4671 862 18 decade decade NN 4671 862 19 between between IN 4671 862 20 1840 1840 CD 4671 862 21 and and CC 4671 862 22 1850 1850 CD 4671 862 23 . . . 4671 863 1 It -PRON- PRP 4671 863 2 is be VBZ 4671 863 3 incidentally incidentally RB 4671 863 4 with with IN 4671 863 5 the the DT 4671 863 6 Salt Salt NNP 4671 863 7 Lake Lake NNP 4671 863 8 trail trail NN 4671 863 9 that that IN 4671 863 10 the the DT 4671 863 11 story story NN 4671 863 12 of of IN 4671 863 13 the the DT 4671 863 14 Pony Pony NNP 4671 863 15 Express Express NNP 4671 863 16 mainly mainly RB 4671 863 17 deals deal VBZ 4671 863 18 . . . 4671 864 1 The the DT 4671 864 2 Mormon Mormon NNP 4671 864 3 settlement settlement NN 4671 864 4 of of IN 4671 864 5 Utah Utah NNP 4671 864 6 in in IN 4671 864 7 1847 1847 CD 4671 864 8 - - SYM 4671 864 9 48 48 CD 4671 864 10 , , , 4671 864 11 followed follow VBD 4671 864 12 almost almost RB 4671 864 13 immediately immediately RB 4671 864 14 by by IN 4671 864 15 the the DT 4671 864 16 discovery discovery NN 4671 864 17 of of IN 4671 864 18 gold gold NN 4671 864 19 in in IN 4671 864 20 California California NNP 4671 864 21 , , , 4671 864 22 led lead VBD 4671 864 23 to to IN 4671 864 24 the the DT 4671 864 25 first first JJ 4671 864 26 mail mail NN 4671 864 27 route[34 route[34 NFP 4671 864 28 ] ] -RRB- 4671 864 29 across across IN 4671 864 30 the the DT 4671 864 31 country country NN 4671 864 32 , , , 4671 864 33 west west NN 4671 864 34 of of IN 4671 864 35 the the DT 4671 864 36 Missouri Missouri NNP 4671 864 37 . . . 4671 865 1 This this DT 4671 865 2 was be VBD 4671 865 3 known know VBN 4671 865 4 as as IN 4671 865 5 the the DT 4671 865 6 " " `` 4671 865 7 Great Great NNP 4671 865 8 Salt Salt NNP 4671 865 9 Lake Lake NNP 4671 865 10 Mail Mail NNP 4671 865 11 , , , 4671 865 12 " " '' 4671 865 13 and and CC 4671 865 14 the the DT 4671 865 15 first first JJ 4671 865 16 contract contract NN 4671 865 17 for for IN 4671 865 18 transporting transport VBG 4671 865 19 it -PRON- PRP 4671 865 20 was be VBD 4671 865 21 let let VBN 4671 865 22 July July NNP 4671 865 23 1 1 CD 4671 865 24 , , , 4671 865 25 1850 1850 CD 4671 865 26 , , , 4671 865 27 to to IN 4671 865 28 Samuel Samuel NNP 4671 865 29 H. H. 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W. NNP 4671 870 30 F. F. 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