The sun., 1897-06-27

because Of Bonham..s illness Althoush still
far from being a well man, on the morning OF
the third day he insisted that We move once
more. 90 weak was he that he had TO 30
'sfhst afternoon We discovered q small mesa
ST h s. gray s for snd hs n
the greasewood fuel for us, Hot coffee and
bacon with hard tack constituted our dinner
go good that they actually ioked each other Star
even attempted 70 sing sonething about capt;
that we had an invalid In camp and desistcd;
The next day our sick man was almost well, and
oSc on hp dcon %s bad take
This was the last day OF comfort or peace We
knew until We at las, emerged from Ivo tnet Ssrhed in
hnbitate region and among civiltte beings.
while riding along We occasionally spoke OF
gave the matter no serious thought as we felt per
fectly safcreyng on the Ignorance We believed
abouts. II was this fancied security that was
responliblc for All our suhseSucnt misery and
tacis that holds my alleged brain. That night
the Indians otampeded our stock. AZ except one
pack horse, You tee we didn't think II neees. ,ss
horses to keep them from straying in search
OF teed, as we were camped in what appeared to
without oven SO much as a suggestion q grass:
While we were asleep NoWnter and his gang
lariSts that held our horses. The, noise one Of
the coffee-coolers made by stumbling over a
camp kettle awoke Wilson. and he gave Il the 70
for the Indians and fired a number Of shots al
them, which they promptly returned; One q
my S PACK hoise, pieketed S ' some @ distance away
from the Others. l made dash for him and
Mad ~nS no % more U Cartilage % With nue. The redskn
rtns too quick, and instead Of having his head
%a h1 hns have qa BEEN
W Nat occurred after this you viii have to take
the words Of the other boys for. My first distinct
with a laundering headache and enough ban.
daees wrapped around my Uranium to start q
Ssd haze AS@o thc osy sG one e a'
We he'd enough ' Of sanE bams
] =" was % NOT in whs, you might cali a frst.class
travelling condition especially as travsli,pG
ear some Of n' he boys ioand little sage brush:
with this they built small fire and melted
scalp scalp When finally we were ready TO start We
discovered that VIC had lost our map, and at the
name f ss Ss
Nothing remained for Us TO DO but trust TO
r1S S s s 9S wo1G bSs a
long we, climbed over mounds and walked
occurred S1 S .sa, bal made US feel good for little
Mss ssa lou OF ne whdns HasS SI
been ahead Of us, for while 1t contained 4 lot OF
human bones, II contained no gold ms we
found out after using our hands and knives in
lieu OF the shovels and picks long lost before:
Luckily for US. The grave was shallow, 20 we did
not have to dig far. Au0ih day followed this.
and Just as we began TO think our boEcs would
be added to the petriaed ones Of pTehtstoric eTea
| stumbled onto the Big Spring. We now fol.
! lowed the mesa until we came to the head OF
i Shoot Creek or, as the Indians call 1t, Cheslee
Wakapala which in turn we followed TO the
| Cheyenne River. From there we went to
! George Coles ranch. at the mouth Of Spring
/ Greek. Here were given food and clothes
| and after a good rest Mr.. Cole took rs TO Rapid
/ The cars brought US the rest OF the way.
! NO, I don't think any Of US care 10 go back
| after the wagon and other stuh we left behind
! At least, don't"