The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-09

WHAT BECAME OF MORGAN = THE
APACHE LEGEND or TlIE GOLDEN
MoCNTAIN-C0clIISE AND liIs FATIl-
ER.

WHAT BElAMk VT MuliOAN - fiji
APACHE I.HGEND or THE Gol.pE,
MoCNTAIN--C0clIISE AND liIs FAITH
ER.
| The correspondent OF the Chicago
TTbnne claims 10 have recently inter
Viewed q band Of ofprospectors wiio wery
on their way to see the Golden Noun
tain" of the Apaclies, In the interior
Of Arizona. Directions for finding
this desirable spot had been given then
1 by the Chief C0chise, whom they lmd
the good luck to capture. and who re.
vealetl the secret at the price OF hi.
release. The further and far more
startling revelation Of Cocllise il thu,
given:
4 party Of Apachcs, while lying In
ambush one day in the latter rirt Of
Dec, 1886, IN chihuahua. Mexico on
the Rio Grande, across the river from
what Is known as the town of III Paso.
Texas, watching travelling cavalc,le
as It passed a eliimp efsnMll trees, saw
one Of the number spring from his
horse into the dense clEfrlrral and dis
appear from the view ofthe llorscmen.
The cavalc.tlc fired few shots at or
toward him. and lmlfa dozen of them
dismo,lnted and pursued in the direc-
tion he took, but Of no avail. The es-
Gaping man ran directly toward where
the Apaclses lay in the bushes, and ran
INTO thelr midst. They seized and
bound him, mounted and laslletl him
on toa horse, and at once took flight.
iiey travelled towards the Apache
c'net town by q cire,iltolis and con-
eelied rotlte, and reached 1t after six
uays travel.
s!Elie prisoner was much alarmed at
nrst, but, finding TINT his death was
NOT 70 De Immediate, nc seemed toput
ms mimi % studying out some plan Of
escape; Dnt tiley kept MN securely
Douhd ~ 'ley arrived IN camp. 1ilen
they DECIDED TO Keep hlm tili a grand
Icte May, some inollttlsaile;l!', ana theli
put nun through the gauntlet and end
his HE III grand carnival. lie for
some time was Us restless asa captive
bear, walked up and down his small Ell
closure, and talked TO himself illces-
sanity. But before the day arrived for
his taking oif-thls l. the captive's
term not the liidialls-he Ind become
somewhat resigned to his captivity,
mad learned something or the Apache
language, ami gave them something
OF his history. They got interested In
him, and promised him his life in re-
turn for his solemn promise that he
would never attempt to escape. lie
married tile chlefs daughter, and, on
the death OF the chief, became chief
himself. The oldest SON became chief
in his turn, and is the chief who Is the
subject of our story.
The white chief taught them, while
among them, the secrets of the Great
Spirits, and these secrets hive enabled
them to make the Apaclles the strong
est tribe Iii the West; to pass through
the country Of the white man in safety
everywhere; to obtain information of
their enemies and their movements
always, and by passwords and signs to
know an enemy or a fiiend as fur as
seen. They always have kept, and
still keep, one of their educated half
breeds in the camp of the whites, and,
by the secrets Of their great society,
he is always able to keep them inform
ed Of every movement ofany kind, and
Of every plan for attack on them as
soon as that plan Is known to the
chiefs Of the enemy themselves. And
when captured, they are almost sure
to effect an escape, released by some
member of this society among the enc
my. The great white chief told them
that the society extended all over the
world; taught them all the ceremonies
connected with it; taught their maid
ems to make the badges and insignia
worn by the initiated, and ON certain
days-the 24th Of June. and some
Others-they walked IN processlOn.and
held grand dance at night. They |
believe him to be the son OF the Great
Spirit. lie Is buried at the Golden
Mountain, and his grave Is walled and
with gold, and is their sacred
place Of worship. They gather now
every year on the 24th Of June. This
great White chief told them he was
moons linonths) on his journey from
his starting point; that he was taken
prisoner at Batavia, n. T., and from
there taken to and confined in Fort
Niagara, in the latter part Of Septem-
Der OF the same year ~ which ne came