Post by wannabe12 on Feb 11, 2019 22:22:48 GMT -5
In reading through Robert E lee's affidavit, the timeline really doesn't match with Brushy's. In my mind they're not even close.
Lee states that his first time meeting Brushy was in the summer of 1889 on a ranch across from Ft Seldon, NM, that Billy(Brushy) and his gang rescued him from kidknappers. Brushy says that from from the fall of '88 when he went to the roundup for the first time, until he rode again in '89 he rode horses of every breed, make and color on every ranch in the state (Wyoming) til he was really saddle toughened. Winning the Championship which Waggoner paid him $10,000. Problem being the Cheyenne Roundup, now Cheyenne Frontier Days didn't take place for the first time until 1897. According to the Casper-Star Tribune July 7,1940 on page 6 in 1897 Bill Jones won the Saddle Bronc Cahmpionship, in 1898, Fred Bath, and in 1899 Billy Cramer.
Lee states that Brushy was hired by Cody in 1885, but Brushy says he came back to Texas from Mexico in the winter of 1883, working for the Powers Cattle Company for a short time, then went to Decatur breaking horses for Tom Waggoner. At this time he says he went to work guarding stage coach lines for 3 or 4 years, that would have been 1883/84 to 1886/87 or 88. Right up to the time he went to the round-up according to him.
Lee states that Texas Jack Omohundro knew Brushy was Billy, that they worked together on Buffalo Bill's ranch. This is not possible since Texas Jack died in 1880 while visiting Colorado with his wife. Brushy mentions riding at Cody's ranch for the first time around 1892, when he rode Black Diamond, 12 years after Texas Jack died. Texas Jack never actually rode in Cody's show, he was a member of the troupe that performed Scouts of the Plains,with Cody and Hickok from 72 to 77. Lee also states that Mexican Joe worked with Billy on Cody's ranch. Again this seems unlikely since Joe (Jose) didn't start riding for Pawnee Bill's show until 1897, working at differnet times for Cody, and the Miller Bros., he worked for decades as Pawnee Bill's ranch foreman until his death in 1949. During much of this time Brushy's story has him elsewhere. The last part of the affidavit that mentions who knew Brushy was Billy that I find troubling is Miss Lou Mulhall. She was not active in the shows at the time Brushy would have been anywhere near them, he was in Texas, and Oklahoma while she was active and nowhere near her when she retired in 1916, Mulhall died in a car accident in 1922.
Lee states that Brushy rode in the World's Fair in Chicago that he was one of the best riders in the show. The show started in May 1893, Brushy was by his own words sailing for Argentina in January of 1893, he was there at least 6 months by his story he had a competition after this amount of time spent there.So depending on how much time he was there after this,the trip there and back, he was in Argentina or traveling to/from Argentina for anywhere from 8 to 10 months at the least. This would most likely take him beyond the dates of the World's Fair which ended in October of 1893.
Lee states that his first time meeting Brushy was in the summer of 1889 on a ranch across from Ft Seldon, NM, that Billy(Brushy) and his gang rescued him from kidknappers. Brushy says that from from the fall of '88 when he went to the roundup for the first time, until he rode again in '89 he rode horses of every breed, make and color on every ranch in the state (Wyoming) til he was really saddle toughened. Winning the Championship which Waggoner paid him $10,000. Problem being the Cheyenne Roundup, now Cheyenne Frontier Days didn't take place for the first time until 1897. According to the Casper-Star Tribune July 7,1940 on page 6 in 1897 Bill Jones won the Saddle Bronc Cahmpionship, in 1898, Fred Bath, and in 1899 Billy Cramer.
Lee states that Brushy was hired by Cody in 1885, but Brushy says he came back to Texas from Mexico in the winter of 1883, working for the Powers Cattle Company for a short time, then went to Decatur breaking horses for Tom Waggoner. At this time he says he went to work guarding stage coach lines for 3 or 4 years, that would have been 1883/84 to 1886/87 or 88. Right up to the time he went to the round-up according to him.
Lee states that Texas Jack Omohundro knew Brushy was Billy, that they worked together on Buffalo Bill's ranch. This is not possible since Texas Jack died in 1880 while visiting Colorado with his wife. Brushy mentions riding at Cody's ranch for the first time around 1892, when he rode Black Diamond, 12 years after Texas Jack died. Texas Jack never actually rode in Cody's show, he was a member of the troupe that performed Scouts of the Plains,with Cody and Hickok from 72 to 77. Lee also states that Mexican Joe worked with Billy on Cody's ranch. Again this seems unlikely since Joe (Jose) didn't start riding for Pawnee Bill's show until 1897, working at differnet times for Cody, and the Miller Bros., he worked for decades as Pawnee Bill's ranch foreman until his death in 1949. During much of this time Brushy's story has him elsewhere. The last part of the affidavit that mentions who knew Brushy was Billy that I find troubling is Miss Lou Mulhall. She was not active in the shows at the time Brushy would have been anywhere near them, he was in Texas, and Oklahoma while she was active and nowhere near her when she retired in 1916, Mulhall died in a car accident in 1922.
Lee states that Brushy rode in the World's Fair in Chicago that he was one of the best riders in the show. The show started in May 1893, Brushy was by his own words sailing for Argentina in January of 1893, he was there at least 6 months by his story he had a competition after this amount of time spent there.So depending on how much time he was there after this,the trip there and back, he was in Argentina or traveling to/from Argentina for anywhere from 8 to 10 months at the least. This would most likely take him beyond the dates of the World's Fair which ended in October of 1893.