Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-04-09
Esa aaaA gEEELy JOuRRlL- -MIRER.
Trsn.sing and Camping.
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ADenhaaGCt--
 r@ Eesoa :J0URxAL-MINEg -- We left
 Prescott, October 26:h. for camping
 tour of. & few noaths, aud se to our
 arrival lh the Mexican town ef Yuma,
 shieh is 8 Eve weeks journey, we have
 experienced % diiiies' ties in reaching -o different camps in safety, with no ..SeteRtiSns. We met with no wash :otitS, which are common occurrence n this section ei country at this time : q ysaf., bat since sur arrival tke heavy
 rs.ns and cToui-barsts, washing away irestle- wsFk, lereos and bridges, have . Needed: the state et California snd
 and northwestern Arizena. Although /. the river bottoms and desert ef Arizona ovcr:wh.ch we have travelled are lene- :. selse, y6t>&e. di& not encounter any tTesckereas Mexican ready to stab us in ihs back. nor have VIC been held ur hr. masked traia Tohhers or even scalp
 e4 by baud ei Geresime's friends.
 So this article will be deficient ia sn
 interesting. bEood-cuTdliag tale eI veal
 and wee and miraculous escape from
 the jaws Of an antimely death.
 =. l an. exceedingly sorry and regret to
 write this fact for you; financial hens- St. as .ha.s sale Of your charming pspe,
 win net be SC extensive ss it would fl
 oeaid wrse and All this article with
 brilliant oasaalies-thst unsn the dc : serted. 5eseIt et Arizona masked ori- ; gauas leapc3 upon Us ss we passed 7 along, ignorant of any coming dangers, :. add fr.ss 8 thioket ef mesquite trees ::sll.d sage brush seized es. fiery steeds = bY the heads. tied us hand. and foot to a .cseEls- girantHs, while rebhing our : wager= cI everything, down te onions : and smoked hsCon, leaving US to stsrve
 .o death while we were lashed to the
 formidable srisrs and thsrns, gazing : in pain and suffering cut upon
 the clearing where the blaokened
 stuaaps ol caoti leemed sp tomb , ike and spectral, and trying ts estri- cs;s ourselves treHs the piercing therns
 te EhicA We were bound, and Enaily live to tel the tale.
 This ia al well eaougk n nsyei or
 represented on the stage, but our . o&aering trip Rpon the desert thus far
 has not been of "nevel" experience,
 -oRiy- plain. everyday camping. in . whioh we have riddles along quietly
 and unnolested. packing and unpaek- ;. ing, tee6ipg our horses, building camp : 2fes, cooking cur meals, and pitching ., cur tent asssr hacking away for at least : 2 kah heur ID making tent pole and ~. pegs retiring in blankets either dusty :. from sand or moist with rain and mud, : ouf hands full sf splinters snd thorns from gathering fuel, always everything = executed under difficulties, horses Rl- mest parohed with thirst, and one Is = compelled ie go down iato mud hsle to procure wafer, the water pail being
 tied on tks wagon ,n such secure .- manner. by thick rope tes times too :. long, fos convenience, and so tight in s
 toutale bsw-kaot that 1t takes half 1 hour te .extricate Il, perhaps skinning 1
 several knuckles in SO doing Taran- : tllss, perhaps. CT scele poisonous rep l
 tise lodged in the spout ci the coffee
 pct, ants in the sugar, flies in the con-
 densed neilk, flour haif spilled and sift- cd, through potstSSs bought in hurry as the last station teaEd half rotten. bscen iaLl Of wigglers, butter lwheu you are fortunate enough to 6ud 1t to bHyl all melted down ia eae corner of tho can like hair oil, and by scme acci. deut uaknown the covers ef the salt and pepper hsxss have removed them selYes, wherein the syrup hss jeined in and slightly flooded the mess chest; perhaps, also, bolts frsm the wagon are missing, horses shoe of, harness given way iEl q couple CT places, saucepan left at last camp. or it might come xp sadden blizzard CT rass storm. guns getting rusty from dampEsss, and lastly, ,he greatest grievance Of all, g@llsu denlohn oi pure whisky, brought enly fcr special and medicinal use anG ts guard against snake bites, leaked out in the ammunition box, and a thousand ether unpleasant didiepl- ties sne inVaria5y encounters in camp i'fe. besides visits frosn coyotes, etc, and for sll tAes aiscemitures one is ex- pected to lcOk pleasant, and on his re- 'ErE relate most delightful, brilliant and enyisbie trip to his friends, who arc usually good listeners, always express ing regret they are not able te spare the time to enjoy suos a trip. - From Prescott tc Phenix. upon an eid-tims read, there was nothing of in- seress. We found Phenix very wet. muddy. and business very dull, eye-y- sne complaining, plenty ei people staRaing astound uron the streets, but ae rlannay spent, everything cheap la l'f,ca, -hstei prices very lev, fine mesls 't 1As~ t>'Ss~.t.koffhs lalE -S NeHkes r1t tlS { ~erd ,@.all. 1" dull, ,""9ull. prcnounced ty every one; also the words "irriga- lI9a and ''csna!," They may sell re- pas{ these two last words, fer the ceun- .Fy as one travels over it locks like U 'ascker-boars, and where they will ever get sufficient water without draining 'ntltely Inc Sal. river, Is heyend me. . Af.er leaving Pheai1, remaining I here euttwo days, We proceeded upen s'' sr journey, and travelling about SIX ays arrived st Agua Galiense Springs; . aiaeyal chiefly berax, sulphur. soda, U nd largely arSeaic. This could he ,ade s sno resort iSr iEvslids, espe- - ally these who are martyrs to skin VI iseases; the water IS pleasantly hoi, sing Gi5 . Fahrenheit. There are six ! seven dife.on. sPrings One el D 1en, containing a large quantity of rseniC. is Csasidered tue "hsautifyer," bl s.al thess who remain four or Eve .onl..s, taking the baths regularly,