Under New Management!

June 7, 1869

When this reporter asked him if he had anything to say to the citizens of Lago all he said was “Once I get settled I plan on throwing a Barn Party for everyone, sort of a get to know the neighbors type of thing. Also everyone is welcome to stop by and visit”

Wanted

May 9, 1869

Opening Soon

April 16, 1869

That's right folks, a new Undertaker is in town and is here to respect your needs for your dearly departed. Not only that,"He's one fair boyo." With collection and basic preparation for that all important open casket ceremony starting at $45. It's hard to believe he's the only Undertaker in town!
Mr. McClarty also recognizes the Gunslinger code of "on the money", so keep that sixth chamber stuffed with a $100 dollar bill and Caidian will set you up a hero's burial on Boot hill.

Mr. McClarty has been trained in the military so you know that your burial needs will be done promptly and professionally. Just look at these nice reasons to use Caidian McClarty in your time of need.

- Locally built caskets to order.
- State of art embalming techniques
- Personal, caring, service.
- Touch ups to departed face for that "sleeping look"

Though you walk no more
and your foot prints disappear
in the sands of life
we will remember.

In service, Caidian McClarty.

The Indians On the Warpath Again

March 30, 1869

Miss Josephine Hensley was in the ranchhand's company but was told to leave by the ranch hand, while the Indian, whom some remember as Slobbering Calf, staked out his prey. After the killing, Miss Agatha Ablebaum was seen leaving her studio, gathering together some of the Chinese and aiding them to move the body to the undertaker's.

Worth the fight?

March 14, 1868

Miss Victoria James

In Response to Miss McCormick

February 28, 1869

From Judge Bean on Miss McCormick's letter to the citizens

Dearest Citizens of Lago,

February 27, 1869

I have recently spent some time traveling and witnessing the country at its finest and not so finest. Along the way, I have spoken to the people and noticed a movement with women. This is that we may not be the strong arm of the law, but we are the sweet conscience of society. It is upon this matter I wish to address first. As women, we have been no more than cattle to the men. It is our place and one that I happily and humbly take. I know that I am to defer my judgment to my father or my husband, whomever may head my house. It is that last name that I must hold with the gentlest of whispers and the pride of my ancestors. However, there is a time when even the mouse must learn to roar. It is our time now to raise our voices up in a roaring fashion. For look around you. Look at what the men offer to us and what they take. We live in a town where the church is hardly attended and the local cathouse turns more than a nightly profit.

We have stood by the sidelines, supporting our men with quiet dignity; only to have that same dignity stripped by those that sought to uphold it. We are shamed to know our men fall for this witchcraft that the soiled women offer to them. They tempt our men to their beds without care nor concern for redemption. We allow them to dine next to us. What is next? Shall we invite them to our bedchambers? Our men spend their money on the women for a few moments of pleasure, while we must suffer at home. We all raise our children in righteousness. We teach them to be upstanding citizens and respect their wives as treasures. What is it we show them when we silently allow their fathers to be in the bed of a fallen lady? Worse yet, some men have forsaken marriage for these sirens or tried to take them as their wives. Will the women of Lago stand idly by for this?

I put forth a challenge. I challenge you women of Lago to lift up your ideals. To hold true to the path God has set before us. We need to lift society from the depravity that is found around us. We need to make a change. We need to make a stand. That stand starts today. Let us not dine with those that would bed our men. Let us not accept them to our teas and our socials. Let us not be slapped in the face with the infidelity they offer to our town. We are more than that. We are stronger than that. We must stomp the devil out of Lago and in that, we must toss the sirens of temptation from it too. Think of your men spending the hard earned money on the sinful treats that are offered. Think of the time it pulls away from your children and your marriage. Think more of the cost. For if anyone opposes this, tell me then what price do we put upon our souls? Women of Lago, it is time we take up our honor and act in accordance.

Miss Meghan McCormick

New Lawyer In Town

February 5, 1869

Should anyone have need for litigation, creation of wills, trusts, contracts, mortgages, titles, or leases, please contact Mister Harris at his shop front, the Lago Pawnbrokerage. We, at the Gazette, offer our congratulations on his new career and his steadfastness in achieving this most prestigeous goal.

Joe Roland Found

January 21, 1869

Congratulations

January 20, 1869

Reward Offered

January 20, 1869

Cheyenne Enter Town Once Again

January 17, 1869

The Cheyenne threw his tomahawk, then brought his bow to the ready and shot an arrow, striking Mister Slaughter and leaving superficial wounds. Miss Ablebaum was unharmed. After the altercation, the Indian slipped out of the hotel and into the night. Mister Slaughter has since recovered from his wounds, though the memory of that night may have affected those present for a much longer time.

Employment Availabilities

January 16, 1869

The Cheyenne Question

January 7, 1869

Throughout my time in the West, our dealings with the Indians have been interpreted by those from the East and Europe with ignorance and falsehoods. I have had contact with the Cheyenne, Lakota, Crow, and Shoshone tribes at various times for roughly 12 years. In that time the majority of my contact has been with the band we commonly, call the Northern Cheyenne.

In that time, I not only have met with, but also gained the trust of and trust the various leaders of the Northern Cheyenne, Iron Hawk, and Black Cloud. Early in the recent war, my last duty before returning to Georgia was to arm and instruct the Cheyenne under Iron Hawk in how to most efficiently harass, attrit, and wage an unconventional war against the Union forces in what is now Wyoming and Montana Territories. Based on the number of casualties inflicted upon the Union forced in the Wyoming Territory early in ’61 I would say my assistance aided the Cheyenne in their resistance against the Union forces.

Legally and Politically, I consider the Indian Tribes in the area of the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent territorial acquisitions of the United States to be subject to United States Constitutional, Federal, Tax, Tariff, Patent and Copyright Law, just as the member States and organized Territories are. The Tribes contacted by the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery were told they were members of the United States and by accepting the gifts and tokens of the United States they entered into a contract and trucial agreement with the United States. The fighting between the Cheyenne and the United States that has occurred occurs in the framework of a revolt against the United States. While I did serve as an Officer in the Confederate States Army, upon the surrender of the Confederate States Army, after a short parole, I was reinstated as an Officer of the United States Army and my loyalty lies with the United States.

Myths of the Cheyenne- This land “belongs” to the Cheyenne

This myth is false for a number of reasons, firstly and most famously the Cheyenne and other Plains Indians do not believe in the ownership of territory. Secondly, the Cheyenne are not native to the Great Plains on which we now reside; they traveled here from the East just as we have. Oh, if you speak to a Cheyenne they might tell you they spawned from the Black Hills fully formed or perhaps from the great butte to the east we call Devil’s Tower but the truth is not so simple. The Cheyenne are not being two-faced, they have no history, and so they do not have the racial ability to understand what happened even a generation ago unless it happened to be on a winter count.

From 1600 on, the Cheyenne moved from the Great Lakes region to present day Minnesota and North Dakota and established villages. The most prominent of these ancient villages is Biesterfeldt Village, in northeastern Dakota along the Sheyenne River. The Cheyenne also encountered the neighboring Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations and adopted many cultural characteristics of these peoples. In 1804, a Cheyenne village was visited by Lewis and Clark during their expedition through the Dakota. Pressure from migrating Lakota and Ojibwa nations forced the Cheyenne to move further west. By the mid 1800's, the Cheyenne had largely abandoned their agricultural and pottery traditions and fully adopted the classic nomadic Plains culture. Tipis replaced earth lodges, and the main diet switched from fish/agricultural produce to mainly bison and wild fruits/vegetables. During this time, the Cheyenne also moved into Wyoming, Colorado the southern part of Dakota.

By all accounts, the Cheyenne have been here for perhaps twenty to thirty years longer than we have and they pushed the Crow north and the Shoshone farther west. So here and now let us drop this fantasy of the noble Indians sitting here for all time, hunting Buffalo and living in Tipis in harmony with all of God’s people and creatures until the goddamned White Devil showed up and ruined it all with his firewater, guns and organized property law. Because that idea is ignorant bullshit.

The “hostile” environments of the Whites force the Cheyenne to come into our community shooting.

I have heard this drivel on and off for months and recently it came back up as a defense of a terrible criminal. For those who do not know the history of Lago’s experience with the Northern Cheyenne I will attempt to explain it here.

From my arrival in Lago in ‘58, relations were tense but even keeled with the Cheyenne. The fort was established in ’56 to defend the northern route on the Oregon Trail. There were events, but overall trading and ranching went on normally. As I stated above, when the war broke out I assisted the Cheyenne before being recalled to Georgia in a Cheyenne rebellion against the Union forces in the area. The Fort was burned after my departure from the area and an investigation in May and June ’65 cleared me of any involvement of that sack and the murder of the 41 soldiers within the Fort.

Following my return in the fall of ’65 from the War, our relations with the Cheyenne were peaceful overall through the spring of ’67. There were some isolated shootings and robberies of both Cheyenne and Whites, but the basic treaty terms of the 1851 remained in effect. From July 1867 on relations with the Cheyenne began to sour. A whore was assaulted and her horse was stolen which led to my personal intervention, then a young woman related to John Chivington of Sand Creek, was brutally murdered and violated outside of Lago. This assault was the beginning of troubles against the Lago. A property I formerly owned was assaulted a number of times and finally burned south of Lago, then the arrival of a Major Hunt, who had been at Sand Creek caused some of the Dog Soldiers Band to engage in open warfare. Throughout 1867 and 1868, the Cheyenne and Dog Soldiers continued to trade with Lago and the Ranchers at times and attack them at other times.

If we add up the number of souls lost in the fighting which broke out with the killing of Marisol Chivington, far more Whites have died and been attacked in Lago than Cheyenne have been killed and attacked outside of Lago. Let us not forget that since 1 October 1868 the Cheyenne did come into the community three times and attacked two hotels and a boarding house for single women. They have not attacked the Fort, but they have attacked what are known as “soft” targets.

Furthermore, the Indian known as Senaka has personally commanded at least two of the attacks against the Hotels and Boarding Houses of Lago. On two occasions, the Cheyenne under this man’s command did without warning and without regard for bystanders open fire on women and innocents. For over a year this Indian has prayed upon soldiers, attempting to kill the commander of the Army garrison a number of times, stealing numerous horses, threatening men, women and attempting to kill the Federal Judge.

So, I ask you, who has been hostile? The people of Lago who have attempted to trade and live in good faith with the Cheyenne, honoring their hunting lands or the people who stalk our people, rape our women and attempt to kill anyone who comes in their path? Miss Donovan of the Trails End offered the Cheyenne Chief coffee, Senaka offered Miss Donovan bullets in return.

If you still think the white community so hostile, I beg you to take a stroll to the Cheyenne camp, I will draw you a map and see what walking down there without arms and a smile on your face gets you.

Colonel M.J. McCormick, United States Army

New Law in Lago

January 4, 1869

Judge Roy Bean

Travelling Announcement

January 4, 1869

We wish Miss McCormick much success in her search and await her return next month.

Announcement

January 4, 1869

Law Enforcement Honor Code

January 1, 1869

From Judge Roy L. Bean

Need a Horse?

December 29, 1868

Annabelle Chandler: Manager and Caretaker

Travis Walker: Bronc Stomper Extraordinaire

Gunshots and Cheyenne in Lago

December 28, 1868

Doctor Phineas Pitter was called to minister to the three men, aided by Mister Blair, Missus Flanna Reynolds and Miss Arianna Fulton. Mister MacKenzie, it was intimated, sustained a potentially detrimental wound. Doctor Pitter treated the men, who are resting from the woundings. Senaka was taken to the jail where he lays, incarcerated until he is tried for the murders of the women of the town.