The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-10-22
Fred R. Reed Relates His Experience
In the WildS Of Idaho.
A REMARKABLE "FlND" In A MAN
A Surgical Operation Reveals the
Body of a Babe Embodied In N
Man which Proves 60 be hts Twin
Brother-Other "MisceIianY."


Nearly twenty years ago landed in
Idaho, poor, homeless, lonely boy,
without money or friends, a stranger in
strange land. would then have loved
a man forever for one kind word, but as
they came not just bodily swallowed
my heart and fought my battle alone on
the plains Of Idaho, and the victor. soon
became fullfedged cowboy from head
to foot. only remained in Idaho one
year, then graduated as an A cowboy
with cayuse diploma.
In the sixties and seventies hundreds
OF millions OF gold was gracefully yielded
from the Boise, Florence and Warren
basins to reward the hardy and daring
miners who braved the vicissitudes of a
new world for gold. Well, they got it
and spent it as fast. Today all is chang
ed. The boys took the best of it, and
the placer fields are more theory than
a reality, and while Idaho has undoubt-
eddy future possibilities for great placer
discoveries an extension OF time must be
granted to demonstrate it.
The quartz mining, aside from Silver
City, at present is young and indefinite,
When Idaho has new people and railroads
am of the opinion many low grade free
milling gold mines will be probably
operated, but not now. God in his in
finite goodness is going to have the boys
work out some OF the other states before
He turns the hustlers loose on Idaho.
Our party left Boise City, July Z, 1896.
we'll mounted, provisioned, armed and
fully equipped for three months pros
pectiDg trip. We were chaperoned by
Prof. Willis E. Everett, with DR.. E. X.
Mckenzie In charge OF the medical de-
partment. Doc wanted to know what
drugs he would better take. l told him
sedlitz powders and sticking plaster
would FIJI the BILL | was in charge of
the grub, and general supervision Of
| the outfit. We had four saddle aud
seven pack horses, complete assaying
outfit, tools, etc. Doc was met ct Placer
vile by beautiful gilt edged Bible from
an eastern lady friend, who asked him to
read chapter every day while he was
among bears, elephants, tigers and wes-
terriers. The unexpected arrival Of this
present changed our plans somewhat, and
we stopped promptly at II m. for Doc to
read aloud his chapter, after which We
ate lunch in very thoughtful manner,
in fact we ate all there was in sight.
One OF the most interesting features Of
our lives was the pack-horse. Now a
cayuse pack-borse is compound of dyna-
mite, cayenne pepper and cussea=ess
At the same time the little fellow looks
so tame and lamb.like! But lurking
within that calm exterior is hidden
force that is marvellous. He stands very
quiet until all your earthly possessions
are dashed to his back. He then draws
long breath, similar to sigh, lowers
his head between his legs, and takes his
morning exercises by churning your ef-
fects up and down with lightning rapid
| ty, and fairly laughs while you stand by
and contemplate the picnic you are going
TO have picking the tea out OF the con-
densed milk and the rice out OF the sugar.
In cowboy circles this pastime is called
| bucking. / tried occultism and the pow
er of the sixth sense on mine. / even
read him a chapter from the Old Tesla
ment, sang Annie Laurie, recited 1.-THE
Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" but
every day he got there just the same.
Well, the days ran into weeks and
months as we logged along with one in
tent-god. At times we bad it within
our grasp lin our dreams), but as miles
multiplied, the distance to fairy land in.
creased, and King Solomon's mines, with
Haggard in the filmy back ground, seem
ed to be fading further and further. We
passed over mineral bearing country, to
be sure, but commercially, not feasible
beautiful scenery; exquisite landscapes
that lovers of the immense, grand .ud
sublime would rave over; high mountains.
low canons, in which the God Of Nature
held undisputed sway. Occasionally We
met prospectors, but none who found
gold. Every evening or so, some old
timer came up to us with well develop
ed tale of years ago, but when asked for
an up-to-date proposition with the stamp
of 1896 on it, be would look sad, take a
chew OF tobacco and quit Us. Politics is
all you hear.
We found in the Salmon river brakes a
poor, lost, starving photographer, Hansen
by name, who had been lost five days
with no food during that time. We
brought him in and filled him up. It's a
fact he ate enough in three meals TO load
a row boat. Well, we clad, shod and fed
him, also made him read two chapters in
Proverbs and sent him in the right d.
rection. Shortly after that DR.. Mckenzie
broke his left ankle. We set it aud
brought him out strapped to his horse. a
distance of about l6O miles. The poor