cabin  beheld  a dozen  or  more  Apaches,  and
found  to  his  utter  amazement  and  dismay  that
the  Indians  were  between  him  and  his  rifle.  A
moment  later  the  screams  had  ceased  and  being
discovered  by  the  Indians  the  race  for  life  began
for  the  Langston  mine,  near  Pinos  Altos,  nine
miles  distant,  the  only  white  settlement  in  the
country,  and  succeeded  in  giving  the  alarm.
The  following  day  a party  of  mountaineers
visited  the  now  deserted  frontier  home,  and
found  his  wife  and  child  not  only  murdered,  but
mutilated.  On  examining  the  cabin  it  was
ascertained  that  his  wife,  on  discovering  the
approach  of  the  Indians,  seized  the  rifle  and
secreted  it  in  the  chimney  of  the  fire  place,  and
the  alarm  intended  for  her  husband  was  a
scream  of  anguish,  as  she  fell  pierced  with  a
dozen  arrows.  In  1870,  Capt.  Hurlburt  was  one
of  a party  of  eight  who  located  Legal  Tender
Hill,  and  which  subsequently  led  to  the  dis-
covery of  the  Sherman  mine,  and  the  Chloride
Flat  mining  district.  For  the  last  twenty  years
he  was  engaged  in  mining  in  various  portions
of  the  county,  and  lately  interests  centered  in
and  around  Pinos  Altos.  Capt.  Hurlburt  was  a
genial,  whole  souled  man,  a good  citizen,  and
made  lasting  friends  wherever  he  resided.  The
remains  were  followed  by  a large  concourse  of
friends  to  their  last  resting  place  in  the  Masonic
cemetery,  his  old  companions  in  peace  and  in
war:  Messrs.

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inos  Altos.  Capt.  Hurlburt  was  a
genial,  whole  souled  man,  a good  citizen,  and
made  lasting  friends  wherever  he  resided.  The
remains  were  followed  by  a large  concourse  of
friends  to  their  last  resting  place  in  the  Masonic
cemetery,  his  old  companions  in  peace  and  in
war:  Messrs.  Brahm,  McDonald,  Mason,  Coon-
ey, Watts  and  Anderson,  acting  as  pall  bearers.

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