Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-15

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fFWos fairly d8fk f'H#inF uvrr the
lhll ~ Asont -fnNrihs 81 d mile.
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wagon was eiauaine paFiiy IN and
partly MT ~ the road We had "a
turn uNi ~ the rnnd to pass The
vaEn. The blackboard was H. az
fantH ~ oar rlN called oui to
iHp aniH J t4alnlnea into the pecn-
mar rntHion ~ zoe wagon A little
ton Was incoming under the wagon.
Giving the lines in the docier eert
llatt 10 the wagon on one aldc "
the hods ~ one ~ the Mcxiraas with
the head ahnuldrfa and arms hanglng
over the side ~ the wagon. and ihe
lio0d dripping from his rXtenued
haniss and from BIZ head Tlse driN-
80 hnHa ottf the dashhnarl win a
line clulched 90 each hanG 'pne ~
the hnFsea was dend in thu harness
and the other HAD been taken away
Noi seeiuR the third occupant 20 the
HaEDn I passed afaund "a fha rear
end ~ she wagon ana seeing rulsle-
thing white n ahefs distance or ex-
amined q and found Il % be fhe body
81 she woman lertIbry mutllafed and
dead. as wfff the other two. In
those early DAYS many Of the common
Mexican people wore moccasina which
they secured from the Indians b.
barter. Phe iitele mail driver had
tn a pair 81 moccaaine and , ala not
hear his epproarh. The first thing
know he reached up anc placed his
hand upon my shoulder. ana sara N
Spanish 'Mueriea los Apachfs." Tho
sensation he Eavea pe left the feeling
that each Individual hair on uy head
stood on end and that my hat was
Hp on top % the standing hair IN
the meantime Shields had dismounted
and we held q cOnNultatl0n. The
question was whether 10 beat a hasty
retreat. return 10 San Augustine or
whnf was the. best 20 DO. ! snld 10
Mr. Shields: "You have n good horse
and can ta}fN your departure. II YOU
choose" whereupon he immediately
tied his horse 20 the rear end Of my
Ambulance. taking his rifle out ot the
acabbard and assuring me that he
would stay With uF 10 the end. lie
spoke Spanish flueniIy. The little
Mexican explained that Il was about
q mile 10 the water az the point Of
the white sands where the Indians
were undoubtedly camped and that he
had upon various occasions when he
suspected there were Indians out.
made q detour OF the place. giving
the wuterhoie a wide berth. We fin
ally decided that We w8uld go ahead.
20 that with Shields dismounted
bringing NJ the rear. the doctor dfIv-
ing the ambulance. the blackboard
just IN advance Of the Ambulance.
with the wheeiwriRht az the driver.
and the valiant little Mexican and
myself IN front, 20 guide the process
sion. we left the beaten road and
went onto the PLAINS 20 make the de-
tour and keep aufficiently away from