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Show 5S f g l iS • - ^ faiiiiiM-. - - f A-h!- - If S>;-'' *^ :rj,- • m t r 5. -, , -., . i JATPI Joaquin "set 'em up," with the usual result that almost the i^W^Bc^J^y^ri;,^ Mexican population became uproariously drunk and commenced to shoot up the town. Seeing the danger of the situation, a friend of Dan's rode post-haste to Ojo Venado to inform the father of the situation. In Dan's words - "I jumped a horse and rode as fast as I could go to St. Johns, where I found things pretty bad. The doors and shutters of the houses had beerTtaken down to carry away the dead and wounded, but Joaquin was not one of them. I rescued the boy and took him back to the ranch." Thus abruptly ended the story; but not being satisfied, I asked Dan what he did to Joaquin by way of punishment. "Well," he responded, "I had to scold the boy, of course, but I couldn't help admiring him!" About this time an episode of interest in Dan's career should be noted. The Zuni Indians conduct periodically a ceremony that takes them to a sacred lake. 'Among the members of the pilgrimage is Shulawitsi, the Little Fire God, one of whose functions, during the return journey to Zuni, is to set afire anything that chanced to be in the way, not excepting ranch fences and the like. It happened that Dan's fence was along the trail of the Little Fire God, consequently it suffered as the following shows: Territory of Arizona ) Before Marcos Baca y Padilla County of Apache J J. P. Saint John Precinct * Criminal Complaint Dannel Dubois a resident of Deer Springs, in and for the County of Apache, Territory of Arizona being first duly sworn diposes and says that heretofor to Wit, on the 12th day of July AD 1880 at Deer Springs in the County and Territory aforesaid Onejuan Tomas and one Patricio residents of the Zune Village, did then and there Wilfully and intenfionaTy~set on fire or caused to be set on fire my fence or inclosure on my property, with the intent of doing me Malicious Damage. About that time 1 went and told them not burn my fence and they exibited arms (pistols) in a rude angry and threatning maner, at the time above Stated there must have been about Forty (40) men altogether but cannott recognise only the aforesaid Juan Tomas and Patricio. Now therefor your Diponent asks of this Hon Court that a Warrant for the arrest may be issued against the said Juan Tomas and Patricio and be dealt with according to Law. Subscribed and sworn to befor me this 17th day of July AD 1880 (signed) Marcos B. y Padilla-J. P. The outcome of the complaint has not been revealed. The Patricio mentioned was" doubtless Palowahti, the adopted brother of Cushing, who lived in Zuni at the time. I may mention here a rather mysterious person who has been regarded as Dan's daughter. It has reference to the DuBois-Maxwell association. About the summer of 1900, after not having seen Dan for eleven years, my friend George Parker Winship (then Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library in Providence) and I were "spotted" by Dan on a street in Gallup. He was garbed in what seemed to be the same blue jeans tucked in his boots and made secure by the same leather belt, the same blue flannel shirt, and the same well-worn sombrero he wore when I last saw him. Dan was in no sense a dandy. Of course he invited us to have a drink, which I accepted in behalf of Winship and myself, knowing well of the dire threats directed to the young engineer which I have mentioned, Reaching a bar, Dan asked what we would have. Speaking V£ t |
