Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-04-04

and went on: We'll, after that / went
down to the settlements Gg'in, and
after that the guv'mcnt sent some peo-
pie here. and they dug and bored all
over the country. and spent thousands
o dollars, and didn't find no water.
The whole thing looked like bad job
and folks made up their minds Ia 90
without water. Plenty Of 'em didn't.
This ere road has been the end o many
amulc. to say nothn' of other people.
And now what do YOU think they tel.
me in Santa Fc. Why, they say man
named Jack Marvin. a fcllcr that Heref
hal no luck, kind of animle which
was wuthless when sober and mean
when drunk, come out here last summer
and commenced diggin. and struck
icdter IN sirfy foot He has a ranch now
and guv'ment contract, and n wife
and babies. Congress Civ him all the
land in sight. and he's sober. aud makes
money. Amt hai luck:
The speaker seemed irritable, and
brought down his great fist with a
thump upon the seat beside him.
Why, yes, said the doctor. every
body knows that. Wen reach Marvin >
ranch about five O'Clock. wish was
there now
Silent men sometimes grow prefer
naturally communicative, and the
speaker continued And DO YOU know
what | come down here for: Don't: !:
! a. fol
There's people that visits graycy ards
and things where thur friends Is. I've
tried everything else since | was there
last, and sometimes I've concluded ia
nigh about forgot It, Pears 10 me
I'm gittin' old now, and the hankcrin'
comes stronger don't know where
the grave is I'm huntn' P'raps there
amt none but want 10 See the place
where,-ahem-I lost my woman |
hadn't had 4 year
/ The strong man seemed TO hc grow
ing weak lie brcathci hard ana
nervously famed himself with hi, hat.
I Then he sat for few minutes looking
! dreamily out, and in the midst of his
revcrie, mnttered disconnected anathc
mas upon the Apaches Aflcr a wniic
/ he continued
! You see went back to the settle
ments from here, and fined a party
goin' back TO Calilorny ! tux what
/ little ! had len, and owned ono team
/ outn the twenty-eight which Was IN the
/ train,-me an my wife. want broke
any them. was biz an strong. and
! didn't mini my luck much it seemed
/ Ike. We got fair start airly In sep
tcmber and was goin' back by WAY pf
Arizony Of course There i 4 place
/ about a hundred mile from here on L
/ other trail, called Cooks Canon, the
wust place fur lnjuns in the world. We
camped at spring at this ccni all
night, and airly in the mornin started
! through. When we got about two
thirds of the way through, at a suddint
turn in the road the first team come
| up agin barricade o rocks, and
+ S'rdrm Of 'Pache come down on u from
all sides. We'd passed passl of
| soldiers on the road. but OF course. as
luckd have it, they want there That
| ere gentlemeH, was the worst massacre
I've ever knowei OF. Their want no
help. and they Jest had the jump on us.
l member NJ the first. scein' some of
the wimmin jump outen the wagons
and run scrcamin' down among the
chdIarrIi, tryin' TO hide. was IN In
the lead, an started back to where my
outfit was. fust thing. never got
there. >uthin' or somebody struck me
over the head from behind
Here the speaker took oil his lat.
and leaning forward, badc his auditors
place their finger. upon deep and ug-
ly scar upon his head.
Il fell down an reciect gitlin up
ag'in and runnin' on and on II seem.
| esi as though | never got where
wanted TO. and ! turned dizzy, an com
menced a gittin blind. But kyp'
| going till all of a suddnt ] forgot
everything. When come to my sense,
1t must 4 been week afterwards.
| never knowed, but il was on narrow
bed in hospital, at q camp that's 'boI-
ishei now. fifty miles west Of Cooks
| Canon. You see them soldiers come
along after us,-too late. allus hecrd
that the last livin' soul was killed.
But they found me somerhdr, an totcd
me along Us them fellcrs knows how to
do. One day kinder woke NJ, LAWN
on narrer bed in a 'dobe house. an a
big bearded feller in 4 uniform was
holdin' Of my wrist, and looking down
at me, an smilin' like he was nigh
tickled to death. tell you.'- with
glance at the medical men, he was
doctor. | crawled roun' that place till
| was strong agin and KEEP thinkin' it
all over. concluded | was the only
man left. was riled. an | listed in
them Second Dragons, a purpose for
! 70 Kill lnjuns. cared for nothin' else
then, an | served out five years list
ment. Then | went back 10 Californy.
But since then | aint had no luck. |
amt done no good for years It's been
months now sence I've thort of anv-
thing but that day in the canon. Itell
We, sometimes | kinder think may be
my wife and some of them wimmen got
away! 'Taint so. know 'tant so,
an its no use to speckerlate. What 90
| care now! She was pooty thing,
and sly. and smart. But what makes
think ofher is beyond that. You see
she was ailin little WANT very well.
and ef she'd lived week longer"
He did not finish the sentence. and
leaning forward placed his great hands
over his face and sat silent. After
while he resumed.
Gentlemen, t wouldn't be anv use
fur you to tell me I'm a fool. I've
been thinking of this thing for four
teen year, and now it's got to be l amt
good for nothing else. Other men has
their Youngsters and never thinks of
it, but | can't hear baby cry-which
l hain't often-'thout gitting kind o