The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-09

bit or turkey. laughing as they fol-
lowed and headed of their victim at
every turn and usually carrying it along
at the end to help out the Govern
ment rations at supper at the bivonac.
Now they hal grown silent and sui
len, talking together ia undertones at
our halts and taking up the route
again with little willingness. Duran
go, the half-Mtxican Apache, had the
most to say among them, aud could
see that they listened to his words.
Casimiro Griialba, who understood the
Apache tongue and character better
than any other white man living. was
| quietly attentive 10 what went
ON in camp and on trail, bat said moth
ing TO me Of what he heard and saw.
When noticed shade Of anxiety APP
pearing in his face / took the first
chance to ask him what was wrong
with the scouts. put my questions
TO him on the morning OF the fourth
day as We two rode up grassy valley.
hemmed in by steep mountain cliffs
and dotted with pine and oak trees
like park had sent a man up on
the mountain to report any Apache
fires he might see, and the rest Of the
scouts were behind us about 200 yards
down the valley, where / had ordered
them 10 wait until the Indian came
back from the mountain.
"'What is the matter with the
scouts, Casimiro?' l asked. They
seem to have grown unwilling aud
sulky.'
He shrugged his shoulders and
nodded. 'Yes, senior. he said. They
get that way sometimes. 1t is their
nature.
But this won't do said. The
way they feel now, l can't trucst them
to report any Indian signs they find.
much less to take up trail and follow
it. And how much could l depend on
them If we fell in with the hostiles?
They would leave us in the lureh, il
they did not join them outright
He nodded again. 1t Is bad, vary
bad, be said gravely. 1T is the talk
of Durango that makes the other In
dams hearts bad He thinks himself
medicine man and he tells them that
it means i'll luck il they follow you
against their own peOple-that you
are young and know nothing Of war
aud that your heart will quake when
danger comes.
IL would have been q great com.
fort Just then to have my half com
psny Of regulars At my cali. But here
i was in the heart of the Chirieahuas
alone, except for Grualba, among
twenty Apsches on the verge OF mutiny.
Things looked squAlly aud l could see
no ending Of them that Was not bad.
i felt that GrilAlba's advice would be
valuable Just then
Well, what Is 10 be doneF I said.
i can see no way bat 20 shoot Dur
ango. and the quicker the better. Il
viii make things No worse, and will
brings matters 10 head
You may have to DO il, or /. il
you give ne the order. But wait IN.
al have talked with the scouts. All.
here comes durango nov 10 tell Us
that the sco0s reports no Apache Tres
from the mountains. There will be no
signs Of the hOstilss foand depend
upon II, senior. until the mems hearts
have changed
The hAlt-bsssi SAs coming and
taking his time Ahoat it, wswaisei.
and when he got NJ With Us he told
As GrilalbA had sid, that the scout
had come back and h&l seen no 6res
from the mountain top.
CAslaino, 70 back and bring the
s>eats up, / ordered 'DGraaxo will
stay vita NE. wanted TO give the
interpreter chance 10 talk TO the
seoats with the half breed awAv.
Gra.Al5A hesisStsi. and gave ne
look that meant BE on yO1r guard
thea rode bs>k 10 the saoasS, / mo-
toned FOX the hAli-breei 10 70 ahead
81 ne. A23 We ws2t slowly M the
valley, ! k1owias that Gri.2lbA. With
the SooGts. eo2li easily OvsrtSks Is
Durango went none TOO wlllnSly, feel
ing gGalty toward ne. pscAAps, aai
not knowing What k&i fczni oas or
meant 10 Do. It~oali not have hslpsd
his feelings 70 have known thai. was
watching for the frs: hat q trsSsherv
or dlsobeilenes, which woala have
been mr. prese1t for shooting him ont
Of hand.
4 grizzly bear broaght an end 10
this interesting situation qaite differ
ent from what anybody concerned had
intended As We came opposite lit
tie bind canon, q mere recess in the
cl1s that shut in the valley. there
came from within il the roar Of a grizzly
disturbed in his midday nap by our
passing There was no way for him
70 climb cat Of the canon. and. think
ing himself eornsrsi, he showed fzht
sioHee and came for as, grizzly fashion:
MS hair bglssle3 Up, making him look
As big Is two bears. l could not nav
naea attention 70 the bsa< for some
seconds. for a. sound Q; the roA- nv
hOlss wheeled aud ran fron under ne
- quickly th2sI f0aG3 myself sitting
On the ground without quite kne-;--
how ! g. there. ne AZ Wiz whieS
l came to the earth made ne see stars.
and when the IRE stopped dancing in
ny eyes 80 that l eo2l3 look the bsa<
VAS lust coming ont OF the canon and
A'aranSo was running for tree. L
n,ght perhaps hare got 70 a Tree in
tins, bat the scouts, Who we're nov
coming up the valley, eolli see every
thing that went on, and. as things were
then, = Was IS bad As the grizzly eculd
do for ne to show the white feather
before them.
Ny earbine, with eight cartridges
IN the magazine and one in the barrel
vas IN my hand when l was thrown.
II those nine shots failed to stop the
Dear before oe covered the hundred
Yards that lay between us-wel. twas