Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-28

'ANNers We were NtNfln u lNN INinNs
ins.pn place whore We uuuu descend
rom the mountain 30 the ilair.
Another phase % the OTIS civilization
Ia louud iu this vicinlty. o. ihr uls
Oi the mDsl prominent peaks are ruins
Uf houses that seem 20 have teen
erected hs watch towers, ana
boon Kept IA them for shat uur.
pore. OH prOsIUcioe told Us That
they had Eoen them on all the most
lumlnent peakt; that the buildirgr
were Ions since reduced to ruins, but
that they rould yet see traces OF the
places where the signal nrps we're
lighted. IL seems probable that the
same methods were pufeurl hero as
were pursued by the lucas way on in
PCru. Ia that country watch towers
wrre erected and guaris maintained
on the prominent peaks Rlo the
routes from which invasion was rN.
ptcted. Tho guard VINO nfst caught
sight Of the Invading army would
light hts signal Ore ~ that 10 could be
seen by the guard uu the next taal;,
anG he In turn won d warn the upxI
until the sigunl wRs sueu by the people
In this valley. THUS they would ru.
cuive Information OF the coming OF u
foe several days ht.lfu They could
arrive, md wouiI have tine 10 collect
their afmlta ana O1 prepared % receive
them.
'rhe night Of the 18th was cold aud
chilly. We nrosa early. aud giving
our horses ioed OF barl. y aud several
buckets 81 the cold water out Of the
barrel, resumed our i1urn8y. ono Of the
horses was chilled through by the cold
winu that blew over tho mountain aud
tho wutrr we gave him almost II lishuJ
him up. lie tired 10 lip down while we
were Harvesting him, but we managed
% keep him up and gUt started. For
the next ten m lee We hal 10 use the
whip constantly to keep him ON his
feet. When we reached u stage btg.
ton at last anu sluCkuntd our yacc he
dropped In his Tracks. We managed
&. Tree him from tue harness but TOR
tWO hours he wns tho aCkuHt horse
over saw. Every minute We expected
would be his last. After awhile he
got up aud commenced 10 eat, AMI
whom horse eats they sly he Is all
rlghL We were very dcslr0uB or
teaching New river by noon tho
next day no that We might rest
there until evening aud cr0ss the
desert Ia the uight. The delay caused
by our horse we fitrcI wOui compel
us 10 lay over another day az New
river or TO or ~ In the daytime which
would be- difficult anu ui'agtt cable on
account OF the heat. BY p.m. the
horse was No much better ,uat we wtro
enabled 20 20 on slowly. by 10 pm.
we had made tiltUen miles, We camp.
cd again on top VI a high nm. The
night was warm. We were out early.
THE drive tbs uiFht bs'ury had brought
uB into he region OF the fam us Tree
cactus. They arose around as lH al
sidcs like grim glnuts anu held ny
their great arms so!umnly ~ " a. warn
u away from their country. We uC-
sceuded now quite rapidly toward the
plain. The heat Increased. by lUR.m.
we had male eighteen miles, aud
were still ton miles from New river.
we rested two hours at hudeous, and
drove on 10 New river where we az.
lived about three pm.
We remained nj New Tlvor several
hour. The sun had gone uOwn when
We lett the station. The evening WAS
pleasant, the foai was good ANA we
were happy IN the contemplation tlat
our long aud tedious journey wuul
soon bB ended. For the hr-t ten miles
the county wns level, but was covered
with quantities Of volcanic rock that
had been thrown OUT VI crater some
whore Ia the vicinity. The night was
very dark; We could not sec the roaii
hut trusted the horses 70 take us
through safely, The southern hOTizOl
was covered with heavy banks OF
clouds that threatened raiu aud out oil
which the lightning nlahed incegsAnt.
ly. About 10 o'oiO, x 1t began - rain,
aud We we're lorccd tO camp fIr the
night. Tue rain tell nt intervals Nil
night aud the rest " the time the
coyotca entertained Us with their
familiar sOug.
do not think there ~ another sound
In the world No hidoOus as the sharp
vicious bark Of the coyote ~ IL comes
TO you over the silent plains, out ut
the darkness " the night. To b. along
on the desert far from nuy human
hgbitatlon, with tho thunder breaking
over you ana the lightning flashing
about you, IL tad enough; but when you
realize that Just out IA the dNrhuoss
you are surrounded by Ru Amy Of
grim imasos that ut on their hauchus
and yeGrn aud pray for "A mOuel OF
you, your misery becomes complete.
Ana after all, when daylight comes
and you see the poor gnuut things ~
they trot OIL slowly among tue bushes,
or stop and look wisttuliy at you as II
nsking for n bone, YOU feel sorry Tor
them.
We were on the move early. The
rain had made the rOnd muddy ami
heavy, aud our progress was slow. AZ
We logged along We could hear the
heavy strokes VI the crusheis ia n
stamp mill way on IN the mountains
somewhere 10 the enst OF us. the
sound was borne 10 IA on gentle
brtezu from u distance Of twenty miles
or more.
AtlOR. IN. we reached the Arizona
canal ten miles from PbmliX. Asthc
hotses were not very tired We pushed
on iouT miles farther 10 the next canal.
The road wgs sandy anu heavy anu the
Jay became very not.
We were nearly two hours making
the four miles. We tied up under
cottonwood tree ana fed the horses.
Then we sallied out 10 get some fruit
ana melons. We were now I'm the
Elen OF America. JOEL Riu,s.
Within The Circle.