The San Francisco call., 1899-10-01

HLARENCE REAVIs, known to
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Y 20 the Apaehes-who hated and
- feared him and who had cause
70 do so more IS an they ever did any
other man o- his hated and feared
race-as Wah-ne-say the EVIL One"
and The Destroyer" is dead
He acquired the first title BY his
Years of solitary existence and the
Others by an avl which made even the
b'ool-thirstv Indians. of his adopted
home. ever after its preparation quail
ia terror al the mere mention Cf his
name and elevated him iu their estima-
tlan -o the plane of an aveuF.ng god
The story of the ave-inspirinE deed by
which he gained his ascendency over
the savage minds Cf the rhit- mans
most implacabIe foe is Well worth the
telling. ass is also the story Of the her
uirs ruined ufe
At the time Of his death Reavis was
g man nearly SO years old, and d most
uecuHar-Iookiug person. since his
white hair and beard hung iu matted
masses nearly three feet i'm length. 1t
was his boast that he had used neither
comb nos brush nor razor nor scissors
SINCE he l5trb Eastern home and his
appearance proved his assertion.
For almost fifty years this man,
driven fn his youth from a happy and
- lgE.riels home by the pursuing hOr-
rn- af ~ouau's Suddenly discovered
.rerfE hard endured an existence Of
grH#.uE hardship and utter solitude
smil.the rocky Businesses Of ArizonaB
towering peaks.
Love. home. friends. were words
which had ua meaning for him. They
had bes b.ot-ed out Of his mind for
ever iu chose IonE-past days when he
e st leaT1e of his young wifes falsity.
in the trst 0Eening shock or his life
Ions misery d Wild longing came 70 him
10 creep clos. to- rhe great mother
heart of Nature and try there to find
the solace that te craved and which
- civilization denied him. There he has
lived for nearly ha.f n century. and
there he, has died ne lived alone,
his only companions INF life and mourn
ers in death being his lurros and a
faithful dog.
His bones. scattered about and de-
ruded Of flesh by the cowardly noun,
tain wolves, have been found by Jack
Frazier of the Du Quesne Creek cattle
range. beside the trail leading from
the hermits lonely cabin to the, Salt
River Valley. Near them was tie dis
reub bered and. broken skeleton Of the
dog that had for years trotted con-
tentedly AT The old mans heels in the
daytime and rested across the foot IT
his pallet at night, and close at hand
were his patient burros hungrily
browsing on the sparse mountain
Ehrubbery.
It was evident from the surround
lrEs that Reavis had camped there un-
der q large paIo verde tree on his way
% the valley at least three weeks be
fore Jack Frazier made his CHASTITY
discovery. and had died from some
sudden attack Of. Illness. His dog.
faithful to the last, had stayed by and
defended the dead body until starva-
ton had rendered him incapable OF
frishtening away the prowling ghous
against which he had waRed incessant
conflict through torturing days and
nights. and had then given up the une-
Forty seven years ago Reavis was a
prosperous young lawyer in the city Of
Boston. OF excellent family. prepos-
sessins In appearance and manner,
finely educated, eloquent and already
in the enjoyment of a comfortable for
tune, it seemed at that time as il there
were no position, professional, political
and social 10 which he might not at
tain. His marriage was a fashionable
event; his bride one Of the loveliest OF
the city's fair daughters his~home q
veritable earthly ~aradise. into which
alas! a serpent found his way
Made certain by indisputable proofs
Of his wifes dishonc- young Reavis
turned his back upon civilization for
ever, and, coming West. dwelt for
nearly three years alone in the wilder
ness by the North Fork Of the Feather
River, near the base of Mount Shasta
Ever increasing incursions Of miners.
however, made that part Of the coun-
try distasteful TO him. as he found 1t
impossible to seclude himself from the
unwelcome visits OF wandering pros
pectors, who rudely broke into his SOL