The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-04-10

belt axe and knife
Jan. 10th: Showing like HI: high
wind and cold. In camp all day Drum
can hardly walk around today
Jan 11th Cold and has quit snow
ing. Still in camp doctoring my dog:
his leg has swollen to the size of my
arm above my elbow. D-n a carcajou
Jan. 18th: Made start down the
creek on the ice today. Made about
four miles and camped. Got balsam and
put on Drums wounds tonight; he is
very sore.
Jan 18th: Pleasant day Started
late and travelled SLOW; made about ten
miles and went into camp in a dark
canon. Drum is great deal better to-
night Kit is alright.
Jan. 18th: Started early. Good 60
ing on ice. Had a hard time getting
down some falls today. Stopped at
noon two hours and whanged up my
moccasins; nearly barefooted Got out
in camp today, and left for my camp
on Vasquez Fork. Phil wants to go.
Tom wants Phil to stay at our camp
and let him go. but Phil won't do it.
Packed up our things for the trip and
got Cakes Henry rifle for Phil. take
my old Hawkins.
Jan. 26th Left early. Followed
the old trail along the base of the
mountains and camped with Jack
Rande on St Vrains fork
Jan. 27th: Off early. Found An
tome and Nick Janiss. with several
others, at the crossing of Cache La
Poudre. Camped tonight on Box Ell
John Ming. They tell me they will
give one dollar letter and fifty cents
a paper for all papers and letters d-
rected to any man in camp Also 25
cents a paper for all newspapers not
over a month old. So here goes. l
want to see old Seth Ward, anyhow.
(The mail was at Fort Laramie.)
Jan. 25th: Got every mans name
night. We stayed all night at old Jim's
lodge.
Jan. 22nd: Left for Auraria. Fine
day. Old Phil with us. He wants to
get my stock to go Laramie for mall
won't do it.
Jan. 23rd: Stayed all night at
mouth of Vasquez with Bateau, Leboa
and Neva. Nwot is sick; mountain
fever, think
Jan. 24th: Went to old John Smiths
lodge and saw Jack Henderson and
for the river. Got as far as Arapahoe
village and staid all night with the
boys. Played poker all night for buck
skins. Jerry Lewis bagged the game.
Jan. Goth: Off for Jim Robinson's.
Ned Wynkoop, Jim Sanders and made
mouth of st. Vrain and stayed at Noel
SlmlnoeS lodge.
p '-'tsJan 21st: Went through today.
Found the old camp all well. Chat Du-
bra and Antoine Leboa have my mule
off after antelope. They got back to-
ahoe. Marsh Cook is sluicing little
with two boxes on bar of Vasquez fork
No good; too fine to save without
quicksilver, and not enough to pay with
it. Black Hawk came up to camp with
me-
Jan. 18th: viii start for mouth of
Big Thompson tomorrow. Nailed shoes
on Old Chief today and Black Hawk
and | made Hackamore and sinche.
Jan. 18th; Left camp at 10 o'clock
surveyed off town site; call it Arap-
r. Showing
mouth of canon just at dark. and
got down to the old camp and had
good supper of states grub. Tom was
getting uneasy little. After supper I
told him what | had found and showed
MIN the gold, and we talked, smoked
and ate. the balance of the night. l
could hardly realize / had been gone
nineteen days.
Jan. 18th: Pleasant day. Tom
hasn't seen the stock for three days
rom after the stock, and l making
moccasins. Got back with horses,
mules and cattle at noon, all in good
order. Snow about six inches deep.
ppou Ieeu 1Of STOCK.
Jan 18th: Both making moccasins
TO-DAY. VIII start for trappers' camp at
mouth of Big Thompson in few days
to bring up my mule
Jan. 18th: Went down to Arapahoe
village today. Found Marsh Cook
DICK Cartwright, Sam Curtis, Ned
Wynkoop, Hamp Boone and Jerry
Lewis at the Indian village. They had
Jan. 2sth; Still showing a little.
Made about forty miles today and
camped on tributary of Lodge Pole
creek.
Jan. 29th: Cold and clear. Off ear
ly. Passed Brule village on the Chug-
water. Swiftbird and Crocka with
hunting party Hard days travel
Camped on the Chugwater Phil shot
SIX times at a deer. No meat. Henry
rifle no good for deer; maybe some
good for prairie dog.
Jan. 3oth: Still showing. Got to
Deer Creek and went into camp with
Lightner's men
Jan. 31st: Went down to the Fork
r today Got all the letters could raise
5 on my list, and about 100 papers. all
) told. Left Phil at old Seth Wards. If
he gets drunk, I will leave him.
FEB. 1st In camp all day. Good
iced for horses and mules. Phil got
, pack tonight half drunk Will start
back tomorrow. Found Phips bottle.
Broke it.
, FEB. End: Got the stock up and
ready to make start. Phil still asleep.
Ate my breakfast and woke him up. He
, wants to go. so had to wait until he
got his breakfast. Off in snowstorm.
Made Swift Birds village and went
into camp. Phil has been as cross as
bear all day
Feb. 3rd: Started early Clear and
cold. Good going. Made forty miles