The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-11-19


 o" us like wet blankct.n But. stopSmel s ,el sad he would see whether or mn, ,s"''Dan hs make It. This suited US, ,s we we,e eoad ingiy anxious to get breath of po,n,.,t ,AFet anH to see plne trees fagsin. Oot oi..af, renabie escort, teamsters, wsrons snd a hhd were ordered to turn back Co Salt R;r'' 'ea'n tase the roal ria PhGnix and Wiclcrtn,, and "hlpple, which they dRd. About A "IrE'o 10 ih tne afternoon, the two ambulances ck vC'Ock readiness, We jumped in and followed .1e n escort We made about ten miles t., sn Hhal noon, through a poor-looking ceretrv Ale', camped for the night. If T7f DA'"'!' and
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 were, soon after starting, jsined by gol 'S'ti lord, MT. Grubb, and some csv.i L' oaa' Reached Cave creek in about 10 ma,s ma,!ipee ,,ie found plenty of wood, water and ,.o er..,.i ua'eli ed few hours, and put out avsi. .N'- camp-New River--distant al,oY, ,,, ssn where we arrived late at night. ve,r np's iatgued, for the road had been r,,s uuc9 hilly. We found plenty of va,a, .aq I stream, and refreshed ourselves :" "'
 HyHtaH OctOcer 3.-Made abop, ,,, =, to-day, over rather rough road ,ra ''a' camped on the east bank of the ,,, p vu within plain view Of the mouths es p. Canon or Turkey creek, and the b;g sa ps.t canon of the Agua Frio. After dinper c.,. T,s Sanford, Mr. Grubb, and few eav,I,rp p" started up the mountain to search Gs, ,t men of Company F, i2th infantry rbo e knew, were close by, building ros5 TT Captain misseI the men and their r,,,,,'is 'Is going up the mountain, and kent on un,a ta reached the Agua Frio, where he co, S,.'. " tions regarding their whereabouts JIs ,S,. returned, found them, and arrived ir ..,s. s" early next morning, with the new. vtalP was, if anything, more discouragins th,n ,h.' contained In the letter Of Col. Wbeaton pa. Stoncman had reconnoitered the mopn,.;. the previous evening, and knowing not n. word fail, he gave orders for the Tago,, ~ return to Camp MeDowell; also, to Tighten | up tue amouiances as much as possible and bitch mp. The ambulanccs were Hgbtentd and we started up Black Canyon. orsr ! a rough road. which, however w,. nothing m comparison to what we ah,r. wards encountered. When just abou, ready 10 commence the ascent of ,he noun. tain, Sergeant John Powers, of r, Troan First Cavalry, and ono private, made ,hrlr appear. nee. The Sergeant was on hi. ret.rn to meet Colonel Stoneman, with an ahsTer to dispateh the Colonel had sent g.,, Brown, commanding Camp Verde. His stoty was short He and his companion had ri den about oa> A,nsdrd hles is Gvr. teea hours, and lost one man on the vaY' vbo became deranged, aud rode oir ia search q water. The Sergeant followed him, and found his horse, which had been stripped of addls and bridle. When he found the mans bon. thus stripped, he gave the man up for lost. and started on. This occurred near the Agu, | Frio. We afterwards found the mans saddle and bridie, and the man himself who said hc had been chased by Indians, which v~ all in his imagination. After thanking the Ser gcant and his companion for the long, svit ride they had made, Stonemar led tbe rsy, and we started in climbing, and such slnb- ingl Why, California packer would not have attempted to drive his pack.tr1in over such n mountain Bat. R was tbe sest v, could do, and on we went. "slow kket snail 1" over great, rough trsp powders, some Of which were as large as an. ambulantt. Now and then, the animals had 10 be un. hitehed, and the ambulances pulled up by means of ropes. Oh it was trying on nerves. Our poor nerves gave out early in the day. and leaving offircs and men to "dO their duty, nobly," we crawled to camp where VIC found Lieutenant King Dr. Soule, and Othrr friends, who gave us something 10 cat aud drink, and good bed 10 shake in. IL Was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when we got over our shake and fever, and thinking our party ought to be near port, ws sisrid out to hail them, if in sight They were m sight, and soon landed on tbe summit, itrai and hungry, after their har,i days wofk,-s da7 tha, had told fcarfuily cn men abe S''' mals. Capt. Brown haTing arD'sd ,a Camp Verde, during the afternoon, VI pretty fair escort, Colonel Stoncnan tsaDA' ed Captain Sanford and his men for well psf' formed services, and, in the kindest manna possible, ordered the Captain to turn eae. bis post. We then started on over tei. mile mesa, that would have been level ec' for the great number of hard-headeai SAs' hearted niggcr- head bowlders. whieh mso' the ride very unpleasant. We made . aV camp, and all, save the sentinels, siep's soundly as ever tired men slept. THessiry. OrtoJer Ave got up early, 'no having left the trap behind as, se 'ls,' eled at a good gait over nice granite 'Iaa. Arriving at the Agua Trio, we stayed shs hours, hitched up again, and drove to bsisS' place, where we encampcd all night ps tance travelled. about ,sse'ay miles. MI, LE'g and Mn. Branaman contributed ieefsni our mess, and we had glorious time ea'ss 1., pies and eggs, Iuxuries to which we nlI, i,.S " some time past, been strangers, slnce .;,. Hs ing Black Canon, the air had been qu,.s chilly, which rather pleased us, AN'
 lobg spell of suffering down south; It was about ten o'clock, on the molI' {, of inc 5th of October. when we alighted Colonel Stoneman's tent, near Fort rhsH and Prescott, and were welcomed pss \ Lieutenant F.. W. Stone, who appesiea =. . glad to see us back safe, as we were - him, and our own beautiful cech'r' 'd .esu try we would not trade Tor any wI Dsr s,;,oa,. in our ride of about 500 miles, throusn ra~,l