The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-01-20

take him or her to the Gila, whither we went, in conveyance belonging te Jas. A. Moore, 1 of Maricopa Wells, who met us at Mr. Hel- ] lings' place, and would have us accompany 1 him home, to
 MARICoPA WELLS, One of the old stations built in years agone | by the Buttertleh company.
 The road from Phoenix to the Wells was l good, but dusty; so dusty that upon arriv- l ing at> our destination, our ears, eyes, nose, | etc, were |" chock full " of the finest kind of dust, which resisted all attempts made by us ] to remove it by water, and remained wherever l it had lodged until after it had dried, when stiff wind blew it away.
 Now. this Mir. Moore was an old friend of ours. whom we met at Wickenburg early in ! 1861. and, in company with whom, while he was engaged in hauling the first W lson-lo of four that was ever brought from south to north of the Gila, we one night went through | the Canon-0f the Hassayampa, under the fol lowing drawbacks: Indians skulking around us, but afraid to attack team played out, when Mir. Moore, Joe Green, (since killed by an Apache at Camp McDowell), and one other man, set to work and packed the flour, sack by sack, to the top of big hill, to which we ''coaxed" the team, when the flour was reloaded and we set out for Weaver, After this, it would be strange if NIT. Moore did not do his best to please us, and make our stay of three days, at his place, pass as pleasantly as possible. He did so; not only this, but his wife and daughters, and his partner, l.. W. Carr, showed us great hos pitality. with such an effect upon us that ever since we have been wishing to get back to Maricopa, just to hear the sweet voices oi the young ladies, if for nothing else.
 The land between the two rivers is good, and may yet be farmed.
 In going to the Well, and before crossing the Gila, we had good view of the village of the Marcopa Indians, and passed Mir. Nor gan's trading post.
 The Gila was about dry where we crossed it. and had been so all summer.
 Besides hospitality, we found at Maricopa Wells, a large store, we'll filled with goods of every kind; wagon and blacksmith shops where work of all kinds is done; scores of teams encamped, repairing wagons, etc; a good we'll of water, which cannot be dried {; nice, grassy valley, with considerable mes quite timber.
 One day, in company with the ladies, Mir. Carr, Mir. Grover and Mr. Baker, agent for the mail company, we took drive to the Pima Villages, above on the river, saw the good Pimas at home, in the bosom of their families, and learned that the tribe numbered somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000, while their Maricopa friends cannot count over 100. The Pimas reside in pretty large, oyal-shaped huts, constructed of mud, poles and straw. and are divided into bands under separate chiefs, all of whom are subject 10 the head chief, Antonio Azul They have resided here, on the banks of the "Sacred Gila," for centuries, and have earned an hon est living by tilling the soil Hating the wild Apaehes with a hatred unknown to us, they never miss a chance to kill one, and as the Apaches hate them fully as bad, if not worse. continual war between both tribes is, and has been, the result Indeed, the Pimas and MaricopaS, watch, unceasingly, for the approach of their hereditary enemies, who are ever on the alert to catch Pima or Mar icopa mapping, or to steal their horses, etc. But short time previous to our visit, par ty of Pimas had killed some Apaches: and, as is their custom, the braves who did the killing were housed up, doing penance, we presume. While thus engaged they con verse with nobody, and water, provisions, etc.. is carried to tlI,1n. This, we were told lasts for about thirty days.
 Owing to the scarcity of water in the Gila, the past three years, those Indians have rais- ed short crops of wheat, and but a very lit- tie corn and pumpkins, so that they really need some assistance from Government They need, besides provisions, carts for farm work, and We earnestly hope they will get them soon.
 N7s They were beseeching their God (whom they call :Montezuma,'') to send rain and snow so that the Gi.a would again fill up. and enable them to raise plenty of grain and vegetables, and it is to be hoped that God will give them more than they are clamoring 1 for.
 While returning home, we passed several places where. dead Pimas lay in the ground, covered with brush and dirt, and around which several women were mourning and chanting very lugubrous notes.
 On returning to the Wells we got a good view of the stOue face on the southeastern end of Maricopa Mountain, which looked very much like the face anu head of an In- dian, and which, the Indians say, is a profile of MonteZuma.
 We regretted, very much, our inability to visit the thriving towns of Florence, and Ad- amsvillc, and the old ruins known as Casa Grdnde. but hope to be able to do so at some from Tucson, west, loo miles, and 1855 miles e"Ss VI -AiNO"H Nitss ioi "hiCh piaCc WIG started one evening, just as daylight had dis appeared, arriving, late at night, at I CHA BEND,
 A place where there are thousands Of acres of good arabic land, plenty of water to irri- gate said land, and numerous brawny arms to cultivate 1t.
 KENYON STATION, Was made early next morning, and after hay ing partaken of a good breakfast, fresh start was taken for BuRKE's STATION, Where we found very good fare and accom- modations. Being wearied from sickness and loss of sleep, we concluded to lie over here | until next morning, when Mir. Whistler, the gentlemanly proprietor of the place, took us across the river, to
 AGUA CALIESTE,
 The residence of Col. K. s. Woolsey, where we met with n hearty reception from that