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navigation OF the Colorado river. lay out town
THIS would make the Gun Of CaIife..la and the
Colorado river a base OF supplies for the terri
nlent of this project would make him indepon-
IDENTITY rich, he laid In bacon and aour and de-
parted from rarryall 1t was about the middle
OF August. Going down through Canon City ho
pu he'd for the grand cahon of the Colorado by
way VI Fort Garland and the san Luis valley.
THE SAN JUAN EXCITEMENT.
while in the valley ne met parties who had
joined the famous Baker expedition to the n
Juan region. laker was man well known
told him that the san Juan country contained
extr ordinary deposits Of gold, and he repeated
miners eSaqg' rsted AT every steo until thev beo
lieved that Baker had found the richest dig
glngs on the continent Baker organized large
uaied In park of the Sierra Va Plata Mountains,
~ the southwestern corner of Colorado, about
seekers trooped after Baker from all parts Of the
territory, They. struck across the range 10y
them The way. Mcdonigle joined Que OF those
exredtions. He led the party back to Fort Gar
land. went south from Garland to Taos. then
over by the oj - Caentcs to Abiquia, aud from
there To santa Fe. From the latter place they
packed mules up the valley Of the Rio la Plata,
and found the new digrinss Ia the mountains at
the bead of Animas Park. The mines were in
the crater of a large extinct volcano, probably
forty miles in diameter There was great cS-
element. over thousand of the most lawlcss
men In Colorado were gathered In this crater
There were no roads and ali the pack mules in
New Mexco could not have supplied such a
weather was Ss ley and cold Worse sian ma ALL he
dirgings were many thousand feet sbove the level
o. me sea, and not very rich The gold hnnier,
Baker. and he narrowly escaped lynching. lie
saved his life by clearing out at night. He had
told them nothing but the truth, however. Gold
was there In paying quantities, but the miners
wanted something better
THr DARK DAYS or NEW MEXICO.
at got to be the last of September or the
Nrst Of lgfOler A heavy fall Of scattered
the adventurers Ia all directions. They drifted
into Utah, stopped over into Arizona, and
hungry wolves. A few reached California and
Nevada. but hundreds lost their lives while
prospecting the sandy deserts Of Arizona aud
the alkali plains Of Utah. That was a dark win
ter for New Mexico. The dcSpetadues ruled the
dSrriory w,th an % ir4n roo ,n law sha 1ruef were
robbed and murdered with impunitv. II one Of
the gang fancied herdei vile or daughter he
tool her, aud shot the husband or father on the
slightest resistance. Horses were stolen, cattle
slain. and vast n0cks OF sheep stampedcd. The
rum Allied all the little towns and saflguinary
fights occurred daily. Taos, Albuquerque, ADi-
quia ana Las vegas were Hs good Hs given up 20
piiiage. few uf the gang dropped down Ia ~
| laso, and rams ckcd Chihuahua aud Sonora for
: gold. McGunigle began the winter by teaching
school In Laos II was like educating Hotten-
tots. After six weeks he broke up his institute,
and began roaming over the Territory. His
knowledge OF the dead languages cndeared him
/ To- the Catholic priests, ami they always extend.
/ ed him a hearty welcome. The high-tuned
Mexi ans, military me. Government surveyors,
ana Others recognized MS EtltntiNC attaiunt uAS,
I and lac was at home in their COMPANY. lie be-
/ came So well acquainted that he was known
1 throughout New Mexico ~ " the schoolmaster.
/ Along toward spring he opened y school at Me-
slla. By that time war had broken out between
/ the North and the South. Mack's Union ~cntt-
/ ments were Offensive tn the secesh paper IN Me-
ella, ana the editor raised u uob intending To
! lNnch him or drive him from the country. Mack
was Coruercd I'm the plaza by an armed mob, but
didn't quail. Ivarinl, his shirt from his bosom
h" cal ed his assaiis ANTS cuward- and as~as~ sins,
and dared thetn 10 ire He offered 10 take them
"A A
B nght, but the challenge WAS not accepted MACK
then made speech in which he secured the
! their indignation upon the rebel editor causing
p the truuuie.
HUNTING ron GOLD. AND FINDGSG DEATH.
"Whilc teaching the Mexican children in Me-
sillG MrGouigie received a letter from an I'D
iricnc and schooimate who had settled down
near san Diego, California. and was ~ sing
accouu, Il the suil. climate, and fruits II Lower
t,li"rnta- II SO Impressed Mack tn i he re-
solved t. ~ to san Diego, prctnpt land II lie
could und luy. and plant An orange grove. lie
determined 10 walk across Arizona. FILLED with
I ~, new project, he went 70 santa re ana st
all The Information he could obtain from priests
/ md Government officers concerning that coun-
I try. la the fal! Il l,il he left Albuquerque on
foot and alone. deaf 10 Ill warnin:s from McNi.
cans and others, intending to follow Niela's aud
whipple'. trail across Arizona. ! got letter
from him dated the day before he started IL
wa: the last letter he ever wtote. The dis ance
70 san Diego - about 30 miles. The tnicNen-
o. rcd sand. fnare are few ,treams and
river, bat they have worn channels thoGsauds
81 yards below the surface, t1rmius terrible
cdnons and making Il almost impossible 90 See
cure a suuply Of wafer. Ii never rains, and : e
. earth is destitute - vegetation. Iscu IA" ta'-
tus give. up IN drs pair and fAll- tu secure uuur-
4 lshmeut. VI Con -lc never reached san Diego.
, At tucson aud Fort Yuma NJ tidinEs Of him
were ever received. Whether he pert-hed with
:hiret. or whether his srdp adoru. the lodge ut
some Apa he warrior Is purely u matter OF eOu-
lecture.
"Surc yca-s aso. however. | met two old
miner who had -utut the fan uf l'l Iruspc {
I ing IN Eastern Arizona. They recpunted Their
surcTiul~. aud told me of tNcir h irutcAd 600
/ escapes from the Indians, but what interested
. me the most wts What theV said about white
1 man. They had been wandering over the sands
I for DAYS, and had seen not living thing, while
asleep In their blankets one dark nlght man
stumbled over them. Hall awake, they heard
/ him utter an apology, aud beg 10 lie down be-
he was not Indian, they dTowsuy moved
apart, and the stranger crcpt in the middle
When they awoke in the morning ne wa. gone.
~ They had no ldea who he wa. | have always
th1u-ht ne was McGunigle for IL was just like
Mack
Here Mr. Stone finished his story and dropped
his lc.- from the table. The fate ot NcGuniclc
was an unNnuwn death. IL II certain that he
w,,- most remarkable man, and DO BE- dc btu
. whether nr. Livingstone or any other explorer
ever passed through SO eNentiul AL eighteen