John T. Baker

“ He went on to say that he had the power of speech, which is something very rare among the spirits: that some communicate to people on earth by means of raps, some by writing, and in various ways; that he had the power to speak, but did not know how long it would continue; that he had seen Tom Short, Gay Dawley and Nucky Smith in the cave together, and therefore did not make his appearance, but that I was the first man he ever saw alone. ”

“ Since I have been in the spirit land I have learned of my lost love. In time she got over her grief and married a trapper, and low lives in the wilds of Colorado. I am doomed to stay in this solitary and lonely cavern for ages yet to come, as a punishment for the self-destruction of my body and human life, but at some time in the future I shall be released from this restraint, and wander with the happy spirits wher I choose". ”

“ As far back as I can remember, I have always treated with ridicule and derision any suggestion of things supernatural, but I find first by a somewhat frightful, and later, more pleasant experience, that I was wrong in my dogmatic ideas, and that spirits do exist. In my second interview the soldier told me that although he had all the appearance of a material being, that in fact it was only in form and appearance ”