Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-23

4 WntIt Il udl HIob seen buc lDOlDflnt6
After carefully marking the place, Sc
out to try and find camp, and after trav
cling all day, stumbling through snow
drifts and falling over hidden logs,
staggered into Cartwright's ranch, WHERE
l told my story.
.sThey looked at each other and said
'That'sall right, of course you saw them
You have been lost in the snow; you arc
sick Go to bed, old fellow, and you will
fell b. ter in the morning.
But it was no delus ion. Ibnow wba
saw, and | want you to come up and
l go with me TO find these strange
I people. l give you my word Of honor it
is no myth.
This is not a new story by any means,
so far as the reality of the cliil-dwellers
is asserted. From another source the
World correspondent has received o let
ter which corrohorates Blair's tale. Tho
writer of this letter is Mexican gentle
man of irreproaehable integrity. In his
letter Don Amado says:
''For number of years past have
been told by very old residents Of this
neighborhood" -San Mateo, n. M
especially by Don Rafael Baca, now
deceased, who died at the age Of 104
years, man of intelligence and integ-
rity, that there were few clifl-dwellers
still living in the caves in the San Mat
60 Mountains and mesas, and that he
himself and others, while in pursuit Of
Indians, had seen some of them in the
mesas"-table lands -''near the place
where the town of San Mateo now is.
che said the children or dwarfs he saw
were about three feet in height, and
were very fleet, as they could run with
the deer up the sides of the mesas and
into the caves, where there were houses
which ut one time must have been occu
pied by the cliff, dwellers.
The World correspondent listened TO
the story with good deal of interest,
but thought it was pretty tale OF the
imagination; however, as n matter Of
curiosity he determined TO examine all
the places where Don Rafael Baca said
the houses could be seen and tracks of
the dwarfs also. The houses were found
Just MS he described them, little houses,
with small doors not more tiian fifteen
inches wide and two feet high. The
World correspondent found many
beautiful small but incomplete pieces
of pottery, stone axes and tiny
arrow heads. They must have been
used by diminutive race. The houses
had apparently been untenanted for a
thousand years at least.
There were alsofound small corn cobs,
about two inches long, and necks Of
squashes. The writer was satisfied with |
that at the time, but some time ago
happened to excite his curl
osity once more. Don Leonor, bright |
and intelligent young man, while acting |
as major domo for the flocks Of Don |
Roman, saw dwarf under the following |
One evening, just about
sunset, he made camp at the foot hills,
about five miles from San Mnteo. While |
he was gathering wood to build fire
where he expected TO pass the night, he
noticed the sheep got frightened at one
end of the flock and ran with a rush
towards him. Thinking il might be
coyote, he grabbed his rifle and went to
see il he could shoot him, well knowing
that if it was coyote he would have but
little sleep that night To his astonish.
ment, instead of the proving wolf, he
saw a naked boy about three feet tall.
He went towards him, up to within a
lew yards, when with "yip" the
started for the woods and was
ost in a moment. Don Lconor sent
word to the town at once.
The World correspondent went to the
'pot few days after this happened, hav
ng been absent at the time, and while
ne saw no signs Of any inhabitants he
ound some more little ruins, stone axes,
pottery and tiny arrow heads. Now, the
major domo is n eool-headed man who
Ices not permit romance TO delude his
lrain, and he says he is positive Of what
he saw. The writer knows him well,
md any statement he makes is entitled
o credence.
The arrow heads Of which Don Amado
writes are beautiful specimens OF trans.
lucent stone, exceedingly hard and cap
bile Of taking high polish. As soon rs
,ossible search will be begun, both in
he Black Range and tho San Mateo
for these eldritch fairies who
very generation or so appear to wander
ng shepherds and hunters.