Luke Short
Luke L. Short ( 1854 - September 8 , 1893 ) was a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler and saloon keeper at various times during his four decades of life.
Born in Mississippi , Short's family moved to Texas when at the young age of two. As a teenager he left home and became a cowboy, working herds north to the Kansas railheads. In 1876 he arrived in Sidney, Nebraska where he obtained employement as a whiskey peddler. During this time he sold whiskey, illegally to Sioux Indians from a trading post far north of Sidney. This was a federal offense. Short later admitted killing a half dozen inibriated Sioux natives on various occasions during this venture. He later died in Geuda Springs, Kansas on September 8, 1893.