The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-08

 descending the Lill west oC the cabin, iound penpissn's lifelcss body lying in the tfall, few steps below the shaft on the Astor Lode, and about $50 yards from, and in iuIl sight oi the cabin. Two bullet holes few inches ap.rt were in his breast, and his body had been stripped of all clothing except hi' under shirt. The body was taken down the hill to the cabin, and, after night, Messrs. Davis and Poland came in and brought the sad ud'ngs and on Thursday morning went back with wagon ond coffin to bring in the body.
 Two mules had been picketcd on the hili- side above the house in open ground, and within rife.shot of t,e house, while the third was turned lCs-e. Examination of the ground and si.ns show that the Indians had probably taken i. ,..i-.-. horse the night before, and i had been watching all that day Co get the other stock that finding Dennison was let alone in the cabin, they had sneaked down and caught the loose mule, taken him up Go tue top of the hill in the brush, yet in sight Of the house, and there kept him in sight, ex pcctinc as it happened. that when nonnison came out of the cabin and saw the mule 70 far away he would go after fl, when he would be killed, and they could secure the other mules and plunder the cabin. Two oak trees stand close by the trail, one on each side, just below the Astor shaft. and behind each tree an In dian lay in wait, ana when Dennison came uT the trail to get the mule and got within ter or twelve feet of the trees, they shot him dead The Indian look-ou on the hill must hay, been alarmed by the approach of the Poland party, or some other cause, for they did no take the two mules which were tied, nor dic they visit the cabin.
 Nr. Dennison was a native of Tennessee and his parents now reside in Memphis. Onl, last Sunday he was in town and received letter from his father, which he spoke of, say , ing the letter was written two years ago. an' had just reached him that he beleiyed h
 had found silver lode on the Hassayamp
 that would soon enable him to make forum
 and go home, adding the customary words, '
 the Indians don't get me first Alas, th !. redskins did get him, and he has gone to hi
 long home Mr. Dennison was in every sens
 of the word pioneer of Arizona. He cam !, into Southern Arizona m 1857, and lived ther
 till 1864. when he came North, and has mad
 his home in this neighborhood ever 1c
 Mr. Cal. Jackson states that he knew him
 Tucson thirteen years ago, that at that tim
 there were 135 white men there, and no '' only six or seven are left besides himself nea lv all the rest have been killed by Indians [, one by one they have been picked off. B - Dennison, as he was called, was in the prin =, - of life, about thirty-fye years old, and ur
 versal fayorite wherever he was known; ge = crous, genial, social, tender hearted, as tr1
 as steel to his friends, and as brave as lu aSced be, ,ic mad correct ear and was ve ., fond of music; was a good singer, go banjo or guitar player, and often the life -. @ many ajovial party in the early days at Wea'
 Walnut Grove, and Prescott, which none i'o us who were participants therein can soon f ' get The Apaches have murdered dozC o' who were our associates, and now Dennis ~ is aided to the list.
 No stranger in the country, no outsider,
 one except those who have lived here s' years, can appreciate the feelings of pion
 when he learns that another of bis ca T. friends and associates in this, the bo .,; sprinkled land, has been slain by the redski z Tears will start in the eyes of many rol mouataineers when they hear the news. l '" Indians have got Bill Dennison at last. Tn-
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