The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-12-17
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tjrs n the sgushwsss.
Ever, mining man and. ever, I'M. man . Who
:. .n.sr.n.. yisii, ; mining, camp IL tps
. :. isjYta - eeeaik % lesr q se :.
M. d,Do u he Il to hnd out where ne
an o.t hie bacon and beans. The =
~. d.Oro-The Mother of Colds sup.
no.ad to be ledge q such phenomena
r;chu.ss that tina gold fsirIy t1e' the 0''s
r.. .tory Invariably begins with an 10.
Al, ,.oa.d. asd yo4 ~ e4rafa to'e r.
80 Ia; =. .know wAee1 t4s t1psee >.
d.. ~, : sot III, xa5y writer "a the
ca.merici.l- Gazette. Many white men
are believed to have seen It.
The old miners will solemnly-the be-
lief shining out of their eyes-tell you Of
thi. man or thassho Rund tie ledge and
10 brought psggets back - ht UT
~h,,dlaa a. vsuuabs Dfu1 hsswky
.o.;n Many old miner, too. have maps
vb.A they cherish = than POS
sessions. These they show to you In con-
tdeDce, ard they arr 1t Least the
one that set my blood aaame was on q
scrap Of paper, dirty, and almost illegible.
AID then, witha bated breath they tell
the story, and ~ they talk the candle
seems to flicker on the yellow masses Of
virgin gold. :.
Assays and forever the Madre d'Oro
is in some place where it isAlmost i'm
/ possible to reaohs When Lbset heard Of
It It was in the mounfiansjn the midstpf
the White Mountain coq1try, tho Indians
Of which we're Apaehss. was going to
cay they were devils in hpnan form, and
todeScribe what they have done. but o.
reflection, when call them Apaches /
Gan say no more. Jim Bull had the map
then, and he got ii from Sandy Ferguson,
who had made it, and who was the one
nan who bad escaped from the Blatcbley
= Aty Of rxnspectors m 1868. Sandy
Gas the result of his misery on the
home trail.
SO Jim Bulls map and Jim Bulls elo'
quepce and a nugget about the size of an
acorn that Sandy had given him, led Cal
Martin to organize the party. This was
in Mineral Park in 1879. OF course Jim
Bull was of the party, and altogether
there were seven Of us, mounted and
armed with Winchesters, revolver and
knife. Then We had three pack animals
loaded with erub-bacon and beans for
the most part, with FIVE gallon key of
whisky, some sugar and coffee. Having
a smattering of medicine, was the sur
geon of the party, and took with me
the medicine chest l hid Anpgh from
,r,.,,sur-su, - - 49, -
This had been fitted up by druggist,
hut / never knew why he put in quarter
Of an ounce of morphine ana three
ounce bottle of laudanuh,, together With
the other remedies.. But 30 it was.
Cal Marian was the captain of the
party. He could speak Apache, Hualla-
pal and Papago, and had lived 10 Ari-
zona for years. Then there were Bob
Lyons, Sam Davis, (Nebraska Sam, -xe
called him), Billy Johns, and bis brother
Jack, ordinarily addressed . s.Dehblsts:s
We made our way to Yuma, up the Gila
to Phoenix, where We laid in stores, aud
thence eastward until We left tl,e banlt
Of Bait River aud stipek into tt'enoon-
taohs. sskES ss 80
Practically, after leaving Fort McDon-
aid We we're IN the Apache country. Nat
nraliy We travelled only at night, and
Ken we made q Ore to cook BY we
div hC 50 a. daalss ia4-ia4 81 - hoie.
Picture 10 yourself little euich or val
Icy perhaps q quarter of mile across,
covered with sand and stones, with here
and there q bald cactus. To one side
there are some high rocks and along the
edges there are punches OF Tufts Of lhat
curious mesquite grass, which horses and
mules prefer to barley and wheat straw,
in spite of the fact that many Of to stems
are a. thick as slate pencils the
shadow Of the rocks there we're seven
men, dressed simply, sitting or lying on
their blankets, about 1 go o'clock on
February 5, 1875.
Suddenly there fled around the big
Tdck about ~ Indians dressed in breech
ssouts, or &c" strings as they call them
IN Arisona. Of these q had Winehssters1
Ia their hands and the others had bows
from which they shoot those terrible ar
rows, with tiny tips made of sponge
wood, hardened in the fire and soaked in
lntrid livers of cattle or deer. These tips
bf1k OF il tho Wound -resalt, blood
pesssing ssd esrtain death. lAtS4
We y spran9 to our feet, and the
Apacr1 stopped short. It il question
vas the more surprised. It il Ger.
.a'n =. e they had known ~ were tAse,t
,"e n,'' . pal we would have got would
nave been splley. Fortunately Martin
:; sept ms he'd ND, singing ont to them
10 Apache, wslcs sed them. For . mo.
men. they hesitateA> and then walked to.
ward NJ lint r ~oA ,