The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-09

| riously corrupt that any scheme that he
| advocated was was justly regarded with
| suspicion, and his attempt To lobby
through an appropriation for a college on
these lands that he had at that time pur-
chased, came near failing. But, knowing
how other men had prevailed upon him
self, he likewise influenced brother mem
Ders.
With the sycophancy and cunning of a
half clergyman, half politician, and gem
| eral trickster, McGray used every induce
ment to get Refugio to sign the deed ;
also, but in broken English the old In
dian grufily replied II sign nothing;
have seen too many Indians driven from
their homes by signing papers for the
white man; have lived here all my life,
and here l will stay"
Two officers, in company with McGray
proceeded TO the Indians adobe hut in a
wagon and notified Refugio and his aged
wife that they must leave at once. See
ing that they were determined, the poor
Indian replied: you have no paper that
say so2"
I'VE have the law here, - said one of the
officers, land you Indians must leave-we
are going to carry you away"
Where shall / got" pleaded the
Indian. This is the only home we have /;
we don't know where TO CO. My wife, rs
years old, is sick and if we go out in this
rainy cold weather, with no shelter, she
may die
mo more talk get in here. You must
give up this mans land, sternly replied
the official, who was half Mexican, half
Indian.
''No, we will not go. My lawyer says
we stay" replied old Refugio, his Indian
blood seeming to boil" at the great
wrong about 10 be perpetrated.
Refugio and his wife were thrown into
the wagon as prisoners into a van, and
their few household effects were thrown
in after them in broken and disorderly
condition.
"Where do you want TO go, you tres
passer7" asked McGray
I'VE have no home, senior; you have
taken the only home we ever had, and
now you will leave US anywhere TO die"
That's enough Of that" brutally re-
piled McGray. Officers, take them up
10 the mouth of the canyon, just beyond
our line, and dump them out. It is nice
and warm there, and the cold winds won't
strike EN-
Accordingly, the old man and his aged
and
ALMOST DYING WIFE
Were bundled out of the wagon in the
canyon homeless -despoiled of the home
they had lived in for more than half
EEubuIHs anu lOI iD ldulb VI bllClI OHls
Their title had descended from the Next
can government and had never been dis
puted it was not disputed now--only
that a Mexican had been persuaded by a
tricky lawyer TO sell what he did not
possess He sold in deed, but not in in
tent, relying upon the supposed honor of
McCray.
In a few days the old Indian woman
died in conseq of sickness contracted
during the several days rain that fol-
lowed the electment from their home.
The rudely constructed tule hut was not
sufficient to keep out the rain and cold of
even a Southern California rainy season.
Refugio remains, hermit-like, living
ghost, brooding over his wrongs suffered
in civilization and the death of his wife
the partner of a lifetime. A few of the
neigh boring Indians come TO his relief,
but he will neither speak TO a white man
nor take anything from his hand, even
when on the verge of starvation.
IL is reported that the old adobe of the
Indian is haunted. and that the old wo-
man is seen at nights standing in the door
Of her former home, crying and pleading
10 be not taken away, as she appeared
when the officers and McGray dragged
her out, 10 sickness and 70 death. A few
adventurous persons, skeptics in search
OF the material, visited the abandoned
mission, where they waited until the
usual hour for ghosts 10 walk, about mid
night. Then they yentured TO the aban-