The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

IoSt anu Ul>coNsIeu Valuable silver mine.
While We were opening it up and prrpar-
ing to stake it Ot1, We saw several tie In
dams >ncaking around there with fringe
on their bnck>kin bree,he<, and reads on
their mH,'a>ins, and pretty rel rosy paint
ON their faces. When We saw the Indians
around there We started back Ia town and
lett the mine. We didn't go ieca,,>e We
were afraid ri the Indians. ~ the reader
might suppose. but We wanted t. 90 about
that time, - We hal >taid long enough.
and il wasn't much al mine ANYWAY.
We ran a good deal. but We were not run
ming from the Indians. We hadn't eaten
any breakfast that day and il wa, getting
late md We were getting hungry II is a
good way to take exercise To- run 2 little
sometimes. We left some mining tools up
there. Ii ANYBODY will ~ and get them
he can have them. They are living around
there where We were digging. We would
gO and get them Ourself but We don't carr
about those particular tools, ~ We can get
some more il W. need them. Next MORN
ing We heard that some oil the ties had
got Off OF their reservation and
HAD THEIR WAR FAINT on.
and were roaming around loOse and had
scalped two or three fellows over in Ouray
county. When the ties want little
recreation and 10 into this business they
call themselves III Ctss. This mean.
pious Ctes. The relation between ourseli
and the Ctes had always been friendly,
and We were not nj all afraid nj them
hut We had stsid rs long Is We wanted to
up in that country. >o We got On the stage
and started east. There were three other
men and w." ladies on the stage. They
were all scared about something. and
talked good deal about the Indians and
stage robbers, but it didn't brighten Us.
We sat away back in the corner
al the stage, because il was
cold up in the mountains riding along
after night.
We got to Sagus he tSi-wa,chi.
the county seat al Saguachc county.
seventy five miles north of .Alamo>a, next
day i'm the afternoon. II Is about the size
ri DEL Norte, and has an elevation oi =,
NO feet. 1t is surrounded by u rich farm
ing region. The Saguache river and the
all How into the San I.nis lakes. There
Is n" surface outlet from thc>.. lakes. and
nobody knows where the water goes to.
Irrigation in this country Is very simple
and mex expensive.
IT Is \ GREAT HAY COUNTRY
About one-iith Of the population ar. Mex
leans. The southern portion of the San
Luis lake, reaches within twenty miles Of
Alamosa. In their marshes MANY wild
ducks have their home. and hatch and
raise their Young. In the proper season,
this place is unsurpassed for duck shoot
ing.
Leaving this place, we returned To Ala
mesa after a two weeks journey in the
northern part III the San Juan country. a
wiser and dirtier man. We staid at Ala
mcsa several days hunting antelope and
jack rabbits and in studying the Mexican
language. They had little Mexican
word-book at the hotel. and the landlord
gave it to us tn study. lie gave It's great
deal al assistance and Was very anxious
ior Us tn learn. because it gave everybody
the lock-jaw when they heard us try to
pronounce the Mexican names with
which every mountain. river and little
town in the southern part al Colorado Is
decorated.
In our mex, letter Ne will tell Won how
rapidly We learned tine language. how We
pn, our knowledge into practice and how
it go, us into trouble.
CRITICIZE FIELD.