The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-08
MOUNTAINS GIANT SPRING.


Tbere Il n legend of the giant spripg nj
c.an, FaI,s ,hat has never before found
;,s NJ. me- ~. I, Ia reia,ed tina, d,r.
10 "a' "NoN'P =
ing the days OF the 49-ers an emigraht
from the states an onense
that compelled him to hastily flee from
the gold fields of California and seek Sc
clusion from pursuit i'm the then unknown
w;Ids % Montana The mans raaI name
vi -. -. -. =. a..
mnn ei"a Us
inuians uhis reeioh s~upseiueh'i c"iieu
him "Fatz," by that name he passes INTO
the Legendary history OF the state.
OF his trials and t%ribulations i'm reach
inc this section nothing is KNOWN. for In
dian Traditions account him Iittle loss
- III ,,hoso m,s,.r;nus nr;o;, oc-
'ha" so", ""p
eurred IN Tue poWeis Vi INC GARTH ms
appearance among the reu men war
ranted that belief.
In was during an Indian festival. nj the
yary ba;,bt of The dance given I'm honor
20 a. s,vs,or;nus snrino ,ha, a wild
snw..;oo ~" .aa, soana
OF Threats. Suddenly there appeared
upon the surface of the vast volume of
water yomitted forth from the earth,
tho body of n man whose dress
and apnearance were wonderfully nm
ILL ,hair nu,n Tho ;n,n;n,ata forn, %
Fatz WAS drawn from the water. and Inv
iong and careful treatment he almost OK.
,;nn,;shad ana RI ~ life was reyivad and
tha wh,te man stood erect amid his SAVAGE
-s,Irronndings'
u" n u.aS ~ onoa soo, that tho s,va,os ro-
49, ,;s;ton n,;,h n MY anT Sa,,
lien and tbaraaf ,er Jid ali i'm his nou,arto
c%nnir,n tha Indians In tha hal;af thot no
n,,s n s,narnaturn heino He main.
tanned tbe ,lacention IN the day Of his
Heath and escaned Tho violence thai
,,;ah, ,thorw;sa h,yo Mo-, y;s;,od u,,on
h;ns ~ "f
Tha circumstances ottopdipg his re-
marLabin anmearance i'm The spr;nm will
lever ha f,,iiy Lnnvvn lint ano,,ah can hn
Leaned from what he told the Indians 10
Indicate series of remarkabIe adven-
TIRES n IL oecessarv only 10 eliminate
from his Statements the wild and wierd
tr;mminos used 10 captivate inc Indian
n,'nI ~
If a,,ear that Ea,z so,.mply ,,u,bt
his rel disc;n,es IN heI;eve that he res;isJ
in the center of tbee earth. HAVING varions
niacas 20 .x;st I'm Ills occas;on he had
Chosen n new route and in nassina
,hrn,nb = colopy Of evil snir;ts was neariS
nyorcoroe He wo,,id have regaineI
conscionsness in two moons had he
been left I'm the water. but as they
Lini,y carroll for him nj once he wnnI,,
bless them i'm return and multiniy the
fruits of the chase. AS Fatz was evidently
"A good hunter. ne ~strenuthened their fniti
Inv his work. Taking Fatz' aeco,,nt Of lis
last return 10 the center of the earth. and
his reappearance through the giant
sprinp. and the story of his adventures Is
told.
After reaching the Mountains of Mon.
tana. Fatz led n life for several week
freiphted with deadly peril. With savage
beasts and still more savage men around
him. his existence was maintnIneI only
by the utmost vigilance. He was cyl.
IDENTITY driven to the verge of desnnir
when he accidentally discovered an
anerture i'm the side of n mo,,nto;p'
which. upon Investigation, proved 10 bc
a small cave, For some days he used this
place as a retreat. storing his limited eff.
fects therein, One day. however. he de-
voted his energies 10 removing the stones
that obstructed a passapeway into the
heart of the Reckless of re.
suits he groped his way INTO the dark and
dismal tunnel. feeling his way along lis
ragged sides. until ,iddenly he was nre.
cipitated down an incline nlane Inv Inc
giving way of the rocks beneath his feet.
For an hundred feet. with increasinu We.
locity. he slid down that awful incline
realizing the impossibiIity of a return
to daylight. The spirit of adyen.
tyre oyercame his fears and he