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Mouse’s Tale ○ ○ tempted to re-cross the Colorado further ○ ○ vited him to stay the night. Their deci-
south, near where the Las Vegas Wash ○ sion might have been colored by his tale
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emptied into the river. His horse gamely ○ of a gold deposit about ten miles up
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by H. Dan Wray ○ ○
swam the river but on emerging on the ○ ○ stream. The next morning the two young
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other bank got caught in some quicksand. ○ men set off with Mouse to find the gold.
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ne winter night in 1896, a rancher ○ ○ Mouse abandoned it to die. ○ ○ Mouse indicated that this was the place
named Bonelli was surprised to ○ ○ In this version of the tale (there are ○ ○ and climbed up the steep cliff, Davis and
Ohave a visit from a group ○ ○ ○ ○ Steam following. As they climbed,
of frightened Indians. There was ○ ○ Mouse shot them from above and then
trouble at their camp and they ○ ○ mutilated their bodies. Strangely enough,
needed help. Bonelli and some of ○ ○ he did not take their money and contented
his men saddled up and set off to himself with taking Davis’ gun and
investigate. On arriving at the camp ○ Steam’s boots before heading back to-
he unexpectedly found one of his ○ ○ wards Bonelli’s Ferry.
men, a Paiute Indian called ○ ○ Upon the Indians at Bonelli’s Ferry
Mouse—normally a good worker ○ ○ discovering that one of the ranch’s horses
but inclined to be somewhat with- ○ ○ and its bridle were missing, Perkins—the
drawn and moody at times—drunk ○ ○ ranch foreman—and some Indians had
and shooting up the place. They dis- ○ ○ set out to track the thief. The tracks led
armed him and the very next morn- ○ ○ them to what is now Echo Wash where
ing Bonelli fired him and ferried him ○ Mouse’s Tank ○ ○ the tracks left the river and evening
and his horse from Bonelli’s Ferry, at the ○ ○ several), Mouse again made for Bonelli’s ○ ○ caught up with them.
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junction of the Virgin and Colorado Riv- ○ ○ The next day the search was resumed
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ers, across to Arizona. ○ Ferry where he thought that he stood a ○ ○ by Perkins and an Indian named Wine.
Mouse made his way to the nearest ○ ○ good chance of stealing another horse. A ○ ○ They guessed that Mouse was probably
mining camp which was at White Hills. ○ ○ little further up the river over on the Ari- ○ ○ heading for the Las Vegas Valley and de-
He found no difficulty in obtaining em- ○ ○ zona bank he saw three prospectors—two ○ ○ cided to take a different route in the hope
young men, Davis and Steam, and an old
ployment as a general handyman at the ○ ○ man called Major Greeoway—and en- ○ ○ of preventing Mouse from cutting back
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local saloon. He worked steadily and well ○ gaged them in conversation. They ferried ○ ○ to the Colorado. They questioned a miner
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for several months until history repeated ○ him over to their camp, fed him and in- ○ whom they met en route but he had seen
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itself and he ran amok again. This time no one. As it was again getting late, they
he compounded his decided to camp
error by stealing a overnight without
rifle and a horse. He Wishing You a Happy New Year! lighting a fire lest
was now an outlaw. Mouse be alerted
Heading back to- Barb, Christina, Chuck, Donald and Jack. that he was being fol-
ward Nevada, he at- lowed.

Mouse, continued on page 6.