New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-16
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The New York Tinea publishes the Glowing letter
from its correspondent in Arizona:
TCBAC, A. T., Monday, Nov. Is. 1853. ~ The
Apaches continue to annoy us they come into the
ranches near Tubac (LwD miles) and drive off cattle.
If they are Immediately followed they will abandon
the stock and take to the mountains. few days
since battle was tonight at the mouth Of the san
Pedro between the Pimos and Maricopas and the
Apaches; the PimOs lost their chief and two war.
riors killing seven Apaches, when the Apaches took
to the mountains and as they are well supplied with
rifles and muskets, the PimOs and MariCopa9 could
not follow them, as they are poor and destitute hav.
ing no arms excepting the bow and arrows They
are now at Fort Buchanan endeavoring to obtain
arms, when they propose to make a campaign into
the mountains
If our Government had any number Of troops
here they could with the aid OF the Pimos and Mari
Copos, by once taking the field destroy and scatter
the Apaches, and prevent further depredati0ns.
The risk OF keeping stock and raising crops is now
the great bar to the immediate cultivation OF what
little good land we have. There is hardly a settler
here who has not lost more or less stock, and some
have been made poor by it, with no hope Of getting
any pay from Government
Colonel Titus the Colonel Titus whose yerv name
carried terror into the hearts of the Freeso men of
the North who was looked upon as monster in hn-
man shape, has quietly settled down on ranch within
% miles Of here He is thought very quiet citizen.
He is certainly very unObtrusive civil gentleman
who minds his own business and divides bis time be.
tween raising stock and working a silver mine. He
says he has lost largely by filibustering, and now
proposes to make good his losses. If he hits the
right vein be will succeed. His a1nu are scattered
some have stopped on the way others have gone to
the rich ~ gold dggings on the Gia near its juno
ton with the Colorado.
These " new diggins will be found rich the great
difficulty will be want of water to work them have
seen one dollar taken from single pan full of dirt
but il brOughtquit distance to the river there
is no water excepting the river and there is not fall
enough to make sluices. Some thousands Of miners
and adventures on the ground and few are in
dustrousy packing earth to the water, making from
s. to SIG day, the greater portion, however, are
looking on waiting for " something to turn up
The discovery Of this gold is but another evidence
Of the mineral wealth Of this Territory, requiring
nothing but capital and labor to develop it nearly all
the minerals found in the world are found here Iron
copper lead silver and gold with many others Of less
may he found in the same mountains. In the Cerro
Colorado Mountain (the Hantzeman mine) is found
all the ores for reducing silver, excepting CHINA bar
that has not yet been found in the Territory vet we
have found indications of it.
Exaggerated reports Of the richness Of these mines
will undoubtedly 60 to the States without fair aC.
count Of the difficulties It would be well for who.
ever leaves good business and comfortable home to
know that all the country about these new diggings
is sandy desert-nO grazing, or raising crops. All
the supplies used must be brought from San Francisco
requiring from one TO two months time, and at an
expense for freight alone Of over 500 tun. These
facts alone will give idea Of the cost Of living
| The climate is hot in the extreme. AT Fort Yuma
sixteen miles distant, for months the thermometer
stands from 100 to l20 deg. in the shade. Yet with
all these difficulties money will be made and thou
sands will rush from the frozen Frazer River country
| to the hot deserts Of Arizona,