CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTIONCherokee was the civic father of Yellowhammer. Yellowhammer was
a new mining town constructed mainly of canvas and undressed pine.
Cherokee was a prospector. One day while his burro was eating
quartz and pine burrs Cherokee turned up with his pick a nugget,
weighing thirty ounces. He staked his claim and then, being a man
of breadth and hospitality, sent out invitations to his friends in
three States to drop in and share his luck.
Not one of the invited guests sent regrets. They rolled in from
the Gila country, from Salt River, from the Pecos, from Albuquerque
and Phoenix and Santa Fe, and from the camps intervening.
When a thousand citizens had arrived and taken up claims they
named the town Yellowhammer, appointed a vigilance committee, and
presented Ch
