Mohave County miner., 1888-02-04
Animate Matter Moved By In.
stj0rt.

EDrToA MINES;
Last week In travelling tn rough the noun
tains / noticed In canyons and brushy
places several mocking birds, also the
thrush. In the valleys saw large dooks Of
rsd.bseast robins and blue birds and other
birds that migrate at certain seasons of
tho year. Frequently in seasons past, when
the winters were mild, the mocking bird
and thrush stopped with u all winter. Last
fall think that every bird that migrated
south st that time left here early In the
season. On the 25th day OF September last
was looking for stook. had climbed TO
one Of tho highest peaks Of the Csrbat
range, when was surrounded by millions
OF swallows, Of the species called the barn
swallow, that nest north. A. thoy Fitted
along cloae TO tho top Of the mountains
they came near me in fact, several fthem
touched mo with their wings as they passed.
II took ab ,ut two minutes for the dock to
pasa. The mountain WAS on Was about
5000 fest above sea level. A few days later
noticed In the papers an account Of q
blizzard that had struck British Columbia,
Montana and the northern Territories. As
the swallow hiss at the rate Of over one
mile per minute, forty eight hours flight
wpuld land them about 3.oco miles south of
the starting point. Larger birds Of the
feashered tribe, like the Wild goose. duck
and wild pigeon, can b seen ss they hy
south.
Who tells these millions Of fowls that
cold winter il coming on1 Who tells them
that to the south it il warm? Who tells
them the direction to dy TO And . warmer
climate.
d. thew move by iustinctf
The most enlightened Of mankind have
Instruments that direct them whittier 10 %.
In the United States We have a signal ser
vice that makes the weather 4 study. We
have y telegraph svstem. We can telegraph
that n oold wave from the north ip ap-
proaonine. From ths hrst TO the third Of
last month the Indisns were very busy
building huts, covering them with bark and
dirt. We t,ied to hire some Of them to
work, bat they refused to vrk 0ut. They
declared that a cold storm vas near At
hand. by and by. heap more heap oold,"
they said. and pitched in and built houses.
II any one doubts this statement let than 90
70 tho Indian camps not half mile from
town and they will SEQ a neat house. Some
Of the b ,nds have already torn their houses
dow and the Indians ma; be seen each
midday taking a sun bath, ~ amin ala do
that barrow for winter. The very looks of
An I dian will convince any one that hs
never took bath in vater.
Are these Wild men of the mountains
moved by instinct7 1t il true they have no
signal service or scientific instrument to
gu de them. Prior 70 the late storm was not
the first time that these indians have pre-.
pared for storm. Within the past twenty
years they have been noticed to do the like.
1t has been common in Arizona for one sx.
trems to follow another. After n cold Jan.
nary We are likely to have warm February.
Within the past twertv-dve years several
times on tho Colorado River the cotton.
wood trees have been in full foliage by the
Goth day Of February. Even At Mineral
Park. ut an altitude Of 1000 feet. fruit trees
have been In blossom by March LIST. In Do.