Bose Ikard was born into slavery circa 1843 in Summerville, Mississippi. Prior to the Civil War he lived with his master becoming a ranch hand. Post-Civil War he served as tracker and cowboy to Charles Goodnight. He was placed in charge of carrying thousands of dollars in cash until the money could be deposited.
His last cattle drive was in 1869, he settled in Parker County Texas where he lived with his wife becoming a farmer. He died in 1929.
What you may not know about Bose is that in 1929, Goodnight was quoted by the Weatherford Daily Herald as saying “I have trusted him farther than any living man. He was my detective, banker and everything else in Colorado, New Mexico and the other wild country I was in. served with me for four years on the Goodnight-Loving Train. Never shirked duty of disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanche’s, splendid behavior. C. Goodnight. Aspects of his life inspired the fictional character of Joshua Deets in Larry McMurty’s novel Lonesome Dove.
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