The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-08-27

THE SILVERY YUCCA.
caused the violent death of several men,
and came near producing a race war be-
tween the American and Mexican inhab-
itants of the valley. have mentioned the
mail station at Sacaton kept almost on
the immediate border of the Pima reser-
walton, then in charge of Capt. Grossman,
Z. S. A., by Messers Peter Eorbach and
VIM. Mcfarland. The latter was the
blacksmith of the place, 4 wholesouled,
congenial man about 40 years of age. One
Saturday afternoon in the Fall of 1870
this man went to Adamsville on his sad
die mule and purchased several articles
of female wearing apparel at the store
of the Brothers Bchard. About O'Clock
p. M. he mounted his mule and set out
on his return trip, taking the regular much
Travelled road leading by Black Water
and small station called MonteZuma to
Sacaton. Near Black Water there lived
on the high bank of tie ella River n Mex
lean farmer, married, and having quite
n large family of children, named Gan
dara. This man had two full-grOwn, pref
ty daughters, one of whom was said to
be Netherlands sweetheart. He himself
told me a short time before the occurrence
now to be related that he intended to
marry the oldest daughter of Gandara,
but that there was something in the
way" Probably the articles of wearing
apparel were destined for that young lady
and perhaps she received them, because
when Netherlands mule returned home
to Sacaton Oh that Saturday evening about
dark without its rider, these articles were
net on the saddle, where Mcfarland had
fastened them before his departure from
Adamsville in presence of several persons.
At all events, Mcfarland WIS not seen
alive by anybody except two Pima bucks
and a squaw after lie left the store of the
R;chard Brothers. Neither was his body
ever found. Several clots of blood upon
the saddle pointed towards his probable
assassination. But although the best
trailers of the Pima and Maricopa tribes
were employed to track the supposed
Durderers and nearly everybody took a
hahd' in trying to solve the mystery of
McEa rland's death, it has remained a-mys-
terry to this day. Gandara and his whole
family positively denied having seen him
on that day, but the fact of the female
wearing apparel having disappeared from
the saddle kept ranking in the minds of
Netherlands more intimate friends and on
the third day after his disappearance they
formed committee of inquiry" About
six of them armed themselves with full
batteries" and proceeded in body on
horseback to Gandara's ranch with the in
tention, as they said, to get to the bottom
of the mystery. When they arrived at
the latters place one of the posse quick
| ly got to the bottom of the mystery
of future life, for Gandara had
heard of their coming and had barricaded
! his strong adobe building in good shape.
He was requested to come out and answer
questions. As he refused to do SO and on
| his part uttered the reasonable request to
be let alone, the posse fired into the door
and windows. This called upon them
GanGara's fire. which reached the center
of young fellows heart and stretched
him out cold. Then the remaining five
Americans set the roof of the house on fire.
The women and children were allowed to
pass out unframed, but Gandara was
pierced by FIVE bullets the moment he tried
to run out from the burning and smoking
building.
On the following day hostilities were
resumed without any particular reason or
tendency, except to kill few Greasers ~
Two of them, known to be Gandara' S
friends, were hunted down till they found
refuge in small adobe house in the town
of Adamsville. A 10-pound keg of powder
was procured, and, let down through the
chimney, ignited. The explosion killed
one of the Mexicans and threw down the
wall on the chimney side; through this
opening, favored by the powder smoke
the other one made good his escape.
Thereupon we held short meeting, the
result of which was that we advised the
hot-headed frebrands to desist from fur
ther violence. We intmatcd TO them that
if they persisted in their wanton, crimi
nal murder and destruction we, the cooler.
headed and order-loving nhabitants of the
valley, would take a hand in the game >
This phrase meant good deal in those
days and under those circumstances They
knew it, and dispersed. -Four of them
have since died violent death; two over
n game of cards ending with a game OF
pistols and two were hanged for stage
robbery accompanied by murder.
The snow was yet lying upon the noun
tain peaks of even southern Arizona in
the Spring of 1871 when the hostiles de-
scended from their mountain Businesses in
which they usually made their Winter
quarters, and began a bloody raid through
the Sonoita and Santa Cruz Valleys
Personally l was safe from them, living
in the country of the Pimas; but l had
many good and stanch friends in the
dangerous regions.
| A TELEPATHIC WARNING.
The morning of March 81, I was
planting some seeds in q small garden
behind the brewery at Florence, with q
view of raising some vegetables for home
consumption. While thus occupied 9
feeling of restlessness or rather appre
hension for impending danger gradual,
came over ME and soon took possession Of
my mind to such a degree that l aban
doned my work, went into the brewery
and engaged my partner, Will, in CONVEX
sation. Mentioning to him this feeling Of
. mental and hence at least partly physi
cal depression, he suggested that l wa!
suffering from Indigestion. That wa.
. downright ridiculous, as in those days
was not aware that had stomach at al
except after protracted fasting.
, you do not understand, good Peter,
| l said to him. "What l feel is mental, ;
! certain anxiety of mind, a fear of impend
ing danger, sense that l am wanted
= somewhere to avoid a disaster, a.
, Il see," said he, "a person sometimes
is overcome that way. We call it at HON,
. a Vorahnung (presentiment), and some
times / have heard it said it is the fore
runner of an actual catastrophe. Well
you had better go and see if anything il
5 wrong with your wife, although we lief
} her quite well this morning after break
/ fastr -
followed his advice, and walked til,
, two blocks to the lodgings where l ha,
t installed my wife some months previous
/ ly. She was then expecting in the nea
, future that happy event which makes ,