The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-01

group, when we heard noise and |
saw tho most miserable man approach
ing | ever saw 1t was Just at night
fal and this may nave given him
more uneanny appearance.
.'He was mounted on n large burro
and armed with rife. 1t looked like
an old.time make His face was painted
and he presented most repulsive ap-
pearauce He had high check bones and
a tuft of thin dark beard on his chin,
He had very long face, which was al
most as dark as his eyes and hair
He bore the appearance of mn old.time
Spanish buccaneer, as they pictured
them in early times. When he began
to talk, my limited knowledge of Span
ish convinced me that he was MeXi
can / attempted to open n converse
tion with him, but he soon informed me
that he did not come for social pur
poses,
Claimed All the Land.
"He informed me that the country
whereabouts belonged TO him and a
small band of which he was chief, and
warned mo TO leave without delay. He
turned away without hearing my side
of the question We were dumbfounded
for the time, but later followed up tho
trail we saw that they had encamped
by spring that we had gotten water
from that day and also saw many signs
that we did not like. We ran across
an old fort built OF rocks and saw
empty shells and other evidences of
recent strife There were about n dozen
of the Indians and most of them were
armed. The old chief called them to-
gether and told them about us doubt
less, as he kept making signs and point
ing back In the direction we were. Ny
partner was certain that they were
planning a night attack. We simply
took tho old man s warning and came
out that night. But We did not do so
until We SOW them saddling their burros
and preparing their firearms for ac-
ton
u do not believe thev will actually
attack one in daytime or in the open.
but they would not hesitate to shoot
from behind rocks and especially at
tack an unarmed prospector. as they
saw we were. I am going TO return to
the place and take them by storm and
locate those claims, - said Mr. Eddy.
Clarence e. Eddy proudly calls him
self poet prospector and newspaper man.
he was born at Bridgeport, Or, in
1874, and has had romantic life. He
was IN the Thunder mountain gold ex-
cltemenj in Idaho, and discovered Loon
Creek camp in Idaho, where he made a
fortune. RE later published a pam
phlet OF poems containing 103 pages
and entitled The Pinnacle of Par
nsssuS -
The front cover of the pamphlet CON
talns drawing Of a rugged lot of
peaks OF different heights, washed at
base by sea of wild waves. The
water IS marked oblivion. On the dit
Terent peaks are pictures of different
poets. standing looking up at the high.
est peak with their hands reaching np
as II IN supplication. They begin with
austin at the bottom and thev keep
mounting higher, with Lonefellow,
hhlphng, Milton. Burns, Tennyson.
Dante, Homer ana Shakespeare in reou,
lar order until the topmost pinnacle is
reached, and upon this Eddy is sitting,
complacently looking down on them
Death Valley appeals to him rs we'll
as the supposed mystery surroundings
SScotty 5 he in this region. and he has
oetermlned 10 not only unravel the
mystery, but give to the world, rs he
says, anything that NAV he found in
the Tilds OF the Panamint mountains