Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-16
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eide. We had heard many Wild stories
about the deadly soorpiOu0 and fatilt-
snakes that infested the region In
which We were 10 WORK, but mad put
tlrm down ~ exaggerated 'inako
si0fics.' But when We Affivci on tue
scene we found that tho tnllost snake
story was outd0no d. the facts. We
found inst tho entire mountain size
seemed 10 be- one large rattles iaku
nost, and for variety thousands OF
SCORPIONS we're thfown in. We teluoie
the position tor our oamp In the mOst
desirable situation ami hoped in NJ tho
presence Of 10 many men aud horsos
would soon dfive the deadly thlugo
into the Willis VI the mountains. Bus
they did not seem 10 be disturbed by
our presence and made nightly visits
10 ~. Were we sifAid2 Well, thOro
was some leaf among the men, espeois
ally after three tue p iyatts had cled
from tho effects Of Uiits.
"But after this incident was erased
from tlsir m0n0riss they took things
ne a mat,er a. c1ursr, went about lhsif
work kill'nR any scorpion CT rattle
snake that might make iIs appearance
but otherwise not being much put out
by their presence. 1 experienced Tue
gfoaiott Tear NJ night My sleep was
interrupted Al regular Intervals by
strange sounds, the cause VI which
readily discovered. Tue canvas Of my
tent seemed ~ hmplify sound ~ that
tho scorpions crawling upon tho walls
Of my tent which, u NOS loud, was
startling enough to awaken me.
always slept with lighted candle au1
an army i0fk on tho table by tnr eide
Of ny bunk. You will agree " GA me
that the only scorpion m my tent
which WAS not TO be feared was dead
scorpion. found that the easiest way
10 Nil them was 10 lab them
with FORK, then toast them
over n candle flame. The
least number Of times / was awakened
during my detail there by crawling
scorpions was four or fvo times duflnE
tho night. 1 became an expert NJ
killing scorpions, ana ua 1 alwayA ias-
tened The victim o. the wall OF my ten.
with a pin 1 soon hal u very uniquely
decorated.
"R,t,ltsnakes were just o. plentiful
a. scorpions. 10 nnu two or three
sporting about yJug tent nt night was
no amusement, rs you may judge. /
had one mau Ia my company ny tho
namu u CASH ~. lie was devil
mAy.cato sort Of fellow, feared moth
lug, nnd was never happy out Of adj
venture. He amused himself about
camp by catching fattlesnakes Ia a
clever manner BACK VI the head, then
extracting their fausa and lttung
them gO. A pfUfu5for Of an eastern
college Visited the camp, aud hear.
ing OF uitlrauakth being 90 numUr-
nuB, hu asked me ~ 1 could not
get one Of my men 70 ge, him two or
TIRES young Onus, 40 he wanted 10 use
thom tot some scientific pufpote. /
know VI no one better lifted for tue
work than ChtalIay, aud ~ he scumed
10 takeAdelight in it, told him TO IND
ihrUo young suaksh tor the professor,
who was stopping NJ tie post.
thought nothing more OF tho matter.
several nights alter this ! was lying In
my bunk sleeping when | was sudden
ly aroused from my dreams by an I'M
earthly rattle and t1mething heavy
bslug thrown upon me. l Opened my
eyes 20 fiud three Tattlesnakos max
Ing all aoyls VI evolutions over my
blankets aud saw the Flaps
fall as voice said: Here,
captain, are your snake l didn't
walt 10 tako an extra tno0z0, but
Jumping cut Of bed made aitsr tue fol.
low, who was Cassidy, anu ~ hau
caught him / am sure no would have
uurssI some broken bonos anu bruiaVg.
But he escaped, aud after thinking
oycl tho Incident, my anger Lett mr. /
knew Cassidy thought no more Of =
raItlyauHke than l did u IA angle
worm, lie had taken the fAugs from
those ue hal thrown upon ny bunk
whBn he captured them, and, without
thinkingi0f the flight ho would cause,
pitched thum Into me In Whist was ~
MIN a perfectly natural manner. He
came around In tue morning 10 ex.
plain aud apologies, but II was week
before my nerves regalnod lholr nor
NAL Teposo,"