Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-04
A HERO.
How He Gathered, but Did Not Gar.
ner-The Indians and Peed's Pine
Nuf G'rOD.

How He Gathered, but Did Not Gar.
ner-The Indians and Peed's Pine
Nut Crop.
Many Indians are now out on the hunt
for pine nuts. In the language of the ma
tive Californian, Hall, they have " diff
fused themselves misregardless Of all
sysemtatic organization" and are to be
found upon the mountain tops everywhere
throughout Eastern Nevada. A few days
ago a gentleman went out to Frank Peed's
camp, on the side Of Q mountain known as
Bald Mountain, northwest Of the Newark
mill.
Frank, with interested parties in Eu-
reka, own and are working a coal prospect
vein, and the location of their camp is one
of the most beautiful in Nevada. 1t over
looks a vast region of country, and, sit
uated upon the edge of q crag several hun
dred feet high, amid a grassy plat, sur
rounded by groves of nut pine and cedar,
with beautiful springs Of pure water at the
very door Of the cabin and tunnel, and the
hillsides covered with fossils and petrifac-
tons, it is a spot long to be remembered
by the visitor thither.
The gentleman visitor, before mentioned,
did not go out especially for pleasure. He
had heard that many pine nuts were to be
gathered there, and he had also heard that
the medicinal qualities of the pine nuts
were Just what he needed. He would COM
bine business with pleasure, and vice versa.
| With a splendid team from Hillhouse's
| stable, he made the trip, and camped half
a mile below the coal prospectors' cabin.
He was well armed with the munitions Of
war, and for fishing also. Being a native
Of Latino Plains, Me-, he knew how to
gather huckleberries, and this knowledge
served in sorting out pine nuts.
He corraled nearly a wagon load, and
| Frank began to worry about his winters
supply. Indians were all about, and Frank,
when the shades Of night began to gather,
would slide over to the Eurekan's camp,
and, during the signing Of the winds
through the trees and amongst the rocks,
would tell those hobgoblin yarns, bear
stories, etc., in such a melancholy way that
our friend could not rest at night. But
there was money and virtue in pine nuts,
and he hung on, working every day like a
beaver. Finally Frank melted the Indians
to brighten his ruthless nut hunter out Of
the country. In this particular instance
it became necessary for the Georgian and
the native Americans to join issues. So
about dark, the other night, fires were
lighted all about on the hillsides, and
Frank crawled out of the brush, appearing
suddenly at the camp Of the nut-hunter.
He told of evident trouble. The Indians
had told him to 'git." He had come out
Of the tunnel, to find a fire just started
over a keg of powder in the cabin, and the
best thing to do was to vacate about as
soon as possible. The nut-picker wanted
to hitch up. Frank did not like the idea
of so much noise as the wagon would make.
The party Of the irst part didn't like to
gather a wagon load Of nuts for the pesky
Indians. The brides were no more on the
horses when the Indians, bare-faced all
over, rose from the brush aud overshot
horses and all. OF course Frank fell with
terrible groans, but the Eurekan lit out or
his animal and made for the valley, fol
lowed by the loose horse.
The %nut-hunter concluded the Indians
had him, but remembering the maxim tina
it was catching before hanging" he flew
across Newark Valley, and when fairl,
three miles away, did remember to take
pop or two at the mountain In his rea'
with his pepper-box. Up the Water can
yon and over the trail he came. not stop
ping until in q highly excited state h
rushed into town, in the dead Of night. AM
related his experience here. which repor
In nowise reflected upon his courage in tn
affair. "Ill tell you boys" said the mar
rator, II fought at that wagon for tw'
hours, but when Peed went down I con
cluded to emigrate. l raked the red devil
fore and aft, and would have died by tina
wagon load Of nuts II Frank had no
fallen"
The story-teller and self-constituted her
had hardly completed his yarn, when b
was followed in by Indian Hal, who CAV
the whole business away, and crushed a
one blow the prospect Of another Whit
Pine war.
Hal says the wagon, gun, grub, etc., ar
all in statu quo, but Frank and the squaw
had packed the nuts all up the mountain
and cached them somewhere for futur
reference.