The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-11-27
What We Saw, Heard, and Were Re.
 minded of in the Country.


 We have been to the "country," where the birds sing, the owl hooteth, the coyote whin- eth, and To, the Aborigine, dweleth lin clo-
 yer" Westarted from Prescott on the even ing of the l6th, mounted upon an honest, good-dispositioned sort of animal, which had but recently arrived from White Pine, and, of course, felt no disposition to "buckp or ''cut up shines.n Being, at first, totally unac- quainted with the disposition of the brute, and having distinct recollection of turning somer-sault from the back of bronchO, a short time previous, we watched the White Piner cautiously for some time after mount ing him. But it was watchfulness thrown away, further than it satisfied us that the critter was all right, politically, morally, so- cially, phiIosophically, and 'horsically."
 For travelling companions we had ". C.. Collier and L. W. Worth, the former genial pioneer prospector, somewhat advanced in years, but full of mountain vim and humor; the latter, a pleasant gentleman from "old Sonoma,n with weakness for cracking jokes, saying witty things, and drawing landscapes. We were all three little on the old fogy order, and jogged along slowly down Granite Creek, past Fort Whipple, round the "corner' and were within the lines of the enemy. Rifles and pistols were placed in easy reach, and on we went, expecting, every moment, to hear from our red brother, but no, not a word, not a whoop, not shot did he deign to give us. We attributed his neglect of us to the fact that he was carrying on business elsewhere, and thanked our stars, when, after riding through five miles of brush and seven miles of pine forest. we arrived at Walkers the,oldest mining camp in this part of the county. Seeing light shining through the door of snug-looking, trim-built log house we rode up to it and encountered the vener. able Arizona pioneer, Jackson McCrackin Mac. was glad to see us, and we were no less glad to see him, and hear fall from his lip. the customary Arizona invitation to alight and partake of his hospitality. We alighted
 attended to the wants of our animals, washed ourselves, and 'ssailed into" an excellent sup per, which Mac. had prepared for us in short order While eating, he informed us that he was ''alt alone by himself on the upper part of the creek" Uncle Billy Pointer, who lived two miles above him, having left, day ol two previous, for town. Supper being dis posed of, all hands adjourned to the trim built cabin before alluded to, where larg, fire of pine logs blazed on the hearth. Pipe, were charged, lit, and as the smoke iron them assembled. the mines, the Indians and various other "home mattersh were free lydiscussed. Reference being made to ''olC times in Arizona" when nearly the who'll region north of the Gila was as a sealed bool to most whites, Mac, who has lived in tht Territory almost since its acquisition, related his experience in the region of country around Tucson and the old Pinos Altos mines. Whel those mines were first discovered, and fo some time afterwards, the whites and Apache were on friendly terms. But, on an evil day party of white rascals, of Pinos Altos, rob bed an Indian rancheria of its horses, an, killed some of the Indians. The tomahawl was then dug up, the pipe of peace retired and the war-whoop resounded along the Gila the Miembres, and the frontier of Mexico While most of the American miners wer absent, on prospecting trip, large force 0 Indians made an attack upon the town O Pines Altos, gained entrance to large block house in the centre of the town, and from shot yengeful arrows and bullets at the poor Jy-arrned Mexicans, who tried in vain to dis lodge them This took place shortly afte the breaking out of the late civil war, at
 time when there were but few troops in tn Territory. Those that were here were ''Cou feds,n and known as the "Arizona Regula tors" It being known to the beleagure
 people of Pinos Altos that some "Regulators were camped a short distance from towr word was sent them of how matters stood when the commander of the "force" starte, some nine or ten men with field piece, { the scene of battle. The Confeds lost n time in going, and arrived in time to save tn town from capture, and its inhabitants fror butchery and captivity. They trained thei gun upon the old log fort, dislodged the Ir dians, charged them while fleeing, and kiIle many of them. Then the Californians came Mangus Colorado was enticed into their cam and slain. His sons, the willy Ca.chies, an all other Indians vowed eternal veugcanc against Americans, and we'll have they kep