The evening world., 1891-12-08
AGOLD HUNTERS CLOSE CALL.
In the Clutcte of Indian Chief
Geronimo's Warriors.
His Liberty Secured by the Use of q
Glass Eye.

During 1872 Mr.. Rowe resided in the
Black Range country, New Mexico, and
while there had about as close call from
death at the hands of Apache Indians as
any man who ever entered the domain of
the savage and then came forth with scalp
intact, SAYS the Butte Miner.
Like all others who went to that locality
while the mineral excitement there was
going on. Mr.. Rowe was prospecting and
made his headquarters in the little gully
leading up from Wild Horse Canyon.
One bright morning in June of 1882 he
threw pick over one shoulder and gun
over the other and left camp in search of
the golden treasure. little suspecting that
behind eli fl of rocks, almost directly in
bination of Apache cut-throats.
With the exception of the late Geron-
imo, who is now sojourning at Fort
Marion. Fla. for acts of deviltry com.
mitted while on the warpath in Arizona
and New Mexico. Victoria and Mana were
the most noted Apache chiefs that ever
murdered sheep. herder or set q prairie
supposed to be sure death.
AS Rowe sauntered down the gully,
picking float rock as he went. the Indians
lay low. and before he was aware of their
presence he was right among them. OF
coulse. he was sastonished-any one would
be under the chcqmstances-yet he
neither dropped dead nor attempted to
fight. He stood like a statue. and the In
dians, with guns levelled. moved up and
disarmed him without saying 1t word.
There we're about twenty in the ban 4,
which. under their existing conditions,
was sufficient 70 whip the whole United
States Government and Mexico thrown
in.
Rowe acted in such meek manr or with
them and seemed to resign himself to his
fate in such an Indifferent way that the
red devils arrived ct the conclusion that
1t would be no fun to kill him outright;
that the cravings of their devilish nature
would be better satisfied If they had tied
him to tree and tortured him.
With this amiable design Rowe was tied
up. with his face towards tho Indians.
For the purpose of giving him chance
to tear his hair. however. while the tor
ture was ID progress his arms were not
tied.
When all was in readiness to begin
operations O dispute arose among the
Bsvages as to which part of the body
would first be dissected, but at the eI-
piration of en-minute debate the dead
lock was broken by Chief Mana remark
ing in his native tongue, which Rowe un-
derstands quite we'll, that one eye should
first be gouged out. then the ears cut of.
the nose split, and the teeth knocked out
one by one. Each Indian was in turn to
perform some cruel part, but Chief
Geronimo was to have the pleasure of
gouging out the first eye.
jerking long. ugly looking knife from
his belt he advanced toward the captive,
but when within two teet of him Rowe
reached up with one hand and yanked
out one Of bis eyes, and tossed II to the
Chief with the remark: Don't put your
self to so much trouble, old man. Here
is an eye for you, and when you want the
other Just let me know"
The action OF Rowe In taking ont the
eve was paralyzer on the whole band,
and the chief, who had received the
token. dropped his knife and made q
critical examination of the optic. others
gathering about him in an eager endeavor
to get glimpse of the eye that could be
lifted out in such a manner.
1t was passed from one to the other and
commented on, some of the remarks be-
ing funny in the extreme. Finally the
Chief took the eye back to Rowe and in.
formed him that If he could put it back
again and make it see he would not moest
him further.
With this proposition Rowe gently
lifted the eye in plain sight of all and re-
placed it. whereupon he was Liberated
and told to go his way, the Indians be-
heving that he was something more thar
human being. The eye, however, wa,
glass and is still being carried by Mr.
Rowe.