, 1873-01-07
Silonoo Of tho 0ountry---Arizona City
~--Gold.Digging From
tier Introduction.
Potalaya Cactus".Maricopa WolIs...Casas
Cranles' Dangerous Travelling.
Tucson...San Xnyicr del Bac...A Largo
Mass Of Silver Found In Old
Times.
Uovolt Of tho Indieas---Apuche Tribes
---Cachise---Present Condition
Of Things.

---Cachiso---Present Condition
Of Things.
From Our OtpM Correspondent. .,
Tucson, Arizona, Doc. Iii, 1879.
Arizona, way off i'll tho southwestern portion
Of our country, is clcor1ess and lonely. I havo
been In every sooton Of Our domafn, except
Alnyka md, Of all tho places I hnvo oyor vin-
itod, Arizona 10
THE MOST DnEARY.
It was aotttcd long yoare ago, and Inns his
tory which datoa back oyor q hundred yoars /;
but, notwithstanding this, 1t n Bparaoly-peo-
Mod lant, and q lnrd which scema TO be Without
lopo lilo Texas l. Pacific Railroad may romo-
dy tllia whom 1t Is completed, but 1t certainly
Is at present as dcao!ate "a tho plains
Of death itself. Wl,nt fcoling of droarlnoss
and Sadness comes over ono'a mind as ho pono-
tratos into tho Territory, md stiffness, solemn
and enduring, envelopes tito whole scono. Else
where, birds sing oattlo low, aud shcop bloat;
but hcro nlI aro still und silent. A copper aky
overhead; a fair landscape, framed in noun
tains, in front; Rcanty vorduro, with giant cact-
tusos scat!ercd over hill and lalo,-Bu is tho
laud which borders on tho Moxicau Slate Of So
nora, md which now forms part Of our do
man.
There are Eomo things TINT are apparently
hopclosn, and which Booua to be far beyond any
remedy This Torritory belongs in tho category
OF hopeless thinge, and it is questionable
whether 1t has improved any since it was &C.
auired by the United States. from San Diego
thoro is fair road to Fort Yuma, on tho Colo
rado River, nnd, after crossing this stream, tho
Territory is fairly reached. 1Ioro wo find our
selves III NIL adobe yilugo which rojoicoa in tho
high-sounding namo Of
ARIZONA CITY
This town ia perhaps tho third in point of
population in the Territory, and contains about
400 nAab;'ants, made up in great part of Mexi-
cans and InlianB,-thc tribes Of MohavoH and Yu-
snns being represented in creator numbors than
any othor. There aro several croditable looking
stores, and no small amount OF business is car
ricd on IN tho interior, and above, along tho Col
orado River, and below, in tho Gulf OF Caltfor-
min aud tho various towns which aro situated on
tho shores thereof. Tho town ia a few miles be-
low tho point wllcro the Gila pronounced Hecla)
River cnptios into the Colorado. Tho Qila ia
not nayiGnble, ON account OF ahoa15 and sand
bars. Several times steamboats, havo attempted
to 20 up tho stream, but all efforts have boon
fruitlese, and they hayo been entirely aban-
doned.
After repairing ono'a wagon and 1aying in a
supply Of provisions, tho trayol!or is prepared to
necessary to carry private stores along, na thcro
nre stations at intervals On tho whole road whero
person can get fair moa! and place to sleep
under shelter; Int 1t ia safer and bcttor, on tho
whole, to carry your own bedding, aud your own
Hour bacou, sngar coffee, etc., and thus you Gnu
Io, perfectly independent. A tldo OF few lnllo5
brings you to
OLA CITY,
which is certainly not much Of piacc, although,
in former years, it was supposed that it would
eventually mako a fine, largo town, US thoro nro
gold.1nnss, or rather. gold-digginge, near by,
which will some dny 10 worth working. Tho
would think the river, which ia near by, would
furnish M abundant supply Of thin fluid, and 80
i would i it could bo utilized, but nnfort,1nato-
]y tho aiEsings arc far up on the mountain
side, and it il iMpracticabo to carry tile water
up to them. A fow Mexicans md Indiana work
In the mines in ANAL way. but it does not pay
to 50 up and work faithfully Nil day, with only
what wNtcr you havo carried up in Il canteen,
md at nishtfall find yotl layo only got out
hbout hnlf dollars worth Of gold, aud have
stetion.
Tho next station Ia called
OnOvILLE,
and, If town can DO moro ot{ectnall7 " aim-
nercd down" tl.an this one, don't know wlcro
it is. The fact IT, it has been 10 eroctualIy SIM
7ncrcd that, to tho best Of my recollection thoro
is only pnrt OF one old house loft standing. It
EaB at tlllB place lhntA n
SOMEWHAT NOTED INTRODUCTION
took place some ti1uo ago. 1t appears Tint %
gentleman from tho interior went to tho States
md took unto himself {. wifo, and returned
Herewith, bringing at tho Bn1no tinlo hia wifeG
sister. Whom tic carriage renohed Orovillo, 1Ir.
EodAmner nlisAtea. aB did Tho two ladies'.
They all walked up to the building, whore thoy
met Mr. Smiley, Of Pike. Mr.. Dolhammor pro-
tn,x sGs1s1 to to n3fc 19iroaae' Lis wife, sayns h1r'
'Tllo hell !" said Smiley g1nsping her hand in
ecEtacy.
;rhcn turning to til: other lady, Bodhammer
an!!9qaesn Ir smey aeT Tay'vFi ny Wifs,s s,stern
'':rho helrs jlreI :" naid tho piter, completely
carried nway ii doliriulu of delight. The Ia
dleo hardly knew What to mako Of this kind Of
reception, and ferycntly wihhea themselves back
among Tho vortlaut hills and sunny ya1cs OF the
Tnr East.
Tho road continues along in general dircc-
tion M tho Gla Riycr, ,-somotimes near it, and
at other times so,no distance from it. Cousid-
plnccs mid What particularly oxcitoH tho admi-
ration aud astoniEhmont OF stranger il tho
eight Of
TIE GIANT CACTUS,
or pctRhayn,-calted nlao tho gcarrn,-whlcl
rears ita gigantic groen trunk in every direction
1t Is plRn shrub q foot or two III diameter,
md from thirty to iifty feet in hoight armed Will,
immense apineH, Or taorna, which stick out in all
n1a,'e Of this cactus BY planting them closo TO-
getller, The trunk is not solid, but filled with
pith, and tho outside of the dead cactus
s,, ea are split -, up and. used for
+ moBt dcljcionp crimson fruit grows on tho top
Of this cactus, which ig cayorly sought after by
the Indians, WHO Hhoot tho ponrs OF with their
errowa. White men have a moro expeditioaa
the shrubs, which cffectnally ruins them for asl
ought to bo greatly deplorctl, though, in many
places, they are tic ouly thing yiaible that is