Arizona republican., 1896-08-02

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 to do the sames thing anywhere else would mean certain death!
 To really see the weird aspect of this uncanny region it is best to select that time of the month when the moon is full. The most interesting l portion is in a canyon that opens on the north side of the range, and if an explorer will manage to get about ten miles into this during the daytime and, after selecting quiet spot, wait for the moon to rise, he can have an experience he will never forget. But don't go unless your nerves are strong.
 The beauties of the sunset are enough to pay for the visit. AS the orb of day declines the dome of burn ing copper that has hung over the land all day gradually gives place to opalescent shades of emerald and amethyst. In the west the mountain peaks will appear purple against sky of liquid fire, and to the eastward will be illuminated with the afterglow of pink and crimson Twilight is short in the Superstition mountains, and before one realizes it night has come but no darkness, for the full moon sheds enough light to read a newspa- per by.
 In most parts of the world silence comes with the night. Just the reverse seems to be the case in the Supersti- tion mountains. Or is it imagination? But suddenly the air is rent with the most unearthly shrieks that ever fell on mortal ears. Again and again it comes, and rolls and echoes through the canyons, getting weirder and weirder with each reverberation. The cry is taken up on all sides until the mountains seem like pandemonium. But nerve yourself and pass on. Keep to the bottom of the canyon and you will be in no danger of a fall. Silence will come again, and if you
 keep on you will soon see a cone
 shaped mountain rising before you. Approach closer and a castle as per- feet as any on the banks of the Rhine ! will appear perched on it's summit When near enough soft, muf1ed sound of footsteps will be heard. What | is it? By looking carefully a process sion of partners can be seen walking
 around the cone-shaped mountain as 1 if guarding the castle on its summit.
 Round and round they go, looking
 neither to right nor left, and though
 considerable noise is made, they will
 not notice it. Many old hunters say
 that it is possible for a man to walk
 right across the line and the partners . will not attack him.
 l Io hn
 mountains were devoid of animal life,
 but now the air is filled with birds and all sorts of creatures run here and
 there, seemingly not the least dis
 turbed by the presence of a man. Ev 1 cry few minutes. that awful screech
 rends the air
 1 Further up the canyon are numer- l ous gulches, into which the moonlight
 falls. One of them has a sort of over hanging ledge and beneath it appears
 a crowd of men. Surely they are talk ing. For their arms appear to move, their heads turn from side to side.
 Some have on white clothes and oth-
 CTS appear to be of different colors. l A peculiar sound like the murmur of
 voices fills the air
 By climbing a small canyon to the left the most startling sight in the
 mountain can be seen. Surely it is
 not of this world. The canyon sud denly terminates in a gulch that
 crosses it from side to side. At irsl sight it is only an abyss of inky black
 ness Listen! A peculiar wbling
 sound can be heard, and from the pro found depth a white-robed figure will appear. Then another and another , until there is a whole procession of ghosts passing over the brink. Many of them will wave their arms as if
 beckoning to the observer. While this is going on clouds will appear to float
 in from the sides, and perhaps thunder } will be heard in the distance. But the procession moves on and passes up g canyon, and finally disappears over 2
 cliff Silence will follow, and the act will be repeated. This canyon can not be traverser further, but by turn } ing back and entering a small valley
 on the other side three giants can be seen in conference. They are sitting close. to a tree, and their attitudes ) show them to be interested in what } one of them is saying.
 Further up the canyon there is { large cliff, and behind it at intervals : can be seen flashes of light. Thunder follows and the earth beneath your l feet will shake. Possibly one of tht ' flashes may throw you to the ground } and you can hear the hissing of ser pents near by. If you happen to bt
 in the right place you can hear { 7 grinding sound and rock on top ; eJi ruri1I so1rtxuord p,1t if r,o,,. : fill, as the next shake will swing i back.
 3 Dozens of experiences like thos,