The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-02
rlLES or 1HE IoRrr-AINER.
i'nti-eiy trrdibi~ Narratives OF Grrts!n
OF His Experiences in tIrngtown.

"une winter ~ Ha~ngtown." said the Old
Miner OF futty-nlne. /" The weather was mighty
cold. and | didn't have none too maay clo'es. =,
! decided to make n SCALP coat. hunted In.
juns in all the ridge; M! where near. aud by
aud by | haG near to IA hundred ~scalrs. |
scwcd 'cm together and made my coat. but
there wasa big place In tie back that needed n
scalp to fill IT.. lnjuns was gcttin' mighty scarce
all around. cause | had hunted 'rm 80 close.
and was ateard | want Eoin' to get no scalp TO
MI chat hole in the back.
well, one day ! walked up to the ridge and
right at the top ! met a mons'rous big Injun.
The topuf the ridge was that sharp that when
me and him was right At the toy we was so
close together we hadn't no chance to use our
guns, though both Of us was carrviu' rifles.
We Just threw away our guns and clinclrd. /
reached Tor my knife and scalppd him. bat he
wasn't dead. so he just skipped away from me.
But had bis ,'Caip. and Twas q mighty big one,
Well, sir. | wore that coat for five wears every
winter, and one dav | saw mat bald headed. In
just a second there was one lnJun less. bat he
hadn't no scalp to pick.
I'm dead sorry that coat was stolen. 1t was
taken only bout ten years ago
In the early days at H~angtown." said the
the ridge and / heard men hoiicrin fang him.
hang him" and went over to see what was up,
and nd1 Is see e, a g9"d-l fC'kId E Iod EEo, fei i, on np a mule ,nS
one end was round the feller's neck what was on
the mule; ,,nr,n, ,,,, ,,,,.r.. r.
!, and they all says that he stole the mule, hut
he says he never stole nothin' and could prove
to hang some one that day. and they told him that
they knew he must q stole the mule. Then he
them told he'd give $4,000 for five hours time:
that's ST 200 an hour. pretty good pay. even for
them days. Then they consulted together aud
tells him no, but they will give him a choice.
"'To decide whether you be hanged or shot,
SAYS they. and he answered back. That aunt
the rope was still around his neck. Then says
he. i got this $4,000. and | can't take IL with
ne TS::s 80 ,E EaT y me this a.m Was 50 ra n,sy sSEen So up stepped ter s
cards. and had Just $4,000 in my pocket.
I'VE sat down. him with the rope still around
apiece each hand until we was six. and then it
the cards and he begged. / ran The cards out
again and then turned "A Jack and won. He
guns drawn on him he says to me, You bury
that money; 1t will bring you good luck Them
II thought about what he said. and sure
enough one night at midnight put his money
in a cigar box and buried II on the hillside near
stayed there a couple OF months and then went
back TO get my. money. Just at midnight
when j struck a box. My box was buried two
feet DEEP 50 S, ! 'Gos ug ,6 6ea box r TIA, | struck and
and took out the box / had BURIED With he
$4,000 l had won from the man who was shot.
You see, somebody else had buried money too;
made my cache. That's the most singular thing
that ever happened 70 me. yet | suppose that
what fellers had buried"
when l was campin' at Hangtown." said the
river 10 wash out gold. and | see a fellow there
washing out his gold, and he asked me What
little. and then he says. Are you mimi here =
and ! says was, 50 he suggests that as our
/ "A UraRi and mnVaH my tram infn his gnhin
Then we went down to the camp for some grub.
and one man says, Is that your pasdnerr
said he was a dangerous man. When we got
back to our cabin my pardner says, When I'm
xiii somebody. So asked him very gentle how
often he WAS bilious, and he told me about once
roared suddenly. and | can't eat
gun and loaded Il II. and says, IN be back in ten
minutes and started out for the camp. In
about five. minutes | heard a shot, and | run
down 10 the camp and went into n saloon, and
could hear a fly light on the wall. On the floor
was a Teller giyin' his last kick. and my pardner
back TO our cabin. and no ct and then went to
sleep. wanted TO get out, but the claim was
E E.snnd W Ssx took SSS out 1850 $500 The h. mrs, ,nir dds 1sy 81 = 900 SS. the
gold Jumps as big as my fist. So decided to
The third day I went down to the camp to
get a drink. l went into a saloon, and there
wasn't a soul there: went 10 another. and
through that whole camp, where about 200 peo-
pie had been Twin, and not one was there.
Every man, woman, and child had skipped.
went back to the cabin, and pretty soon my pard-
ner he says: I'm terrible bilious to-day. ! can't
eat a thing So he took his gun and started for
the camp. While he was gone ] got my
pepper box ready. and as he was comm back
/ heard him a tAlkin' to himself and
sayin'; Il like my pardner first rate.
and | hate 20 Kill him, but | got TO eat SO he
called out lOud for me to come out so he could
get a pop at me. | ran out. and just as he shot |
poked the ramrod into his gun and stopped tho
bullet before 1t got out; but II was pretty close
box, and | filled his body so full of lead there
wa'n't no room for bile, Then | hunted up tie
people that had skipped the camp, and had to
20 forty miles TO find some OF them. | got 'em
all to come back to the camD, and then we cele-