Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-16
SAND AND BRAKE.
Experience ofa Party of Government
 Surveyors.
NEARLY STARVED.
Some Very Fine Land Travsrscd and
 Excellent Pine Forests

Saturday morning the surveying part. consisting of Deputy Surveyor J. c Smith, his brother W. c. Smith, of Cleve
 land, O., H. B. Christy, of Cleveland. John w. Wilson, of Tucson, and Chas
 Baker, of Santa Ana, California, re-
 turned from an extensive tour of laying
 out the proper line along the western
 boundary of the White Mountain
 Apache Indian Reservation.
 Ninety-two miles were surveyed. Hot
 and dry, cool and pleasant, through
 grass forest and desert; all kinds of
 country were taken in that 62 miles
 They crossed two mountains, the Mes
 cal and the Sombrero, each 7.100 high,
 the latter being so steep that they had
 to leave their pack train behind, and
 await two days on the other side for
 their luggage to come up. The two
 nights were almost uncomfortable, as
 they were in 8 cold rain, without any
 blankets. Some of the country through which they passed was very fine rarch land, but was not settled because of fear of the Indians. One or two desert ed ranches were found, abandoned for that same reason. A large fine forest, heavily timbered IS situated 125 miles north of Tucson, which would be open ed up by North and South railroad. Lands were passed rich and grass cov- cred on which rain has not fallen during the year, being watered by the springs aboundIug there.
 The party had many adventures, Kids band of renegades was ID their vicinity, and one afterwards captured told them that he had seen them before, and that he point gun at whiteman, no want to l hurt him; See what whiteman do," pointing to his wrists, both of which | had been shot through, by the detach- ment Of cavalry that captured him.
 One of of the soldiers of their body | guard was sent back to a ranch where | some provisions had been left, accom- pan led by an Indian scout. The Indian left him under tree, and told him to wait till he came back. He didn't come back, however, and on starting out soon found himself lost. After a day or or two he left his worn out horse, and tried to make his return an foot. For five days he wandered through that wild country, without mouthfull to eat, or drink of water. On the fifth day he came across a tank of water, where he was found by party of cattle men, eating raw crow that he had shot. The poor fellow was all but starved to death, and enjoyed square meal when he got to Newtonis ranch.
 The party saw considerable game, bear among the rest. One of them c. Baker, of California, wanted to hunt bear, and ike the man in the story, he wanted the the rest of the party to have a hand in he sport, so he tried to bring the bear nto camp, having run three quarters of | mile ana arriving almost exhaused.
 The survey made IS an important one, setting the boundaries of the reserva- ion, as it does. Considerable land wbs , ut of the reservation between the mouth of the San Pedro river and V jhromo Butte. The Stonewall Jackson dine about which there has been con- f iderable dispute has been found o be one mile inside of the reser- ation so that 1t will be shut down. t
 NOTES.
 H. B. Christy, one of a party picked F ID al San Pedro. while on the Salt River 4 ell from a preciplce about sundown, a himself rather severely. v MT Wilson got lost from the pack h rain, in the pine forest, one evening, u nd laid out till the next morning, go lg without anything to eat for 24 U ours. n The party were very much shocked \ bout miles from Globe, by the finding l. the partly burned body of d man. pre r, nmably prospector, as prospecting ,, ools wee ly!ng around. Later on, Al owever, it was discovered that it WAS A nly the body of a Mojave Indian urned according to the rites of that ation, with his wigwam over him.
 Many human skulls were also found