The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-09
SAVED BY AMMONIA.
How . Little vial Of 1t Was Used
by q Hunter.

How Little Vial Of It Was Used
by q Hunter.
In 1854, after two years prospecting
for the deiuaivc metal, I found myself
N the little mining town Of Clifton.
Graham county, Arizona, In that fnan-
ciai condition known % busted ~
d true that still possessed about
twenty dollars In "long green" .
cayuse plug pinto and aged, Vim
chester rife, six-shooter and tur-
quois complexioned burro. named for
his castilian prototype Santa Anna,
but saw no way Ia which TO invest
these belongings with any hope Of
large and speedy returns While
ponderinR over the fearful uncertainties
Of prospector,s life and fortunes !
was approached By tall and bearded
pard.r who suggested that I return
with him 70 the mountains. and In
stead Of hunting for silver apply my
talents 10 hunting wild animals He
gave ~ his reasons therefor that there
WAS always q market for jerked
venison, ~ well a. q demand for
bear and other pelts; besides which
the territorial hounties for destructive
wild animais' scalps were q consider
alton not 70 be overlooked His argu-
ment In favor Of the game against
silver had Its effect. and In twelve
hours had invested fifteen dollars Of
my twenty dollars Ia grub, ammuni-
tion, etc, and become the running
mate and sspard' Of Charley Johnson.
ex-ranger and professional hunter He
invested like amount, and packing
Santa Anna and Johnson's burro. q
companion piece TO Santa Anna, with
al our property. including dog tent.
We left Cliftonone bright October morn
ing for the hills of Graham county.
After about two months Of wander
ing In the mountains near the New
Mexico line we crossed over into that
territory. and made camp within ten
miles Of the border. The place chosen
was In well-watered canyon, inclosed
on either side by thickly wooded hills.
on whose sides and submits we hoped
70 find everything available for
slaughter. nor were very far wrong In
our expectations. In three weeks we
had killed. bntehered and '.jerkedn
twenty deer. and had met and
mastered seven bears and three noun
tain Aons. besides having kept our
larder well supplied with fowl Ia the
shape Of Wild turkey, numbers Of
which used" in the locality.
II had been our custom for each man.
after getting an early breakfast, to
mount his'horse and start for the hills,
with no settled time for return. If he
found no game within FIVE miles he
could ride ten. or twenty, and II sue
cessful. when his kill was more than
his horse could pack, he would hang
the carcasses and return for the burros
70 make : load into camp
Early one clear morning In middle
January johnson and I had left the
camp togethcr ON one Of our daily ex-
cursions, and after riding together five
miles or more separated, he taking !
northerlys direction for some pine
parks In Which the black-tail deer
grazed, and going toward the west,
where juniper growth hourished, and
where expected, from "aignsn ] had
recently observed, bear in some force
roamed and fed 4 had progressed
about three miles, and was nearing
tho edge Of the juniper strip. when
came upon q large herd Of wild
turkeys, ont Of which ! succeeded In
potting . hne gobbler. This bird
hung up by means Of stout cord to q
gnarled and stunted oak tree, Just on
the edge Of the bear park intending
% take him into camp when returned
In the evening.
] was fairly successful that day Ii
my search for bruin, and when the sun
was some two hours past the meridian
started home with the hide and scalr
Of large specimen Of the berry-lovinQ
Ursus. silver-tipped variety. l had MOI
forgotten the dead turkey. and went aft
erhim, though where he hung was some
what out Of my direct road to camp
reached the neighborhood. and begaI
searching for the tree In which tn.
bird had hung. which soon found. bu
was somewhat nonplnsed to find tina
the ordinary Thanksgiving feast hal
flown. and had left his head behint
him Some animal or influence, had re
moved the gobbler, but what specif,
one ! could not tell The bird wa
hung too high for either bear or noun
tain lion TO have disturbed It, and 4
have thought the robbery the work o
an eagle would have been erroneous
from the fact that no feathers or bloc,
were diseernible under the tree. Some
thing with four legs or two hands ha.
climbed the tree and pulled the turke,
down left my horse, together witt
my rife, near the tree and began t,
pick around among the grass an,
powders with the hope that. nigh
80 some traces Of the thief or hi
booty had walked perhaps fort.
yards from my horse, when / founl
the mutilated remains Of the prize o
the ranae. They were lying close b