Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-29
Letter From the Mountains.

i, KANSAS CAMP, Oct. 2l.-Our little
 railroad station, Sonoita, two miles
 north, is looming up and there IS nc telling but that 1t Is a city in embryo
 and may some day assume the role oi
 rival of the ancient and honorable pue. ] blo." Besides the wood switch it has
 been made headquarters for section 1 house. It IS 34 miles from Contention 1 and two miles from the Empire ranch ten miles from Crittenden and two miles from old Camp Crittenden. The locs- i sion, which Is a beautiful one. IS about
 all there is now, however, to attract the 1 attention of the tourists. But the mines here, when properly developed, will doubtless make It one of the most im- portsnt stations on the \. Nj. S A. R. R. | In the vicinity of the station are a num- | Der of unmarked little mounds which ! indicate the last resting place Of men i who died or were killed while the con struction camps were here. No stately monument will ever cast a sOmbre shad-
 ow athwart the hastily prepared tombs of those unfOrtunstes, and the sad fate of many of them is perhaps unknown to their relatives. \ number of men were
 murdered and many died of levers for
 want of proper attention while the road
 was being built and small grsyeyards
 are to be found wherever the contract
 ors camps were located.
 John Thompson. the famous scout,
 Indian fighter, llano mayordomo and so
 forth, went out hunting the other day
 and IL a very short time came tearing
 into camp like a Santa Ferallroad can non ball train" He was swearing like a pirate and the left leg of his pants had
 been amputated about eight inches be- low the pocket The boys asked him no questions, however. They knew that he had stood looking at the bear too long or else was very slow climber.
 Since the war between the YHqui h. dians and Me1icans began in Sonora, there has been a lively exodus of tlmid and peaceful hCmbres from that coun- try. They pass here in large crowds and many of then are destitute. A party of four stopped at our camp yesterday and said they had not had anything to eat for two days. They say the Yaquis are well armed and equipped and that they are brave in a fight. They say there are now lively times and much bloosshed in Magdalena and vicinity. If the war continues southern Arizona will soon be overrun with indigent Mexican ref ugees, and much suffering-and no doubt an increase of crime-will be the 
 While out hunting in the hills about | five miles southeast of camp yesterday, Will Burford saw the Indians. Whether l they were in quest of scalps, or simply | distributing tracts he did | ascertain. He saw them about half a nile of and his well-known prudence | md industry increased the distance be- .ween him and them at a very rapid ate.
 The well-knowu race horse Pinto Is topping for the present at a ranch near lere. l understand that he won race or S5C0 a side the other day.
 4 good many miners are coming in lere from the Huachucas.
 The party of eastern capitalists men, toned in my last letter are expected to rrive here Monday or Tuesday. They Eill probably visit Tucson before re- urnlng home.
 Large quantities or ore IS being ship ed now from the Flux mine south of It goes tO the Contention lill.
 Some of the heavy official artillery of he Atchison, Topeka < Santa Fe road assed over the x. Nj. & A. branch this eek and it Is expected that the road i'll be turned over to the Santa Fe ompany on the first of November. It understood that MT. Scott will con- nue in the position of superintendent.
 The pay car passed over the road on ne seventeenth and distributed vast mount of cash along the line.
 There are number of hay camps in lis vicinity and large amount of hay as been put up. Ihs grass in the val ,ys hereabouts is of an excellent quail ?, and there Is plenty oft. JIW.