The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-01-20

of bleachcd Indian Skuii-, tHat H"" c longcd 10 warriors of contending tri'eS, "n' had met here, and fought Di''Tr
 Tradition says that this fight was oet"..
 Auacbcs and Msricopas. and mat ln. i"t'e' were victorious. or late, me 'a,'ey Has been the scene of many q coihoaI "e'"ee" whites and apaches. In looo, large party of Apache -Mohaves and Apache umas made A despcratc attack upon white men belong inp to a freight train then encamped Tn the valley. The fight was, at first, hand to hard one. and the result was that superior valor. arms and intelligence, crowned the whites with victory. Some thirty five of the Indians met just fate, and well did they deserve it, for having, Indian like, approach the whites on that fatal day and spot, in an assumed friendly manner, but with murder in their hcIlish hearts. Since the occurrence of this battle, they have been content with shooting at passersby, stealing animals, rob- bng houses and fields.
 While at Mir. Bowers place, we were shown an Irish potato, raised m the vaiiey, which weighed five pounds.
 KIRKLAND VALLEY,
 Five miles west from Skull Valley, on the stage road, is somewhat larger than Skull Valley, and is, like the latter. hemmed m oy
 foot. hills. Kirkland Creek affords water Tor | irrigaiing a few of the ranches, and only a , few. Mir. McAtccr's place is one of the most ! heautifuI in this section of Arizona. and that
 gentleman may we'll feel proud of all that he
 has accomplished in bcautifying his grounds with trees, etc. Mr. Kelsey, who has been in the valley but a short time, has done consid crabIe upon his place, at which stages and buck boards stop. North of the road, are the ranches belonging to Tom. Roddick and others, upon which some costly improvements have been made. Both Skull and Kirkland valleys produce, annually, in addition to other crops, great quantities of hay, some of which is shipped to Prescott and the military posts. Looking south from either valley, person bebolds high ranges of mountains. portions of which are heavily tim bered, and and all containing rich lodes Of gold, silver and copper, besides numerous rich placers.
 The road that leads from valley to valley has oftentimcs been stained with blood, shed by Apaches, who, in years past, have made of it a place to be dreaded. The valley, itself, has had its share of ''horrors," and may yet suffer from more of them.
 BELLS cANoN,
 \ long, rocky, dangerous pass in granite range of mountains, lying between Kirkland and Date creeks, is now before us, and, wish ing to get through to Camp Date Creek, ahead of the stage, which was now close be- hind Us, we proceeded on, at as rapid rate as possible, and, just as Old Sol was>sinking behind the hills, we entered them, our minds fully made up to run the gauntlet. We did run it in safety. But, what frightful place is that old Canon, and what bloody, murder ous scenes have therein beer enacted since white men first vcntured to pass through 1t. In it Bell, Sage, Lcihy, Superintendent of ln- dian Affairs, his clerk, and many other whites were murdered by Indians whom they had befrended; train upon train, and mail party after mail party, had been attacked and plundered, by savages whom Vincent Colyer and other cowardly Government blood suck CTS would have the world believe are "peace- able, well-disposed Indians" But, enough.
 We arrived at
 CAMP DATE GREEK,
 Late at night and found the sutler store
 open, with the owncr, Geo. H. kimball ready to receive us, which he did, in very
 hospitable manner. The buildings compris
 ing the military post of Camp Date Creek
 are of adobe, neat, clean and comfortable The site and surrounding are q. good and fair to look upon as could well be found in sl't
 section of country of which the post IS, or ourbt to lao, the protector of. Imagine d bunch of whtewashed hoifsrs many of them covered with shingles, in the middle of a
 valley, surrounded by very rough granite hills, which show and grow but few trees
 then a creek. in whose bed and along whose i Al II. and expand to goodly proportions. Upon first gancng at the "crcek," a stranger would think it contained no water, but, dig down into the debris which fills its bed or follow its course to some point where bedrock comes to the surface. and it will be seen that Date Creek does contain water. The post was located in this valley mainly with the object in view of rendering protection to mails, trains and travellers, in which, how ever, it has not distinguished itself, for vsri- ous reasons. It may, however, have done some good. 1t might have done great deal more good. Near it arc mines of gold, sil- yer and copper, none of which, however, are now being worked.
 The stage, with Captain J. P. IIargrave, Mir. Bunken, John l.. Taylor, T. Gleason, Miss Dunn, Gertrude, the woman slayer, and poor, unfortunate Adams, who, soon after, met an untimely fate, at the hands of Camp Date Creek Indians, having passed on, our self and travelling companiOn retired for the night, and soon afier having brcakfastcd next morning Sunday, had tue "pleasure oi witnessing Lieutenant Ehstein and two as s!stants issue corn and beef to lot ot ind'- ans, which issue was squarely made % M"ss all the Indians seen by us wore Apache tuna Men. women and chi'o'en Sp pcarcd pleased, and we turned s nMas ,, % rho with hope that at last our req olt,' ,u ,,n tbo;r westward of Prescott had mace "p ~ ,er. minds to he .tsood" How badly we "sas tas ni',Sas i,ls :" ;S pnown to every person who has oo,eI nS of ,he "wickenburg Massacre, ny Tn i;anU oi the Apache Yuma and Apache Mo a"xe. ~ bands; perhaps Indians, who, with ..,;I;nr countenanccs, had, on that pleasant, r..,ceful Sabbath morning, taken bread and meat purchased with funds supplied by the white people! Oh! faithleSs, cruel red men, what demon, or demons, is it, that incites you to murder, rob and torture your fellow creatures, eswLen, were you to do otherwise, peace. plenty, and protection from all harm would. most certainly, be yours! But, per haps, it is ordained of God, that the mission for which your race was sent on Earth for, is