The weekly Arizonian., 1859-06-09

On the I 6thgwe left early in the morning, and was soon out of the valley, and our course, as usual, was over mountains; made fine stream, which is tributary of the Salinas; at night
 pr0speeted, but found no color; all the canons have the appearance of being rich, but the want of water made it Impossible to prospect as we go along, Our course. the next day was along the banks of this stream, and have crossed it, many times. IF following this trail
 it's size, has increased, and is now about the size of the San Pedro. W here prospected, but have as yet found nothing, but are assured by the Indians we will find plenty on the Salinas river. Many Indians in camp, and we meet with them daily on our way; the mountains are full of them, and their signal fires are to be seen everywhere. They are very peaceablc, but fearful On the following day camped on same stream; the Pinal name for that river is
 HSustong," and they call the Salinas To-tod- gill Our course thus far has been sw. We left the Gia about NE. By E.
 ~ May 18th, after long days journey, over 8 more even trail, we have made the Salinas river, and are camped about halfa mile from its banks. This is the main headquarters of the Pinal and Tonto Apache Indians. They are here in great numbers: they have many Mexican captives and one Pimo Indian woman; many fine fields of corn and wheat are sowed This is a fine
 country, and will produce good crops of all kinds. The Salinas is a large .river, and much larger thanthe Gila; the current is very strong.
 One of the captains has promised to show us a canon where we will find gold in abundance, and many presents hare been made him. On the l 9th left camp under the lead of an Apache chief, and many Indians following us crossed the river about 4 miles from camp, river very deep, and had considerable trouble in crossing Camped; good grass. That the company might ! oof,, ;lo,l +1,o II Indian chief had named, some miles distant
 and prospected the canon and the river, but only succeeded in finding few colors. Others took different directions, and returned with same re- suit The entire country locks exceedingly rich, but does not prospect well. The Tontos kept us on the lookout, as they tried their best to steal, and were even skulking about in the high grass They stole many small articles,
 but did not succeed in getting anything of inn portance, rHta0A o.adi hN 7aca
 May 20th, our course has been almost due east to-day; made a fine tributary of therSaliS mas; water very good; continued on and at
 night again camped on the Salinasi The wa | ter of the Salinas is very brackishS but all the small streams running into it thatN.e have made thusffar, we found the water very fresh and good Some of the party have keen trading
 their horses for others with the Indians; to-day
 many III camp. ao s1 -a, b I This morning, May 2lst MT. c. H Oury, on account of ill health, concluded to go in with | MT. John Capron, who was obliged to go on ac- | count of business engagements, and were joined l by Samuel Hughes They left us early in the
 morning, aud the balance of the party contin- l ped on, and at night made another tributary of the Salinas, and quite long stream, and is un- l doubtedly one of its head tributaries, being
 almost as large as the main stream; water very l T Tl>oa
 again, as Mr. Oury had left, and elected MT. J.
 Snvely as captain. Many prospected, but no
 success. baG fGed seoEi.asrt
 g Sunday, May 22d, decided to return to Tue
 son, and in company with Mr. A. Lyon left camp
 about 8 Q clock. We returned part of the way
 on a new trail, and at the San Pedro at Leach
 Crossingrwe separated, Mir. Lyon for MT Ca
 pron's station on the mail line near ,the Pimo
 villages and for this place, which Preached OR
 Saturday, May 18th, The balance of the com
 pany are well supplied with provisions, and in- :. tend to keep on until they are consumed, having lat least sixty days on hand when l left them i They intend to follow up the tributary we last struck if it bears east if not they will follow it | for one or two days prospecting, and then go east, hoping to cross the head waters of the Be- | nita and Black rivers, and return by, the Gila i river. They are in good spirits, and the opinion
 of all is that they will yet strike the gold de- l posits that have been so much talked of by all T that have passed that country. It is truly as-
 tonishipg to. find the Indians among whom we
 have been so peaceable and kindly disposed to-
 wards all whites-they have treated us in all
 cases with great kindness, and it is now per H fectly safe for any white man to pass through |, their country alone. Upon our return we fell in with some 25O Pinal Apaches, but they gave us no trouble, and we even felt so safe that at Il. Lox.