The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28

hnunfn IN the Mains % nmmfhErWH Kon-
.ss and No Mans Lara instantly. He
viii sav "rypsum- Or ~alkslTr With
.gm.,bipr verbally stronger still. ~ soon
=. he re,s M. mouth empty. Indeed. one need
No, look Ave MINUTES about nyvhers around
N.u gpif IN And plenty Of gypsum. Nsyerthe-
lee. IN. v.tsr would support life after = fash
ion. and the welshunen turned from the we'll 70
mai. shelters Of the caves nature had provided.
From the work Of arranging their scan .
household goods in the caves these pione, =
won't forth. NOT 10 SOW and plant, but 10 make .
rod. Th.y we're in the region where they were
tn and homes. but the sctual home ites-the
farm. Of gao acres each that we're 20 be theirs
Law sftV-ous miles away over and beyond the
ores, Of the desert smphithestre within which
th.y had landed. They had 10 mark
IN. trail lest they get Lost. clear
a Of brush and level its irregularities.
and then they must needs transport themselves
and their belonging over Il 10 the banks Of the
Chubut River.
And all tbis they did to find At last that. save
20, a depc.lt Of black loan in parts OF the valley
~ IN. stream. ,bsv had come 10 a land a. deco
ls,. a. IN. shores Of the New Gulf. The deeert
vailed them in. The wells filled with slkali
v,.., The north wind wa like = blast from
IN. furnace In which shadrach. Meshach. and
Ah.dn.go fell down. and almost ever wind
-. a., 18th . brovn foe Of .snd. There
"a. M timber for bou.es. They had sought
,.o,.,bor. ,b.x had foupd I, with a vengeance.
C.,.,ne,... ,he.e wel.hmen-and they were
All ,rin.r. ,oo and no, farmerr-beqan work to
mai. home. and farms. They laid . ut q capita
c,,v vhich ,hex named Ravaou in honor of the
A,s.n,In. C.bIn., onncer who had interested
htn..If in their bebalf. IL was a sorry capital
r.. hr, ann,,..te. ~ &, c.n be found in the
then Out oupncAues o IN U Ounu !" =
Texas panhandle. IL Nass ci.y . ausou's ~.
mud nuts. iney pssnVeu tsruens' " i'VH
the region over lney UesHu ~ ns
hunt the eusaaco al" "a "'Nie" 'HA' '"
over the desert
And then came the lhoians, tne nuse-'rsnu
Tehusiches, 10 Wbom the early ehp'oIer VI m
region had given the name Dig
gonlanA,. hWass hotaole oAy IN nS."'yo "
the setuement, out nov suA' a.
Tehuelehes and the "slshmen became Irienas
Al once because the Ino.eus' ie~iuins ~ ~
whites had sought the lsoie''oh, oompren
tne mA.'or IN ~, um -
brotherly regard Tor the intruoers sueh a. tney
had never feIt TOT any other "hI'e'' i'
Welshmen han come 70 nnu entite iu
the desert. ana that was some'h'ns IA TUG
born son OF the desert coulu appreciate
That was an ehcelent oekinn'us. Jul UNI "
hrst victory. Ihere were many otner : on
the desert Ihere were the pahtnerS' siea'
Io"n' 'y 80 ' =,
lions They swarmed on the uplanus ana W
night came 10 the settlemen' II" 'hs oloou u
horses. cattle. ana sneep' mere were locusl7 IN
clouds thst ooecured the sun inero we're ",u
geese, ducks ana eoots from the fNer 'he
winged pests were IN iesions'
region and uninhsoitaoie ior man oeyonu 'he
valley OF the stream but IN the .norny orushoi
the desert millions OF nature siies IN her war
fare against man found preenihs places 81,
For the nrst year the colony was. 70 oesuppneu
with provisions oy the Aisehtihe oo'ernnen..
The contract was iaithruliy KEEP. Inc eoionis's
hoped to raise enough 1000 LOT tnen owl use
after hat, but their hopes iAhed. Inc not
winds destroyed the rev results Q. 'ner Ao
which oirus ana beasts hso spereo. Ne'et'ne
less they heiu On Ior announcer 'ea,' II "o'e
1u. anio,t.,. h.d oom. Then cam.
80. tn r..d.r iii ..v q
80 . -, ., r,nct % hold on after thai FOR
eau,aa rh..a w.I.hm.n vsr.
80 ~, - o., .no,h.r v.,r I'm, Gov
.no,n.r an ,or Al, w..,v wear,
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