The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17
GHOSTLY HORSE AND PUMA.
TWo FEATURBs OF sUPERsTITIoH
MOUNTAIN IN ARIZONA.

The Knowing Lame Grizzly Of Nal Pals
SANTA FB, N. NJ. Sept l2--Durng q pos
midnight session Of the Maverick Club at Billy
Burtons wine parlors the othoI mig hi the Hon 10,
Eagle advanced the proposition that burns nsvel
die lie declared In support Of ,his contention tina,
There was no authentic record Of any ones ever
having seen dead burro, and further. that there
were q number Of these urcful animals In and
around Apparaho street whose history written and
Traditional annotated the Coronado invasion.
I'm not raising any issue with you on the buro
question" said Major Murphy, "but III bot the
mesoalo for this thirsty audience that horses die
and leave q hosts at that And II anybody wants
proof no can get II over at Superstition Mountain.
Say, did any Of you ever happen W camp there1 ta
over In one OF the painted deserts In Arizona, not
tho big Painted Rock county up by the MoIave
but little sort Of private desert and lunauc asy-
lum east Of San Francisco Mountain. between that
and tho White Mountain Apache country. Idont
20 much on ghosts myself, but they've got two
things down around that mountain that mover
figured out 70 DO any thing but illogical con-
olusion Ono OF them Is the ghost puma and the
otbor 10 tho shod horse won't say Just what they
are, but they've got tho Apaches dead leary Of
Superstition Mountain so they won't hunt there,
And II cattle drift in there the most Of the ranehers
will let them stay ill they drift out again. No
body in that region wants To chance hunting them
AROUND INC mountain ana iiSS hhaih9 somo'hihe
no uo' LOOKING ZOE
haua run IN WIN the shod morse onco Hhat
cvor It Is IL ranges right around tho base Of tho
mountain Nobodys seen H. and the In
dams say II you do see IL you never como back
But they will give you plans and specifications
OF II and tell you Just whcie to md IL And 40
corning 10 'hon'' Always NJ nome 70 Vlsltota
ihoio a,o TWO water ho'es IN 'no draws az inc
'oo' VI mo pax Gus "."u'u On mo SCUM ana
QUO Oh hS northwest rms shod morse sor' OF
ui''ded MS VINE between 'hs '"o' mixes up with
inc range 'a'uo ana ''siS WIN whoever camps
on 'ho m"'or
My ia'nef o"hou ranch wnen was boy
over ""afu "heie 'no A. T. limo runs now
n"a n"aiu Vi mo snou no'se ever SINCE was KID.
anu a'oep,eu ~ as one Vi inc aoIuhc.s OF ho
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