The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-08
The Place IL Now q Vast and On
1athomablo Well Of
Salt.
Dtartling Experience Of IN Old Teamster
when Camped ON the Spot, in
October, 1879.


Rurr;ro nea, the town of Meade, in
onthveatern Kansas. are two trails, which,
=, tha - ~ their usefulness. were among
ths rooet lannon's ON the plains. SAYS Henry
I,uo.r +, tho K.na.a CITY star. Each has
n. ;nitiaI noint at Fort Dodge, on the Ar
xansas river. and leads in Mans Land,
Ehe Panhsndle of Texas, with radiating
,ranohes INTO New Mexico. One is known
=. .s1rh. Ior.. and Plummer,, and the other
20 adobe wall iran. Nos q Rfes' uis-
lance from the mouth OF the stump Arroyo,
beautiful stream of clear water, . tribu-
~ ~ the C;marron. thu two trails almost
~. ~. .,.-., ,..-s .co f-a;cht;rc
nee'. Aoou. eaeven s yea1s ~ . n;asn..e
On certain evening in October OF that
vear. as the legend hath it, an old "bull-
h..l.- >, =. teo,n.ta,a vara called IN the
' na0He' a.. -. sa.s 80 ..;,.sos. 80 az.
plains III me uaJs De1oio fsloa.s wore
dreamed OF a. among the probabilities,
bamped on beautiful piece of level bottom
Anal that ia nov almost within the oorporate
.na 10 III. y ~. az r. Ia 49, ..I-.;-;s
ina''s VI mea1e wy. naU wv p.oIo
Pchooners, AZ the heavy trelRns wagons
wore termed in those days, each drawn by
II mules. which. with one other man, COM
,-;aod ths ,vholo ontAt II va. late when
' ~. 40 80 49," .s. o Ss,.;,aNn,.oa ~
~ "doo hls sccusSo"0o AAA.lne pave o.
hat spot; the stars were already twinklinR;
lhe hundred varieties of insect life that
~. ~. Iooa,v rr.ir;aa of Kansas sonoroua
n, ~ .ss L.s 49,.
ltn tneaE noc'u1naA se1on"oo aou ooku"
heir droninR songs, and the lyn1es were
|tealthily promenading the thinly scattered
[c4torrooaa fr;no;no tina small h... =.
n. oaues VI
rookeo otoeA, ano MAKING night hldeous
ltn tnelE caIerwauLnR. Inc OLD man had
ust comP!eteu n!s 1rugal supper OF rusty
ICON an1 slaP wnen suddenly the
ulsate IN regular rnythm, Ike the waves of
mt could With great difficulty keep on
elr Feet. Inc mules became terribly
lghtened, ana IN rev moments stam-
pded, running two or three miles out on
ual phenomena, sought their camp again
ID the SIDE OF their drivers, as 1t they
pughs that they could protect them,
animals Will DO this at times
ZEN thorougnly oemorallzed. The old
IN SAID that rev moments after the
full noises he had ever heard, and he had
Pm on the plains Tor more than twenty
b years. Inc stampede OF 1890 buffaloes
- nothing IN comparison. The commo-
bn and the strange sounds seemed to como
pm below-from the very inside of the
nth itselt-then an unusual darkness
pemed to settle over all, and then, while
was looking up the trall which he de-
AIRED he could still distinguish, there came
bother sudden shock. accompanied by
pries OF horrible soun a more awful than
he nrst, ana e ne iels me ground settling
nder MS 1eet. IN announcer moment there
nanateo rom me nssues N the earth a
aospnoresoent HRnt, ana tnen, thoroughly
lgnteneo ana demotanzed himself, he and
- man mecnsnicany nafnessed up their
Pams ana ssaIseo oown tne trall as fast as
aeiE .osIo0 Mulee S ~ naul inc neavlly
aoeo wS9onIs noE oao tney stop until they
~ 1ea0neo stump Altoya' seven miles
x 81. AZ. -
MneIael 'ng OH 11el91teI was really
.s a % an .ne wonderIul sights ne
a n1. Y " s aavS s, u wleoner II was the
sols ss y a:.Rn'1nou lma1lnatlon no one
sn;n s, r. ths month W ~ ' nn+oae 9o7a
o e;nnE - ~" msI % OS'op ., loIS,
;.t.a pn nnao 20 ro UOIuo1: lne1 lolly
nsS ~. 49,. ~ k.o4 f1 suuuenty alsap-
1a.oe. ".u Mn"y Aow !omen!e Oe1ofe
~ sa.sos.y iSs.. paaiils enn!nely van
~, .oasnaH 81 " xna:L Lo.o oA& enough
July s:4 iao a.,4 " Iii i11kns S. y y now
ao1a es sno ~. ven, whose oeptn mas
,ndped teet %.a hays, e rssa1a seven
M ttes n ss LEI go. sacneo WIN nne,
e.1vo' un9eI sne ccnstltutlon, damned
ny successfully for about year, but they