The Arizona sentinel., 1895-06-29
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was beautiful green valley about a mile square and completely sur
 reanded by sand hills, which
 were several hundred feet high , There were trees in abund ance, but 1 noticed that they were all cultivated. There was profusion of flowers
 grasses, waving grain fields, and a
 patch of alfalfa, which reminded
 me of El Monte. Nothing, how
 ever, was wild. It had all been cultivated and fostered by man.
 As we drew nearer I saw in a
 grove of date palms a small
 thatched house so artfully conceal
 ed that it could ouly be seen at short range.
 A tall nan clothed in the most
 beautiful costume 1t has ever been
 my lot to see upon a male being,
 came out at our approach and
 looked sorrowfully at Carter. This
 man was over 6 feet tall, but
 beautifully proportioned. His long
 hair hung in curls below the waist,
 and was guiltless of covering. He
 wore 8 tunie and hose, a short
 cloak hung from one shoulder, and
 a sash encircled his waist. These garments were all gaily colored and of the finest texture, and re- minded me of some similar cloth I had seen before. He wore sandals, and this is all I can remember of his costume.
 Carter introduced me, and this strange being said: "It is too much to expect that can always keep secluded, although I have chosen the most inaccessible spot in America. Enter gentlemen"
 We entered the house, and while it was plainly furnished there was everywhere this same beautiful cloth with which our host was clothed. It was used as tapestry, covering all the walls, it hung at the doors and even covered the floors. It flashed over me that this cloth was made of camel's hair like the shawls our grandmothers used to wear.
 The Viking, as l mentally chris tened him. clapped his hands in truly oriental style and an Indian girl, with a form like goddess and face like a 6end, brought us in some lemonade. While drink ing it Carter said: "Herr Van Amberpaugh, I have told this gen. tleman all l know of you, and it is not idle curiosity that brings him here, but Q desire to see your trained animals"
 Well" replied our host, q am justly proud of my pets, and after you have rested we will go out and look at some of them"
 He conversed pleasantly of ami mals and trees for an hour or so and then invited us to take a look around his farm. As we stepped out of the door there knelt three camels, and we mounted them. When my camel rose to his feet he seemed as tall as church and when he started out l felt sorry for the life insurance company that I had l honored with my patronage. How ever, fellow who can ride bicycle and walk tight rope can get along i very we'll on camel. ] also re- fected that had seen Tom Clunie riding one at the Worlds Fair, and he lived to run for Congress, so I took heart of grace.
 We went to field hard by and there saw four camel team drag ging q gang plow, and they did it as well as horses could have done. After viewing this astonishing sight for a time Mir. Van Amber paugh said: "We will now go over to the race track where have some camels and ostriches in train ing, and will show you some speed that will put trotting horses in the shade"
 We got to a half-mile trotting track and he had a long-legged camel hitched np to a sulky and put saddle and an Indian boy on 8 we'll developed buck ostrich. Van drove the camel, and the speed those animals made was something I timed them, and the camel made the half mile in 0.19, with the ostrich at his wheel.
 After the race we sat under the banana trees and rested, and our ( lost told us something of his life. C He said he had been lion tanner ( n Germany, but one night he lost control over & lion and came very lear being killed. He lost his i nerve completely after that and had . 0 quit his profession. Broken in T health he determined to travel. Mental depression grew upon him l lntll his only desire was to get as ar from his fellow creatures as pos ible. He drifted to Yuma, and while there found Cocopah In 5, llan who was very i'll. Having W ome knowledge of medicine he V lursed and doctored the Indian il nd brought him back to life. The :; indian was very C,rafaTu1 ooJ re z