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th.Mr.ViiHxnl ScappaUra arrivedin Piocheon the Hiko backboard Thnraday morntig. I Th* la ad interview Mr SonppnUirn told, y»#l in •uhttanct, the following •lory; verI »« a irttnlxr of the Utah Central ISmi •arraying party under Mr. W**t. 5om* «idf lime ago 1 began to fall into fit* of dt I whl ■pond'Bry and my bodily health eu oot I I Ul a robutt i it had Veen. I thcreapoo pea applied to Mr. Wret for my diwhara, 1Umi 1 felt inyaeli unnblo to continue alt* work at that lira#. Arimog at | vei. Youot • Rauch »• found that M J. B. Mawilty and Gao. Boa* were about I fro to atari to Milford. 1 took advantage ol I tan thia opportunity and atartcd a itli them d*f One ol oui camping place* « m Qiar1f I ^ Spring*. In tb# mommx when w# left iha place I walked out ahead of lb* wag«*n ■ ilb a view to eierc***, I innat havo walked too far. how«*rr. and ha-1 ^ coma fatigued, aa one of my file ol da-1 hM pendency aeixed iue, and 1 felt there in I y the da*eit alone ihat ! bad no on« to I carr (or me. I IumI reached the »umiut I ^ about 12 milra from the apnng. and there I ..j 1 turned a*id* from tb»- road, went to a true a hundred feet away and laid down to reel where they would not ere me at they pa**-1. Whan I awoke it wa* if ter noon I waa weak and the epell ■«■till oo me. ! knew my oompauiooe had gooe oi, but 1 wiihed to avoid thim Quarii Spring vu nearer than the mil tin* way; ao I went hack toward Quart* ■pring. That night 1 failed to Hod it, aared a little of the water in the I 671 teen for morning and want to aleep. lo I '** the munuag I found th* apr.og and filled | my canteen. Then after much aearoh 1 found a (helving rock on th* aidc-hill about a thousand feet above the apring, I w where I could he in the ehado. Thera I ,0 lay day and night, huahaoJing my 101 atrcngth. except when compelled to go | et to the apriag tor water. The apring U irregular in it* Oow, an 1 ona day I could hardly gat enough to fill my canteen. I had nothing to eat. —tried a epecita of cactoa hot could oot eat iL Acute bun oo the third day, Threagh X became indifferent. Tb* climb down to the apriog and back waa telling my itrength. It waa very lonely there. 75 milt* from any human teiag that I knew of. Th* day# were long and weary and whan th# aUre ram* out at night they only brought fraah thought* and fandea for my tired hraio to work on. Coyote* filled the air with tbafr barka and yell* all night lung. Oot passed quietly very near me. The grim thought came that be waa making ealeu Utlona oo aating me abortly. 1 felt that 1 muet peeiah there and wrote a farewell note 1 ccMldarcd the caaaa id the crank fallen and calculated bow many daye I might Uea. My condition wu not aa favorable aa theira and I tluught Id live only a few day* longer. But on lb* morning of th* fourth day 1 fell hopeful A little Uni had fluttered near and perched upon a rook vary do** to me, leemlagiy without fear. I felt that torn* on* would oooie that day. A* the day wore on a black object appeared far of upon the road. X could not at firat believe Ihat X really aaw it I thought it pwrhnpe a fancy of my weak miad. At laat, however I rccog mud that it really waa a buck-board.A man oo hona-beck waa behind it It tlopped; lu ooeppaata alighted and 1 want down and found them cooking. 1 recognized one aa Jo*. Sharp of Hiko. The other two were John F. Fergfta«l and Aldra P. Perguaou. I wa# not rav* eooaily hungry bat rat a good meal and could have aaton more. Toey informed me that they had wme for me end I returned with them to Hiko. I expect to leave to-morruw for Salt Lake.Mr. HenppaUra la a dark pl«aaant faced gcotlemu, with a eharmiogly frank of oeprooaion. U# apeaha Ko-gliah with a alight Italian acoent. When Interviewed hia oarreoa ey»Um turned to know nod ewtltoly ve«aM Ito. eqallib.
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The Pioche Weekly Record
Pioche, Nevada, US
Sat, Aug 18, 1888
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