The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-10-14


 ,..,t. moon the Pima and Maricon Villages, the hOmc-tOr ages past Of scul-cNillzed Inc diam, bearing these names. Atpry-ent, these two tribes uumber at least 3,0OJ souls, all of whom are as prosperous as Indians could well wish Go hc.-tor they cultivate the soil, alter a fashion. aud raise very good crop, ot wheat, barley. etc.: have horses. oxen and other an inal~ Bu', they are not content, and have shown a well -dctncd disposition to cncroach upon their white ucighbors. The time for doing 80, successfully ha- passed away, never, we hope. Co return They own certain lands -.tuorc. indeed, than they have any Use ior); have certain rights in the country, in the cnioymcut of which they will be protected, but. beyond which they will certainly meet with resistance whenever they transcend.
 Sucatun. hdam-vii5. and other thriving white colonies arr passed and we finally ar rive at Florence, a growing town, and one ot the most beautiful n Arizona around which, on either side ol the Gila, are score, of cul- tvatcd farms and hundreds of prosperous ftrmcrs Above lhls. on the Gla the Apache Indian is monarch ot all, Sixty miles from the river, in a southerly direction, k the old town of Tucson. with its adobe bulldng' The town i, built, principally, upon the east bank of the santa Cruz, small uver that : flows into the Gila, from Sonora. The val ! leys of this river are heavily timbercd with mezquit. and. whenever there is water to irrl- gate them, produce we'll The next stream 1 east is the san Pedro, which rises, also, in l Sonora. It is a large stream and passes l through great deal of rich land. There are ! many other small streams in the region ] south of the Gila; considerable timber, and great wealth in grass and minerals. The re- zion was occupied long before white men set foot upon Northern Arizona, but the hostility of the Apache> has retarded its progress and settlement Then, the climate m summer, Is pretty hot, in winter, it k delightful. Seat tered over itare innumerable ruins ol houses and fortifc4tions, which were occupied by the now almost extinct race that once pcopled this Territorv noble churches built by the Jesu- it's. and hundreds of little mounds, erected in the past decade. over theremains of white persons who were murdered by Apache indl- ans. Some of the ruins-not9bly that of ] C,s1 Gra.Fe-are of vast extent and show, plainly, that, when standing, the cdiiiccs were large, pretty and imposing.
 With tls revelation concerning matters and things in Arizuna-south of the GIia riy-
 or, we pass on to note facts relating 10
 NORTHERN ARIZONA,
 An extensive region of country, having Utah
 and Colorado on the north New Mexico on
 the east, California and Nevada on the west,
 and the section of territory just described on
 the south. and, as by common usage and con
 sent. the east is the great starting point, We
 will start in at the line of the Gia, which
 ought to he the eastern line of our Territory.
 Here. then. is high range of mountains
 8 spur of the Sierra Madre-and one unbro-
 ken forest of pine. oak, maple and other
 -f.. fte.a fp and
 cellence of which must be seen in order to be fully admired n country abounding in
 mineral grazing and agricultural wealth noble streams, game of all kinds, and plenty
 of Indians North of this range, the cOun
 try is pleasing, if not fascinating. Al
 through the foot hills, for nearly loo miles , are valleys or parks of immense size, and o great beauty and fertility; valleys where but few years ago, thousands of Navajo Indians herded immense nocks of sheep and divided the spells of war. Beyond these, to tn, , north. are high table lands and rugged range - of mountains. sparsely timbered and badly ] cut up by canons which convey the waters O 2 the Sierra Blanca, and other mountains, t' - the Little Colorado river, which river drain Q all this immense section, and finally enptie C into the Great Colorado Now, thIs tabl l. land country is covered with good grasses, i ,, pretty well watered, and, of course, canno Ii much longer remain idle, and unoccupicd l. Nor will those dazzling valleys of the foot ,, hills, through which beautiful streams o s water flow; in which grass and clover stan' !, thick and green the year round; and whc IT are protected, on query side, by magniiicen z forest trees.
 d Yet. south of this range, in the land of th l. Apaches, the country is still better, if no C,II l.r ind 1T clover and timber; two or three rivers an ?, scores of large creeks, all teeming with fish 1t q healthy climate and everything else neces If sary for the enjoyment and sustenance of Tiff,
 The agricultural land bordering the large ,f streams such as Salt River, the Bonito (o !, Franciscol. Preta, Turkey Creek, White Ki' e CT and the Milpas, is plenty and rich. In fac ie the soil of those stream bottoms is as ric a. and fertile as any we have ever seen on th r. lower Mississippi And, the agriculture a land of this section of our Territory is nc ,r confined 10 river and creek bottoms, thei ,f being much good land on Besas, and in mouT
 tain valleys, all through the middle pOrtIu Di of Eastern Arzona,--or that section of 1t that is occupied by the Coyotero Apaches. d Thus have we related a portion of wha l. by actual observation, we have learned h Northeastern Arizona, all of which Is equa 0, ly true of the region to the west of it, b r- tween the Milpas and Verde rivers, and fro lt Salt River. on the south, to Utah and Col to rado Territories on the north, with the e. h. ception that in this latter scction--nOw occ le pied bv Pinal and Tonto Apaches--the mi o. eral wealth k thought to be greater thi a that of the Coyotero Apache country.
 o. From the Verde to the Colorado, the cou o. try. with the exception of some d, sort land