The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-15
Notes of Trip Through Arizona.
By On, Who Made the Trip"

| travelled saw and did, we now propose to tell ! the readers of the MINER, in the best and ( simplest manner possible, all we saw and [ learned, in our rambes. As most Of the through which NC travelled is but little known, even Co Arz0nians, we will write about it in a careful. truthful conscien- tious manner, and in strict accord with notes which "were taken on the spot So, to the task.
 THE PARTY
 Consisted Of Colonel George Stoncman, Mli- tary Commander of the Department of Ari- zona; Major NJ. Cogswell 2l,t Infantry, In spcctor; Surgeon II. k. Wirtz, U. :. A., Med ica Director, Geo. H. kimLall, of Camp Date Creek, three servants, one cook, twelve enlisted men of NJ Troop, 3d Cavalry, four tean.s.ers, and os. humble self, making in ali, 1 twenty five men. We had two ambuiances, 1 each of which was drawn by four stout, act l i've mules. Each wagon was drawn by six | mules.
 THE START Was made from Fort Whpple about eleven ! oclocl, in the forenoon of Monday, August ! 29, 1870, and though the friends we left be l. hind had some serious misgiyings about our | making the trip, and escaping the shafts and l bullets of hostile lnlianS, no such misgivlngs 1 rested in our breasts. Indeed, we thought ourselves numerous enough, aud brave enough, i too, to take care of ourselves and animals, and yet, all realized tue fact that it wa, 6 dangerous undertaking. But, thank God, We got through safely, with but few acci dents, and DO visible peril 10 life.
 The day vas fine one in every respect a true type of those beautiful summer days ..E .N a fg csque Mhipple. neat and cuzy Prescott, and tue dark, rounded, Sierra Prieta range of mountains, we could pot but realize the fact that we were fast travelling from home and !, friends into strange, mysterious country, ' poopled with sayages, tue most treacherous l on the continent. Nevertheless, we did not regret the fact. Indeed it rather pleased Us ' to know that We were on the road, bounding 1 along over grassy plains free as tue breeze : which swept over them. We had not gone
 far on our journey when accident No. l, oc- cured, and we were stopped in our course.
 \ sand-b of a wagon broke; tue wagon
 was unloaded, an axe and piece Of wood
 were procured, and the work of repairing damages was commenced by Col. Stoneman. who, with his own hands fixed the thing in
 short order, and we were about ready to start . when it was discovered that a mule which
 
 and spirit, and could not possibly make the
 trip. Rider and mule were sent hack to
 Whipple. The rider carried note to Capt
 Foster, requesting that gentleman 10 give
 him another and better mule; also to send
 Us some hard timber for sand boards, etc It
 was about dark when we Cncamped below
 the ranches in Chino Valley, but not too late
 for us to start on foraging expedition. We
 first went to the house of Jas. Baker, where
 we procured two canteens Of milk, which we
 carried to the mess and delivered to that
 greatest of caterers, Dr. Wirtz. Having re- ceived an invitation from George Banghart to
 pass the night under his hosptable roof, we
 0ade good nlgat to our fellow-voyagerS, and
 started for Mr. Banghart's, where we were | kindly treated and entertained by that gen
 tleman and his estimabe wife During the night, Capt. Poster and one or two mechan- 5 ics came mp, with material and tools and
 fixed our donoralized wagon. As we did not
 get very early start, our party had good
 chance 10 look around the yalley-tO admire n the fine corn, etc, the beautiful young cotton r wood trees that grew around the fields, and n those immense springs of pure, cold water, 7 from which issue sufficient water to irrgate 2 thousands of acres and supply a large city C The verdict of the officers was that ChinC Q Valley was the pretticst agricultural settle 2 ment they had seen in the Territory. Dis ' tance travelled, first day, about heeaty Btles ]. 1aesdag, Aag'0t 30.-After bidding adieU e to friends, We started from the last settle e ment we were destined to see for hundreds o of miles, and wended our way northwarC z towards the San Francisco and Bill William, Y. Mountains. For the first few miles the roaC Y remained good and smooth, but after that e we struck into trap country and terrif, e were the Joltings we received, as the wagons q pitched and heaved over large, hard -headeo s and hard-hearted bowlde-s--known to som, ,t folk as niggeF-heads." We soon reached 1 that venerable, terrible old box in the earth D. known as Hell Canon" and in going dowI C its southern side, met with accident No. 2, i n C., the upsettiug of wagon, which, luckily = caused no serious trouble, and broke no hing !. After passing this fearful ehasm, we doyt l. about one mile and encamped in a beautiful T grassy spot, surrounded by juniper trees, nea
 some water tanks, around which were bone n of horses, mules and oxen, which To, tn l. poor Indian had stolen and eaten Tue coun Is try passed over to-day is admirably adap T ted to stock raising, grass being abundant y and water plenty, in tanks in the canons ''i We had splendid view of the country L ,f the East and West, saw the great and pro r ductiye Chino Valley, stretching away | r. the West; likewise the fine large valley tha stretches away tO the Verde river, and which ~ with its thick, rich coating of green grass, it n groves of juniper and cedars, pleased the eye r. and filed the mind with visions of hocks an, 4 herds, which, ere long, are destined to fec t upon it. The surface of the ground in thi . vicinity is covered with trap powders am z. debris, and it is very unpleasant region t a ride over in wagons Distance travelled