The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-08-30
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HAywAHp's RAScH, LITTLE CoLoIlADo,
 August 2d, 1878.

HAYwARD's RANCH, LITTLE COLORADO,
 August 2d, 1878.
 It has been raining heavily for several days past, and the country generally Is flooded with water. The mail road isl washed so badly that there ar perpendica- lar pitches of five and six feet The mail carrier who has just come in from Navajo Strings says he had to camp two days and one night on the high lands. by the side tf A stream that in ordinary times is scarcely greater than a Till. Sergeant Boutwell,, from towards Camp Apache, has been kept here unable to proceed on account of high water. Jeff Ryan undertook to take al mailbag east. got into creek and na row ly escaped losing his fife. With great diff cuIty he succeeded in getting out with his team and the mail. The drivers of the buekboards have ali displayed great eonr- ape and endured much. This flood IS nearly as great as that of 1861.
 We took breakfast here, on the 2lst- standing in two feet of water. The ln- mates of the honse waded about, for hours, saving valuable articles of household fur uiture which were giving unmistakeable \ indications of sudden departure. As MT. I Haywood expressed, he had large amount of '.fioating capital and no inconsidera- blc amount of trolling tabout stock" The water used in making the coffee vas dip- ped up in the dining room.
 The banks of the river are caring Tn. Large trees and an immense amount of ! driftwood are coming down.
 An an important and reliable piece of news is, that Col. Swain and two compnies of the 9th Cavalry (coloredD went up to Fort Defiance, from Fort Wingate, on the 10th instant, to be present at the annual issuance of supplies to the Navajo Indians, and to represent the dignity and power of the Government But no sooner had the
 Quixotic Colonel and his command put in an appearance where thss Indians were than
 the latter went into council, and when the closed doors of their Executive sessien were
 opened, a delegation issued forth and pro- ceeded direct to the Colonel and notified f him he had just twenty minutes to retire with the ''niggers," or the Indians would
 arrest them all and put them h the guard house. Col. Swain had read, no doubt, that dis. lcretion was the better part of valor, and ] had the triggers to saddle up at once and , gracefully turn the tails of their horses to wards the indignant Navajos and retire 1T good order towards Fort Wingate. Q The Prescott and Santa Fe mail route
 has been awarded to one McDraugh, for tho sum of $13.313 year. The present com f pany is getting $42,225 year. It vii , cost at least Sl5,000 to fit up along tho D rout to transport the mail as the law re : Iquires and as the present contractors ar' ft doing. Persons who know, estimate tha the mail cannot be carried over this route l according to the requirements of the con 9 tract, for less than $30.000.
 eI A Mormon reached here yesterday from
 below, and reported Brigham City and Doc i Smiths camp flooded dreadfully; tha l the crops were all swept away, and that thu
 bridge across the Little Colorado wa r probably gone.
 Q Dudley, the chief clerk of the Post Ira der at Fort Wingate, and formerly of Pres ,l colt, is as popular as he is good looking. Mir. Hayward, mail contractor, has force here waiting to get through to Rocl Station to commence the erection of suita
 ble buildings for an extensive cattle rancl I there.
 , Respectfully, MAX.