Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-28
CORRESPONDENCE.
EDITORIAL
S.Sr. BARBARA. CAL, !
Aug. -, 1878. J

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the other day, my friend, the Judge,
pointing his finger to an object half a
mile or more away, asked, do You see
tina. tree - Yes sir" said l, 81 do;
what Of it, Then he went on TO tell
ne that a tough customer Of 4 fellow
who formerly dwelt in these parts had
one day cruelty nlu=deroda poor German
lad Who had been il Lis employ, AM
that when the tale of the killing had
spread abroad, the ranch people there
aaJa. 20. themselves together, L-Ii an
i.,,pronptu court, arl Vroush: 4 rough
and summary justice upon the slayer h
hanging hila unoH that same tree
When he vas dad ,n-y Tert an told
Lis vi Q: LIS ca i,.Tc-cus Circumstance,
mi ,.,le-su,,a lis s,.Jlen-l4..lie widow
assisted Il Lsr Jsusl,,r, : Gi-i 4 tea
wears, vent anil rasfe-Gs,l the unique
and ,uoa-ntul duty o! cutting hisa down.
Isaw this s1--ow-s:rielen Rachel few
days aso. She had come to town, after
her .lrec:pi:ate abandonment q the
horror haunted sqratters' cabin whence
her vrctcIlal husband wS5 dragged to
the s.tai tree, - make solle P'iEchasSs
preparatory to . recoi1laenceIaelt OF
housekeeping IL tie cid quarters. Are
there 10 shocks nor incidents, however
narrowing. that can break the clutch
and destroy the intatuatIoa OF CiIs '1SSo-
Citations? What am l, that l shonlu
quote that old and ugly refrain winch
informs us, IN dosIlaticai and oracfiar
way. that TO matter how violently you
east down and smash no a certain piece
of crockery, the scent OF the roses Will
hang round it still2 tell this story, not
to illustrate popularity Of this some
what peculiar people, but, rather, 10
attest the fact that their isolated position
has not entirely severed them from o
sympathy with those impulses and prac-
tices which have elsewhere and always
sisnalized the boosted beauties OF our
ever glorious. free and unbridled Amer
lean institutions.
Bv steering little out of your course
as you travel from San Buenavensura tt
Huensms you can come upon the stlai
village of Saticoy. Here IS spring ant
sort of n pool like that of ancien
Sloan, fancy and here once Nee
and reigned, in absolute and undisDutet
sovereignty. a line of Indian kings. L
is but the other day that the last on'
was gathered to his fathers, and he dylne
chililess (that the Saticoyans might cal
him father, his regal race is extinct
and ne and his predecessors have passet
into history and semi oblivion. Ihes'
mouarchs were horribly famous IN thei
time. however, as is to be believed whel
relate the following account OF Gus
tom which was originated and Away
maintained by them: BY royal edict
was made q yearly duty Of the trlbe Z
meet at this great spring and participate
in the dread ceremonies and partake
the strange and danger-fraught Wand
OF a Borgia-lil5e feast. They met, ci'
these Indians, fully aware that one
their number must die. One dlsl
amongst the many served to the multi
tude Of his subject-guests by the Impla
cable King was charged with deadly
MYSTERIOUS poison Nobody, not eve
the kim, himself, knew who might rt
ceive this dread potion; but he and III
invited guests knew that some one c
the number was doomed; and With TIN
awful uncertainty to dull the edge OF hl
:Dpetite each lnan sat him down to IL
s..erifcial feast. An Unsuitable and Cruz
god was 10 be Grpeaseti with huma
blood: and this was their manner
drawing lots to determine which one
their number should die. man mISsi
live hundred years; and yet this fright
full annual peril always stared Tim
the face. The only exemption was /
death. Here was q risk that might ems
bic policy-holder to get even on :! Il,
insurance agent, Alter the last OF thes
poison dispensing kings was dead aud lai
AWAY, his faithful widow, the queen, keI
NJ the custom; but she too died IL 600
time and then q wild, glad shoat
relief went up from the imprisoned ,eli
rant OF that long tormented tribe. III
nightmare was gone at last; bat IL
relief was so long deferred that thei
was but weak and weary handful lie
10 be Joyous over the lifting OF tn
dreadful load of apprehension from tt
long burtienei heart of a fated peopi
Sometimes those who had parts.zen I
thi; yenomous dish survived the
dosing: and although this quaAiyli
statement robs the story Of some OF
romantic horror, yer there IS sone;hi-
akin to the startling and supernatur