The weekly Arizonian., 1859-04-07


 been the work of modern Indians. Others were of undoubted antiquity, and the signs and symbols intended to commemorate some great event One stone bore on 1t what might be . taken to be mastadon, horse a dog, and man. Their heads are turned to the east, and this may commemorate the passage of the Alp orgnes of the GIia on their way north.
 Some of the boulders have been written and rewritten upon so often that it was impossible to get distinct outline of any of the characters.
 We made many inquiries as to the character of the vast region of country embraced in the triangle formed by the Colorado of the west, the Del Norte, and the Gila; and from all can learn the country does not differ materially, in it's physical character from New Mexico, except, perhaps, heinz less denuded of soil and ysgeta tion The whole extent except on the margin of streams is said to be destitute of forest trees The Apaches and Navsjos gre very numerous. The former are nomadic Indians, but the latter have fixed habtations possess numerous herds of sheep, and cultivate the soil
 ''Warner, Stanley, and myself, saddled up to visit the junction of the Gila with the Col orado, which we found due North from our camp about a mile and a half distant We mounted butte of feldspathic granite and looking 25 deg East of North, the course of the Colorado was marked by clouds of flying sand. The Gila comes into it nearly at right angles, and the point of junction, strangely chosen is the hard butte through which, with their united forces, they cut canon, and then flow off due magnetic west, in drectien of the resultant due to the relative strength of the rivers.
 The walls of the canon are vertical and about fifty feet high, and one thousand feet long. Almost before entering the caatsA iii descending the Gia, its sea-green water is lost @I,o ol,.o l,,,a of tbn 1O For distance of three or four miles below the junction, the river is perfectly straight, end about GJ0 feet wide; and up at least to this point there is little doubt that the Colorado is navigable for stcomboats. Above, tho Colo rado is full of shifting sandbars, but it is, no doubt to great extent susceptible of nayiga- ton. ""A
 The Gila, at certain stages, might be nayiga- ted up to the Pimos village, and possibly with } small boats at all stages of water
 , Near the junction, on the north side are the remains of an old Spanish church built near the beginning of the l7tb century, by the re- . nowncd missionary Father Kino The mission WAS eventually sacked by the Indians, andthe ] inhabitants all murdered or driven off by the Indians It will probably yet be the seat of a citv~o wealth and importance, most of the min eral and fur regions of Q vast extent of country C being drained by the two rivers. The stone butte through which they have cut their pass
 age is not more than mile in length. The Gila once flowed to the south, and the Colo e rado to the north of this butte, and the point of l. junction was below What freak of nature uni ted their efforts in forcing the butte, is difficult II to say During freshets, it is probable the riv- II CTS now discharge their surplus waters through
 these old channels Francisco informs me e that the Colorado seven miles travel up from the butte, continues pretty much the same as Q we saw it. ..a. v
 There canon is reached, impossible for l horses or canoes The country between is set 0 tied by the Coyoteros or wolf-eaters cOchineanS d (dirty fellows), Los Tontears or fools, and the d Garroteros, or club Indians. These cultivate d melons, beans, and maize .., ;. s, .-... Is
 Higher up, on the Gila, the ruins of many r. ancient settlements were discovered Just be- c fore reachingth the base of Mount Graham, wide t, valley, smooth and level, comes in from tho ,, southeast At the junction of this valley witt
 the Gila are the ruins of a large settlement e We found traces of circular wall 270 feet ir 70 circumference Here. also was one circular y enclosure of 400 yards. This must have beer e for defence In one corner was an indenturC
 which we supposed to be well Large mesquite y trees now grow in it, attesting it's antiquity le Most of the houses are rectangular, varying D. from 20 to 100 feet front Red cedar post