The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-04-02
Adventures of Prospecting Party of
 Three Men.
Indians Attack Them, Kill one Man and
 Wound the Others.

When the Richardson party divided, near Mt Floyd, SO or 90 miles northwest from Prescott,
 twenty-one of the party turned their faces this
 way. and the remainder started for Cataract
 Creek, to look at patch of country which they
 had, on former trip, seen from distance. and
 in which they supposed gold existed. The first
 party had travelled about six miles towards Prescott when three of their number Edward
 Pearl. - Mcdonald, and Ferdinand Wonder
 seeded, and with burro. on which they pack.
 ed their blankets and provisions, started for the | Little Colorado. Two of this latter party got
 back here Saturday last, and related a fearful
 tale of Indian duplicity, treachery aud murder
 We give l as related to us: Shortly after leav-
 ing their companions, ;he little party Of three
 struck an Indian trail and followed it northward
 They soon reached a creek which they supposed
 Co be Diamond Creek Here they met party of
 Wallapais Indians who acted very friendly, and showed peace papers " from some army officer This satisfied the whites. who then turned cast. They travelled two days, and the night of the second reached a country that looked exceeding. y well for gold. the beds of the streams being filled with granite and quartz powders and gravel. Timber and game abounded. The party unpacke1 the burro. cooked and ate supper. and retired 10 dream Of wha, they might ind next day. During ibe latter part Of ,ha, night. their ever faithful buuo awoke the party by certain antics which an buuos cut up upon seeing any thing unusual more especially In the dread hours of night But, alas for ihe men they paid no attention 10 the suoriing of ihe donkey. and fell back again into sound sleep, from which they were aroused abon, daylight-by party of four savages. who bad crawlcd io their beds and opened a murderous Are upon them. win bows and arrows. Upon seeing how natter stood. the whites graspcd their weapons. turned loose upon the saVagcs and drove them away I be resul, of lhc 6ghl va, as follows Ferdi. nand Wonder was mortaiy wounded asd Me Donald and Pearl were wounded in soFeral place. no, seriously cnongh. however. 10 pre-. vent them from travelling. They looked around for ihe bu-ro, and DO, seeing him 6oaciuded tbat ihe Indians had gobblcd hi. They lbea packed ihcif blankets oa their backs. took hold 0f Wonder As 1 assisiea De teiicriag footsteps They had proc ceeded scarce one hundred yards when Wonder rom whose woanas ,he blood spuried, informed his comrades ihss ]. zas in. possible for him Co travel any farber crrn uiih their ass.siaaoe. aud begged them ,o ssoo, him Ibis, ihey Woald n,ti do % Dc lmmc8iairly shoi himself To the head With bis six sho0ier McDon. ald and Pearl remains q by hls side until satisaed that be vas dead vlen they took sp his arms and proceeded on ,heir way They trayeled tuo days and nights without water. prvfrsri5r Co suiIcr for want of k rAtber than risk their lives by bunting for ig ia eanyons and brushy places where bad ihey catered, ihe sarages. who doEged ihslr steps all ibc vhlle, would aosi assuredly have surrounded and marlered them From Anvil Rock they foiiowed ise road Co Camp To,l.Gaic whcyc af,er relating thr desperate trials and suscri6gs they had gone through everything possible ~as done fs5 ;Aesa 4 The men think tbey killed and wounae8 some l Indians They think ihcrc were twenty or thirty I Indians on hand she morning of the hght They 1 feel pretty certain that ihe attack was made. and the murder committed by wailapals. with. per baps few Pah-Uies. Ferdinand wcadcr. thc | man who lost his life on this trip was from Iosa, where, we are told, Als relatives reside Thus cnde,h another bloody chapter ia the re- bloody sisi9Ty o;s ;.:ss= EEes ssi.ssFs
 Ar tbe sale Of "fec,' here, Saturday last. two hundred feet Of mining ground in Big Bug Die lrict brought Ss0000.
 suGAr. coffee and lard have disappeared from this market. and other articles are quite scarce
 NEAT AND ArrRaPRlArE PRESENT. r Tompkins, the man who carries mails and pas sengcrs to and from Prescott, received, wedaes- day last. from bis friend. A. Q. Nvycs. prescu, Of a whipsiock, beautifully omamenied with silver
 ATTENTION is directed to the advertisement oi he Sterling Mining Company, which appears under the head Of new advertisements, in to-day's MINER.
 News" for Settlers on the Fort Whip
 pie Reservation.