The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-05-22
NOTES ON ARIZONA.

hlsdrstries, Inhabitants, Scenery and
Ancient Churches and Missions.
loan conceive of no more delightful
(ive than that from Tucson to San
hrier and below, even to Tubac and
0abasss. 1t is between six and seven
Ils from Tucson to the renowned
Church Of st Xavier, for the most part
anQgh wilderness of the largest mes
VI fefs in the world. They do not
gov 70 such height as those in Texas,
ut the branches shade two or three
lines IS much ground. 1t is not the
sasrsble structure above that COM
ninds the attention of the tourist-the
th Of ever friendly Indians, known as
v Papagos, with their civilized ways
M Christian virtues, dividing with the
shce in which they worship the OBJ
nahon OF all travellers. These Indians
Monly never have been and are not
%derous, but they are unlike all other
aoes, including the Pimas and Mari
agss and the good Indians in Northern
slzona they will not steal. They
afas, H much as possible, or as much
whey can affjrd to, like men and
Mmen outside of Indiandom. The
q and women all work, although the
Peg DO the greater share. think
y rapagos are smaller in stature than
nJM the other tribes of Arizona. I
~ seen little women, who did not
1.. ". over four feet or four feet and a
m height, packing great baskets of
ut wood, containing stacks of fuel
@ne Instances 10 feet in height and
sa must have weighed, at the least
Nation, two, three and even four
@dnd pounds
lnc miles below the traveller comes
funta del Aqua; and 10 miles fur
sns saganito, two pretty pieces OF
@cl property. Between these two
Meles . smelling works will soon be
Ipeteo for the concentration of the
NaC.ions OF the San Xavier mines,
sa 9 few miles west of the travelled
II miles further is what is called
:. - Crossing, and where the eccen
oanta Cruz River takes a subter.
- course, except during the rainy
v, at which times it assumes the
~, aons OF a young Mississippi
alles beyond, in almost a directly
.sla s.. course, is Tubac, with its saw,
aa romantic history. Tubac i:
10 the northeast corner of the
Cas concentration of ranch lands
iaoac, which will always remair
station and teamsters' camp
M =! stage and team branches of
- Aflvaca and Oro Blanco mining
nm On the east, and the Aztec
- and Toltec districts on the, west
ad, from Tucson to Tubac, ant
m. oeiow, is filed with teamsters
a 3, ,ssa travellers and tramps. 70,
10y travel many miles at any tim,
~ oayhme that you do not NEE
~ going either in one direction o.
Il w. sno wen preserved Church O
ilh,as,sler del Bac. near Tucson-s,
fhsd ana so enthusiastically de
" All travellers in Southeastern
aIa,she ruins of the Mission of st
On ~ miamacaoori, command atten
Mst !. .nese ruins are a little to tn,
M !, ,s sne regularly travelled road, be
III ssee lee and four miles from Tubac
i ,b;s s' !: mission erected, or established
aa,sd s !. immediate an locality was conse
n S.sl = luoac in 1850, and was calle,
sSld;nsa a.A Gertrudes Mission. Thi
tfbs ss vas shortly afterwards destroy
hli urrs 0aes In l5l q church wa
has sSn.. un Inc site now occupied by tn
Ae ~ so named. This edifice share
'ate as that OF the Santa &c,