Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-04
HISTORY OF LOST FIG.
What Caused One Of the Widest Siam.
pedes Ever known at Alder Gu;ch.
From the Helena independent.

From the Helena Independent. ...s-.
One of the widest stampedes that ever took
place from Alder gulch, said an old-time Alder
gulcher yesterday, was caused by the simplest
thing one could imagine. 1t was in "a.
Everything was fush 1t was nearly 1900
miles to the nearest railroad and settlements
in between were scattering. Now, it is charac-
teristic of human nature to sigh after the I'M
attainable. In this particular case fresh pork was
the unattainable There was plenty of bacon and
picked pork, but no fresh pork. Cariboo Tim
was the only one in camp who ever owned a
pig. Tim was a very visionary sort of .cuss
who was not satisfied at working along the
gulch at SIS or $50 day, but was eternally
searching through the mountains in that region
for place where he could gather up gold by
the shovelful One day Tim returned to camp
to learn that his pig had escaped from its pen
under his bunk. He did not tarry an hour, but.
packing all his provisions started on the pigs
trail up the mountains.
Straightway 200 or 800 men decided to follow
Tim. supposing that he had struck it magnif-
Gently rich. The leader of the stampede kept
track OF him-One man keeping him in sight a
second keeping the first in sight, and so on
until the gang stretched back for half mile :;
behind this came the rabble. Tim seemed to
know where he was going, and kept steadily on.
This bat served to confirm his followers that he
had already made the rich find and was return
inc to it. When night came Tim camped. His
followers did likewise, a half dozen men being
detailed to take turns standing guard so that
he might not slip away in the night. Early next
morning the march was resumed. Onward went
Tim, unconscious of the men on his trail. for no
noise was made, the necessity of silence having
been impressed upon all the stampeders. From
camp they passed down the range to the Madi-
son and on towards Norwegian gulch. Again
they camped. and again were guards stationed.
The night passed quietly The first of the SIAM
peders to awake in the morning crawled up the
hillside to point where he could see Cariboo
Tins camp. and looking over saw that the
guards were asleep and Tim gone. The guards
and the remainder Of the sleeping stampeders
were awakened scene of great excitement
followed The guards were cursed up hill and
down tor their neglect, which the poor fellows
took with meek submission.
The gang now started hurriedly in the drec-
ton which CariboO Tim had been following on
the previous day, hoping to overtake him. Each
man tried to get ahead of his neighbOr, and the
rapid time made down the mountains was re-
markable. All this time Tim had gone leisurely
on, his head doubtless filled with visions of roast
PIG. After march of an hour or two he sat
down on log to rest. While sitting there he
heard voices. Presently through an opening
in the timber he saw the blanket and grub
laden brigade passing rapidly along half mile
away.
"A stampede, by the eternal" he CALCULATED
springing to his feet and hurrying off after
them, with no further thought of his mig. After
going two or three miles he overlook the hind
most of the band, and from them learned that
Il new guch had been discovered rich beyond
compare; they didn't Know where it was nor
who was leading. and didn't care a tnker's
d-n. only it was some fellow whom they had
been trailing for day and half. A halt was
soon called at the front, and the stragglers,
including Cariboo Tim, came up. AS Tim
approached the leaders, who of course knew
immediately surrounded
earnestly besought to take them to his new
diggings.
what dggings?" inquired Tim.
why. the ones that you discovered on your
last trip and that you have been making tor
was the reply. and they then related to him how
he had been watched and finally followed. toge-
ther with the subsequent circumstances OF the
stampede. When Tim explained the true object
OF his search and wound up with stampede
be id! | was only looking for my lost pig!"
the remarks that were made then and there
were OF too emphatic a nature to be appropriate
for the columns of paper.