lded  with  hot  water  with 
which  he  was  preparing  his  lonely  meal.  Most 
of  the  Indians  arrived  on  foot  but  they  stole 
twelve  head  of  horses  from  Deer  creek,  then 
went  through  San  Luis  pass  and  secured  about 
twenty  more  horses  at  the  Lang,  another  of 
Head  & Hearst’s  ranches.

The  largest  individual  sale  of  steers  made 
in  New  Mexico,  was  consummated  at  Las  Vegas 
recently  by  the  sale  of  7,000  head  of  1,  2,  and 
3 year  olds  belonging  to  the  J.  C.  Lea  Cattle 
Company  and  the  Black  outfit,  of  Lincoln  Coun- 
ty, to  W .E.  Weeks,  president  of  the  Soda 
Springs  Cattle  Company  of  Idaho.  The  prices 
paid  were  $14,  $19  and  $22,  respectively,  de- 
livered at  Soda  Springs,  Idaho.

We  are  glad  to  announce,  with  almost  posi- 
tive certainty,  that  the  various  Indian  rumors 
of  last  week  were  without  foundation,,  except 
the  report  of  the  killing  of  B.  F.  Cady  on  Deer 
creek.  Deer  creek  is  in  Grant  County,  only  a 
few  miles  from  the  Mexican  line  at  Cloverdale, 
and  while  the  killing  was  done  by  Indians,  we