The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-20
SAVED BY AMMONIA.
How a Little vial or 1t Was Used
by q Hunter.

- #EaAErEE IN
In 1884, after two years prospecting
for the deIusive metal, | found myself
In the little mining town Of Clifton,
Graham county, Arizona, In that imam
cial condition known rs busted" It
Is true that ! still possessed about
twenty dollars in "long green" n
cayuse plug pinto and aged, q Win
chester rifle, q six-shootcr and a tur-
quois c~omplexioned burro, named for
his Castilian prototype Santa Anna,
but | saw no way IN which to invest
these belongings with any hope Of
large and speedy returns. While
bordering over the fearful uncertainties
OF q p~rospector's life and fortunes |
was approached by tall and bearded
with him to the mountains, and In
stead Of hunting for silver apply my
talents to hunting wild animals. He
gave as hts reasons therefor that there
was always 10 market for jerked
v~enison, as we'll as i demand for
bear and other pelts; besides which
the territorial bountics for destructive
wild animals scalps were a consider
alton not to be overlooked. His argu-
rInent in favor of the game against
silver had Its effect, and in twelve
hours | had invested fifteen dollars of
my twenty dollars in grub, ammuni-
tion, etc, and become the running
mate and ''pard" Of Charley johnson.
ex-ranger and professional hunter. He
invested a like amount, and packing
Santa Anna and Johnson's burro, q
companion piece to Santa Anna, with
all our property, including a dog tent,
we left Glifton-one bright October morn
ing for the hills of Graham county.
After about two months of wander
ing in tho mountains near the New
Mexico line we crossed over into that
territory, and made n camp within ten
miles of the border. The place chosen
was in q well-watered canyon, inclosed
on either side by thickly wooded hills,
on whose sides and submits we hoped
to find everything available for
slaughter, nor were very far wrong in
our expectations. IN three weeks we
had killed, butchered and .jerked''
twen.y-three deer. and had met and
mastered seven bears and three noun
tain lions, besides having kept our
lardcr well supplied with fowl in the
shape of Wild turkey, numbers of
which used" in the locality.
It had been our custom for each man,
after getting an early breakfast to
mount his horse and start for the bills.
with no settled time for return. II 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
to make q load into camp.
Early one clear morning in middle
January johnson and l had left the
camp together on one of our daily ex-
cursions, and after riding together five
miles or more separated, he taking =
Ln9rtherly direction for some pine
Packs in which the black-tail deer
grazed, and ] going toward the west.
where a juniper growth hourished, and
where | expected, from signs l had
recently observed, bear In some force
roamed and fed. / had progressed
about three miles, and was nearing
the edge ofthe juniper strip, when !
came upon a large herd OF wild
turkeys, out of which ] succeeded in
potting a fine gobbler. This bird /
hung up By means Of a stout cord to q
guarded and stunted oak tree, Just on
the edge OF the bear park" intending
to take him into camp when ] returned
In the evening.
vas fairly successful that day In
my search for bruin, and when the sun
was some two hours past the meridian,
started home with the hide and scalp
of a large specimen Of the berry-loving
Ursus;s silver-tippcd variety. | had not
forgotten the dead turkey. and went aft
ferhim, though where he hung was
what out Of my direct road to lamp II
reached the neighborhood, and began
searching for the tree in which the
bird had hung, which | soon found, but
! was somewhat nonplused to find that
the ordinary Thanksgiving feast had
flown, and had left his head behind
him. Some animal or influence had re-
moved the gobbler. but what specific
one | could not tell The bird was
hung too high for eitherNbear or noun
tain lion to have disturbed II, and to
have thought the robbery the work Of
an eagle would have been erroneous.
from the fact that no feathers or blood
were discernible under the tree. Some
thing with four legs or two hands had
climbed the tree and pulled the turkey
down ! left my horse, together with
i my rifle, near the tree and began Ii
pick around among the grass and
powders with the hope that ] might
see some traces of the thief 0r hia
booty had walked perhaps forty
yards from my horse, when / found
the mutiiated remains OF the prixe. Of