Page 7. Ed and the Maps
Cec said: Me an
Ed
decided to go see if we could find the
mine shown on the maps. Showing me one of the maps.
the map showed a skyline, he said Ed knew and showed him. It
showed a cactus with varus markings on it, a kidney vein. Ed took him
to a place in the Superstitions about an hours
walk from Ed's camp. Ed pointed to the mountains an said do they look
like the skyline drawing? Cec
Said Exactly. Then they walked up a canyon
and finally Ed showed Cec the cactus. The Cactus was
about twenty or more feet tall, with an arrow deeply etched in it.
Cec showed me a picture of the cactus and the mark looked very
old, you could see it was about four inches deep looked black and the
edges were withered. The map showed the
mine to have two shafts, one high the other down the canyon
near the bottom.
In the mountains
the indians kept an army, Cec told me. Not always the same me, A Indian
we
called Little Foot because Cec said he left little foot prints.
Little foot smoked white filter cigarettes. Cec said: Little foot was
the chief of the army and their job was to
guard the sacred burial grounds, where the ancient great chiefs from
hundreds of years ago are
laid. the army had about thirty five
warriors in it. Cec told me Little Foots real name, but i can't
remember
it. His name was spanish. Little foots
Mother was a Mexican woman, his Father Indian.
Cecil told me
about other people who lived in the mountains. A opera singer. This
opera
singer had a map and had hired a crew of Mexicans to help her look
for
the Lost Dutchman. The opera singer was
from Chicago.
for some reason her an Ed had a feud going. Mostly over water I think.
Ed lived
in the only place in that part of the mountains that had any water
all year. At night someone would shoot
into Ed's camp and Ed would return fire. this went on many nights
Cec said. Someone wants to chase Ed away
from the water and keep him from looking for the mine.
Finally Ed killed a man who worked for the Opera singer. Ed got off on
self defense. A strange thing, the man
pulled a gun on Ed
but the firing pin in the Mexicans gun had been removed.
