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Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (1816 - 1893), often referred to as "Uncle Dick" Wooton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in Colorado. In his early life Wootton was a mountain man and trapper, then a hunter at Bent's Fort. In 1866 he built a toll road through Raton Pass. He hired a tribe of Utes under Chief Conniache to build it. He later sold the road to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.〔(Richens Lacy "Uncle Dick" Wootton )〕 He appears as a character in ''Flashman and the Redskins'' when Flashman employs him as a guide. Flashman and his caravan are forced to abandon him when he catches cholera. ==References== 〔 * (online biography of Wootton ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richens Lacey Wootton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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