Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-25

tNAIiAtlANA AtNAIt INV NAAkAiH "a
events the Surveyor generals office
force got busy and a party ~ SUI
yeyors and others staftcd for pueblo
1ionito going rs rail as close ,ts they
could and then taking Il six horse
team and q barrel of arlnKing water.
tents and provisions Tor thc long
mhr0h across THE desert. lu the narty
were Nprman Il King the wei
known Washington auttpyor AMI
d-faughfsman. William sfrfNcr Nbo
nov is IN Atizena Charles iiaspel
matll, chiio collector who new IT, iu
Germany. ana l'rlnlt iyels.,do ana
Edward Andrews roth 1T whom afe
living here.
Took Fire Arms.
MIR KIM ana his iiatty Werc
armed 10 the teeth When gliet arrived
ut Pueblo Ponlia. Tor they did not
know juei how WetheTill Wnald te-
eeivc Them on their mi sion of sep
aratinn,
Seated IN hls home mere last night.
and glancinF occasionally nt some
priceless souvenirs Of the ola eiifl
decllers given him hY NJ Wethefill
Mr.. King told nf his meclina with
the trader who wnf recently killed.
we arrived ft the %pegtofiiee called
Putnam. in the village which een-
sisted Of Wethetills dunirile his
store end his postoffice. lnstcad Of
meeting an armed force a. scud ~
bnvk, Wethrtill q ma OF over fiftN
yefrs. with q long patrlarchal beard
and a kindly. intelligent eyc can't
cut and w%iirfnlx greeted ar he said
fhat It Wits u good sight to his eyes
80 zoe = white man, ms he lived sixty
Miles from amy. nnh asked ts - get
IA &c orr wagon and mitke his home
ours His house was an adobe that
covered g lot Of ground, ali frontage
ana later when see accepted his mkt
tation after telling ol Our mission we
were greatly surprised Ia see the
wealth and refinement Of that home.
haven't tHe slightest objection
ot yunr mnking q survey a2 the ~
has ordered eAid Wethe1lll
Tor ! am deeply Interested IN tho
Pueblo fonito, II Wes / who diseoN-
cred the Mancos ruins IN colorado
ana am enthusiastic osfr the pres
slyhtlon Of these ruins.
"Ifc then took ~ Though his
house saying that he regretted that
hts wife ana children wrfr away VIZ
Ting. bnt asked uA 90 dine on furh
fare ~ he could put up. Instead o.
finding a Femi-s0Yage. because OF HE
lifc so far from civilization We found
Wetheiili exceedingly welt informed
on current events lie had x lafRc
desk over nhich hung great brass
lamps and on his desk lay five daily
papers and fifteen or more monthly
mage zines which ne read diligently
Treasures lie Had.
'Wotlieiiii told us that he had
heard some one complained that he
Nes getting great treasures from the
ruins nearby and said that he had
found some pieces of pottery and that
ne hhd also obtatnod some pieces Of
rough turquoise THAI the ancient
dW eilerH had evidently used foi nrha-
lnenting their esfuft lie gave MS
pieces ~ pottery which | have today
and he also gave us some fine speoi
mems Of tho Sioux bead work. HIS
indeed n Treasure mousse, but not |
~ mtieh n relies az Ia blankets He
had probably tho finest collection ga
blankets IN the world la one
room the walls wcro covered with
these blankets and he pointed ont one
he said ha thought the finest Ia eN
and for which he had refused
the sum nf &l.e66. Near il were sew
.ral blankets each worth S400, ne
Totem Poles.
'Mr Metheiili stated that during
the -. Louis exposition be had been
III charge ~ the display ur TING Hyde
Exploring company which has q mil
%ionrire back of the company. He
-aia hat 20 -. Louis he had traded
ofr q number ri mis- blankets Ton to-
.em poles nom Alaska ys a mNnnRet
nj on Aiaskan display had some of
here curious historical images carved
iftm ivntS. Tho specimens Sir
NNothetill had were hegnttful, indeed
md must nave been very NtluAhle
From room Ca room We walked, Etz
ny IN estonishment nt tho treasure
collected by the old ttadcr aud our
Nondefmenl grew huut hy hour ns
realized thut This wns IN the home
II a men who liVed OUT in'thc desert
mites away from clhcrs of his
EvcfN othe1 DIV. however. the
men arrived, an Indian bringing At
IN horseback. aud every fnrty-cight
hours We we're able e. send post-onrdi
10 our relatives sud Intends telling oi
sui queer 1onrnes,
killcd a sheep u DAY,
rOur host not only toasted our
.Nes. ont also looked after our st0ni
tchf lie killed "a sheep "a day tot
bcnefit and be was Hn expert
.nok. lie seemed perfectly delighted
ia hive some white man nom the
Ancient CITY 90 talk To- md ho told
IN oi HE travels end asked as many
lucsiions about ourN Ia n ot the
IL his house ! WAS amazed 90
Ind O. large panoramic photograph
IT washington, D. c. my former
Nnt oven ga Washington had
poem sarh q magnificent picture and
,lr. Wethefill said ne would give ID
% mo as "a souvenir onl, hc aid nol
tnJN prN place Ia The would &C., get
mother lust like ~
scouts stealing story
MIR. King secuted the idea that
Notheflli couia have come tn MS
leath nom tiunhir due tn rntue
tcnling and gatd that Wethotlu had
Ola him he WAS raising sheep with
he Indians on shares end hfd been
ar vcais Fl don't think Wcthettll
the kind of mun a. ftoal cattle
rom an indian 90 frnm anybody
sid Ma. Kinp. though trouble doubt
arose over husinets matters The
! understood did not well
cine the presence n4 even one white
man ne4r Pueblo 3onitp.
~Iiecaii~ Mounted police.
captain Fornotf hess recalled inc .
mounted policemen hv sent tu
Bonito when he beard ol the Z
Ming uf Richard Wtthetill enc In
ion trader. because hc hHa received Q
chat inc indian nhe did the I