Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-01-19


Col. jenkins and Fre3 Lanthrop
bath prominent citizens Of THU
place and beth ef uhsn have seer
the phantom several timss Gel
jenkins gives his sxpersncs a,
follows:
"Yss, / have seen the ghost o.
the Santiasss. What do l think oi
\ it? Well, / think with Hamlet
that there are more things in hsa-
ven and earth than are arsant soi
in philosophy OF manys Horatle.
It was in 1873 that | frst saw that
fig urs or whatever yea may choose
to call it. | was ont in the noun
tains searching for the mine that
phsntsn has dstsrniasS to guard,
and nay nind was fred with the
hope of fndiR. it, by the fast that
l possessed a partial map Of the
country that had hssn drawn by =
Mexican who had lest his life lock-
ing for the place, and wh. when
dying had intrxstsd rae with this
nap, which he claimed had been
given hin by a Zsni Indian in re-
tarn for ssms service he had rsn-
dsrsd the ZxAi. / was aceoApan-
led by yeuss maA named Houston
from Tennessee, whs had No fear
Of ghosts. | had heard of the
phantom that hauAtsd these mona
tsins, but put no confidence in the
story, feeling nysslf equal to any
spectsr that l might sss. We'll
Hosstsn and l were riding down
gorge half way up the range when
all at once saw at IHdian stand
ing about twenty feet ahead Of US.
He was drawn ap to his fall height
and was in full war dress, eagle
feathers, paInt, etc, and was eye
ing us from under his .bsnt brows
as if tryisg to make VS. out. Ny
horse saw him at absut the same
timsaxd began to rear and plunge
in such q manner as to prelude all
progress or nay part, bat Houston
rede ON. though his animal resent
cd 1t also. i watshsa the young
nsn approach the stately Esurs In
the read, and thsa sll al once saw
Hsuston shoot eat Of the saddle
ever the horses head and fall in
the read. He lay perfectly me-
tionlsss, while the figure Of the In
dian vanished even az | locked at
it. then rsds forward, and dis
mssnting, losked at HosItos, to
find him dead with e breksR neck.
I had to put the bsdy on his horse
and lead him back to tswn. So
ended, fer that tine, my attempt
to find the miRs, though | have
nads many since. Each time,
hsusver, Isss that ghsstly Indian
and the expedition Invariably has
cost ms dearly in some way. Once
| attempted to ride the fgsrs dswn
and it was like trylsg to ride
through an iceburg, and | caa tell
ysu l wosld not repeat the expert
msst fer .ll the silver in the lost
nins he guards"
Mr.. Lathrsp gives ths stery In
these words: II had ssYsr heard
of the ghost, or if had l paid no
heed to it, as / did net believe in
sach things, l eannst say as muck
aow, hswsvsr. l had bssa over
the mountains visiting q friends
ranch and thinkias to save tins re-
solved to cross the Sastiagss rath-
or thsa to ride round the base OF ths
rangs. l was jogging slong lsis-
ursly, wbsn raising my head saw
sr insis- in the read directly 10
frsnt Of me. He was aparsntly of
great age, and vas rssplsndsst sis
war paint and feathers. He waived
nae back, sxelaiming something in
his native tongns or Spanish, bat
what | de net kasw. | continued
to advance, hswsvsr, and was
almost en- him whss ny horse re-
fused to 90 another step. l then
perceived to my sstsHIshmsnt that
| was able to Sc. objects in ths
road beyond him isss as he had sot
bees there, thsush the figure, when
licked at closely, seemed /. pslp,-