The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-09
APACHE "REMINISCENCES.
coroner Muehl Relates Some of
His Interesting Indian Cam.
paign Experiences.

conn licalD 1rOm Sania re, y q.
L., signed by ] imes Torrance, A. A.
feneral, u. s. A, asking whether ]
Fould accept position rs A. A. sur,
conn other words, CONTRACT sur.
CON with the government. The terms
Fere most liberal, but what decided
be to accept the offer was the state
lent that 10 case | accepted L would
once be quired to proceed to the
buthern portion of New Mexico, for
uty with troop @, 9Th U. S. cavalry
the field. The prospect of wander
bg oYtr the country in search of the
usive Apache proved too enticing,
nd [ therefore accepted the position,
gned the necessary papers which now
ere returned from Washington with
roper approval-and imme ii ,teIy
ter, having ored my Office furni-
IRE, books ami instruments. | RI IL
by departure Tor my new feld OF ac-
lon. Arriving on the "a lroad at Lake
kpey took the sage for Hi isbor.,
Il nj having for my Iellow Iravelora
remark ably handsome young lieu.
enant with a cue little wife. They
ad been only three months married
I'D she hid arrived from Texas to
in her hubby in The wilderness. On
he road We passed a point which, so
be stage driver inform I'd Us, was the
ace where few weeks previously
be mutiIased bodies of d rancher AMI
Is wife had been found-the work o.
he red devils. The pretty, p~tiie
life of tn LIEUTENANT, however, didu't
|ok a bit frightened.
MY service required that |
louli attend three widely separate
osts. My own, one at Lake Valley,
Renty-one miles south and one at
Horde, forty five miles north In
taking these trips, always alone, |
Just admit that at times [ felt some-
hat uerv us, not so much because |
Jared being killed from ambush bnt
rom fear that might be captured
i've by the savages and in that case
felt that unless | cpu;d induce nv
kptOrs to psrtake Of The c)n ents of
y medicine saddlebags, that fate
ould meet me that would make that
the victim of Chinese execution a
I'd of roses compared with mine. On
" trip south | found but a single
Imam habitation aad when going
ith for twenty-five miles the
buntry was uninhabited. Thea |
essed the ranch of g squaw man and
ter a mining camp called HermOsil-
%, pronounced HermOsi'o. Ny
tst trip to Chloride was
eventful one. There was no
age line to the latter place and the
Ilriei who had come 10 request my
Essence at Chloride gave me map
the road ami then passed on &C.
ards Lake Valley.
| started on my trip bright and
rly, and having a most excellent
brse felt confident that | would make
y destination the same day. Events
roved me mis- aiken, however, and |
evoled all dsy without meeting the
efSore mentioned ranch or mining
amp. The sun was setting as | en-
ered gloomy little valley. The de-
|srting rays of the sun LIT up the
fountain peaks which seemed sur
bundled with a transparent veil which
knew was produced by fall ofsnow
q The higher region. AS | entered
The valley my ears were met with
he sound of multitude of squeaking
Iarks and looking about | noticed
numerous little animals which In the
loom looked decidedly uncanuy. 1t
vas prairie dog town, and the little
mps were setting on their launches
ear their burrows, barking vigorous
at the intruder, and hav-
accomplished this would
Iu3denly dive into III if holes,
ysg their tails, derisively for sec
bnd aud then pop out again to go
through the same performance from
he beginning. The wind was signing
bmniously among the pines above me,
he air became very cold, the sun
vent down and it grew dark. L
.ould hardly distinguish the two
rails which intersected each other IN
he basin where | found myself. |
therefore, larriated my hose removed
! .he saddle, and took down my blan ket
which was rolled and tied behind the
saddle. Gathering dried grass and
|sage brush | built fire. and then
hfter having refreshed myself with
ZONE biscuit and beefsteak which L
had taken along, as well as well
Filled canteen, l prepared to make a
hight of it. After supper smoked
my pipe and then tried to sleep.
WAS in that half sleeping, half-waking
state, when the mind seems to divide
IL anH