The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-01-06


| i net coatpruheu0cd ia beng hauled across
( the continent by gras>>iei oxen IN tiy--iu,e,
( have not right!ys,udied the W. sou., though
/ thr.r oocupau,s may have found one. Iua
large party OF emIsrauts gathered from
! .syeTa! parts OF the land there are neces
sarily many discoTds Of pulling faster AMI
( pulling z.0wer; aEd the jaugsing Of team
/ sters. the upsetuugs, the hiring. the ,ains.
! he MYERS, the breaks, tie startns aud the
stopPinEs, the OK over the chain and the
driver tugaiuy al his tail 70 pull HIM back.
I the lard spilled over your coat, the tent
/ leaking lufo Your ear, ihe horse stepping
into the flying pan. Good i1rlilles be-
( come a. qu2rrg.is0iae rs any ia PlantGs. |
| have known faulty of grown and inteili-
gent sisters Wrause away midnight hour
1 over brother whose little e,es Death
seemed already TO have touched wi,h MS
/ Engcr-S0 yeXIng were the Annoyance Of
RAINY mud dragged march.
/ linen, OF al trains on the roa2. oars was
| the slowest. II one OK Of hundred Iimped
! the ninety aud nine iinped with hun. ani
we all iiMpei. 1heL. 100, none but g9a->
eating Texan knows how TO WORK " The
rule Of three properly. None better than
he the following probleu.: Given. grass
1oOd sni wartr, % find the least amount
OF travelling tia, can Ue done.
( cui, / had stayed with the train for fear
Of the Indians. Yet, as day sitter dag
went on, and ne saw nothing, secret shaue
for my c0wsyIcc was aided 90 NY disgust.
! SO, on the next day | went out with the
tram lew miles from Tucson, and then
walked on alone. i mile or Two FROM the
city, The Santa C.uz turns westward thro'
a rank aud almost Imrenctrablc chapparrai
I OF nczquIle and CraJun; sUkS in the sand;
reapeis IN black boggy bank; ana SO con
tnueS this TeiTige.aung bopeeo, until at
/ last 1t dives under the desert . hundred
miles, and Is thought to bubble up inrO the
/ CHA, at Aaricopa well. Aboat ten miles
! west OF Tucson, one turns away from IL to
/ 70 up on the desert, where one finds ones
self III vast pitahaya forest. leaf $ 50.
/ that the eye can travel leagnes-a regal
emerald coIonnade, which proudly rears its
capitals a. If to pillar up the cope Of Heaven
Itself. " e are now again on the floor ct
the great paralle!ogram which sweeps
across westward from the San Pedro to
the CHA, a hundred miles, between the
parallel Santa Rita and : suta Zach irina
Noun;alus-but Is cut diagonally in1othree
or four sections by spurs oi hills, whiuh
reached thi.d or half Of the war across.
.
middle OF 1t, past the point OF one Of tdese
eros, ws'!s, the Point cE Mountain: bursts
through another, the q liza bills A these
-lciTa>, even the santa RIA and Santa
. Calhaslua, are ia-i-HIhaeut for height, or
any graadJre--but are OF a rich brown or
eng,lan-red granite prophyry, which, seen
III this magic atmosphere, ma..oWcd by
soft lilac base, i wonderfully beautiful
VI hen / EFF the train | brought along
ea.aba>h OF p.no'e, some mauchets Of ycl
low ArHz04ian -four, aud one OF my blank
ets ARMS | had none, for, Ike -Aaacreou,
| had no tiercer ambition than to shed the
blood OF The Craze At first the Llauket
seemed to me as nothing; bur, under the
digging rays Of an AIzJuIan noon, it soon
became iuto.erJ,e. \ plague upon all
blankets IN summer | ,iung it down. sat
down on II, and wiped NV forehead A4a-n
L took It up, sweat uLdcr II for 4 while,
then luhg It away forever.
! Al night slept under the boughs Of
"a un, near the Ease OF tie Plcacue the
very ncst-c-g Of MASSACRE. Ignorant Of the
danger rs | was, | ept ina; night a
large aui iorjIy sleep, with North Arlerca
Ter my bed, TOR my pillow Arizona ami for
! my blanket the great b.u- helycn. On, II
I Is worth century Of duh, thick -cramu.i
/ yea to lie down alone in mighty iaai
1t uiGul- ht l0uk mp 10 the mu.ti,uIas of
/ he9ven. where they roam in the measure
less voId! 10 ling oil ones airy counter
pane N the morning, u ~ up1u one $ be
and behold The gorgi1uS + ,ot, and look
lace 70 face at the sun; as he, to, raises
n the creatures Of his glory. from his couch
M tie W0Qutalla-thiS, this IS liberty
Arizona Is mine, America is NY house =
The nl,chei top of Picacho i, my fender
I The universal atmosphere i, my chimney.
/ BllIs Iue my coffee and cigars
/ Instead thereof | munchcd a biscuit,
and added some cool, eri:n-"n prick Is pears,
washing 1t down with lew from rocky
gobets in the picacho. After breakfast
walked G into the pass. There is really
no pass, for the plain pours through "a
mile IN width, cutting of two or three
miles OF the southern end of the range
I The whole thing seems done in miniature,
! yet one walks along mile after mile, UP the
easy swell of the plain, then between the
noole and mighty wells of porphyry, tog
capped IN the nOrning, but ali the while
OF the plain, whlch Is here carpotel with
plrnteous grass, and sprlnk!ed with charm
ing groves OF mez1ulte, greenwood. gatun.
and the coIumnar pithaya; then down by
decent a. easy aud a. beautiful along
sandy avenue Winding between the delight
| fully green parks.
| When | got down upon the arid level
Of the pain, where the bushes were very
>crant and stuuted, | plodded on in the
sand without looking much around Quite
~uddeny-l cannot think to this day how
they got 50 near before noticed them
saw band OF mounted Iout0 Apaches
approaching from the right. Ny blood
turned pre;ty cold, and | felt faint, saiIn-
ming sickness; but it was worse than useless
tc attempt TO escape, SO | STOPPED and
stood motionie>s. That pause probably
saved my ltte, for it enabled me 10 collect
my scattered senses, ana tLlnIy cloak my
very genuine terror under semb!aucc OF
auiacIty. They saw was wholly in their
clutches, aud 20 rode quietly forward =
/ Alter few moments, swallowing down my
heart with a choking sensation, | advanced
TO meet the foremost, wreathlng my facc
! in wha: must have been very glastIy
| hyserlcal smile, for | d red not show Uy
my voice how | tremblei. han led the
chief my caiaba-h, in which | purp0sely
/ had some sprigS aud sticks crotesquaiy
| arranged. he took it cautiously, looked