The Arizona sentinel., 1884-11-01
An Arizona Pioneer.

l
 the Pacific coast, would, if writ
 ten, form interesting and instruc
 tive reading. As @ case in poin
 we present the following inciden
 which we gathered from an in
 teryiew with Judge Wm. G. Der
 ry, who arrived in Albuquerqu
 few days ago.
 In 1847 he emigrated from low
 to Oregon, crossing the Rock.
 mountains and the plains with al
 OK team, accompanied by larg'
 immigration composed principal
 iy of families and their stock
 and household goods. Arriving
 in Oregon he settled in Oregon
 City at the falls of the Willamette
 and commenced business at gun.
 smithing, which trade he had
 learned when boy in Pennsyl-
 vania, his native State. II 1849 a schooner came into the river
 bringing the news of the discov-
 cry of gold in California, when
 the subject of this sketch in com pany with sixty others on horse- back, with his pack horses carry ing provisions, started for Cali fornia overland, fighting their way through the Rogue river h. dians, and entering the Sacra- mento valley at it's head and fol- lowing it down the Feather river where the company first saw the gold mines. The company here separated, each going his way. MI. Berry worked at several To calities at Foster bar, the north fork of the American river and other mines. At last he was ta k en sick. with the intermittent fe- yer and made his way to Sutter's fort, then down the Sacramento in little schooner to San Fran cisco, where he soon got we'll and went 10 making gold scales at $50 per dozen. Made lots of gold in AS and '49 and went back to Ore gOn. But the ruthless spirit of speculation deldered by the easy acquisition of gold, seemed tJ turn mems heads, and most men who nude ;e piles i those days were soon brokan flat, and he Was among the number. He next went 10 Gold Beach at the mouth of Rogue river, and in | 356 he was burned out by the h. 1ians and left entirely destitute, blanket or rag of cloth ing.
 At Santa Barbara, Cal, in 1862 | MT. Berry was admit ed to the l par, he having formerly studied | law fer several years. In 1872 | he went to La Paz, Arizona. In 1864 when the Territory was or ganized, by an act of Congress, he went to Prescott, where he ran for Delegate to Congress, and was beaten by Col, Chas. D. Poston oy seven votes because he (Pos- .on) had the most money. MT. Berry then built a house out of a pig pine tree and started hls busi- less of gunsmithing. This was [ he first house built in Prescott md hIs business fio1rished. The people elected him District At Orney and that offioe he filled for iX years to the satisfaction of the people, still carrying on hls gun and also filling the of. ice of Register of the United States Land office, to which of- ice he was appointed by Presi- lent Grant. But in an evil hour le was persuaded to give up II that fiOurishing business and mbark in mining in what was 10 be the finest mine yer. discovered. He started a arge company who did not have
 dollar, opened the mine aand oon dug it out by the roots and vas left without dollar in the world.
 He then went over the Cole ado river to Yuma, where a rIend bought out the Arizona 'ENTINEL and presented it to Jim, which paper he owned and 'dited from 1873 to 1877. While unning the SENTINEL MT. Ber-