The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16

mum and shook the crystals Of morphine
into the mixture. Then / stirred it vigor-
ously, added some water, and tin cup in
hand. made the round of those twenty
Indians There was a good cupfui for each,
and about five cups more for the most
wicksd-lookiDg ten Of them. Then whis
pered to Cal
keep up your talk, I've drugged 'emp
Cal winked and kept on.
can shut my eyes aud see It all now. The
men sitting there, grave, quite, resolute; Cal
standing and talking the Indians motion
less, but for those horrible eyes. l suppose
the other men felt differently, but for myself
l was SO nervous and so scared / could
scarcely sit still
At last, after time that fairly seemed TO
be years, one Of the Indians nodded slightly.
Jumped as though pin had been stuck
into me. Still Cal went on in his talk, and
gradually one after the other the Apsches
felt the drugs. They fell sideways or back
or forward. and those that were still awake
tried In vain To arouse themselves. One OF
them got up aud tried to stagger of but six
rifles covered him and he sat down again.
Finally they were all asleep.
Then came the question what to do with
them. It was argued that the knife would
make sure work, but, as swore stoutly that
Caey were already poisoned and would die,
and as Cal pointed out that If other Indians
found them as they we're they would not
necessarily hunt for u.s. while il they came
on them knitted 1t would raise the whole
country, We left them. Whether they died
or recovered | know not, but l hope the
man who had a scalp with long yellow hair
hanging from the breech of his rifle did not
awake.
All talk Of the Madre d'Oro was at an
end then, and our only thought was to get
out.
vain WIG ArauaIa6 ot ,,t~bt ~ Co. g.,
days We did not dare TO make a fire, except
now and then to save Jim's life. AS the
cooked beans gave out after four days we
had to go 1t on raw food Most of us
chewed bacon and coffee, but for q steady
diet these two, the former uncooked are
not enjoyable. My memory is that it was
on the eighth day that Jim Bull declared be
was going to eat some beans.
1t must be understood that flying, as we
we're, for our lives some Of us were exceed
ingly worked up. I think l was more nerv-
Gus than any of the others, and | imagine
must have been partly hysterical from fear,
fatigue and lack of sleep. Anyway, when
jim began on the raw beans, and sitting on
a rock, champed on them industriously, l
laughed. But when, as be took water into
his mouth, they swelled and he had to take
part Of them out, I rolled on the ground
and shrieked with laughter. In fact, we all
did.
But this idea Of Jim might have cost US
dearly. Cal had warned him and, sure
enough, the next morning as we rode along
Jim was taken with collie. l had some
mustard papers, aud with these hot cloths
and hot clay poultices we managed to help
him little. But it was no use trying to
travel that day or the next, for Jim could
not sit on horse. So the beans cost us
TWO days and night. and, as said, might
have Gust us our lives. However, we got
through all right and reached the fort in
safety.
/ have never known whether we were
pursued any more than have whether the
drugged Apaches recovered. l should say
without hesitation that they did not, but an
Indian Is very tough.
And that Is the story Of the first and last
time hunted for the Madre D'Oro Jim
Bull three years sfterward succeeded IN
getting up another party, who went in
September, 1879, and none of them ever
anne back.