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

lnEsOu nlhVo WntIe We Wuuiu uttoeuu
from the mountain 10 the plain.
Another phase Of the old civilization
is found In this vicinity. On the tops
Of the most prominent peaks are ruins
" housoe that seem 10 have been
erected M watch towers, AMI
small guard seems 10 have
beon kept IN them for that pur.
pose. Old prcspeciors told W. that
they had seen them on oil the most
prominent penks; that the buildings
were Ions since reduced 10 Tuius, but
that they could yet see traces Of tho
places where the signal fires were
lighted. IL seems probable that the
came methods were pursued here az
we're pursued by the Incas way OIL In
Peru. In that country watch towers
were erected aud guards maintained
on the prominent peaks hlo1g the
routes from which Invasion was ex'
| u, oted. rhs guar1 who first caught
| sight OF the invading army would
| light hts signal fire ~ that II could be-
seen by the guard on the next peak,
and he in turn wOu Il warn the nexl,
until the signal was seen by the people
In the valley. Thus they would re-.
ceiye Information OF the coming Of
foe several Days before they could
arrive, aud wouli have titue to collect
their armies anu be prepared 10 receive
them.
the night Of the l7ih was cold and
chilly. We arose early, aud giving
our horses feed Of barley and several
buckets Of the cold water out Of the
barrel. resumed our l1uruey. One Of the
horses was chilled through by the colo
| wind that blew over the mountain anu
tho water we gave him almost flushed
him up. lie tried 10 lie down while We
were Harvesting him, but We managed
10 Keep him up aud got started. For
| the next ten m les we had to use tho
whip constantly to keep him ON hia
feet. When we reached u stage sta
ton at last anu sluckened our pace he
dropped In his tracks. We managed
to Tree him from the harness but i1t
two hours he wus the sloRost horse
ever saw. Every minute We expected
would be- his last. After awhile ne
got up aud commenced 10 eat, and
when horse eats they say ho ~ All
| right, We were very DESTROYS OF
reaching New river by noon tho
next day 80 that we might rest
there until evening aud cross tho
desert ia the night. The delay caused
by our horse we feared wouli compel
us to lay over another day AZ Now
river or 10 or Va In the daytime which
would DO difficult and disagrs eable on
account OF tho heat. by pm. the
horse was 40 much better mat We W 70
enabled 10 20 on slowly. By 10 pm.
wo had made fifleeu miles. VIZ camp
ell again on top Of high hill, Tho
night was warm. We were out early.
Tho drive tue eight bsiOrr had brOugh
us Into he region OF the fam US tree
cactus. They arose around IN ON all
sides like grim giants and held up
their great arms solrmnly ~ " to warn
US away from their country. We Ge-
scondod now quite rapidly toward the
plain. The heat increased. by 10 am.
we had male eighteen mites, aud
were still ten mllos from New river.
we rested two hours Mt HuleOns, anu
drove ON 10 New river where We Ar-
rived about three Pun.
We remained Mt New river several
hours. The sun had gone down when
We lett the station. The evening was
pleasant, the ROAD was good aud we
were happy in tue contemplation that
our long and tedious journey would
soon DO ended. For the tlfst ten miles
the county was level, but was covered
with quantities OF volcanic rock that
had been thrown out OF a crater some-
whero In the vicinity. The night was
very dark; We could net see the fOai,
but trusted the horses 10 take u.
through safely. The southern horizon
was covered with heavy banks OF
clouds that Threatened rain and out Of
which the lightning fitshad incessant.
b.. About 10 O'Clock It began TO rain,
aud we we're forced ~ camp for the
night. Tue rain tell ut Intervals all
night and the rest Of tho lime tho
coyotes entertained us with their
familiar song.
do not think there Is another sound
In the world ~ hldeOua M the sharp
vicious bark Of thu coyote aS II comes
to you over the silent plains, out VI
the darkness Of the night. To be along
on the desert far from any human
habItatlon, with the thunder breaking
over you and the lightning flashing
about you, Ia bad enough; but when you
realize that Just cut IN tue darkness
you arc surrounded by AN army Of
grim images that III ON thuif hauches
and yearn and pray for a morsel OF
you, your misery becomes complete.
AND after all, when daylight comes
| anu you see tho poor khuut talHkh ~
they trot OF slowly among tue bushes,
or stop and look wlstiully at you rs II
asking for bone, you feel sorry for
them.
We were on the move early. The
rain had made the road muddy anu
heavy, aud our progress wan slow. Az
we logged along we could hear tue
heavy strokes Of the orusheis IN n
stamp mill way On 10 tho mountains
somewhere 10 tho east OF US. The
sound was borne TO us on gentle
breeze from distance OF twonty miles
or more.
At lOa. m. We reached the Arizona
canal ton miles from PhmaiX. A. the
horses we're not very tired We pushed
on four miles farther TO the next canal.
The road was sandy anu heavy anu the
Jay became very hot.
We were nearly two hours making
the four miles, We lied up under q
cottonwood tree anu fed the horses
Then we sailed out 10 get some fruit
anu melons. We were now Ia ths
Eden OF America. JOEL RiCiSs.