Hello Joe,
The book is excellent. I'll have to read some chapters again due to rushing to get to the next. There are so many things in this book that I did not know about. Dr. Glover’s style reminds me of Alan Eckert and his “Frontiersman” series of novels.
Many of my questions were answered. I’m still not a believer that the Lost Dutchman is in the wilderness area, but am not saying the believers are wrong either. After reading the widely varied accounts, it highly likely to me that there were several separate discoveries on 3 sides of the Superstitions, but not so sure about the east or the interior. IMHO, the geology has to tie these widely-spaced, very rich discoveries together, and have an idea about this that I’m working on and will post later. My view still is that there is a lost “mining district”, not just a lost mine.
I’m not as learned as many regarding the history of the Superstitions, and the only thing believed to be incorrect in the book is the source that quoted Mrs. Lewis in "Clues". In a previous post, quoting an excerpt from the booklet “Spanish Gold”, she said the bulk of the gold came from an area 1-1/2 miles south of the hat-shaped rock that is just north of Government Well, not on the southern slopes of the Superstitions as the source quoted. Also, she was quoted in “Spanish Gold” that the expeditions “passed through” Adamsville, not that the mine was towards Adamsville. It is more than coincidence that she had mining claims 1-1/2 miles south of the hat-shaped rock also.
The most chilling item that that was read in the book is the possibility that the massacre could have been miles north of the classic location and in the hills just east of Government Well. I found the item in the photo below one evening several years ago in those hills just east of Gov. Well, and have posted it here before. It is an Apache Hoop, and is a powerful symbol for the Apache people. The colors of the streamers represent the 4 times of the day, and the 4 times of the year. The 4 balls, one on each quadrant, are filled with tobacco. The leather pouch at the base has tiny silver bells on the ends of the tie string, and a bear amulet made of polished brown stone with a faceted gem eye, and a piece of root, was inside. The root was believed to be “Indian Root”(American Spikenard). The wound-healing properties of this root are legendary, and it must have been common for warriors to carry this back in the day.
A friend of mine took this photo to a man from San Carlos, and the man said he thought that someone of great importance had died there. I've often wondered if a battle had taken place there, and until now had not thought about it in a long time. Here is the photo:
http://mollymarieprospect.com/Peralta2posting/hoop.jpg
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