Arizona citizen., 1873-09-20

would have exhausted the appropria- ton. The commanding officers build
 ing, made of granite and of suffi- ciently imposing appearance to be creditable if located on Montgomery street, is fast approaching completion. Officers buildings made of granite are fast going up. The soldiers guar ters are being built of adobes and will be completed within six weeks. About this camp there does not seem to be single idler; from early morn until dark, officers, soldiers and citizens vie with each other in seeing who can do the most work, and so orderly that one would suppose that the camp was composed of one large harmonious family. Not sign of dissipation is apparent. MT. Buck has a we'll se- lected stock of goods at the post, which he sells at reasonable rates. He is a live man and seems to feel more interest in helping to build up
 post and in assisting Arizona gener-
 ally, than in accumulating money for
 himself. Major Brown was organ
 izing scout to go after some strag-
 gling Apaches who have recently
 been giving some trouble. He has
 proved himself to be one of General
 Crooks best aids. He took with him
 twenty friendly Apaches, headed by
 Captain Chiquito, Archy Mcintosh,
 Gen. Crooks old scout, Marehilda,
 Jose Maria and Antonio; the three
 latter are Mexicans but were made
 captives at different times when boys,
 and hence understand the country,
 the language and ha bits of the Apa-
 ches to perfection. The stories of
 their captivity and life among the
 Apaches would be interesting, but in
 this connection there is not room to
 mention it. Before leaving, Major
 Brown called his guides together to
 consult about the plan of campaign.
 He told Capt. Chiquito that he de-
 pended much upon him, that he knew
 the country and the Apaches they
 were going after, and mainly on his
 skill and management did he depend
 for success; that if he, Chiquito, was
 in New York and they were to go to-
 gether after bad white men he could
 undoubtedly guide him so as to find
 them, for he knew the trails and
 haunts of white men there, but now
 that he was in his country he de-
 pended upon him for this assistance Chiouito said that those Indians were
 a common enemy; that Gen. Crook
 and Major Brown were the true
 friends of all good Apaches; that he
 should stand by them and do all he
 could to capture or kill those who
 would disturb the peace. He then ]: said that before he left he had a little
 domestic matter that he wanted to speak about, which was giving him
 some concern. Some months ago he
 had purchased squaw from neigh boring band and had paid two cows tor her; that subsequently, the band
 had demanded an additional consld-
 eration and he gave them some more
 presents; but he found finally that he
 could not satisfy them and he had re-
 fused to give more. Now that he was
 going away he feared that they would come and steal her away, and he wanted Mai. Brown to see that she
 was protected and cared for in his ab- sence. Which the Major agreed to
 do. Chiquito, prior to the purchase
 of this squaw had three besides, and according to Apache custom he was compelled to cut off the nose of one ot , them for infdelity fewanonths ago. which is an evidence thdf a plurality
 of wives does not always bring con- , tentment, and also, that the wild un- . tutored children of the forest have , their love troubles as we'll as the more civilized lords of creation.
 ' From Camp Grant to Tucson the distance is 104 miles. The first 40 miles is over a high table country covered with grass, then bya gradual descent for 20 miles to the San Pedro } At this point there is quite farming settlement; about 800 acres were , planted this year; the land IS pro- F ductive and has been cultivated for 8 number of years past. The lndians , have been very severe on tnas settle, , ment, having murdered one fourth of 2 the population there in 1869. But, . during the past year, with one e1cep- tion they have had no trouble, and |, tbe noor farmers who have heretofore I lost every thing are now beginning to
 accumulate, and feel much encour-