It's not Goodnight, is it Oliver Loving?
Cheyenne,
Check out the second photo I just added to the initial post (I feel sure you've seen that one) and compare the eyebrows, right ear, nose and hair and see if you still feel that "It's not Goodnight,..."
As an aside, last year on a visit to my daughter and granddaughter in Las Cruces, NM, I found a pretty neat book on old Charlie, titled
The No-Gun Man Of Texas, by Laura V. Hamner, published in 1935. Interestingly, at the back of the book are transcripts of correspondence she received during the time she was researching and writing the book, a couple being from Goodinght, himself. One letter reads:
"My Dear Miss Laura:
I am today returning your manuscrits. I believe you now have all correct information and that you will be in a position to write a better book about our early days in the cattle business than any one else...Don't hesitate to call on me for any information, for it gives me great pleasure to be of assistance to a very dear friend." (Signed) C. Goodnight.
The book has a really good chapter, "Oliver Loving Finds The End Of The Trail", which describes the actual event portrayed in "Lonesome Dove" when Gus and Pea Eye are attacked by Indians and Gus gets arrowed in the leg, and ultimately dies. Loving has an arm amputated, rather than a leg, however.
Hamp
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