The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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most ndycnturolsS$ q tie , N young 1 y,
ss Isl Back woodstneii who lived Ill y the
&s7TIIs ,:ttlcrs.nt md near By we w 70 starr
that dnySon d long jourilcy8i iii search Of
gold, which they hdsrstood had been dis
K covered tho previous year n almost y Wo
thousand t1ilcsS to- the west I'd @
They didn't plan to make this tourney
q 81 rail, forStherc were few Threads any
.Shere and none ii all which rta rlied 4
Ssither5 Gninesvltlo&o the tlew gold fields
Thcy didn't Inn to 20 4 ~ water, y be- 'e'-S
1 cause they thought the overland route
3swouldSbeS plensafiter, more salubrlo.ls IN
Z more economic .8 Their plan wa to 3 go
\ on horseback. transporting thcir 81 ppliess
~, wagons hauled by mules. AZ n 4 they
carried out theft plan, making the ntart
in march, 1919. tfi
member ot tile party. so tar ~ as
j known the only survivor. told y lie story;
aofFtheira tfientnl journey 70 10
writer D tiis article tie other day. on
~ TIM dny&of the Btnrt this man wa g rev
months under Is. tall broad and liKe .
4 stcnr1 engine for durnnce. IIe was q
s5lnwycr by profeBsion and while he cast
Ills lot With the gold hunters q WINS NOT
his Intention toaeek the \, ciolls mo 4
peraoilally In CalifQrniu. X but to
jaw. 5 Ifs d nov mimi coun nc rea n
soncd there wbuldS be ri LEM w q st1s1 9 = 81
lawyers to help sottle IA W ~
8aSIlis mama is Edmund Winston II tstti.s3
Z now ST. on q or tho 4 nbnmnf r,oinb t TIL 81
hcUnitetl Stats Som tc-4t he ldest ir,ei1l-i
bcrE 81 I TINT bod y-nild sln ted Ito pc re-
turned on august 21,s nlon 81 With Benni tor
DIN r 3. Aforg Al. Pet tus l1e cn1ne n
famous 4 lawytr later. but not sit,: y Call
+, fornia. sill slatcr8sl lea becain fnin1ts as
4 Confcdera to sol der Ii, Il the Gyii3Sly nr.
beginning ns n raJor, ending asS q brl ga
Is der general. and In the m can time per-
forming pro1tgies Of va lor. gEssE ii s
The westward journey q 81 the iaines--5S
vile "A rgonnnts occupied nj ou Z seven
months They pcne track esss VII ~
dcrnesses. crosaed desert pininns. climbed
n diftlctllt mountains md led Icy n ycrs.
mostly without guides, IN d y snrroll ndtdS
4miichlof the Tine BY hos lilo lni,s. l3nt,
y thanks toStheir splendid heal hiand% daint-$
less courage MI arrived safe and well.
9Th, September Mt Sncra mon to- Cit w hcre
4 was only one seriOs rnH,ia W IN thc5 seven
months to any member Of he party. l1c5
ruined his right &tnnd by the accidental
~ discharge Of his RI fle.i a s$$ 4
! our bag "a ge train consisted sof ten or
Il fifteen wac CONS each hauled BY IL mule
team, said the Senator, Il and 81 loaded 10
hight. From Gainesville W Fl head n Tor
Wick sburE.s ISIS. There we took a. BtcA nl-S
Y boat for little Rock. Ark. and from there
n NO laid our course to Fort ST. =, s5 s
\ Z: a Fort Smith they found hat GER GER.
II tain 4 Nj Washington OF the 4 United
States Army a Tine hend OF 70 pa rtyso o.
Dragons, mounted on whit g and "a apps. u
Il Z ruy. horses, wa about read to star Sfor
n sante Fe.; twas the rn,x 1 objective point
$of. the Alabama Argon 9. and the v DE- y.
cided for aaf Re ty's sake, to ira vel In the}
yearFof the troops. But they do no ioi L!
low tho soldiers long + They ma aucii
moor lead way that IL seemed to the eager
Alabama Argonauts that y would t,l ~
them IA year to reach snrte Fe Eat the r. Az y
Y tlley$Were travelling, The rgonnIul ts 4wcrc
{ thinking rio,lsl Of put hing o. aneau
when sonelt,ine ha pr.9sd whlci 4 pra ~
q caIly3 forced II the FOL iers md the soleoti
eckers to 1,ar t. The ma jor no e. STAN
y pcdcd Tor two or three days ou It g { f,ort
Smith, and gal oped iderhss back to ward
ithe fort and the mn 5or5 and his men NAG
to send back 81 ter$ the noun T.. HUG
154Sl Though then on the edge OF the Cos
\ n1anchc territory through y The hear 1s " q
which tiIsy were to pass the "a
Il decided to push on Wit hout any pr tec:tioli
have :their<riGcs and thcirSown good q sense
z and nerve. # a3f IN S}j
nv that time the party had been 3irl IA
" creased To fbout@n hundred, 81 more tqq1atl
twice "a many as 1t originally numberc,
The editions were gold seekers from n Oh y
ference parts the country ''i'l most q
hon. said the amat tor. men OF couras
& determination and good sense n s.s 81
They apprecia ted fully the dangers . OF
the territory they proposed 70 penetrate,
ana decided & to form an organlizsa: tion q
their own, based on the@military form ri y.
4 a captain, lieutenants sergennt and cor Or
Iporals were chosen by Y vote, and the
others served as pryates, ag rec, s. t.. to
ycri,la m enlisted soldiers while ION the
march ns ana lii camp, as well as when
danger threatened from tho the g. indians.
should such q thing occur ecu. !, \,
s'5 was "a private. but J. soon lea rne 90
rnid the sena tor. that the born %, ead Is,
viii be the real leader Wien one is neede :
no matter who has been ted 70 tho
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