Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-02-28
INDIAN TRADITIONS.
Abe Cohn and Jim To~reVson
Revive a Good One.

49, 'N''
occasion to reach out and make good
use of the rrdman 1t may as we'll be
stated here that The redmaa is not get
ting the worst of it ether. some days
AGO one of Il native braves gTuntet
iutn The ear of Torreyson, the fact that
he was anxious to locate n mine of
fabulous wealth that had been found
| toward the South. He was informed
that an Indian could not locate min
eral claims, and James with his far
seeing eve Offered to stand in, merely
as n precautionary measure. ATE
Cohn was approached also, and "a pow
WOW was decided npon. the result b.
ing that Abe and Jim were let in XII"
the understanding that thy wet@ 3"
put mp the grub stake, the miner-.et.
and give the reiman One-third Of t"
gross OUTPUT.
"Tnjum mar no likum %pinenuts;
Injum man no likum poker; Inium
man no likum jack-lahhit; Injum
man likum mine; said Captain Pete
who presided over the pow VOW
'Yash," announced Cohn in his best
Indian dialect. white man he pixum
fer indian. Ough."
1t was her and there agreed that
jim and Abe Were to appear OF IA
certain day at a &c tain place and re-
ceive an iron-clad tip The spot was
at the north end of Au'elop Valley ana
Captain Pete was t. be on hand to re-
ceive tn, 10. After the usual prelim-
n~aries, such as borrowing horses.
and securing anti-sun-stroke juice,
together with a little food for trading
purposes, the two whites went to the
selected spot.
After their arrival there they
were surprised to observe a broad
waste of Alkali uninterrupted by the
presence Of a red skin.
"What It ell!' exclaimed Torrey-
son. reaching for the sur.-=troke rem
remedy.
1--WE have been dr+"0 unto Mis-
wild and desolate COUNT - ar:svet"i
Cohn ''to be murdrs"1 with buykshot
and our jug will / Tx n away. Pass
it quick jim"
Just then a solitary Indian ?opt,,,
up from behind a lone sagebTuSh AID
said: Where's Pete? Abe flushed be-
fore setting down the jug and made
answer:
"Where's the mine?" The redskin
then got off the following verse:
Pete come sometime. Then you
Gettum NINE"
A long parley ensued and Abe and
Jim were forced to return to Ormsby
County and resurrect Pete from the
campoodies. On the following day
t they returned with Pete and a mounted
+ escort Of redmen. They were guided
: to the Alkali fiat and directed to one
corner
Well we're here said jim "now
: where your mine?"
b. Down there" answered n Of the
Indians pointing to a bare spot
You dig"
The ground had the appearance OF
having been disturbed and work was
begun there.
After we had gone down a few
g feet" said Abe Cohn to an APPEAL
p, man yesterday. eve uncovered one Of
4 the finest lodges of gold YOU ever
saw. [ was paraiyzed and after
hanging my hat on a nugget tina
proceeded from the quarfZ, I sat dowr
onl rinrnI tho nvoifonnnnt off NJ
t NJ. B. massive brow and we tool
what was left Of the refreshments jus
E for luck. We located one claim anC
II as it was getting late, we instructed
the Indians how to locate another par
aIell to it. We wrote on the notice,
and left about sunset, leaving a maj
there to 90 on prospecting.
y 1T appears hal some white mer
heard of the find and vent over there
When the Indians saw them coming
they yanked the stakes out of the frs
claim and took up situations on thu
l second, holding up the notices il
u the air and brandi-hing them as {
. claim over the ground. They helC
u the two claims against the whites anC
l we have got the richest find in Ne
vada. Top rock gees $4OO % a ton
IS and gets richer as it goesdown. Leav,
u it to u.s." concluded Abe waving hi
IL hand and disappearing into the store
> where he sold four two-bit collars 70
- 20 cents.
Runaway Accident.
10 Last evening about 7 o'clock Gee