Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-13
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adventures of an Alleged Nephew
% of DavY Crockett.
From a GalDestoH Letter.

of DavY Crockett.
From a Galveston Letter.
r.ore nassed through this place recent
81 snail. gray-haired gentleman, totally
ia and accompanied by youth of IA
- who, although rot presenting the
aoarance of the traditional man with
& 4'sto,.v.,, certainly has one, il what
I'D concerning him IS correct, ana
" il some reason TO believe 1t Is.
Nh hind man said his name was y =.
s,rockett. that he was nephew OF the
Io0 !, frepnegsean. who fell at the storm
Ell the Alamo. and that mis- father had
Lain at the battle OF San JacintO,
S5'gLa,.b the return of the killed and
..rrded in that engagement does not
Uu1olt the correctness Of the latter as
ca Crockett states that he WAS
i, the Red Lands Of Eastern
Us i'm 1893, and after the death OF MS
mr. was adopted by an old man named
~ p TavlOr. who was engaged IN farm
M near the old Spanish settlement OF
sc1gdoches. In 1S4S he took an OK
Ian. and, running away from home,
Asaehed shreveport, on heo river, where
dienospd of the oxen and wagon and
- a steamboat for New Orleans, then
# Mecca OF the Southwest. The Cali
una fever breaking out, he proceeded to
x francisco by way Of the isthmus OF
a1oma. Upou arriving he was COM
iteir ,susted," and but for finding
~ards from Texas in Col. Jack Hays, the
,mous Indian tighter and ranger, and
snt. "Eph." Mclean, of Galveston,
fond have Jared badly.
INTHE MINES.
1rnon being "stakedV by his new-found
ronds. the Wanderer started to try his
,rnup in the mines in northern CalifOr-
When he arrived there he had but
l5 left and found everything selling at 81
4 pound Buying ten pounds of flour and
- hounds of bacon, he found an old
a INSPECTOR with no provisions but plenty
picks and shOyels, and Immediately
krpnt in with him. The first weeks work
4 e-ted them $1,000, and they were enabled
r. purchase everything needed i'll the
Business. The claim proved rich,
pd after taking $500 from il
Stbey sold out for $4,000. His
#.pardner'' going home to Missouri,
#'rockett left for the mines in southern
#alifornia. and ''struck it rich" at the
mining camp of Humbug, on the Ameri-
. IAN river, amassing fortune of S20O.OO0
#rtthin a few months; but embarking in
n m enterprise to conduct water from the
liver to the yankee Bob" mine, dis
Fl ance OF q miles, ne became, to use his
Fl WIN words, financially busted" After
. his be engaged in quartz mining, but
met with no great success. The war
<eoming on he was filled with patriotism,
81 Ind sped across the plains to Texas in
company with Gen. Albert Sidney
j Johnston, Col. Terry, and others for
hoe purpose of entering the C0nteder-
Il te army, which he did, serving in rag
Pat' Cleburne's division until the
Il lose Of the war, and being one Of the
lew survivors OF the fatal field Of Frank
81 in, Tenn, where mis- commander and the
Il lower of mis- division fell. Upon the ces-
#a.iOn OF h0stIlities Crockett returned to
he Pacific slope and secured employ
#hent with the Suffer Creek Milling and
ID lining Company as assayer and assist
0Rnt superintendent. There he again
~ massed q snug sum of money, but, be-
oming seized with great desire to travel
md see more of the earth, he resigned his
POSITION in 1870 and started on a long trip.
AROUND THE WORLD.
In November of that year Crockett left
an Francisco for New York, and from
hero took steamer for LIVERPOOL. He re-
fained in the United Kingdom for several
honths, visiting many points of histori-
Bal interest, and then sailed up the Medi-
ferranean, stopping at various points,
ntil he finally landed in COnstantlnoDle.
rom there he Travelled through the Holy
and, and visited many places mentioned
the Bible.f He then started tor Egypt,
Ter the old Mosaic trail, passing over
Fany famous mountains, the first being
Einai, 1862 feet in height; the second,
flor, upon which Aaron died. and
bow known to the Arabs by that
ame, and Mount Pisgah. Reaching
he borders Of the Red sea, he stood upon
be very spOt-sO his VeraciOus guide told
m-where Moses led the children of
Tael across. Passing the Red sea, he
fayeled through Egypt, seeing all the
Yramids, the Sphinx, Cleopatra's Needle
pad many other wonders. At Alexandria
took a steamer for Hong Kong, pass
ng through the Suez canal, down the
FED sea, across the Persian gulf, beyond
ae Indian ocean, into the Pacific, arriv-
~ safe at his destination From Hong
Bong be started for San Francisco by
B'ay Of Japan and the Sandwich Islands,
feaching the Golden Gate after al alb
pence OF six years and three months with
#nly 1925 left in his exchequer.
lie engaged once more in mining, but
10 not meet with much success, and in
w lost his eyesight by the premature
scharge Of a cartridge while blasting.
nee then he has been lecturing on the
#seVen Wonders of the World" his
aYeis, selling a medicine OF his own
leparatlon, and making living as best
ne could. When passing through
paVestOn be stated he was on his way to
OLD home in Eastern Texas, and did
10y seem to realize that when he reached
mere be would find that sold times were
hanged, old manners gone"