The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-23

encamped distinctly In this haZy glare.
The yelling became inaudible.
I'm another moment, though. | saw
strange shadows begin to fit through the
haze, and they resolved Themselves into
forms that / soon recognized. There were
eight or ten of them. and my blood seemed
TO cease running in nv veins, which had
been palpitating with fear as / recognized
the group There was General Canbv and
DIR. Thomas, both of whom had known
so we'll, standing in the midst of group
of Indians 10 whom l recognized CAPTAIN
Jack, SeOnchin, Boston Charley. Steam
boat Frank and ShackDasty Jim. The
general stood calm and dignifed, as was
his usual mien, while the genial face of
DR.. Thomas had a pleading, reproachtuI
look upon it, The Indians were facing and
glaring at them with sardOnic scowls of
hate in their c0untenances. Suddenly
they yelled and leaped forward. lSaw the
CLEAN of their weapons aad heard a sue
eession of reports. General Candy and DR..
Thomas sank to the ground covered with
blood, apd then -
81 felt a cold hand upon nv face. the
noises died away and the yellow haze
faded. saw the stars cleaning at me
and realized that my limbs were shaking
as with an ague But the cold hand was
on my face. and with mighty effort I sat
up. As l did so | came face TO face with
one of my companions, who was leaning
over me with a cOuntenance on which.
by the dim light of our fire, l could see
fear aud terror stamped.
Frank be chartered, while he shook
ike myself, let us leave here. 1--we
seen EN-
"We compared notes, and he had had
the same experience as myself, from the
chant TO the killing. Our other friend was
apparently sound asleep, bit we woke
him up and asked him if he had seen,
heard or dreamed anything. he had not.
so we told him our joint experience. He
saw by our agitation that we had passed
through something unusual, and. i.r-
pressed by the gloom OF our surroundings
as well, he did not poohpoOh it. We built
up our fire first biz, and drew close to
the cheerful blaze. Sleep for the time
being was out Of the question. We talked
in low tones, and all felt kind of creepy.
as the saying is.
at was about an hour that we sat Tins
and then we all had an experience. The
night air was the least bit chilly and there
was some wind stirring. From the western
side of the spot came a series OF weird
sounds like drawn-Out means Sometimes
they were quite loud and at others low
and almost indistnct. We felt decidedIy
creepy then and, TO cut matters short. we
sat through that night hearing these
sounds at intervals. At daylight Won can
bet we lost no time III vending our way
out of the lava beds. And while / have
no desire TO go there again / know nv
friends could not be hired to spend night
there for unfold wealth.
"Since then l have thought the matter
out, and have satisfied myself that the
noises were nothing more nor less than the
rushing OF air through the erevices and
subterranean passages of the beds. But
that vision which | and my friend saw
bothers me yet. He says he was not
asleep aDd | could almost swear was not
Again a queer feature of IL that struck me
is that the only participants that either of
us saw were General Candy and Dr..
Thomas, who were killed, and the five
Indians who were executed by the Gov
eminent for their murder. Neither
Colonel Meacham, Riddell and DIR. Dyar.
or Scar-faced Charley and the other Indians
who survived took part in what we saw.
Again, if it was a dream or nightmare
how was it the scenes which we both saw
tally exactly in details and all particulars.
l am not a superstitiOus mar, but / think
our experience is something that is mex
plca5le.
my friend, who is well known in this
city. Will bear me out in everything that
have told you. Call what we saw a night
mare if you like, but we will never look
upon it as such nor forget our night in tho
lava hedS -