Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-08-30

the W,ud went down, ana we started over
/ the desert We crossed the sand with
hut little suffering, aud hy four o'clock
/ in the Afternoon ot tho next day were ON
/ little rill ot water that issued from II
canyon. aud got speedily lost in the sands
-, The desert Jim said that his tribe
I usually camped higher up this strepm,
/ in the mountains, at this season OF the
year, aud suggested that we stay there
that night, while he rode ON, lowing us
I" follow the next day. So we unpacked
the mules, rested, and ate. At dusk
Jim mounted and rode up tho black can
Won.
The ucxt morning we followed ON the
trail leading up the stream. At evening
we arrived within sight of the Indian en-,
campment; and Jim camo riding rapidly
toward IA. lie told us that We must camp
rs the Indians refused To receive US into
/ their village, So we camped, struck
with ihe drspnndcut looks of our Indian,
we asked what was his trouble, and were
greatly discouraged to hear that his pro.
/ posed exposure of the hidden mine had
been met with an outhurst of savage fury,
and that James Ind been plainly told that
it he did what he proposed to do, he
would he killed, and his white friends
/ killed, too.
| Wha: we're we to doY Wo talked
! the affair over, and concluded to send
Jim hnck to camp to try to mako terms,
! Reluctantly he rode back, When it was
dark we could plainly SEQ the figures
around the council fires, could hear the
Indian orators hnmnguo tho assembled
/ braves but, of course, could not under.
stand what was said. When we spread
our blankets the noise md excitement in
'hc Indian village wns great, aud we
th,co went to sleep much di.pirited,
1t wns nm enrly breakfast next morn,
ing, Then W. began celebrating ON the
probabilities of our ever getting out of
the country. We hNd reason To hc alarms
cd nt the extreme reserve of tho Indians,
and fenrcd they might, in n-woment ot
ltnr and rage. kin us to avert the proph
osicd cnlnmiies. Jim was seen mp
proachng our camp Mt u sharp gallop,
/ Tho henring OF The mun was moro cheer,
| fih. lie rode his horse more confidently
| than ON Yesterday, and directly VIVA with
US. lie smiled md snid that tho Indians.
on his representation mud nfter much de-
/ mtc, hnd agreed to lonvo the revelations
of the hidden mine 10 their old medicine
man, who was comprd hy himself some
twenty miles away. Incidentally he
mentioned, rs though 1t were of no inter-
c,t TO us, lhNta large party In tho camp
were in favor of killing us out Of hnnd
und .ummnrily ending the trouble. Tho
arrangements wns now To 60 to the vnlloy
where the medicine man lived, md there
j i'm WIS to argue our case. II lheproph.
ct consented 10 the discovery OF the mine,
it wound bo shown Ia us. II not then we
would nh hn Killed IT We moved in tho
direction OF the treasure.
" So We pncl, I'd up, mounted, nsd were
or The uail led over hills, across dry
vnllrys, aud tiunlly into tho mouth nf ono
OF the rnvinrs that hnd water IN il. Here,
ou the banks ofn tiny stream, hidden
among the wi llow.. stood smnll Indian
house, md IN ii wns the oldest. most
hlrnl-eyrd male Indian | hnd ever seen.
mud the most withered aud desorepi' old
hng lhbt ever ganshed toothless gums Mt
II white man.
We cnmped, and tho diplomatic
Jamrs ucgdhied with the medicine man.
At fest with no tuccrss. but after much
talk nud some presents af tobncco md
sugar. ho wa. rewarded by being allowed
to tnko us within half an hours ride of
we could flud the trcasure ourselves II
wn- lo be- ours. But on no account was
he to show us the place, as in that case
the spirits of the murdered Spnniards
wnulG haunt the tribe. would accuse
them, md work thclr destruction by n
pe.lilence.
This wns the beet we could do. and
with 1t We had TO bo satisfied. After n
night ,pent here, VIZ started TO the south,
leaving oar pnck animals In charge OF
ths Old man. but carrying great Hnsks
of water with Us. We rode into rough
barren country, full OF little cross gulch.
81. Leaving this formation, wa rode up
into table country, where the land
gradually fose tu the south. until the
plnin surlneo suddenly terminated Ia n
range of cross mountains. Riding 10
ward these munntnins, and within II
couple Of miles Of them, Jim halted.
Telling us to hunt for the mine, he
wheeled hi- horse and rpdo rapidly back
To- the Medicine Mans lodge.
We hunted not lor 'he mino but for
one. 1t wns dry camp, with no water
lnele or any plnce We could dheovor.-
81 wc rodO back TO where our pnck Hr
inlnls were. and there mnturcd our plans
Jim refused TO be one oil the patty,
fearing death from hi. tribe. We three
white men were IN divide our work as
luilows Two were 10 prospect mud the
other to pnck water, food and fuel 10
tho camp near tho supposed mine
Every week ono Of The prospeotors was
To relieve tho man NJ tho mules.
Next morning wa filed our water
carks and started over tho divide
Making our camp, The two who we're
To- ptospcct went out at oned TO work.
/ wns one. Knowing. II tho tale we're
trur. nnd the mrn came up from Mexi.
60 10 the numbers the Indians asserted