The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-29

themselves only escaped by hiding
among the rocks down in the deep
ravine. Their story is told with such
earnestness that I have deemed it
best to push on in the search of the
proSpeotorS referred to. We should
reach the Springs soon after midnight
The Mexicans go with US in hopes of
recovering their mules.
(Signed) FOSTER,
Commanding Troop"
''Come with me, gentlemen said the
Major, after q moments thought
This is something I'll have to talk
over with you. No." he continued, as
many of the frontiersmen, too, showed
evident inclination to consider them
selves included in the invitation. "Ex-
cuse me, now, if have to talk with my
officers a moment. There is no news
except that Captain Foster has found
a couple of Mexicans who claimed to
have been jumped by Apaches, and
who say the Indians have gone to at
tack a small camp of prospectors at
Ration Springs. Do you know any
miners or prOspectors who could be
there?"
A general shaking of heads followed.
, No one knew. One or two went so far
as to say they didn't believe it. What
sort of looking fellows were the Mexi-
cans corpOral?'' asked Ferguson, the
DIdlUlGSl, VI llie C1NlldIlS.
''Oh, insignificant little runts, both of
them,'' replied Foley. lone of them
spoke English enough to make himself
understood; the other could only jabber
some lingo 1 didn't know no more of
than do of Apache. So far as I could
make out, they had all been travelling
together, but when the bigger part Of
the crowd stopped To camp at the
springs. these two fellows came ahead
f,Soi 10 cta %
ter what they had heard Of the out
break
well what did they hear and how?"
asked Ferguson.
"They said that they met some of the
couriers from Prescott, and some pros
pectors who were driven back from the
Clear Creek countrywide were skip
ping for the settlements. They told the
couriers that they were going in, but
despite that they came down to the
Springs"
Queer" said Ferguson reflectively.
''The only Mexicans in the Santa Anita
country were ti>ose half dozen that
Muncey was mixed up with-ManuePs
lot-and a scrubby lot they were; but
they went off to Tucson over two
months ago, seems TO me"
WHAT The same Manuel that says
ne was brother-in-law to MacNutt,
Muncey's partner ~
1.-THE same. ! heard he took Macs
boy back TO Sonora with MIN, and that
the kid didn't want TO 60 at all"
"Inded, he didn't" answered Foley,
stoutly, for hes worked his way back
to the old post inside of a month. He's
down there now with the ordnance SER
geant"
yes, and Muncey was pretending to
foe surprised when ne heard Of it to-
Knight, and there was two letters came
f ITO him from Tucson last week that
n prcb'ly told him all about it, though l
Mont suppose Manuel could write
Nhere'd Muncey go to, anyhow" broke
,N Ferguson. suddenly. II reckon he
krfows where these fellows are If any
body does"
leone to get a bracer," laughed one
Of the miners. 'Muneey's nerve amt
what it used to be, and he's ratified to-
night He's been shaky ever since that
cloudburst swept his partner into eter-
nifty two years ago. / never understood
what drew them together. Mac was a
square man and = hard worker, and
what's more, every thing they had in
50 way of an outfit was bought with
y tiorey--wagons, mules, burroS, grub,
tent and tools-it was all Macs, and he
had some coin and gold dust besides.
Yet when Captain Cullen tried to get
told Of it for the boy, nothing could be
found that Muncey hadn't a lien on
him and that damn little greaser bro
ther-in-law of Mac's-what's his name,
Manuel CardoZa."
"Cardoza % exclaimed Corporal Fo-
ley Manuel Cardoza? Why, that's
the name of the boss of this party up
near Ration springs, where CO. Troops
gone. L heard it given to Captain Eos
ter twice
Ferguson turned quickly around
He had been standing facing the
north, keeping intent watch in the di-
rection taken by the troopers. Now
he whirled on the Corporal. Are you
sure of that?" he said. by the great
jumping Jehosaphat, that means