The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-06-22
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yogcs msI I emisfsted 10 Ito West, 40
us there ior ten years. While there
msde The scqasia,snee al snoble red NAT
and this 10 s,ory Of my mos, notesOrse,
meeting silh bin
Ny Gtst scqasintspoe With Apache cam
sbsai 10 tie most unexpected msnnsr, 40
VI time when s.s wholly noprepsrel
to reosiss ,neh disdns aished visitors.
II wss 10 1852, l bad been ., LIS Vegas
Sev MsIiec, shout siI months. voflioi
10 the Job room Of lbo Daily Optic, ID
lssdins daily 10 the Territory. bad no
sccun uIsied much money = about ih,
only thins hsa seqaired xss desire 4
sel back to eiriliEaioo, sud the snh,iiot
to become proprietor Of neSspsper
Ii hsppsned sbout that time that = big e'
eiieneni broke out var the discovery o
gold Of KInssion, nesr Lste Valley
Then "Ru." Kistier, reporter Tor ths
Optic. came 10 me. aud said:
There IL d opening for spsper down
si Kingston. Why csnt We 80 down
there and star, onei l, Won't cosl much.
snd will be . paying iDvestment
told bin / wss willing. II / coull sec
spy way TO get . press aud material TO
work With.
That is easy enough, be answered.
There is an I'D Champion press IN this
otice. which they eii . 10 sell us cheap on
the ipstsllment plan. and. II you ere will
ing, wen go 10 together and give the
thing ttisl.
readily accepted bis fer, aud hssly
preparations were made to move our traps
to the new Eldorsdo.
We took the evening train aud went TO
Mutt Station, three hundred aud 6fy
miles from Lis Vegas. From there We
hsd to make our journey by wagon, o dis
tance Of forty miles. We hired wagon
aud horses OF Mutt Station, and, loading
10 our press and other mstefisls, we set
on, for the new town with light hearts snd
bright expectations.
We soon fell in with hall dozen other
wagons on the way to the new mines, and
though there had been some trouble with
the Indians in that vicinity short time
before, we had thought that our number
would ward of apy attack, but in this we
we're mistaken. had never met any OF
The Apacbes before. bat IL was wild pic
tureeqne place they selected for our first
far from the irfuences OF liz
alton aud the United States Army.
We had camped on little knoll. on
svery side OF which stretched the unbrok
en- lnonoiony Of the sage brush and the
lark Mexican thistle.
1t was q grand sight that met our gsze
hat morning. But there was one thing
hat marred its loveliness and sent gloom |
over the party. 10 the background. CON
ng slowly toward our camp. was gang OF
Apache Indians. This went great way
uwsrd dettrol ing the beauty OF the wild,
picturesque scene.
The Optic reporter, who had brought
long sn opera glass. climbed upon wsg
10 and surveyed the advancing host.
Then he clint bed down from the wagon
nd commenced to put bride on our
|eetest horse.
Boys. be said, with the air Of who bad
ome to iorgone conclusion, am mao
1 few words. Those Indians may be
riendly or they may not be. II they are
riendly. I'll see you back at the station,
I'D il not. I'll get the details Of the butch
~ in the daily pspers.
Then be mounted the snimsl, and was
, the &C. OF riding away when smother
sng OF Apsches we're discovered coming
'om the opposite direction from the first.
bis gave matters another aspect to the
.sn on the horse, aud be turned about
nd dismounted. l could see that he WAS
lssppoiptei about something, though be
lid nothing.
l thought II strange at the time that two
gangs Of Apsches shoold happen
meet At that particular spot, but my &C l
nsintsnce With th' N since has given me q
,ssons TO believe that the meeting was
,t altogether accidental on their part !
We bad hurried consultation to decide {
he,her We should acct them % friendly
hostile Indians.
The Optic mao remarked that II be bad |
is way about II, be would rather mol e
eet them at eli. bat ss We could not |
void it. be was 10 favor OF showing fight !
ON the frat.
The two lines OF approaching indians
sted just ont Of r.as range, and sol
Ter warrior rode ont from one Of their a
nes aud came 10 the direction Of our b
mp.
He made q signal for come Of us TO come c
1t from our wagon and slipping revol
II 10 my boot leg. advanced TO meet ,
in. a
How ne ssid. % be came up 10 speak O
6 distance. q
I'm not feeling very we'll this morning.
answered. Pleasant weather we're hav b
9.
He ignored this speech, and himself up I,
bis full height. q
Me mighty CHIEF, Geronimo, be e1 /
simed, slsppinR himself on the breast |,
| replied: Glad to zee you. Mr. Geroni b
o, bsve read Of Jon 10 the papers. Hope b
10 are we'll. /,
Me want heap to est. be exclaimed. All h
,h,, / answered. Just come up to our y