The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-04-23
The ><e S(Niner.
Local Intelligence.
PRESCOTT, April 23, 1870. Weeks Account with the Indians.
They Gain--We Loose.

-, o,r people stand thus, for the week just
 ..ed They have killed one white man. wound
 ad ano,,,er. and stolen three valuable horses.
 w,;,e we have only succeeded in killing one of
 ,hcn So il will readily be seen that they have a
 balance in their laNor'
 williamson Valley, Saturday night last, and was
 about the boldest one oi the season. They first
 ,,,t to inc Ranch of Eli Puntncy, and gobblcd
 "Ronrbonn a fine bloOdcd horse, the property of
 ,hot gcnteman. They then visited another ranch,
 and secured e valuable horse belonging Co Mir Davis Next, they caught marc, but, for some . ,ason let her go again. Alter this they went to :. Q ranch of C. C. Bean at the mouth of Mint V uey Wash tried to rob the stable, but were
 ,i ven of by the men on the place, who, having s,. i away nearly all their ammunition, took the srit ials and went 10 simmons ranch. The Indi
 a". as was learned next morning, entered the hor. after the men had lcft it, robbed it and
 ,i,rs d smash with things generally 4 trunk be. iong, tg to the estate of George Moulton, wns h.ofg open and rihcd of it's contents. Their last ,i.l " as paid to Vests ranch, but the men on the ri,cs ! ,aying head the shooting and bowling of tog. Il D the valley, imagined that all was not .,ght and wee watching for the mocassined thieves and m,lrdcrers, who presently made their
 ~raarp nee Fire was opened upon them and
 obu Ma rtin, of this place, had the very good for. tpne 10 nt bullet through the carcass Of one Of ,Sa scon, ,drels This "slight accident caused
 
 ,,cxt morn ing John found his meat-thc dead In. dian and "drcsscd him up" SO that the coyotes rould have little difficulty ir dcvouring him. The .etter. in the valley willing Co swear that the Ipdan killed wts either q Moqnis n Navajo and are incintcd to thc opihlpn tbat the wretch was a Moquls
 Next day. pnrt Of savagcs killed Wm Pear. son in Mint Valley The particulars as written us by J. IL Lee, oi American Ranch, Round Val Ky, are as follows
 .traek sa and killed Wlu. Pearson, while rolling ground In ,he lower enc Of Mint Valley. was notided of it, and with others, went down immc- di,iely to render such stance as might be nee essay We placed the body In sled. and con. yeycd it to the house. It being by that time dark we could moi icii much ss5ss; it The fei!es.aS morning. We again went down tO see and iiBd out all the particulars as possible. li appears thai Pearson had left his team, and went dOwn lo the uaier to get a drink. Two ludians bad been watching his movements for some tune, under the bank, about sixty yards below where he went down. and aflcf he Wcni down, they cra~led up the bank and across piccc of ploN cd ground then started for the team. About that lime Pear. 1 discovered them and cndeavored to cut them | of They, as VIC supposed. sI got Co tic team | about the same time. Pearson trying tO run thc 1 team towards the house and the Indians r5ing 10 drive it up Inc hill, to the brush. After uuniug I around few times. with tAe roller Mtachcd, they started for the brush By Il al time, Tie tSo iH- i dlahs had killed Pcarson, as be was wholly uR- l armed and cOgld offer ur resistance. The team | ran as far as tue brush, got luosc and ran about thrcc-fourhs of mile and got tangled in ihc lar ness. The Indians came up hy thai time got one 4 oi them but the other got away and went Co the ! house, which was the first they knew Of the mat. l ter. About two hours before, 1 had passed by | where Pearsou was at work, on ny way home | rom furgcs0n Valley, and had sccu two fresh h. I dan trails, about three miles oG, and going I to warn him. bui, on previous occasions had Il told htn oi his danger and had been laughed a, for my pains. thought would say nothing about | IL The light appears to have lasted for some l tune a. we picked up twcnty-thrcc arrows, near 4 the body. Ihc arrows were short, wooden ones either Navajo or Moquis. 1 picked up a small, I black S0ol rope which they had lost They uci. | her stripped or mniiiated Inc body, which goes Co show that they were sirangr Indians in thcse paris ". Pearson was native of Pennsylvania, bui had served in Inc Second California NounteeFs u The sa'agcs next attacked yoang man named r'elee DOrgan, while he was engaged in pros. Pect'ng the mountains near Camp Date JrusA. | Nonnding him severely. Ills horse, too, received aslght wound. Mir Dofgnn got away from his Nould-0e murdcrers, and reached camp. He is recovering from his wound. In view of these ana ana other outrages, and the belief Of our people tnat most Of them have been committed by pro Iessedly Friendly Moquis, would it not he good Pohcy 10 prevent the Moquis from making any more friendly visits to the settlements in hI- tuIe We thinF it would, SO do all our people ana we cal npca the military authorities to put a stop 10 the practice. If not themselves of,euly so'ue, lbey arc on good terms with our deadly % ocs- the Apachcs, and that Of Itself Is a good @uu ssiheienl reason why they should not hc per. items. ''A'
 fikEs have been raging in the mountains, to 'oe southeast Of Prescott, for some time past A gentleman who came over from Lyn= creek one n,sh. the present week, informs us that the ralr- t us VI one camp had to turn out and fight one of ts nssc ufes, 10 prevent lt from burning up their .~Uns, ete' The same person says that on the Nn". h,gh'i De saw two Indian fires in Black
 "ooD LAGER.-Loycrs of this beverage nre 'Ouu lh their Fnlses of the article now being ,1 at the Arizona Brewery. We. our. ,e", u~'e sampled 1t and liked it much. The fol- N"'ns' which has been furnished us by one of u1. 'u1ehs' will do more to recommend the lager '"a" anything VIC could say:
 ,..sa ns. honday son of the Tcutoulc land. en. he Cat 'ue AFizona Brewery Saloon, and said 10 Sr,,S p.an, Vat you dakes for all te beer vat sVa,I dollar and half was the answer. mon fl, p,sshes him" said the German. Where ''1'eeh large glasses of beer.
 "' "AhkErsEE an employe of the Sterling IIo oonpany' leaves to-day, for San Francisco ComnoDnnn nnhent aN that the property owned by the made ,o m thls vicinity, Is valuable and can be
 'o pay handsome dividends.
 no 'ALLEr.-The virgin soil of this fine m,ns @ n now being turned up by the blows of Il s Issulefs; k. A. Copeland has 90 acres plowed md o,sn' snk'' about 70, Mcssrs. simpson, KennIson he good 'sal nave also ploweI several acres, and ey i' plenty and good. ' ''''S 'H 'n' val FELLOWS BALL.-The members Of Ari. ,,'a Lodge No. l, l. o.o F., of Prescott have ,sd s,,n announced their intention to celebrate inc t ahuNcfsarS Of inc fnuudi,.r of .l.. C, NN |