Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-01-19
LOST NINE GUARDED BY AN
INDIAN SPECrER.

INDIAN SPECIEk.
Frem the st Louis Globe De snserst.
That the Santiago msuntain'
lying east of Las Cruces, N. N.
are haunted has been q matter 0
belief to the country for the las
fifty years at least, though svsl
then the stsry Of the ghsst wa
nst . new one. The phantom IL
said to be that Of an old 1ndial
whs patrols the mountains on th'
watch for travellers who have de-
signs on the silver mine he il sup
posed to protect frsn advsntsrsrs
The N~xicans hold him in ths
greatest terrsr, aad will only cross
the mountains in bread dayligh
and in company. They say that
the ghost Is that Of enc Navajs
chief named Jaeopo, who was
killed early tn the century by 4
party Of white men seeking the
lost niss, which is knewn to have
existed somewhere in these
mountains, and the secret OF which
was known to Jasopo, but whs
died rather than reveal its whore
sbeuts to the hated whites. These
stories of the ghost have recently
been revived by the adventure
reported to have kstailsn two
young Americans who have bssn
hunting and fishing In the mssn-
tains. These TIVE young smsn,
Harry Williams ann George Cog
saas, are froH Milwaukee, and
we're sanpsd near the Nsars dc
Dsls rivor, a snail strsam flowing
through the Santiago valley. One
meraisg Gegsans said to his sem-
psnisn, 81 dreamed repeatedly last
night OF an old Indian who, in full
war dress, walked all about the
camp"
"why," said Williams, II
dreamed the sams thing" and
described the figure which an
swsrsd to the one Goggans had
seen also. But neither OF the
young nen ever having heard Of
the ghost of the msuatains, the
subject was dismissed from their
minds until the next night, whsH
the drsaM as they sallsd it was
repeated, and the hunters bsgaa to
suspect that somstking lay bshind
the coinsldsnss. They resolved to
keep watsh the Hsxt hight, and
bsilt themselves a gsss hrs in or
dsr to see any iatruder that might
be on hasd. 1t was shortly after
nidnirht vixen Williams called
out to his companion to sss that
Indian who was standing just be-
hind Goggans. The latter turses
in tims to see the phantom, wkish,
however, vanished right away.
The ssxt norsing, as they were
getting breakfast, thsy saw
the CHEST watshing them frsm a
slump of tim Der that was sisss at
hand, bat, on running toward it.
it disappeared like puff OF
smoke. That night again the
ysung mss dreamed of the Indian
and that it warned them to ssnfins
themselves to husting ths game Of
the msxntsins, and net TO search
for the lost minis. This was the
frst they hid heard Of tie lost
mine, and it put it ints their heads
to lock for it. With this in mind
thsy set eat nsxt nsrsing to scale
the msuntaiH's side, but had only
proceeded . sksrt distance when
Gegg.ns slipped Oh a rock and
hurt his feet il msrssr thst
stepped the search. Aud as be lay
suffering from the wrsEch the In
dian appeared to him ssd pointing
to the hurt member, gave a series
ef srsAts.sxpressive Of dsrisieH.
1t was with difficulty -IEt the
yessr nsn made tkslr way back to
tsu., ssd both nsa are sosvinssd
that the hart of Geggans came
from their refusal to pay any at
tsntion to the warning 81 the
CHEST.
There are plenty of other wit
n.ssss to tis hsu.tsd character of