The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-11-19
Notes of a Trip Through Arizona.
By One Who "Made the Trip"
fCoNTlNUED.l

Sunday, Sp,embtF 25.--General Stoncman and his brother officers having got through with their business, at Tucson, we started about three o'clock, on the afternoon of this day made about itreniy miles, and encamped near the base of the large mountain northeast of town. The country passed over was not such an one as we should desire to reside in. We saw no water, aud but very little grass. Mezquite trees were plenty; SO, also, were those ornaments of the desert-ch0HdrS and sagudrs-the latter the largest specimens of the genus we had ever seen, some of them having been upwards of thirty feet in height But, the drive was a pleasant one, for it brought to view many curious sights, prom inent among which was the Picacho," a lone, queer looking peak which stands to the westward of Tucson, and can be seen for long distance from the cast, the west and the north It was late in the night, when the order to camp was given. Animals were soon freed from their trammels, sentinel was posted, when the whole party rolled into their blankets to sleep and rest. We, foolishy, threw away the mattrass which had been of so much service to us since our departure from Prescott, and, without sufli- cient covering stretched ourself out in Col, Stoneman's ambulance, upon camp-stool and two cushions X stiff breeze soon came up from the south we felt quite chilly but laai
 ness prevented us from reaching out after more blankets, and we arose, next morning.
 in a battered condition, from the pains which shot through our bones. We had contracted a bad cold, and worse ague which latter still sticks to US. But, we were not the only person that caught 1t" on that night
 Lieutenants Cushing and Bourke, two gal lant young officers-came out from Tucson to see Colonel Stoneman about going alter Chefs. The Colonel, Major Cogswell and Dr. Wirtz got out of their beds, and while the conversation was going on, Col. S,oneman got chilled through and through and, of course, acquired as good title to ache and shake as that which we had, so that from that time on Major Cogswell, who took the ague at Camp Goodwin, had plenty of shaky assistants. From that night on, we suffered terribly, and but for Dr. Wirtz, all three of us would have "pegged out " on the hot desert
 | Monday, !Sepie1aber 26.-We got a yery early start, and soon rounded the roint of the mountain, when the country changed for the better, it being more elevated. The differ ence between the north and south sides of
 the mountain was, indeed, great. On the
 south, it looked bare and barren. On the
 north, grass of good quality was plenty
 trees were visible on the mountain, and along NhV bth Ot tFANYvN Nct OfP, a Nitiil NAft1Ul
 which drains the mountain, and, it is said,
 contains gold in paying quantities We
 stopped awhile, to graze and water the ani.
 mals, near the spot where large party of
 Indians had, some time previous, attacked the train of Tully < 0choa, killed several of the
 teamsters, captured most of the animals and robbed the wagons. In all our rambles through the Territory, we have never seen
 more suitable place for Indians to fight in
 their peculiar way. The formation being granite, lodges of that rock rise up at oonye
 uient distances for about two miles. ThesS
 lodges are sufficiently high to hide Indian, from persons ascending the hill, and # the rcd
 men were driven from behind one ledge, few
 Jumps would place them safely behind anoth.
 err when they could fire upon their victim.
 without danger to themselves. But little
 while ago, at this place, a party of savage,
 blazed away at Major Morrow, of the Pay
 Department, U, s. Army, while he was on hi.
 way to Camp Grant accompanied by Sylvester
 Mowry and a small escort of troops, and
 might have killed and captured the little
 party had it not been for the men of a train
 that was in camp close by. Men and animal,
 having rested and refreshed themselves, we
 were soon again in motion, and moved slowly
 up hill, past the graves of the men who had
 lost their lives in the fight we have spoken of
 Our road led through an open, grassy eountr, f for about 20 miles, when it entered a very : ugly canon, with sandy bed, and precipitou, . walls. While passing through this dangerou, rent in the mountain, our eyes kept bus, watch for Apaches, but none were there tC interfere with our passage, which was lucky l Tor us, as ten Indians could prevent the pas sage Of an entire company of men. We gol ] through 1t at last, crossed the San Pedro anC r were soon in the garrison, where we met {
 cordial reception from the officers. Resting } places were soon assigned us. good supper , indulged in, after which the evening wa, passed in discussing Military and Indian } affairs, until We were admonished to retire tC , sleep.
 | Iaesday, September 27-was spent at Grant and busy hard day it was for Colonel Stone man and Major COgswell, who had lots O ; business Co attend to, and who had suffered 2 from sickness the previous night. Early ir r the morning, the troops assembled on tn,
 parade ground where they were closely in , spected and put through various mane1yre,
 by Major Cogswell. This being done. in, work Of inspecting quarters, Commissarv ant Quartermasters stores began, and was moi ended until late in the afternoon. While thi, r was being done we took ride to the com
 pany gardens, on the San Pedro, and wers shown through them by Captain Netteryille They were the finest, best cultivated garden, we had seen in the Territory. and officers and ' men were justly proud of them. Tomatoes r onions, beets cabbages, carrots, etc.. wer,
 there in abundance, and of such size as to as tonlsh those who beheld them, as well as te force upon them the knowledge that the soi , Of the San Pedro bottoms was extremely ricl and fertile.