The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

ms seaFch lor evidence to General Iuis +
Iolles com ulahoe9 OF the Mexican forces
in the Third Military Zone ana as
! clai VIII take the matter up when no 90 \
! time. At present he is engaged IN ,,oo. =
| ing the Yaqui Indians, who aro No..
! peace with the Mex can Govarrr,.,
after waglng winning war for 30o r.,r.
! OF course there Is no doubt OF the to,+t,
| of the two unfortunate Americans and -
| is equally certain that they met their IT,
! at the hands OF the murderous Seris. .,I
while the Mexican Oftic ais lay stress uro,,
the TACT that they were refused permissior
to go 10 Tiburon and were warned not to
go there, it is very certain that the Gen.
eral Cove rnment of Mexico vii! soon tata
steps to properly and adequately avenps
the death OF Porter and Johnson. and
visit such punishment upon the Seris as
will cause Tiburon Island TO know them
not. and render the Gulf OF California
safe body OF water to navigate by parties
of less than 100.
At present the native mariners of the
gulf give Tiburon a,wide berth, and it is
impossible to get any OF them to go there
unless accompanied by large number OF
armed men.
have received from General Andrade
who surveyed the island, a good descrip,
tion of Tiburon, and although the general
owns the island, his description tallies
with that of other parties with whom l
have talked who have been on the island.
The general says:
Tiburon Is and is situated in the north
ern part of the Gulf of California, and the
eastern end of the island is separated from
the mainland OF Sonora by distance kpf
three-fourths OF mile. The island haAA2
total acreage OF 237, 900, the greater part of
the soil being hard, although there is
much soft and arabic land. 1t is not suit
able, except in small areas, for sowing,
but corn and other cereals can be raised,
in sufficient quantities for all nece ssary
inhabitants of the island. The surface OF
the island is varied; there are many hills
of more or less height (rolling hills easy
of access), also many valleys. These
valleys aggregate at least one-third of the
total surface. The highest part is the
center OF the island, and plains surround
the highlands, extending to the pebby
shores.
The climate is excellent and agreeable,
and for salu brity none is better. During
two months of the year, July and August,
it is somewhat hot, but the thermometer
never rises above 100 degrees in the warm
est hours of the day, that is from 2 to
Pm. Notwithstanding this the nights are
cool and refreshing. 1t never SHOWS or
halls, the temperature in rigor of winter
never falls below so or rises above 70. The
water supply is ample, there being more
than ten good springs. In the southeast
part of the Island there is a spring called
CarrisaIite, the water of which is very
abundant and pure. The rainy season
commences in July and ends in Sep
tember and at times rain falls IN the
winter.
The island is rich in grasses called Iiebre
and Sainte de Raiz, which grow in abund-
ance in the canyons and rolling hills. In
the valleys there are many varieties OF
sage and mesquite and iron wood which
afford excellent pasturage for cattle.
The mineral resources OF the island con-
sist Of copper veins, but none OF these
have been worked. The trade winds of
the Gulf of California are north and
south, and uhe island has natural wharA
three miles long and 800 or 400 yards wide
running from east to west making 4
landing easy at any time or in any kind of
weather. Plenty of fish, oysters and
CLAIMS abound in the waters ad iacent to the
island.
H. w. PATTON