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id: p_narrator_c20aba

also known as: I

Probable 70%
Summary:  The narrator describes a frightening experience involving a gun and a longing for home.
Completeness: 80/100 Grade B
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Claims (23)

arrived_in

Taos
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891)
One night I made camp near the little town of Chama, and to my surprise, next morning discovered that I was minus my horse. The saddle and saddle blankets I had used, one for a pillow, the other for a bed. I immediately looked the ground over a…
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891)
m an exposed rock projecting tv/o feet above the hoof-print. I did not stop, feeling satisfied that I would soon have my horse. Crossing the mountain I was soon at the famous Maxwell land grant, and encountering several mining camps, no one could…
cited from I here met two miners preparing to explore… (1891)
I here met two miners preparing to explore an old mine, or rather a worked out mine. They asked me to join them, to which I assented. I again asked of my horse, to which I received the usual negative. I remained till next morn- ing, and started…

discovered

cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891)
One night I made camp near the little town of Chama, and to my surprise, next morning discovered that I was minus my horse. The saddle and saddle blankets I had used, one for a pillow, the other for a bed. I immediately looked the ground over a…

experienced

a different kind of affair
cited from I have been in some very close places in… (1891)
I have been in some very close places in my life and have more than once looked into the business end of a shooting iron but don’t think I never had such a longing for home as I did that day. The fact is I was “rattled” for a little while, …

felt

longing for home
cited from I have been in some very close places in… (1891)
I have been in some very close places in my life and have more than once looked into the business end of a shooting iron but don’t think I never had such a longing for home as I did that day. The fact is I was “rattled” for a little while, …

joined

cited from I here met two miners preparing to explore… (1891)
I here met two miners preparing to explore an old mine, or rather a worked out mine. They asked me to join them, to which I assented. I again asked of my horse, to which I received the usual negative. I remained till next morn- ing, and started…

met

cited from I here met two miners preparing to explore… (1891)
I here met two miners preparing to explore an old mine, or rather a worked out mine. They asked me to join them, to which I assented. I again asked of my horse, to which I received the usual negative. I remained till next morn- ing, and started…

owned

pony
cited from When I got to the top ov the bluff the first… (1891)
When I got to the top ov the bluff the first thing I met was the old bear and her two cubs. My pony had strayed off 100 yards, an’ there I was with nothin’ to fight with, and the bear between me an’ my pony. As soon as I reached the top …
cited from When I got to the top ov the bluff the first… (1891)
When I got to the top ov the bluff the first thing I met was the old bear and her two cubs. My pony had strayed off 100 yards, an’ there I was with nothin’ to fight with, and the bear between me an’ my pony. As soon as I reached the top …
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…
cited from Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold,… (1891)
Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold, when part of the pillar gave way, extinguishing the lights. V/e found our way out safely, and then we planned to get that pillar without jeopardizing our lives. I declined to having anything to do with …

purchased

cited from “Yes,” answered the doctor, “I got qui-… (1891)
“Yes,” answered the doctor, “I got qui- nine, but it will cost you $3 for six powders, and I want the money before I get off this bunk.” I handed him the three dollars and then he put up the powders which he handed me with the necessary inst…

rescued_by

Sam
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
hour before I began to give under that my time had come at last. I couldn’t have held out near so long if it hadn’t been for a little hole in the rocks where I could stick my toes an’ rest my hands. I could hear the old bear and her s…

sold_to

cited from Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold,… (1891)
Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold, when part of the pillar gave way, extinguishing the lights. V/e found our way out safely, and then we planned to get that pillar without jeopardizing our lives. I declined to having anything to do with …

used_tool

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891) · +1 more
back the two cubs come rushin’ by. I didn’t have a thing to defend myself with ’cept a pocket knife. But the old one didn’t care to tackle me. I felt considerably better when she and her two cubs passed on. I went down an’ got my drink, …
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
back the two cubs come rushin’ by. I didn’t have a thing to defend myself with ’cept a pocket knife. But the old one didn’t care to tackle me. I felt considerably better when she and her two cubs passed on. I went down an’ got my drink, …

witnessed

a very close place with a shooting iron
cited from I have been in some very close places in… (1891)
I have been in some very close places in my life and have more than once looked into the business end of a shooting iron but don’t think I never had such a longing for home as I did that day. The fact is I was “rattled” for a little while, …
old bear and her two cubs
cited from When I got to the top ov the bluff the first… (1891)
When I got to the top ov the bluff the first thing I met was the old bear and her two cubs. My pony had strayed off 100 yards, an’ there I was with nothin’ to fight with, and the bear between me an’ my pony. As soon as I reached the top …
bear
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
back the two cubs come rushin’ by. I didn’t have a thing to defend myself with ’cept a pocket knife. But the old one didn’t care to tackle me. I felt considerably better when she and her two cubs passed on. I went down an’ got my drink, …
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891) · +1 more
One night I made camp near the little town of Chama, and to my surprise, next morning discovered that I was minus my horse. The saddle and saddle blankets I had used, one for a pillow, the other for a bed. I immediately looked the ground over a…
cited from Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold,… (1891)
Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold, when part of the pillar gave way, extinguishing the lights. V/e found our way out safely, and then we planned to get that pillar without jeopardizing our lives. I declined to having anything to do with …

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Doctor sold_to Narrator
Quinine powders sold_to Narrator

Sources (8)

I have been in some very close places in…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

I here met two miners preparing to explore…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

knowed they couldn’t get to me…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Meanwhile I had fingered around the gold,…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

One night I made camp near the little town…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

When I got to the top ov the bluff the first…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

“Yes,” answered the doctor, “I got qui-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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