Arizona miner., 1867-01-26

"~"S' '",S0 yo"s ago, tLey killed
 Navajos who tried to taa, ii.ir 'ren squaws from them. From tbi' s"''e ." 4 went south tO another viilaee'na,,,r 1aage ts situated m lovely country. Wli. Nnars large valleys, plcniy of wood aud ias is ptriect paradise, and would f... |
 ng hOncr Tor hundreds Ol whit. f.,. han tuls village the Indian, were ,n.,. A than elsewhere, treated us ,er, H'ehr traded cor in a generous mann., i.! iai did mol want Us co go any lu,,ts usJ tn ough their country. They saia NsI not get ,hfougb, aS there We're no tr,;. "
 very bad cahons which we could sas M
 We offered them every thing, ex,,,,;' ss 'hs. and ammunition, for guide, but .n ss purpose they would not go. On, ~, Pa created quite sensation among tb.,' s
 thought we used them for shields n. iig of this village had in his possession iAe eas dollars worth of gold, but he womb ", ss
 Us where he got it. 1t was in p,ecs. ,s I, s one to four bits. Next day We wen, hn
 mountain until we struck our out .. TH
 when six of our party left us to eo datR dt R
 Little Colorado to the wagon road
 Mexico to Prescott, as they did not w,s ss'
 treyel through the mountains m, Nh This Jeff the party with thirteen m,.
 but We struck out over the same r,.i came, shortening it in places. We.,rsI the Rio Verde about noon on Sa.nra't tOber 18th, without any accident. s,vs s.i% of noble mule, which the Indians in the night, breaking her leg with -s
 lt occurred at place about lsD ma." of Prescott, and ] think the india.
 committed the deed were coyoteru
 Our fraction of the late gr.,, u,
 Mountain party set themselves d,.,
 the Rio Verde, hungry, ,rayel. .sra ,... most devoid of store clothes but tl,as.. the kindness of the farmers, We som ss'. ourselves " full Co the brisn,r with gss :. staniial food d-including bacon. for r,., which we were nearly famished y.
 last fifty miles east of the Verde. Inds,f, tol sign was very thick, especially |, \ country between Fossil creek and tks y... Corn hilslcs and cobs covered the vs~, camps with 50, T5 and loo cxtinguI.hsa s. were to be seen every few mile. ,,s thought the Tontos had gathered t6e r'u our white friends. We found po.a .. soldiers and citizens down sick with ,k, - unable to gather the crops or protect ,.- from Indian marsuder, and some s | White Mountain boys set to work ia '. them out.
 October ll. Lay over. The mex, d, ,. crossed the river, which vas vrry hivt z, on Wednesday, October f1th, we s.rvsl Prescott, and were welcomed back by th 2 igens, including the hotel keepers. upr ss, we bore down pretty weirfty for A w.l. ten days. Rut they stood Il ike .ns.a. :. fl they did not get much money, thsy r. powerful sight of sympathy.
 Although unsuccessful in Dur ses,A gold, the party, nevertheless, sorontss.ss great deal. We travelled over to s. nearly half of which was through ts. the extent of which has hitherto h<,s known, and through which,-srv 5ong. E Fargo & Co.'S. Express will fy b+kir iron horse of civilization, carrying tAt treasures of Arizona to the cfsies af tl, lantic and Pacific, and bringing b nh such commodities ar We may rcqnis great belt ot timber i., also, ncetet . desert portions of New Mexico, Asin4a tahioTnia, to build the Southern P4 is f Road, etc and it will yet N source of wealth to the cenJf l
 tern portion Ot our TerritoF9 s M ing of narrow and deep ~aIi .l 's1s De built over these flat sn.ail.f.ss ai gsy tie cost. The roughcsi Isir;0s sss route would be found f. hfaf shs water onittle Co.orad, ars ts ss Eesde. But others tafa io se fast tsa are known by Whi 2 thnsa sea sss.gs 4 could he passed over H3ta sass Ae5 crossing Inc Verde, Pf, UT cogi. is rts V th sase. and He riasindtr of sss Al-t laaiornia woalj pfoso an as3 e.Hqo
 he eNlIi Of nar sufsinea and ibe aet 'ar aptalist,. T4e climate of tae le through which iai- psad would I,ass s er grand point In its fssor Snow a's. irae, from depth ui one G. ihrys iti, owing to the warmth os she sun in tsee itudes, II is next to impossible for i Ia d longer than two or three week as tl he country along the rDaie vosi.sl sox come settled with industrsous laflEffs. a raisers, etc, and, with its unriS 'lel y4a ige, it would soon be able f,, ooge sA not, rival Texas in the business oi a -aising.
 It IS my opinion that very little of tx ''ous metals will be found in these n.oeuas ma hereafter, prs~peefers fos sok saz would do yell to confiin their exyisrzi o the country lying between Salt r,e ms range, as that Is the region where isz aw so much gold among the Indians hermore, the mountains south of ouF re round, as granite and slate msgss eneraiiy are, and not fiat, pancake shr ke the mountains through which rs ta :, ere it for the mutton headed sa' Captain Brewington, we would hsm Q the south from Fossil creek. By soS 'e would have travelled through ountry and have stood . show Co q 'mething rich, but agricultural counsd hat ever memorable biik, "Gird'. Nq f1zona," settled our hash, created is viis, and Girrici us uii urrf fA% ss=.z =z= =: lthout rudder, sail, or hcrse sensel Co that insp, 1t caused some of hs ig gss IIi=7-= "eorn on the cobn fer several days The party wish me 10 return thsnn essrs. Stockton, Kelley, Lyle and Jas iavors extended to all while on oafs E way, and l will dry np by declsng nceie hope that shall yet meet a ZI hite mountain friends in Heayea. ere are no Apaches to shoot Noss Icks at them, and no copy of GiNdi
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