Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-18


coin and Il big revolver. They
paid no attention to me. The man
who came out to meet me went ST.
lentlv out into another room. a.
bout 10 o'clock he came back and
said that supper was ready, when
they all got up, put their money
into their pockets and their pistols
in their belts, and went in silence
out to supper. Not n word was
spoken during supper and then
they went back to their game.
After so long Il time the man
who did the cooking came in and
told me that when | wanted to lie
down that | could spread my blan.
kcts on one of the hunks at the
side of the wall. | thought that
it was all the same if they wanted
to do me any harm they could do
so Just as well asleep as awake.
SO | spread my blankets and crawl
ed in and was soon asleep and did
not wake until the sun was peep
ing in the cracks of the cabin.
When | got up the four mysteri.
Gus fellows were gone. After !
had breakfast ! asked the man
what my bill was; he said, moth
ing, as he kept no hotel. After
thanking him | babe him good bye
and rode away down the trail, feel
ing glad that | was alive, when all
of sudden | came into the pref
ticst little valley covered with fine
grass and here were the four men
whom had seen the night before,
sitting on their horses watching a
fine herd of American cattle that
had been bought from the emf
grants and they were getting them
ready for market. After this |
rode along feeling pretty secure.
Only Il few miles farther on |
came to the Tuolumnc River which
| had TO swim, and travelled on
without anything to break the
monotony until came to the Mcr-
ccd River where there was Il trad
ing post aud ilatbOat ferry. Here
stopped to get something to eat.
got down and went into the hut
and got some cheese and crackers
and was about to start when the
old fellow, who looked like he was
half breed Indian, said that he
would like to buy my mule. told
him that would sell him if he
would send up to Carson after
him. He said that | could walk
/ to Carson before night, so | sold
him my mule, saddle and bride
for $lSj. lie paid me in 50 gold
pieces. There were about Il hun
dred Indians standing by and saw
him pay me the money. | started
on foot down to the ferry boat and
before it started out every one Of
those Indians came down and got
ON the boat. As soon as the boat
struck the bank | jumped off and
struck out up the trail and every
/ Indian following me. had lit
tie the start of them and | kept
the distance between me and them
until | finally came into wagon
road and team came along and |
took passage and as the road was
down grade we soon left them far
| behind.
found Dad all right and we
went to work the next morning IN
earnest. Our claim was on the
east bank of creek that had been
worked out, but we found rich
paying dirt rnnniug out under the
mountain, so we were drifting un-
der the ground making plenty of
money. Another claim just below
ours was worked the same way
and caved in and killed one of the
party. Fearing Il similar accident
we abandoned our claim, knowing
that we were leaving plenty of
gold,
Dad and then went to work in
Il ravinc far up the mountain and
did we'll for awhile, when the wat
er failed. The cabin that wa or-
cupied was one of several that was
built 10y Kit Carson, who occupied
them for probably "A year or more.
They were located ut the base Of II
mountain, about 20 feet from Car
son Creek, which was rs rich as
any creek in California at that
| time and there men drank water