The weekly Arizonian., 1859-06-09

J of five men, all well provisioped hnd mountedy and are now expecting Mr. Kemp and four othTl CTS from the Colorado river; they are onkthe. San Pedro, at the crossing, and have mining tools of all kinds, and supplies to last them at least four months. They are very much fa- tigued, and are obliged to travel very slowly Mir. Oury learned in Tucson from an Apache that some 25 white men were on the Black river washing forgold and ifoso, are supposed to be from the Gila diggings, near the Colorado, and have reached there ahead of us, by more northern route. All arein hopes it is so, as 1t will add to our numbers when we reach them, and make us more secure. io 'iiN 9W
 May l0th Mr.. Kemp and his party arrived, and this morning we organized, and live remain until the l2th, ito give little rest to those that came in last. lWe were very much disappointed that Mr. 0ury had not succeeded in securing guide to go with.us as it is of great importance, as not one in the party knows the country; there are many trails, but it is Impossible to tell where they lead to, and the dIfferentparts of the coun- try we are anxious to reach; we are ignorant of the course to them and that from the fact that Indians, Mexicans and Americans, that pretend to know, all place them differently. There are three Mexcans in the Purchase that probably know the entire country, as they have been cap tives among the Apaches. One of them living iE Tucson, it was impossible to get-nothing could be held out to him; or any teInptation-- he was tod much afraid, and money was of no use in his case. The second could not be found i; the third one, the one we most wanted, as the most capable, as he had passed many years among the Apache Indians, acting as their -chief for long space of time and possessed of more than usual good common sense having lived in the countryin which gold is found and has often offered to go with any party and show them where 1t could be picked up, we could have secured as he was anxious ego; but upon application being made to the commanding off cer of the military post notwithstanding the i'm portance of opening a country belonging to, th!s Union, and yet almost Hidden to the eyes of the white nlari, he was refused permission, as he could not spare his private servanti although there were plenty of lazy Mexicans hanging about the post that might have filled his place. A communication was addressed to Capt. R, s. Ewell by Mr. G. H. Oury asking for the services as guide of the Mexican named Marcial, if he was willing to go, stating the importance of having him the letter was placed before the commanding officer, but declined letting him go. On the l2th we started, and rode only miles, as some of the party were yet behihd and their animals needed care to keep up. with the bal ance. On the following day we left camp, and crossed the Gila about 2 miles from the mouth of San Pedro, water deep and crossing bad j; continued on down the Gila and made about IS miles hard walking, and all well tired as 1t was very warm and the trail very sandy. fa 4s,gt |. May 14th, left the Gila,. and as we supposed Mineral river course was from southwest to northeast, we took atrail that bore NV. by NJ, and hoped we would strike the river about 10 miles from its mouth Our course was up and down mountains and after going about Is miles we made very beautiful little stream, sup posed to be tributary of Mineral river We have passed through country that appears to abound in minerals many good evidences of | fine silver leads, and have mo doubt but that silver veins exist here equal to any that has yet been found in this country, and also found dsome mineral that has the appearance of cinnabar. We did not prospect for gold for want of water in canons, that looked rich, but where we camped at night we prospaoted, but found nothing.-- 1 Many of the party werni finding mescal, and brought in some fine heads, and made a large hole and fire to roast it, but.did not succeed, as one night is not sufficient to cook 1t, and their labor was lostd The Indians require from four | to five days to, cook it sufficiently They ap- pear to live upon 1t almost entirely, and hardly a mountain exists that grows a head of mescal
 but you find them gathering it, and fires are to
 be seen all over, where they are preparing it for
 eating Early next morning left this small
 stream and the trail carried us up large
 canon, and thenaupcand down mountains; al
 last we lost the trail, and the mountains ap
 peared impassable; we were obliged to return
 again to get on the trail, when we were sgnaled
 by two Indians from the top of mountain,- Upon calling to them they came down, and fol
 the balance of that day we followed them apG
 asoended n mountain,l one of range of grea l haic and dad aOd nd iY
 one of the most beautiful valleys to be ,fonnc
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