The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-01-25
The Northern Section.

Prescott 7. Ia the northern lArt oi MlNOnai A . prU.pvrous place, with churches, courthouse and y,., ul Inc finest climates in the world The | sp,uery about it-a- at "a thousand places m thc ! Western Territories iron wyoming to tue fdcihc --i- simply mlgn ireut. Tue iuhabiianis are all Aincricius, and good solid mcu. lt has news paIcr In uidWintcr you eau walk about without s cont, even, aud tH midsgmuicr the weather has rarely more than ud temperature water in abundance, and good pine lumber. Having satis- lied myself that diamonds, rurcs and sapphircs were unknown in the Territory, and that though il i- nduc of mineral wealth, yet the want Ui transportation renders it practically va.uecss, aud that human life among the mUrdcrOu. Apacbcs makes prospecting out Of sight ui garrison very insecure.
 This first dash is good aud truthful enough to pass muster, 50 We will file" on to Dash No. 2 and let him tell
 How People Travel
 There is Jut onc route to reach the Atlantic sca- hoard from Arizona and that Is by taking bcr- line for the Pacific cOast-thc longest say around is the nearest way home.
 All tlis great Indau country Is q succession Of mountains, sterile plains and cases, broader Juan our Eastern Staies The modes oi conveyance peculiar and primitive.
 embarked from Prescott on a buck board, a snlky with ioug board projecting Out Jchind. on which the mail and passengers are carried. Wth difficulty more uncomfortable conveyance could bo devised, but, with grand scenery around one and in an almost Italian atmosphere, it WAS en- durable. Thirty-fyc miles across mountain ruasd brought us 10 Bowers ranch. This was a straight along, 6rst-rate PenDsyyania inn. The ranch it- self Is perfect garden. Durham cUws and good SouthdOwns saW here. l satisfied With breakfast Of mutton chops, beefsteak and an Oin elet better than have ever yet eaten in a Pennsy yania inn.
 A change Of horses, and ~e resume the Juck board for Camp Datc Creek, where 1 raw what cheers the eye In the Western land eyerywhere- f..aTs f.. Afrl.s burg. in the midst of superb arable land. IL Is interesting to be at the reception of stage of these towns. Tue driver Of the buck board i. man Of authority. He Is necessarily man Of courage. He Is armed with the authority Of the United States and navy revolver and knife. Be. sides this, the mail s a herald of despair or hope in all these settlements. great chain connects them with each other aud the States, and tue mail lag holds q supreme interest. Hundreds, even d thousand miles and more separates these sal sart iroutiersmen from railroads ard tclcgraphs
 One hundred and twenty miles from Prescott, Nearly 200, if you please, Captain--ED. MINER across this continuous garden Of the great south west, brings to the river Colorado Ehrenberg the base Of sUpplirs for the northern territory. River transports, laden from the San Franci-co steamers, discharge here, and their clrgOes trans ferred 10 bull This Is bull, and should have read, "muie" " lez2ms.-ED. MISER. teams and pack mules. saw one grand fellow st the head uf i've hundred pack mules leave here. They were laden with sugar, conre, teas spiccs and gay with bells. Three to four hundred pounds are carried by each mule. II you multiply this by the great mule gangs, you will realize the m- mensc tonnage passing over tbc pl1ins.
 Conestoga Caravans
 1 found the ConestOga wagon here; many huge teams at least of that gigantic pattern. They are called prairie schuoncr.," w!ih trucks bC!iind tLem, dragging along like battelu behind huge nerchauiman. These are drawn by twelve hOrses and carry fifteen thousand pounds under their ctnvass. IL is wild, picturesque sight-trans ports, mules, teams, stages, Aexicans oulTe cos tuuIes, and language more suggestive of Eastern caravans thau outlying Territory Of the Great Republic. Sometimes a whit Ot tue fragrant ,pices Of the Indies helped the illusion, Great packages Of teas, direct from Japan, showed, at all events, an unaccnst0mcd nearBess to those distant isles.
 The Soldiers and the Indians
 Here think, perhaps wicxenJurg, wc met Troop A, Finh Cavalry, United States regulars Captain Wilson commanding. They returned e5i yoHte 10 Prescott. refer also to the discipline lere. From all tbat saw, the ..lrrisons are as carefully kept up in all the Southwest as under the shadow of the Capitol dome and the very eye pf the great commander. The command uf tue Department is nnder General Crook, certainly very pOpnlar officer and very strict discipllnarian. The flag Has peculiar interest, and commands an uuwOnted respect. Where t nOas there Is -aiety irom the Apaches. fouud no one who entertained humanitarian views to these say agc- or much hopes of their conversion There can be Bo douh that they are to-day a terrible rurss to tue country, and barrier to the white mans progress. Home truths, which Quakcrs ought 70 cmbrace-ED MINER
 From the cast side 0f the Colorado you cross 10 LDe vest side aud place your first footsteps on sandy desert tsOutheru CaIiforula.-ED NiSER Here the rs=aI trouble Of the journey lrotn Arizona 10 the begins. For one hun- dred and seventy five miles we had been joiled on jumping board with good feast for eyes now our Journey coniinaed over desert Of hot, heavy sand hot intense sun began To burn down on u- a dty heat like that from a furnace water none except an alkaline liquid that bore only the nhine. The ranches on tIs dreary route furnish .d only brown tread snA black cOnee the charges one dollar for on uueatable and undigestible meal. 50 ve i0uncyed from stage tO stage, do not know the distance; t seemed intermiuablc
 The writer next treats his readers to five or six inches Of deserved praise of the beauty and fertility of Los Angeles and San Der nardino valleys, and closes with the follow ing just tribute to this Territory and it's citi- zens
 And now. in conclusion, one more reliable word about Arizona. Her mineral wealth, although now unavailable, is simply iBexhaustihle: silver rOpper, coal aud gold there--the possibilities oi much else oesdc, for it is, for the most part. an unknown land
 found wonderful men there-nen of energy sciencs and knowledge -- pTactica. kuOWiedgc reaches out theTe as far the murdefouS Indian permits. Much Is being done there, and long he. lore Our school ge0graphes give knowlcdge Of the Interior, maps and plans--Vhich will be sour. ces CT vast Increase, ultimately, Of our national ~eslth-wh be in Inc hsnds of bankers and capl- ial'su on He Atlantic and tbe Pacific. the guides TOT railroads and vast mining corporations IL is source Of wealth much beyond popular knowl. edge today, but iu it climate and coll |, has the gr,aiest capital.
 And besideA this, the population of Arizona is nh ar.far O. HL uEkBuS. i,nd ,o the Atlantic seaboard hut |, sn kl Dorado. All those false siorie. about aAmouds aud ruhics do ho harm if they draw popuAuon here and awaken deeper interest In lhe protection oi ibs frontier. There have been 'crrbie deeds of violence perpe,rated here ty Inc Apaehes; families haze been murdered and urot. ~rv destroyed. It hls alec other dfawbaek. Scmcy Of lumber and scarcity Of satzs in much "i inc Isriisry l. difficulty not easily overcome Hhd Svcryialag G.pcuds on Irrigation New rali Toad ninunleatlOa and luCfslse of natjul.tion