The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16

uD the culch. After he hal stumbled over
the rocks for a mile or more De came upon
and old Cocopah Indian nearly dead from
thirst. They carried the old man in. The
sight of water threw him into frenzy.
but they held him back. allowing him only
a small quantity az a time
Some weeks later party OF Indians.
numbering seventy-nVe, arrived from the
Colorado on their way 90 the mountains
on the west to gather pine nuts They de-
handed portion OF the miners -four. bat
the demand was refused. This greatly
angerei The Indians. who Withdrew a short
distance down the canyon to hold "a pow
WOW. The miners scented trouble. While
the pow-wOW was In progress Baker and
Daniels each secured his repeating rife
and began ''edging" away towards some
large bOulders near camp. They had hard
" started however, when a few OF the
younger bucks opened fire on them with
arrows. The first few flights were sue
cessfully dodge, but soon they cam thick
and fast. making It impossible TO dodge
all OF them. Brown suffered a wound in
his left hand and Daniels caught an ar
row in his thigh before they gained the
rocks Throwing themselves on their
stomachs behind the boulders they held
themselves in readiness for the expected
WhOOps and rush.
some Of the bucks had knives Draw
ing these they laid aside their bows and
Quivers. and with others armed with
clubs. probably two dozen In all, cOmpris-
ing the younger members of the party,
drew out from the pow-wow and formed
for a rush. The rifles behind the rocks
clicked in unison. Throwing their arms
above their heads and waving their weap-
Ons a half dozen Of the bucks leaped into
the air and started for the rocks. The In
dams had nos taken three leaps until
there was a short, sharp command from
an old man and they stopped instantly.
Baker and Daniels had been in camp
about two months during the summer.
when a Los Angeles attorney named
Singleton came into their camp from the
north. lie had been prospecting with a
partner, but some disagreement had aris-
en- and he had struck out alone with a
pick and small canteen OF water. When
he arrived his canteen was empty and he
was also in serious straits for food. He
finally decided to strike out for Los An
geles. one week after Singleton had left
camp Brown started for Campo. 120 miles
away. to procure supplies. In the Canyon
de la Dalmos he found the body of Single
ton The victims hair, which was black
when he left the miners, was now almost
snow white. Baker scooped grave into
the sand and continued on TO Campo,
where he disclosed the fate of the young
lawyer.
But this tells little OF the wanderings of
the prospectors, which continued for
months over strange new fields that men
had never trod before. While prospecting
in the coast range OF the gulf beyond the
desert they found in the Canada de los
Muertos, Canyon of the Dead a mound of
tailings In which were two human skulls
evidently those of white men. As there
were no other bones to be found the pros
pectors concluded they had happened on
the scene Of a massacre Of years ago.
On the return of the prospectors to the
city they almost persisted in a snow storm
encountered in the Sierra Prieta range
two weeks ago, and which continued for
seven days without intermlssion. almost
burying the men and their animals. The
men arrived here on Monday, the 9th in
slant, after having been four years on the
desert