Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-01-10
[From the Virginia Enterprise
Nevada's Wonderful Cave.

CARSON, November 27.-For many wears
there has been living 10 the Walker River
range Of mountains man ualned Algernon
Is. Grant, who very rarely sought the
haunts or habitations Of white men. His
ostcnsible occupation was prospecting for
precious metals, but the fact of his long
and uninterrupted residence in these wilds
pointed to non-srccess in that direction.
Mr.. Grant was in this city few days since,
ubd tho following is an extract from his
wonderful and interesting history: Ho is
native of Bourbon, kentucky, having been
born there in 1926
lie was sent to Harvard College, whore
he graduated in 1916, second ia his class.
In 1851, he was admitted to practice in the
Supreme Court of Kentucky. Flo enjoyed
u lucrative practice in that State, until the
breaking out of the rebellion, when he en-.
tered the Confcderativc service, receiving
onmission rs Major in one of tho Ken.
tu.h hy regiments. In the meantime, ho had
married snd gathered a little family around
him. These he, at that time, had taken to
the Southern portion of kentucky and
placed them under the protection of rcla-
tives.
When the war ended be pictured to him.
self in rapturous delight the happiness that
would fall to lis lot when he could once
again gaze upon the faces Of his loving wife
and dear children He took passage for
Southern Kentucky. Upon arriving at the
spot where his hopes and happiness were
centred, there awaited him nothing but
mass Of charred ruins. Tho strong man
dismountod from his horse and sat down
upon the ground weeping like child. He
learned that about year before the close of
the war, small band of struggling troops
had infested that portion of Kentucky, and
that the family of Grant had been murdered
and the incendiary torch was brought into
play. In the early spring of 1866 he en-
gagged passage in u mule train, which was
then about crossing the pains, and after
ward arrived in this State and emierated to
the most extreme southern end of the Walk.
cr River Mountains, where he has been
existing ever since, only OF rare intervals
seeing the detested fuco of white mau.
A number of the Walker River tribe
looked up to him with greot reverence,
supposing him to be endowed with super.
natural powers. About two months ago
one Of these Indians, who had been tho
recipient of special favors at the hands of
Grant, desNous of exhibiting his gratitude,
requested our hero to accompany him on
two days ramble through the mountains
aud he would show him cave wonderfully
rich with gold aud silver. What direction
of the compass the party followed, Grant is
reluctant about revealing. At all events,
aftor travelling about two days, and half,
one evening in narrow canon, or mountain
gorge, enclosed on either side by rugged +,
steep mountains. In this vicinity, the
Indian said, the cave was located. A camp
fire was lighted, and while Grant was cook :
ing supper his companion went 10 scuroh of
tho exact location of tho cave, so that no
time would be lost in finding it 10 tho morn
;ng.. Tho Indian returned with joy i'm
printed upon his copper oolored features,
and impaired to Grant tho satisfactory
tidings that he had found the cave without
difficulty, and that, notwithstanding the
darkness which then prevailed, the interior
of this wonderful vault was as light as noon
day. At an early hour next morning, otter
travelling in'this canon, which is many miles
10 length, for an hour, or maybe little less,
the Iudian pointed to a pile Of granite Of
immeuse weight, stacked up, against the
Dragged sido Of monster mountain, and
told Grant that by removing the boulders
an entrance to the oavo could be- effected.
Thctio men Immediately set to work at
their lSrculean task which oocuried them
nearly Ewo' hours. When the obstruction
was retboved all that could be seen was an
openina leading into the mountain, of di-
tponsIosIs only great enough to admit the
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