The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-14

eton of a man. bleached aad white as the bull quartz of the sierras. From the perfect state of the bones it was ev- ident that no wild animals had mutila- ted the remains The way they were found. however told their story. There were no clothes near, not rag. Evi- dently the man had done as many do who are driven crazy by want of water in the desert He had stripped off his clothes and run on wildly, but he had held to his canteen, and it lay beside him as it had dropped, years before No sign of flesh was on the bones. The ants had cleaned them off and left them, within few weeks after the man died, as white as they were then. The 1.-two prospectors looked at the skeleton. Poor fellow said one to the writer of this experience. he fell by the wayside. Thank God we are saved.' The rest of the journey was not made without an effort. Water they had no more for twenty miles, and the thermometer reg istered for many hours during the day one hundred and thirteen degrees Fah- renheit, and there was no shade.
 The following month two German prospectors set out from the next range, the Quijotoas. One of the prospeetors ] had been on the desert before, but had little experience; the other was over from the old country only a short time, and lured by the tales of mining life he had heard, wanted to try his luck. To the one who could speak English. Mir. Day, the storekeeper at Quijotoas, pointed out the danger of going far from water, but without avail, and mid way between the Quijotoa range and the Barbaguivari mountains. three days later, one of them lay down and died, and the other was driven insane, but fortunately fell into the hands of Indi- ans, who brought him back to Days store, where he recuperated and re- gained his reason.
 The Indians who found the German wandering had but a few mouthfuls of water in a calabasas gourd. They gave it to him to drink. and one took him tc band which was resting awhile near by, being on migratory passage to the water in the foothills under old Barba- guivari peak. The other two Indians took his trail and followed his zigzae course till they come upon his compan- ion. He was dead; had died at noon, the Indian said. The Indian was q Jap- ago and he reasoned thus: The two men had slept that night without water Tn the morning they had started out to- gether, but the sun had overcome one of them and he went loco" The Indi- an always uses Spanish in description, even if he speaks English. Then one strength, and was found hours after- ward by the Indians. In his dellriun the man left behind took off his clothes i The fierce rays of the sun scorched him and he stood in the shade of giant cactus. As the sun moved the shadow moved, and the poor German followed Il around the tree. Finally at noon there was no shadow, and unable to hold out any longer he crawled up to the trunk and died. The Indian pointed to the ground and showed how he had followed his footsteps, and how and when he died. It was only an Indians reason ing, but it was surely so.
 And this was an experience such as is not uncommon to the desert. Many an other like it could be told by those who live near Death Valley. These two ex- periences came to man who lived on the desert in Arizona, one who was of the party of two who survived, and whe later saw the two German prospectors bid adieu to civilization. It may be of interest to those who never saw the great American desert from train win l ldow.--Los Angeles Times.