Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-22
OLD LAND MARKS.
L. s. jerks Tells Of Interesting Expert
ences In the Early Days

enees In the Early Days
l.. s. Jenks, a mining ~prospector Of
San Bernafdlno county, California, who
has been spending = lev days lu this
city, Is tns Of the Ola historic laua MARKS
OF New Mexico aud Arizona. Ne first
came o. this territory IA lSig and held
the position " clerk tot UyTus r.. Waldo,
who In those days had the contract for
hauling all the government freight IN
the west aud southwest. he retuTutd to
L~eayenwOrtb, Kan, tie next year, which
was the year Ui the gfuat cholera cpl
dUmic He spent tbJ years following IN
Salt lake city, northern California ard
Arizona after which he returned To this
territory ard 10 1868 organized the parry,
v hich hunted down the notorious e.
pinOsa and hi- baud Of ruthals, who had
killed about seventy or tighty people In
the territory a. selected lOm lOOins,
Of Taos, ~ hts chief lieutenant, and they
came upon k%spin,sa's tracks in the san
gre do Jristo pass ia the mountains near
baflan, aud jerks AMI TObius set out a.
opposite dHections t~oCbpture the outlaw
Ia the evening Tobius aud his men re.
turned to camp carrying the heads Of
kspinosa aud his nephew Ia a sack For
this feat TUbius received $500 reward
money, which had been offered for the
capture Of kspinOsa deed o. alive
ate In the tEml yuHr he accompanied
Col. chavez aud his eminent. who had
been eeieete 60 escort tie Get governor
and secretary OF Afiz IA 10 that terri
tory. AZ Naysi1 Springs, shortly after
midnight on January 1, 1864, tue 1tst
territorial gov Iumeut OF Aroma was
~inaugurated with Governor GOODWIN aud
secretary *. 4. Mclufmick hlling the
two most important Officers. ~ Mr.
jerks says the Inauguration took place
IN the dead % night aud with on parties
interested ON nOI-r back. secretary
Mccormick returned east and married
the daughter ot senator Thurman, o.
Ohio
The new gayernor II dtst Intended to
locate his capital nj Tucson hut after
ward changed has miud. After the in
iugutation al Navajo Springs the party
proceeded 10 cd Fort Nhipple and that
same year Mr.. jerks helped 10 survey the
site OF Prescott. which was made the
capital OF the territory.
In the fail Of 1865 Mr. jerks passed
through Albuquerque. The republicans
In Old town were Tatifying the repub.
lican nomination for congress, VIII n a col.
red infantry regiment located here made
an assault or the house where the meeting
was held The soldiers were indignant
because they had not been invited, aud
hred a yOiley or two into the house.
rhere were about 200 people nj the meet
ing and most Of them we're prepared 10
defend themselves. In the morning
there were i've dead negroes Ia town and
the cOlored regiment was promptly re-.
moved TO other quarters.
Mr. Jenka' account Of his experience
ia lighting Iudlans Is well calculated TO
freeze the blood and make each indiyid
ual hair stand on end, and while more
exciting than the incidents recorded
above, they are not OF such historic in
tpTest.
Mr.. jerks has already passed beyond
mans allotted lime on earth, three score
years and ten, but while "his head IL
covered with the snow OF winter there IL
eternal sunshine In his heart" and he IL
possessed Of remarkable yigOr for 80 old a
man. He has made a number OF visits
back to the eastern states and spent last
winter In Michigan. lie IL still actively
interested In mining, and contemplates
making a prospecting tour In the near
future.