National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-28

color to scene "worthy the pcucil Of an
artist"-a combination Of the wild, grand,
picturesque, barren aud fertile not to be seen
worry often, We encountered, alternately,
rabbits and rattlcsnakcs, quail and Lizards,
ducks and centipcdes.
(old village whore we found settlement Of
I'VE Americans and ten MeSlcana, but no |
women, These men had located here late /
last spring, but by industry had managed TO |
cultivate several hundred acres, planted with |
corn principally, and enough other vegetables |
to supply their own wants. They had dug q |
deep canal. two miles long, to enable them to
lrrigato their lands, and are sanguine Of sue
cess.
II tho indians do not break out again (and
believe they will noD these lands Will soon
become very valuable, US the country along
the ella L. rich in minerals and Will attract Z
large mining population, which will furnish
the farmers with good market. The lands
along the ella are rich, and but little incunl-
bcred with underground; water for Irrigation
Ia plenty. The river bottom and the foot
| hills arc covered with inexhaustlble pastur-
age; the climate Is good, favorable for the
| growth Of any grain, fruit or vegetable, and
but little distance of the White mountains
furnish excellent summer grazing grounds.
The temperature Of this region Ia so me-
thodcal that, after observing the thermome-
ter for fcw days, l was enabled to tell the
hour OF the day or night by looking at that
instrument, viz; Al . a. m, 40 deg; q. m, ~
deg; 10 a. M, ST deg; 9 p. m, 05 deg: p.
m, 95 deg; Up. m., IS deg; 10 M, 81 deg.
The difference between the dry and wet bulb
thermometers is, usually. at ! a. NJ, Is deg:
at 9 p. m, 20 deg; atop. M, II deg. iudi'
eating a desirable dryness OF the air.
/ Tho Pueblo Sic)O Ia said to have lccn
{ thickly-populatcd Aztec town. Ruins Of stone
s and adobe houses arc numerous, aud we found
= many mounds. Going out with small party
z of laborcrs, Dr. Ncwbury opened one oil these
n mounds, and after digging some time came
upon adobe foundations which had evidently
been the walls OF an apartment some ten feet
snuarc and four feet below tho surface. There
= were two upright posts sunk deeply In the
u ground rotten aud crumblng. Digging fur.
o | ther they presently exhuined the skeleton oil
: an adult, the skull covered by awell-preserved
C ola, Of tho kind in use by the Pueblo, Apa-
/; che and Navajo Indians to-day. By the side
, OF the skeleton was large broken ola filled
Z with wood ashes and stone hatclict. The
;, bones Of the skeleton were worry much broker
q and friablc, but recognizable rs those oil ar
d adult no teeth.
10 The eeltlcrs here labor under tho impress
., sion that, Us nll the skeletons so far exhuinc'
b. were found In their houses, u sudden
r Hood or pcstilencc must have sur
ID priscd and destroyed whole VII
iagcs. I think that II Ia more .plausibl.
10 accounted for Ivy the theory that whenever
" person died he was buried W his house, ant
10 The latter deserted. This accords with tn
r, known superstition Of the Indians, none o
y whom bury their dead near them. Til
Is shsshoncs of northern Nevada leave th
lc body, without ceremony OF any kind, whor
N II breathcd It's last, and depart and the siou
g OF the plains enyelop their dead with blankets
IL fastened with bandages, aud hang them upo
Of trees.
ly trip" to the mouth of the Bouita and Priet'
e. found numerous ruins In the mountains, an
Ia the ruins Of powerful stone fort erected
nc high hill.
ms The ella Is well stocked with Ash Of I'll
:, salmon family, weighing from eight ounce
iic to twenty pounds. This fish, like the salnio
he after attaining maturity makes journ'
I'm down the ella and Colorado to salt waite
on aud returns in spring to lay Its eggs, new
IN again to return to the briny deep, but dyii
I'll near the headwaters Of some large mounta
II, stream. We caught an abundance Of the
Ire fellows. In the iniry places along the wat
to- bony protuberancc, which 1t sends throu
'ok the body Of any object which touches 1t, pi
on duclng a wound, through liberation OF
M soft parts, as dangerous as the bite OF the II
ell! tlespakc, and requiring the same treatnel
at, was much astonlshed one evening, abe
at dark, while fishing, at hooking black, eli
ss, gish object, Of go singular an aspect tina
y. hesitated about pulling 1t ashore, but dise'
~, cred presently that II was q terraptn: !
md marked that from the time the terrapin bit
,us the bait the Ash disappeared.
ter The soil along the ella and the climate
ne well adapted TO the culture Of the gral
ia vine and to fruit trees. am positive tina
me very superior wine could be grown here.
nd fact, too much cannot be said In favor and
q detraction of Arizona, this chaotic lal
It's combining 90 singularly the extremes OF {
Is tility and desolation. I. V. b