Arizona miner., 1864-05-25
THE WoOLsEY EXPEDITION.
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eft 20 scout in the vicinity Of hlgh pine noun +
ain, that borders the upper valley OF The III"
Y erde on the west. We met DOR pack train 90 ,
be evening Of the 3rd ut the clenega, or heao ol
he east branch Of the Aqua trla. where we
,amppd until the 9Th. While We were campeo
nj the cieuega we met Col Chavez with de-
tachmeat OF the Missouri Volunteers. lie was
returning from au exploring expedition TOWARDS
the little Colorado, aud reported having found
feasible route, making the road to Nlngate
great deal shorter We reached The Rio Verde
about r. NJ at point some ten miles lower
than Col Chavez would cross it on his ne"
route. In passing through the Canon Diaoio
we found lair copper lode, OF tbat class called
atacamite which ii 10 the vicinity OF na'igaOie
river. or a railroad would undoubtedly be valu
able
While we we're camped on the river, the party
Of thirty who bad been out Ola three days
scout came in they were tired and hungry ahJ
some og them did not arrive till after da,k, nav
| ing almost entirely given out Some u them
would, perhaps, have persisted had u not oeep
/ lor the aid OF Richard Gnd, who eaSed them OF
/ their loads by carrying their rifles, anu encuu'ag-
ing them to push Oh TO camp. Some OF tutm
had been travelling for twenty hours without a
nIorsel of food, aud some bad their feet exposed
/ % the sharp cutting p0lnts OF the lava rock
! Their raid had been successful one SOME
eighteen or twenty miles north of Squaw Canon
! they succeeded in surprising TWO raucherlas, ana
lkIlllpQ sixteen Indians One OF the party
Sir John Dickson, recognized an old rascal to
whom he had given tobacco, at Vol W Ooisey
j Ranch, on She Aqua Fria. MIR. Dickson vac
satisfied that his old Indian iiiend bad hand II
1.-The woundIng of Mr. Ingalls,. near Cane Greek
for he wore AR Ingalls, hat, which was recognz
: ed by some peculiar holes 10 the top. he,
named the place Oi the tight Quartz Canon theF'
being a very large quartz VEN ruuuhs ;aFo'.s.
{ The hill, near the raGcheria. Some oil the roci
sItbey found contained gaena. The party destroy
" ed large amount OF tanned dees-sk'ns musca
and other stuff, that would be valuable TO TIL
i indians
ii The next morning We went up one OF the cas-
hranehas Of The Rio Verde, WHICH We calle
Clear Fork, and campea abuut six miles iron
y the main river While camped here We diseoy
cred smoke some twelve miles distant whsc
10 We went to, thinking d might be The smoke. Of
rapchgFia but it turned out 10 be The smoke OF
g inuscal pitt which o couple Of squaws and ouc
ne were burning. a good many shots were fired 9
- them out it was not ascertaned whether an
Iof them were wounded or not. We destroye
49, the bit and returned To camp, arriving there ;
2 o o'clock in the morning. Al ten A. NJ, we 10
lowed 40 the creek ten miles, where we crosse
SIS over and took mp on the dividing ridge. Aool
mid day we came 10 dead halt, 1t being impo
ed sibe TO advance on account oil some steep cbasn
ed directly in front. Scouts We're sent out TO pro
pect for a road they returned stating that the
!" was deserted rancherla 10 the canon, to u
irieht of u.s. me Indians having lett bat shU
ny time previous and that we could descend IN
ta the canon and cross over to The other side whe
There was trail leading up the mountain 30
tie hioi, tat1ie lard We descended aud campo
but after VIC had nnpacked, the question arOt
the where is the water? All bands began hunt
Sea for IL, but none was found, and we were und
icy the necessity Of taking our canteens across /
an. mountain To Clear Fork We iound plenty
o,uscal. much of which we degoured as most
j, us had 10y this time become very fond OF
of What We could not eat We destroyed.
ln- About daybreak next morning. one OF the p
r1 IT, j. Donobuoh while on guard, was 81
through the neck with an arrow. lie was sittI
cose to some brush, and the Indians crawled
b s.e and lay Generated Hearing cap snap. uirec
ave h. hind him, be rose ap aud approached
you bushes, when he received the arrow thi0ugn
out neck He Immediately gave the alarm, and &
WooIsey and several others rushed to the sp
ked guns n hand and poured yoiiey into the ?
We Gals. They succeeded, however, ~ making ~
Tue escape Dr.. Alsop extracted the arrow, 1
&c dressed the wound. The arrow passed oetwt
the wind-pipe and jngular vein the point mel
pricking through the skln on the other 81
,,'atv DOIohugh b, : since recovered.
ONE AZ suDrise we started mp the mountain,
An canppd near some tanks OF water, where
u cooked breakfast After breakfast we star
ION travelling nearly all day the ROAD was 9,