Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-11

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kosenburgh and his friendshad succeeded
IN quoting Dummy,and in having word
as to the aspects the affair was assumipo,
He bluntly told them that it was his firm
conviction that their was a deem Mot 81
work to defraud Dummy, and from the
manifestations already made it has beer
laid with great deal of tact and skill
and consequently it would require the ut.
most skill and vigilance to detect it
Meanwhile, he added, they must scrutinize
with the utmost closeness, every movement
and every action Of Tom and his co-ad-
tutors.
AT the end of thirty minutes, the signal
was given for all to assemble to deter
mine the course of the lead as suffice MT
earth had been removed to settle the ques-
ton beyond a doubt. The opinion was
unanimous that it pointed in a direct line
t of the old dirt pile visible on the brow Of the
hill which lay close by the hole in ques-
Rosenburgh then said that now was the
proper time to ascend the hill and examine
the dlgglngs thereon, and Toms claim
Arrived there, Rosenburgh required that
the bushes be not disturbed until some ex-
animation be made around and outside of
them. Tom also said he wanted notlriu'
'twant fair--he wanted the hull on 'em
to look sharp-he was agreed to all the
|Capt'n asked.
This being done, without discovering
anything at all suspicious, it was proposed
to cut away enough Of tie bushes to get
down with ease. To this Rosenburgh OBJ
Jected. 1t was not the proper course to
pursue, he added. ] arn in favor of SEN
ding down IN the first instance, old one
eyedJake, and give him time to look careful
ly about. After that all of us can look as
long as we please. If there is ANYTHING
wrong IN this matter, we would, by all
rushing down, obiterate all traces of it.
It was agreed to at once. Old Jake de-
scended and closely examined the sides of
the hole, the position of the windlass, the
rock which lay upon the buried end, and
then the pieces both Of the bottom and
sides, and he came to the conclusion that
it had been recently placed there. His
reason for arriving at that conclusion will
be given hereafter. He had been an old
hunter and trapper west of the Missouri
River, and had, in consequence of that,
and his encounters and escapes from immi-
nent peril with the Indians, become very
expert in tracing the faintest. traces of in
dividuals or animals recently upon a given
spot. This was known by the company,
hence his selection for the first examin-
alton. He had but one eye, having had
the misfortune to lose the other in a ter
rife strife with wild cat, alone in the
woods in the dead of night, while trapping
" Z, bod waters of the Yellow Stone!
his Work lie f Bliss esne1eyed Jake, was engaged
compressed lips and clinched hand, tina
Jake had seen something of moment, and
without waiting to have the branches cut
away as had been previously proposed, de-
scended at once, and had sometime to ex-
anime for themselves, before others came
down. Bliss called Brewers attention to
what appeared fresh crack visible across
the fore shoulder Of one of the carved
dogs. Upon closer examination they became
satisfied that it was recently done. By
this time others had crowded down, and
they gave way; others parted and cut
away the banks until clear view could be
had from the top. All looked with ca
|gerness at the windlass, and during pause
in the remarks and EXPLANATIONS of differ
|ent ones. Picayune Jack spoke out quite
boldly for him.
II say, boys, them diiggins is Tom Frost's,
and no mistake. Amt there his old dog
winlass on 'em, and amt one end ont bur-
ried in the ground with heap q rock ont.
| knownd when Tom worked them diggins.
/ seed that winlass on there nigh on to two
year ago That old winlass has been on
there the hull time, ef it aint I'll be Gus
Ised, that's all. The diggins is Toms"
$50 they are, I'll be sworn" growled
Nick Todd, "any body as got gumption
kin sect In a minut: Both .Rosenburgh
and Tom were active The former urged
upon Bliss and Brewer the necessity of be-
ing near the. hole, SO that, they might be
the first to descend after Jake had come
out. They could tell some from Jake's
manner whether he had made any discoy-
cry of importance or not. If they come to
that conclusion they should descend with
out delay. The latter was instructing
Jack and Nick to proclaim, the moment
they had seen the windlass, their entire
satisfaction that it was Toms lead and that
they knew the &indfass to be his, and
also the fact that he worked those Dig
gings.
At Jake's appearance, dozen voices
cried out, 1what luck, old eye what dye
see?"
II don't know, hardly" answered Jake
what [ saw, some fellers might think
things was all right down there, and 9TH
ers might think they want. Some thing
look sceary-and some look all right. Al
I've got to say is, eff The thing has beer
done lately, its mighty well done, that's all
Eff any one on We want more nor that, why
list 90 down yourselves--thacs the way te
lido it, Tom ought to have 'enl, as sure as
the devils sinner"
/ Several expressed q like opirion, always
stating q condition, if all things had beer
Jas was represented, there was strong prob
ability chat Tom had some right to thu
diggings.
/ It is here proper to remark, that SOM