易尔普(1848～1929年)

Earp, Wyatt (Berry Stapp)

美国边疆开拓者，生於伊利诺州蒙茅斯（Monmouth）。1870年代在维契托（Wichita）、道奇市（Dodge City）任警官，并结交霍利德（Doc Holliday）、马斯特森（Bat Masterson）等枪手。之後在威尔斯-法戈公司（Wells Fargo）当警卫。1881年在亚历桑纳州的汤姆斯通（Tombstone）落脚，成了镇上的赌徒兼酒店保镖，他的哥哥维吉尔（Virgil）则成为该镇警长，其他的兄弟詹姆斯（James）、摩根（Morgan）和华伦（Warren）购置了些许房地产并拥有部分产业。他与克兰顿（Clanton）一帮恶徒结仇，双方在OK牧场（O. K. Corral）进行一场有名的枪战，克兰顿帮三人死亡。1882年摩根被杀害，怀特和他的弟弟华伦乃夥同一些朋友杀死了两个嫌犯。由於被控谋杀，怀特开始逃亡，先到科罗拉多州，後到西部若干新兴城镇，最後在加州定居。雷克（Stuart Lake）在其合作下写了《怀特.易尔普--边疆的联邦警长》（Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal, 1931）一书，把他塑造成一个大无畏的执法者。

English version：

1848～1929年

Earp, Wyatt (Berry Stapp)

U.S. frontiersman. Born in Monmouth, Ill., he worked in the 1870s as a police officer in Wichita and Dodge City, where he befriended the gunmen Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. He later worked as a guard for Wells Fargo. By 1881 he had moved to Tombstone, Ariz., living as a gambler and a saloon guard. His brother Virgil became town marshal, and his other brothers (James, Morgan, and Warren) bought real estate and businesses. A feud with the Clanton gang ended in a shootout at the O.K. Corral in which three of the Clanton gang were killed. In 1882 Morgan was murdered, and Wyatt, Warren, and some friends killed two suspects in retaliation. Accused of murder, Wyatt fled to Colorado and later settled in California. Stuart Lake's Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal (1931), written with Earp's collaboration, portrayed him as a fearless lawman.