, 1873-01-07

.iecayou; OF those WAS, perhnps, WatohtoWer.
hayo bcon uBol as d cattlo-yard.
from Fort Yumh to tho end Of tho reservation
OF tho pin1as, but little dangor Is to bo nppro-
hon1o'l from hostile Apac}'os; but thence on, 1t
UNSAFE TRAVELLING,
md llo who journeys must keep llis wlts. about
linn, as u1nny man has boon shot from behind
n bunch Of bushes or O mosquito tree. Tho
mosquito malsos excellent. flrowool, and alao
est gum Arabic.
D(lo Water Station is on the rond; md, nlout
n year Binco, Mr.. j. W. Baker, hooper Of tho
station, with lis wife and two children, woro
MURDERED HERE
in cold blood by party OF Moxicans from Sono-
ra The object must havo been solely pl,iudor,
but 1t does not appear that they got worry much
after all. Thoy loft with aomo threo or four Of
Dalor's horsos and carried of n small amount
Of money from q trunk, and other portable val
nnbleB Aaying thoroughly rausacsad tic house.
boforo thoy loft. Thoy did not, however, dis
turb any Of tho cattle on the place.
Tho Picacho,- o,-pr monntain-poak on tho road
-is 4 noted landmark; and hore, alao, is sta-
tion for travellers to stop at.
TUCSON,
il nh old Mexican town near tho bnnks OF tho
% o Capitol Of tho % Totrtory. a Il as IS bcon ssts
tlcd over ono hundred yoara, and contains pop
1lntion Of Q, 600 to 1000 souls. Along tho river
thoro is o wide valley, which ia vol cultivated,
and os abundant mero 1o me S1 runs 1s
we'll vaiIi''a hid OUT @ though @ It co. contains @ somo
buildings wllicl, aro really creditablo: Tho
Conrt-Houso is good building, considering tlle
which goods md nlatoriaia Of all kinds havo tobe
haulod overland. OF course, when the Southern
paciio Railroads aro anislod, all this will bo OBJ
waited, In tho vicinity of Tucson, there is no
g9;t2d tbo md wat the1e s II lg 9b1snaoo
ncllo Indians. Thore iB q tino Catholic Church
fronting on tho Main Plaza, or Square; aud
thoro aro several excellent storoH herc, consid-
orablo trade being carried on with tho towns III
the Mexican State of Sonora.
Eight miles from Tucson is tho MisHlon
Church Of
BAN XAVIER DEL DAo, .-.
which Is q splendid specimen Of architecture,
tho whole Pacific Coast north Of Mexico. This
was built seventy or eighty years ngo, and con-
tinued IN flouriBhing condition until tho whole
property belonging to tho Catholic Church WIS
vs mss eps a2 S q h +! hs
IN tho City OF Mexico. :, Since TINT timo,
tho Church has moasurnby gone to decay.
It is true tho papago lndians, who 1.-Two
around and near the building try to lsocp it UP
and in repair; but thov lavo no regular .pnstor,
anil thoro iB no QUO to tako an interest oithor in
tho ediflco or in the lullans themselves. rho
interior Vi tho church is as rich as 1t can bo
made through gold md silver ornameutation
mud the sacred vesHola aro Of pure and massive
plate, not remarkably beautiful, but Of solid
building iB . .hing'of beauty, and almost unri-
vailed. We Ill know how dear, to the
how fond they arc Of rendering thom as chcor-
full and beautiful as possible, The eplenlor OF
tho design Of this church, Is equallol only by
tile rnnguihcolco Of its execution, md it stands
ont upon tho pllain, Will, it's two towors, ono Of
n
fonnd throughout the whole Southwest. Years
mil years Of labor wero spent upon it by will
ing people, and tho result ia q jewel Of build
ing,, which, i'll NIL Its loveliness, ia without
Doow Tucson there 10 another town OF COLI
riderablo Importance, called
TuDAG,
also an old Mexican settlement. many OF tho in
habitants bolng from tho MoxicQn Htntos OF
Sinaloa md Sonora. the whole Of Arizona
Bontl Of tho Gila belonging at ono time to tho
lattor State. Hereabout is 2 fno grazing
country aud some good agricultural land, In
collont silver mines, but they aro not much
nearly %Dldya aSpndone3 3' Near s ii tle soutlorn
boundary % Of n,4 the :, :, Territory q;9t -, thsro Ct,
yer Bar, whore it is affirmed that tho spaniards,
in tho year 1776. found large mass Of puro sl-
yer, which ia said to hnye weighed 5000 pounds.
This fact Bcems to be well-authonticatod, and Tho
pIancha ia said to be ltopt oven now in the hlu-
senm Of the City Of Nloxico ag :. curiosity.
Hereafter, there will bo u good doal Of minirg
done in Arizona, and tho n.inoa may becomo as
famous, md yield as much money as they did
A HUNDRED yEAHs AGO;
for, at TINT timo, tllero were over forty towns
and yillagos, we'll pooplet in what is now Ari-
zona Territory, bcsideB numerous farms there
wore over ono hundred gold nnd Bilvcr minos
thou in auccossful opoyation.- Tho 1lltlians neAr
the Missions were civilized by tho Catholic
priests, md aeemcd to bo contentod; but they
were afterwards reduced to tho most abjoct
slavery by the Spaniards md the most nnhonrd-
Of cruelticB wore praotised upon them by their
masters. OF course, this stato of things could
tyran,lical 1nastors, slaughtered lnauy Of them,
and being joined by tho wild tribes Of Apae4oH
who had never been Bubduol,
EXPELLED THEM from THE COUNTRY.
Tho only towns OF any Importance Which tllo
Indians wore unable TO overcome woro Tucson
and Tubae, both OF which would now bo thriving
places were 1t not for tho ApacleH. Civilization,
f Of fapy M asanpeafe and the lend veg
tho old condition Of things ulay now DO coon in
many place., and rolics OF tho old
towns and mining, camps arc Frequently
d9qn4 10y tthrongLout a, the country Many Of ths
by the more recent settlers, who have, In turn,
loen drivol. out Of tho country by tho ruthosa
eayageh. The spaniarda moved or toward tho
South. followed by the wild Apaches, who OK
tlIcm: They attacked tho weak settlements Of
tile Christian Indians who wonld not jou them,
aud, i'll ! twelyomonth alter the first outbreak,
oil tho fair farmH and smiling villages, wl!ioh
Enyo Hncll rich promise, wore aa dry and sero,
aud utterly barren rs dcaort waste.
THE ArAOuEb
nro divided into several tribeB or bands, known |
as tae Moscaloro Apaches, or thoso WHO 1.-Two
Agavo Americana, or Contury-plant; tic t'oyo,
torO, or Wolf ADQchcB tho Iouto. or Fool |