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partisan warfare had sprung up, and the 

 famous Cattle-war was in full swing. In 

 this history the ancient tale of the monkey 

 and the cat comes to the fore again the 

 monkey being a well-known territorial poli- 

 tician, about whose name does not cling the 

 odour of sanctity. His cat's-paws were many ; 

 his object was the possession of the murdered 

 Englishman's fine ranches. One of his tools 

 was kept continually riding to and from Santa 

 Fe, misrepresenting matters to the Governor 

 to the politician's worldly advantage and 

 the confounding of his enemies. Perhaps, 

 in its refusal to admit our Territory to 

 statehood, Government is not altogether 

 the victim of partisan bias. But to return 

 to earlier days. 



The politician, having by hook or crook 

 succeeded in possessing himself of part of 

 the dead man's property, yearned for the 

 whole thereof. False causes for the war 

 then raging, libels concerning the English- 

 man, and carefully doctored accounts of his 

 4 removal,' were industriously presented to 

 the Governor now an author of widespread 

 fame, Lew Wallace. But somehow the 



