| Show si S i A N UAN T the tra tragedy 9 edy at cincone B R lyman k As stated sidled in a former article the utes have killed more than forty white mer men in san juan since I 1 its ts F set e t in 1889 but they have made careful cr and persistent li distinction distinct Icid in favor of theAlor the cormons mormons Mor mons in one case which we may relate they changed chang e 1 I their minds about an intended kill g at the last moment for tile the sole reason that the Ir intended tended vi victims were lecog inizer as mormons cormons Mor mons the bonfy mormon to lu lie die ut at the hands or of the indians ills lr tell all that time Avas as killed by the cavajos navajos 0 s it Is a various angles an and t i jt jf it were told in detail from dom start tu finish it would fill a thick volume with many thrills As a little boy in tile the old log fort ct at bluff the writer of this account stood in the doorway of a blacksmith shop and watched a mighty man draw the yellow lion iron from the flame and fashion it ft with ease and skill anvil he wore were a leather apron hail ills bis trousers tucked down inglis in his heavy cowhide boots and his sleeves roll ted led above ills his elbows revealing a lorenne to r the aamli of that was amasa dalton perhaps as fine a specimen of physical as could be found in the and lie he was not only tal if 1 but a natura mechanic it i builder a farmer a broncho buster fin an athlone ath lote ii 3 merchant such met are aie few sf and are aie bolth more moie than money to n V reir country counti some som of Ms mr work aik oik at tile tha forge is still a credit to tile hie profession william hyde was has one of the alie early indian traders on th alc tlc ilc I rhoe bluffin and amaan daltou mar lied led its his clugh daughter ter parthenia Pai thenia later on mr all hyde beran began a trading post at the locky lochy corner formed tor nied by the junction or of the comb wash and the san junn juan rind and gave ave iti the spanish name or of cincone Bin Rin cone meaning mean lne corner this waz aa i ii and aiton became tn its his father in laws store stoie by 1885 lie he was vas one of 0 tile alie main pip 0 d la ho T novad v nver I 1 there with ith his family to o m manage an g e the business no I 1 ani tall man in len lell thousand mould have fitted as efficiently into ta that at illif bound corner comer as lid did amasa tit nailon ar dy by some str anca bingle m bic shiell nen glien may be born bom but which they no arn never able to acquire from teach els eis or 01 too a ho he transformed tile tho ei cooked old cotton logs tnt int nent neat houses a home a store stoie and P r he built on a low ledge safely above the river floods and on the bottom below lie he had a neat faun farm nd garden gaiden to 10 raise its his irrigating atwater lie he contrived contil ved a treadmill into which lie put ci a burro but later on lie he mada a water wheel is to tin pillas irom from bluff blit P riton afon and its hig young wire wife had no fear of the whom they employed on their film farm and around tile the place admitting them into theli their home as ai a anetter of course one trusty li worked lor them was struck ono one day in the eye with a flying gad and be biuso ause it put out his eye ee lie he was iu il known after that na as od PO eye tl they e hail had full confidence in old lo 10 E a and detected detec dete cteT tel no poison or of tre y in his blood bilios till it was vas too lat fc earia ono one morning in may alay old eyo eye came from over OPI the river ller ell ed by b a young fellow with a hid hall some soine tamp tile the previous winter antei ON oil eyes ees squaw ind hall pawned some fit at a certain 11 ll and lie he wanted to fo pet get this jewelry out of pawn right light sw awne v tho nil all lie ho offered in exchange pc hano tor for it was is a broken pistol of questionable value barton of course chui coui io iglus a to exchange e tho the pawn for foi the old gun i end and tile the Nava ava joes began to a argue i working up an uv spirit and tile the loder man second seconded sed all the young lul bull hall had in t say when lifs barton i announced breakfast tile te stole stoie mm man took fook his t two 0 1 visitors sl tors over and fell fed them after which the three returned turned ic to the talking still about the pawned jewelry when the Nava joes became ugly and dp de clirel ellred they would mould have the jewelry tit fat their own on pi price ice dalton dal ton ordered them out of tha th store stoie and star from behind the counter to see that they went but barton never guessed re a li il at attai to wards awards developed that it was vas ill 01 a job and the bully had come along toi for nothing but to put it over oer thus prepared for the extremities when hen barton started from behind the counter one ot of the nava joes by a quick movement him around the neck with a rope and tried to drag him over the counter lie he was not as easily handled as they had expected and the noise of tile the struggle brought mrs barton from tile the house and she offered to help hell but because site she had only recently got up from a sick bed her husband hated to r ree pee ee her hei make any and lie he asked 14 lr r to go fio back bach when she knew by the noise that thai he file trouble continued she started again for or the store this thid time hiding a gun under her apron but fearing tho the fight of it might make a bad matter worse vorse she turned back again aaen bu but t the fight went on two it alast ons and ohp two found the one su so hard bard to handle that the bully jerked hel his pistol and fired quickly but he missed sed ills his intended mark and struck ric ills his confederate near the heart old rye fye succeeded in running out the door and mound around to tile the back of tho building before lie he dropped dead at the sound of the shot grandma hyde mrs bartons mother ran t to the store in eimil to see her son in law fald unconscious from the tha 9 hope ope with his had h ad on tl fb 11 banri f the bully had no idea how low badly ha be lind had wounded his confederate but fig mrs hyde hycle came un be thit il near to tile the back 0 of f darto bartons ns head and fired before lie he allowed her to push lil him maside aside ile he then ran back of the store to see v what hat had hap happened penca to old E eie ye and returning pushed tile boman as aside ide and tired fired another anether shot la ia the back of bartons head as ill lay unconscious on the doorstep whatever the terror and const consttina pina pi na gllnn of the two fo women an fand d two small children they could only watch the mad drama diama take its course for tile the nearest Di arest white w bilto neighbors were ft ere at bluff tp tl alpa away over a rond that today would w oil III not be accorded the name posey his father Cheer ana t ates had biad watched tile the affair without taking a liand hand and they held lic lutral position till the tight fight was over the women omen willell i nr I 1 r 11 OPI bully di the tody body of old eye stagger with H ath it down 1 we U UIL tal IL leave it andr A blanket on the opposite bank and hur hurriedly ridly disappear was it to inflame larno the minds of ills his people and bring them i hack ack with ith whetted appetite tor for mow mol p blood surely lie he would represent present le to them thit that barton had killed tile other navajo and they would be furious nut aliat hot should be dow barton dm ton was wa not no t dead and might possibly rl ie cover tho those two glins lly wounds vounda jn in ills his head looked like sure deatle eldeir the store mrs barton turned to the utes and had them help carry her husband to a bed under a shed by hc bonse then she told 0 erf loots or posey for reports leports conflict here she would give him lie tair bahs I 1 it a note to blutt bluff a as a fast ra t is 3 his home rim inn tie he look ionic tile the lote sprang to illa hla saddle and in is ap ip fil dilloway loway leaning forward over its ills pony pon s reaching idank top nf lioe ollan Oll cn watched that boat with lah hearts that fluttered flut terud in anguish of 0 suslie su spence lice ten miles to I 1 PI llila rn 1101 i ni P in tow foch adi ill tio 11 nr ar river without clelaa lla but it if ills use dhols in is 11 or of exit ausdoll be fore ile tina 01 talip front our position simy reno ell over forty add dd aci j i alp iv ill situation calmly aal a ml hut but those wo nel i p v djs ina nr ari 11 I 1 hoped mil awl prayed while alle thir ears eais and their tl air of r ika r alivs tingled ith tile hot pulse en n ern Na 01 lis till a r el bp yond the all river alry rime and jilma d in tl ape 1 ir r it tale iliev pl PI barlly 19 dinst current landai on tile lie north bide nl ml aini 01 0 ol 1 nowara ti il in tile the defenseless defenses de fensel as hon lyeth iti their puns guns their hinds ands h |
