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Unnamed narrator person

born: [1867-01-01,1868-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q21933269id: p_unnamed-narrator_1fe850

also known as: I

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Summary:  The first-person narrator who recounts a journey in 1867 to the San Juan country and a horse theft.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (19)

arrived_in

Taos1867
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
dollars may be looked for as a monthly product of the mine. There are no mines in New Mexico, if the croakers tell the truth, but dis- coveries of this kind v/hich this is not a solitary one proves them liars. From ihe September 4, 1891, …
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891)
le there that a horse answering my description was seen the day before entering a large canyon north of the place. It being late and a drizzling rain falling, I was advised to remain over to next morning, which I did. I started out next mo…
Ute Creek area via a canyon1867
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891) · +1 more
le there that a horse answering my description was seen the day before entering a large canyon north of the place. It being late and a drizzling rain falling, I was advised to remain over to next morning, which I did. I started out next mo…
cited from “On the day when I was surprised I was… (1888)
“On the day when I was surprised I was cooking dinner in a rough cabin. It was in the winter season. The door of the cabin stood partially ajar, and I was cooking a piece of bacon and boiling some beans. I heard a shot — the whiz of a bullet. …
San Juan country1867
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
It was in the summer of 1867 I started for the famous San Juan country via Tierra Amaria and Abivul, Rio Arriba county, N. M.

departed_for

San Juan country via Tierra Amarilla and Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico1867
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
dollars may be looked for as a monthly product of the mine. There are no mines in New Mexico, if the croakers tell the truth, but dis- coveries of this kind v/hich this is not a solitary one proves them liars. From ihe September 4, 1891, …

discovered

particles of gold in a hoof-print1867
cited from One night I made camp near the little town… (1891)
le there that a horse answering my description was seen the day before entering a large canyon north of the place. It being late and a drizzling rain falling, I was advised to remain over to next morning, which I did. I started out next mo…

fought_in

defense of cabin against Geronimo
cited from “On the day when I was surprised I was… (1888)
“On the day when I was surprised I was cooking dinner in a rough cabin. It was in the winter season. The door of the cabin stood partially ajar, and I was cooking a piece of bacon and boiling some beans. I heard a shot — the whiz of a bullet. …

found

gold
cited from I returned to Santa Fe a month later and… (1891)
I returned to Santa Fe a month later and learned that a grand mining discovery had been made at the identical spot where I had found gold in the horse’s print.

owned

property worth $20,000 in Riverside
cited from “On the day when I was surprised I was… (1888)
“On the day when I was surprised I was cooking dinner in a rough cabin. It was in the winter season. The door of the cabin stood partially ajar, and I was cooking a piece of bacon and boiling some beans. I heard a shot — the whiz of a bullet. …

purchased

property in Riverside for $300
cited from “On the day when I was surprised I was… (1888)
“On the day when I was surprised I was cooking dinner in a rough cabin. It was in the winter season. The door of the cabin stood partially ajar, and I was cooking a piece of bacon and boiling some beans. I heard a shot — the whiz of a bullet. …

returned_to

cited from I returned to Santa Fe a month later and… (1891)
I returned to Santa Fe a month later and learned that a grand mining discovery had been made at the identical spot where I had found gold in the horse’s print.

traveled_through

Tierra Amarilla1867
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
It was in the summer of 1867 I started for the famous San Juan country via Tierra Amaria and Abivul, Rio Arriba county, N. M.
Abiquiu1867
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
It was in the summer of 1867 I started for the famous San Juan country via Tierra Amaria and Abivul, Rio Arriba county, N. M.
cited from It was in the summer of 1867 I started for… (1891)
It was in the summer of 1867 I started for the famous San Juan country via Tierra Amaria and Abivul, Rio Arriba county, N. M.

witnessed

old worked-out mine with large country rock dump and porphyry formation1867
cited from I here met two miners preparing to explore… (1891)
at the famous Maxwell land grant, and encountering several mining camps, no one could give me information of my horse. Then I gave up the chase, having lost all traces. Descending one of the lofty peaks I was soon inclosed in a beautiful c…
cited from “On the day when I was surprised I was… (1888)
“On the day when I was surprised I was cooking dinner in a rough cabin. It was in the winter season. The door of the cabin stood partially ajar, and I was cooking a piece of bacon and boiling some beans. I heard a shot — the whiz of a bullet. …
unanimity in work on county affairs
cited from Now as to any control or attempted control… (1890)
Now as to any control or attempted control of the grand jury, or to do more or less than my duty, every member will bear me out in the statement that there was the most perfect unanimity in our work on the county affairs ex- cepting in one…
disagreement with other grand jurors over moderation and leniency
cited from Now as to any control or attempted control… (1890)
Now as to any control or attempted control of the grand jury, or to do more or less than my duty, every member will bear me out in the statement that there was the most perfect unanimity in our work on the county affairs ex- cepting in one…

Sources (7)

“On the day when I was surprised I was…

1888 · newspaper · public-domain

Now as to any control or attempted control…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

I here met two miners preparing to explore…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

I returned to Santa Fe a month later and…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

It was in the summer of 1867 I started for…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

It was in the summer of 1867 I started for…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

One night I made camp near the little town…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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