The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-08-21
GREAT
APACHE
TRAILERS
Wonderful FeatS Per-
formed by Arizona
indians
WI Follow Trail on Hard
Bare Ground. DisfingiSh-
One Horse Track
From Another

The recent trailing Of Outlaw Bui
Mckinney across hundreds Of mile
of Arixona desert land 10 Bakersfield
Cal.. where the murderer met death
a. the hands of a posse. shows thai
the Apache Indians have not forgot
ten their oldtiue SKIN as man hunt
ers. In the days Of Geronimo ths
American soldiers Nere many times
astonished Al the skill OF these human
bloodhounds 10 following a trail which
would puzzle the sharpest white man.
Unerringiy the Apaches would paddle
across the desert. their soft mOcea-
aims making not the least sound. and
ihey would track their quarry even
when the surface OF the plains appar.
entity showed n0t the slightest sign
q any human being having passed.
T'hls faculty siill clings to the Apache
tribe. despite long years OF reserva-
ton Hfe. as NeKlnney's life proves
Mckinney. Eho was a notorious
bad man.- a fev months ago shot
two cowboys nsmed Blake and Win.
chester. The murder Fas committed
near lshrom's ranch. located IN the
foothills OF the Hualapi mountains.
Sheriff LOvin. otter. attending the In
quest and taking the bodies to King |
man for burial. organized a posse
made mp Of Deputies Templemen and
BY and an Indian .raller named Prime.
The party returned to Ishrom's ranch
aud there the trailer viewed the foot.
prints of Mckinney and studied the
horse tracks made by the fleeing out.
law. This did not take the Apache
long. lie soon grunted that he was
ready for the chase to begin
The Apschss Work.
The posse followed the tracks
across the Santa Fe railroad near
Yucea and then crossed the Black
mountains BY the way Of Warmer
Springs. This was a slow and rough
rail 10 follow. but the Apache never
1nce faltered. Most OF the time
the vhito men could see no indication
n footmarks on the trail. but the
.raiier kept on his way unswerylngly
aud they trusted implicitly to his
Judgment They finany reached the
Needles, 70 ind that Mckinney had
purchased supplies there ave days
ahead OF them. Al the Needles the
iheTfrs party learned that McKln.
ney had left for lvenpah. the end OF
lhe Northern railroad going north
The party chartered a car. put their
horses IN Il and were hauled to Iven
pah during the night. thus gaining 60
miles. yet they we're two days behind
lhe bandit.
Al lvenpah the Apache trailer soon
picked up McKinney's trail. and the
posse followed across Rushing
springs down the Amigos river 10
Death valley. Across Death valley |
The trailer took hisway, the posse fol |
lowing. This valley has claimed
thousands Of white men as lts victims.
Il 10 famous a. deathtrap for pros.
pectors and oth.rs who venture In It's
waterless area. Portions OF Death
valley are below the sea level, ana Il
is covered In some places with vast
deposits Of nitrate soda and other
minerals and chemicals. There Is no
water for hundreds OF miles. and such
a thing as following a trail across
this place OF death and desolatlon
would never be thought OF by white
nan. The Apache trailer. however.
took Il all as matter OF course. and
the white men ln' the sherlnrs party
knew better than 10 question the
Judgment of the savage.
Occasionally on the desert they
would come TO evidences OF MeKin.
ney'a presence They would ma
dead camp fires. showing where the
outlaw had cooked his meals These
Ares grew fresher and fresher. show.
ina that Mckinney was travelling
slowly, probably figuring that he was
safe IN Death valley. OF an places.
The sherin's party. with the uniting
Apache IN tho lead. swiftly crossed
Death valley. and soon arrived at
RandsbuFg, where they secured fresh
horses and pushed on to bakersfield
Here thaV loarnoA thaf kfeKtnna, ~