The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-10
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 the desert from San Diego. A rep resentative of the SENTINEL learning of their arrival called on them at their camp back of I. Levy & Co.'s grocery store. After stating the object of our visit. Mir. Harris informed us that he and his wife left San Diego on Nov 25th and arrived at Campo three days later. He and his wife spoke very highly of one Gaskill, who lives in that desolate place alone, with not a single soul for miles around.
 After resting their horses for a couple of days they continued journey ing desertward in company with AIr. Andy Elliott, who had joined them at Campo and was on his way to his cattle ranch. After three days travel they arrived at the camp of Mir. Elliott and stopped over one day and enjoyed boat ride on a beautiful lake near Mir. Elliott's camp. They said the lake was just alive with fish. The journey was again commenced full of life and hope on their part, thinking that in three days they would be in Yuma. Mr. Elliott, had previously given them full direc- tions as to their route from his place to Yuma, but after they had travelled some little time they noticed Q num- Der of places where wagons had left the road they were travelling, but still being of the opinion that they were following the road AIr. Elliott had told them to pursue they continued on. After two days travel the road completely dis appeared and their worst hopes were fully realized, and they knew
 
 that they were lost in the great Ges- ert, with only about one half gallon of water left in their canteen and the horses tired out and thirsty. Un- hitching the team and taking as little provisions as possible he and his wife mounted their horses and commenced a search for water. They had no idea in what direction to go or look for it, but fortunately they choose the right direction and in a few hours they had discovered abundance of the precious fluid. He left his wife amidst bowling coyotes and screaming buzzards until he went back and re- turned with the wagon. They could hardly use the water after it was boiled and Mrs. Harris had several spells of vomiting, after drinking it, but they took good supply, nevertheless, and retraced their tracks back to Mir. Elliott's camp. While MT, Harris was cutting through some brush, a side-winder bit him on the left leg about half way between the ankle and the knee, not losing his presence of mind he took his knife and cut deep gash and put in the wound soda. The pain was something terrible, but he is get ting along nicely now. Their next stopping place was at Sam Cameron's and as they did not care to take any chances, Mir. Cameron was engaged to guide them to Gardner's Wells. The grain for the horses had all been con sumed and they only had ten gallons of water left.
 They travelled all that day and camped without any water that night, but the next day water was found about Il o'clock. The next day they saw an Indian and he in- formed them that they were on the right road to Yuma.
 MT. and Mrs. Harris would never have undertaken the trip had they known the hardship and dangers connected with it. Mir. Harris remarked that there was not money enough in the United States to hire him and his wife to return by that route. He also said parties in San Diego had woefulIy misrepre5ented to him the country they had just crossed, and as a number of people of San Diego were contemplating making the journey he thought it the duty of newspapers to give them warning of the chances they took of losing their lives on the desert.
 MT. Harris. is @ contractor and builder by trade, and is on his way to G1la Bend where he expects to locate permanently. He and his wife continued their journey to-day.