Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-12-08
TOLD IN HIS DREAMS.
PECULIAR VISION OF a RANcHER ON
A NEW MEXICO PRAIRIE.
His Partner Appeared to Him Dur
ing Sleep and Informed Him OF the
Fearful Fate That He Had Met at
the Hands of the Indians.

,rr sreep and Informed Him of the
Fearful Fate That He Had Met Mt
the Hands of the Indians.
mo. I can't say go much on super
stition and that sort of thing, but Ia
like some of these wise chaps to ex-
plain a little incident that happened 10
me down In the Pecos valley, In New
Mexico, q few years ago"
Grizzled Bob Morrow, veteran cow
boy, ranchman, globe trotter and phi
losopher, took another pull at his cigar
as he sat comfortably in his seat In the
hotel lobby. A thoughtful look came
over his face, and his companions at
the table awaited In silence his further
utterances. After a pause Bob con-
tinued:
eve were sign riding, Lee Wells
and 1. Know what sign riding Is!
An imaginary line Is drawn on the
prairie. Two men, one stationed at
each end, ride toward each other at
given hour. ANY cattle that have
crossed that line are rounded up ana
driven back. The idea Is to keep the
cattle together as much as possible
during the winter.
"Our line was about ten miles long
Lee and used to meet half way every
day. and If no cattle had crossed we'd
sit down and smoke and chat bit.
Sometimes we'd visit each others
'dobe and generally chum together as
far MS men can when ten miles apart.
We each had six horses, the pick OF the
herd, and mighty proud we were' too'
of 'em.
"Bout that time the Indians were
rather troublesome. They generally
went in small bands, and occasionally
the loss of a bunch of horses would be
renorted by ranchmen thereabout. Lee
and I didn't fear 'ein much. They car
ried only bows and arrows, ana II IL
came to q chase our horses could cas-
ily outrun theirs The greatest DANGER
we had to fear was the loss OF our
horses.
"Lee and l had talked frequently
about the Indians, and both were OF
the same mind-if attacked, Kill the
horses rather than let the maraudlne
thieves get 'em.
81 left Lee ut the half way mark, as
usual. one day, got back to my 'doDe
and after eating dinner turned IN.
hadn't been asleep very long when
was awakened by a sort Of feeling thai
there was somebody In the room.
groped under the pillow for my gun
turning over as did so, and there IL
the doorway stood Lee Wells. Inc
feathered shafts Of six arrows were
sticking from his breast, and his race
in the moonlight looked drawn ant
CHASTITY. There was a smile OF saus
faction on nis face, though, as he saie
quietly:
"'Well, they got me. Bob but they
didn't get the horses
81 was out Of bed in an instant. Int
minute my feet touched the hoor Lex
vanished. The door was shut and LOCK
ed lust as left 1t when | went 10 pea
pondering over the realistic dream,
or whatever 1t was, | turned In again
hut II was a long time before ! got u
sleep again.
"a second time | was awakened D!
the same vision. There stood Lee IL
the doorway. and again he pointed u
the arrow shafts and said:
"They got me, Bob, but they didn
get the horses
mo more sleep for me that night
looked around the 'dobe, thinking per
haps Lee was playing me a TRICK
went ont TO the corral. The horse
were all right, and there were no sign
Of ANYBODY having been around. sd
I'D and smoked and thought a whoi
lot until daybreak; then | mounted AM
get off for the half way mark. Le
wasn't there, and there was no sign o
his coming, so rode on to his 'doDe'
"There, at the gate of the corral wa
Lees body, with six arrows In III
chest. lust as had seen them III u
vision. Inside the corral lay the Dodle
of his horses. all killed with bullets.
at was plain to me that, seeing u
Indians coming, Lee had deliDeratei,
killed the horses before turning MS az
tention to the thieves. Judging iron
the hoof prints. there must nave pee
!, about 20 Indians in the bunch. lie
must have damaged them some peior
he fell, judging from the cartrldg
shells lying around. They took III
, Winchester, of course. and looted III
'dobe. They didn't get much for thei
, trouble, though.
/, "But what | want to know Is wa
! that a dream or did Lee Wells reaLl
. appear before me In some sor' y
form?"
His hearers could not explain'-Ne'
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