Nate Champion

April 9, 1892 Johnson County, Wyoming: The column of hard-looking men rode up to within a short distance of the small ranch headquarters just south of the Middle Fork of the Powder River just before dawn.  The icy snow blowing in from the north was blinding.  They dismounted and held a short parley.  In a few minutes the cabin was surrounded.  They waited for daylight, rifles ready. An old man stepped out of the cabin but no shots were fired.  He wasn’t on the hit list.  He carried a