[Early Days In Silver City and Grant Co.]
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Frances E.Totty -Louis S?Goforth 78 43 May 27,1938 words,f44:r JUN 1 -1938 Early Days in Silver City and Grant Co. I left Tennessee in in 1880 and came to New Mexico in 1881 arriving at Old Town for my first stop in Grant county. Senor Pena was running the store there at the time. I will never forget the fact that be served buttermilk with our meal and I thought that it was the best milk that I ever drink.' eattlede in the Sappo and "inbres district living on the Menbres most of the time. I woe livine on tile Membres when a tir hayes was killed eve r near ,:p1A0,4Cref Lake yalleyiloy the Indians Mr Moore my nearest neighborwishod to go over to his place at Lake Valley and wanted me to go with him after Mr."ayes was killed. We were nearing Mule Springs when I noticed a modietnin track. I said "Look there are tracienl. Mr Moore replied "Oh they probably belong to some "exicen." I soon Cried "LOOk Loot the is rge traths oft the Indian". Moore said !Lets getreeus Christ is that fellowin this part of the country"? He b,gan to kick and spur his horse and we were really leaving that part of the country.In all of the recent raids there was an unusually large track and when this track was seen it was generally known that some cruelty and destruction had been done in the vicinity and everyone had a horror of meeting the warrior and wanted to get away from the peace that he was likely to be feund around.We soon caught up with a (4n1c and told him that the Indians rere behind up and he seta"Me no see Indians" but he soon had his horse in a run also when we told him oC the large track. e went on hume and near night a fellow came byt and told us the Indians were near and we were to go the Brown place .We went over to th place and spent the night and the next morning returned home to find 23 that the Indians had taken a large stone and thrown threw had gone int) the house and taken all of the best blankets had a long handled frying pan which they took and left us a one.They tcok our violin and laid it tin the floor with the the center. The Indians were never as will admit there was times or any of the others but treatment that the Indians that none as a rule received. the door and and we short handled bow across bad as they were pictured but of us wished to see them NanaL4eronimo /46 the uprising started over some mis- 2