Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

Mexican. evidently Misunderstanding my
iargon. directed me south instead of east;
ard as the trail was dim and crossed by and
branching into countless others, l soon
found myself at loss in the wilderness.
All CAV long we wandered over the gravelly
nesss, suffering torture from thirst, for I
had brought no water, and not little from
hunger Shadow ceme to appreciate the
unpleasant situation, and every now and
then hovled dolefully. At last, at o'clock
st night, Just as | was deciding to dig hole
in the sand and crawl in for the night, dim
light far ahead made me throw nv hat alott
and vhO0p like q Comanche. An hour later
Shadow and l were seriously lowering the
vlter cf a well at the first house in Santa
Fs, and in few minutes more were in the
Enrp.tGJle clutches Of friends, after pain
s1l walk of AZ miles with heavy load, for
I had brought my knapsack ali the way
from Espanoia
Quaint old Santa Fe interested Us much
ne, because 1t is the most curious town in the
country which is shared by Americans and
Shadow because it was the first real town
be had ever been in. He reveled in the mar
row old streets in the vehicles, in the bur
Jos with their Eidnev-shaped loads of wood,
and above all. in the market, where hung
meat plenty. ana ever iackrabbitS 1t was
very difficult TO convince him that these
displays were not for his special benefit,
and particularly the first jackrsbbits that
he had seen Sc tame that he could actually
catch them. We were there eight days,
--avsling about a great deal and fnalng
many increasing things
lie possibilities OF the adobe surprised
me- for there we found handsome residences
ugl creditable tour-s;orv buildings made of
she dcslisad ''mud brick" 1t was veTv in-
-arrstinv, too, to watch the Mexican work
u.en turning gold and silver bars into miles
OF precious wire: and winding that, in turn,
into the exquisite and intricate patterns of
lneis Characteristic fligree jewelry.
What Can he Made Of Adobe.
Parting with regret from the ancient
metropolis" Of New Mexico. we turned
routh and tradged blithely down the long,
gloping plateaus. The town had already
begun 10 pail on Shsdow-chiefiy, sus-
pect, because he had me less TO himself
Jhere-and he was very antic on taking
again TO the road. That very afternoon,
however, his spirits were sadly snubbed
We came near two preoccupied coyotes
which were TRYING 10 dig rabbit from his
hole, and Shadow took after them very val
orousiv. The mean little wolves led him
of 0 safe distance from my rife, and then al
lowed him 10 catch up with them-and how
he wished they hadn't. He made brave
fight, but was sorely Ovcrmatched, and was
glad enough to break away and make back
70 ne, wi,h several unpleasant cuts in his
sleek coat.
SIX Miles to q Drop of Water.
Passing through the unimportant mining
camp Of Bonanza and on to Carbonateville
q town six miles from drop OF water. We
came to the little gray knob of ''Mount''
Chalchuiti, the only turquois mine on the
continent, and the one prehistoric mine in
tie whole Southwest, despite the numerous
fables of ancient gold there. 1t was very
long ago when when the first stone hammer
was swung by sWarthy fists against those
white rocks and thumned out the first little
nugget Of tne stone that stole its color from
the skv. Iae great hill is fairly honey
com5ed, and On one side is great hole
which could swallow a tour-story block
without strain. The Pueblos have always
prized The turquois above all other orna-
ments-thev had neither gold nor silver in
me old days-aud were pecking away with
their rude tools at this precious deposit
long before Columbus. Some 80 acres are
covered with debris from their ancient
mines, and upon these dumps great cedars
nave grown 30 the maturity of centuries
The tale is grayclv printed in histories that
the early Spanish c0nquerers enslaved the
P.eblos in this and other mines, and that
part Of this mountain caved in and buried
q lou Of the unfortunate Indians. But this ,
Is silly fable, for the Spanish never ell
shaved the PuebiOs, and were on the con-
trarv. The most humane neighbors the Amer
ion Indians ever had-and never worked |
this or anv other mine in New Mexico.
We prOspected the strange hill for several |