The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-22

themselves prisoners. thels saw thc hilneu guard approaching and dyining what It all meant, quickly drew his knife, cut his way through. and effected his escape. The re- maindcr among them young brother Of Chefs, were placed in tie guard honse. Chefs then gathered the tribe. told them all that had happened, and made them swear ven geuncr against all Americans. Then com meuccd that terrible war with the Chricahuas that has drsolated southeastern Arizona and
 which. for aught We know, e still going on.
 The Indians repaired Co the stations ot the ! Overland Mail Company, captured every l white man they could find, took them Co | hiN overlooking Camp Bowie, where ropes !
 were tied around their ncCks, one end ot cachs
 rope being fastened to puunncls of saddles !
 for thc Indians were all mounted upon good ]
 har.cs Chefs then informed the commanding !
 officer that unless he released the Indians in !
 side of a certain time, the white prisoner m
 his hands should suffer death The officer
 did not see fit to do as Chef. desired, and at
 :ay expiration .: the ,in,e sRd a signal from
 Chefs. the Indians started their hor-es on e
 run. the uecks Of the poor whites were . broken, and their bodies dragged over sharp rocks. Such is the tale toll by whites "ho were then. are yet in the country. From | that dav Co this, Chefs and bis tribe have
 sought and found vengeance, and the numer ous graves of white men scattered through ! the country show how successful they have ! been Recently, q, was said that Chefs
 wished t0 cease war, and it is our earnest ! hope tlat a peace with hun h5. ere thi, | been concluded He k said to be the al,e.t. | bravest, finest booking Apache nsw living; i~ ] known and hos made .umsclf felt all over | Northern " geo, as well as in Arizona Our fir: anl only night at Bowie was passed
 with pleasure and profit to oursclf, and we
 presume 0ur lelloW travellers passed u like
 wi.e. We visited the pust traders cstabl'sh-
 meut-and bearded the lion ot the tribe of ! Dcioug in his dca, but, instead of sclipiug
 us. he attempted Co drown with cham
 pagnc--which uf course, De found impussl
 bl- ln Q word, Mr. DeIon. trn'ci us well
 often and kindly, and we shall ncyer again
 accuse him of having hankcring lfter Aztec
 Dictionaries Having hrIucGcd out ccu-ii-
 cFatiy upon Bowie and its surruuniiug., uoth-
 ing Is uow len for us Co say but tbai ig l. a pretty. healthy. comfortable post, in fine
 grazing aud farming country, and in the midst oi a rcn quartz region. When Wc were fherc, D it was -arri-ourd as follows: Troop G. lst Cavalry, Captain K [ Bunsri n, 5i Cav
 alry, Captain Gerald Russell Lieutenant " ! II. Winters. l,t Cavalry, was QnartcmAster, ? tieuteuants L. L. O'ConoF, Ky le and W hitting . were absent. Capt. Barnard, lieutcnAnts , Winters and Cushing have distinguished T themselves fighting Indians. O'Conuor and , Cushing we're after the Reds when we were r there Capt Russell had not been there long F enough Co kin any Apaches, but the wounds . re.cived in the late var, attest Co bis bravery q The Post Surgeon, W. IT. Smith, was form, r. | " stationed st Camp Verde, in this county |. and made many inquiries after his old fricads [ 4 there and in Prescott it wa, at Bowie that ' we frs, heard tho news of the downfall oI C Napoleon III, and great was our astonish - mrut thereat.
 @ Ha3ay SspteIEisr i0.-Trayeled through ' a splendid grazing country, over an excellent q road, and encampci ih Sulphur Spring valley .s near the base of tLe Dragon range of noun. I. iains, where we found considerable poor wa ter The grass in the bottoms was qtits 2 pointed. so mech ID that it entered a pair o |. canvass shoes we wore, and causrd us Co trcaf d lightly while passing over t. On the high n lands the grass was gooI and plenty Th, ,r valley Is an extensive one, and will yet b. ie settled. During the time Of The great rusl le to the BuFrO mines, couple of men oonclu v ded to establish station on a knoll, near th, ID water. and immediately set Co work building d stone houses, which were nearly completed 'e when aquarri arose between them, and botl it lclt the place and their Improvements. Dis es ;ance made, about treEiy ffs mil,s.
 ts Tuesday, &piemby D.-iieayy rains hayia, re fallen upon the mVuntsin ranges in the yicin le ity during the afternoon and night of Mon a. day, tie air was quite chilly when we awoki
 this morning, and we fincied ourselves awa' le up in the great ranges of Northern Arizona g- Learning that tue mail coach for the east ha, r- arrived during the night, we siied forth il e. quest of news, but learned nothing furthe n. than that Lieutenants Cushing and Bourke ct with their gallant command, were encampe,
 a near DragoOn Springs, having just returne, es there from chasing Apachcs. We passed, oi es the road, large train of wagons, which wer ,h drawn by oxen, and belonging 10 the enter no prisiDg firm of Tully & Ochoa, of Tucson be The train was in charge Of Mr Tully, an, )n was on its way tO Tucson, with goods whicl re had been purchased in St. Louis, and shippe, to by fah to Carson. the western terminus q - the Kansas Pacific. We arrived about noon d. at the Upper Cros,ingof the San Pedro river of where we nSted 3until about three o'clock o- when we travelled on about ten miles. am ll- made a dry camp. Whole distance trayeled a about hiny.fcs miles. Tine wash from th be mountains on either side of the road passe, th over to-day consisted of granite and qdart7 ,9s and We know of no better section of South ,le eTn Arizona in which to prospect for gold he silver, and other minerals.
 While stopping at the crossing of the Sa n- Pedro, we learned that that river rises in So he nora, in what is known as the Watchuau cir Mountains, and flows northward towards th se Gila, of which it is a tributary. It is abou two hundred miles in length, and upon it ar at some excellent valleys, which are now bein re, settled and brought under cultivation. Tn 10 water of which there is an abundance fo