Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-14

were victorious, leaving from twenty
 five to sixty-they did not stop t
 count them carefully - ''good In
 dians'' on the ground Of the freight
 ing party none were killed. They lief
 the bodies of their foes unburieC
 Mhere they fell, and for many year
 their bleaching bones remained al
 object lesson to the Apaches. Tn,
 early settlers remember we'll these
 relics of the fight and some have pre- served mementoes of it.
 The Apaches had only one com
 Eendable trait. They never made
 their attacks by night choosing most | frequently the early dawn, to do so. Taking advantage of this peculiarity freighters and mailriders travelled by
 night over the more dangerous places.
 Almost the first gold discovered
 here was found on Lynx Creek by
 Sam c. Miller. While camping on
 this stream with his brother he shot
 large lynx. It bit him SO severely
 that the next day he could not leave
 camp. Tired of inaction, he idly
 tested some gravel from the creek and
 found it rich in gold. By the time
 his brother returned he had ''panned
 out'' seventeen dollars. They took
 out that year S6, 900 above expenses.
 and the amount taken out between
 that time and this count up into the
 millions. Since that time the stream
 has borne its present name of Lynx creek.
 About the same time some Mexican prospectors camped at the foot of a
 hill near Wickering. One climbed the hill and, carelessly scratching the soil, unearthed nugget of pure gold worth $50, then another. In a short time pieces of all sizes up to a thousand dollars in value were picked up. The hill was fairly paved with the precious metal. The gold was purer than coins coming from the hints, so pure that only small grains of quartz were found in them. Mir. Varney Stephens who was there about four hours after the first gold was dis covered estimates that there was taken from the hill in a compara- lively short time $50, 900. In all since then there have been produced several millions of dollars from that hill. It was one of the marvels and myste- ries of modern times in gold hunting There must be mother lode' as it is called from which these nuggets were broken. The fabulous wealth discover is one of the fascinating visions to be realized only in the dis tant future. When Rich Hill is spok- en of you will know why it is called SO, for that has been its name since that golden time. It is a story which might fit we'll into the fables of the Arabian Nights yet the half of the truth cannot be told that is character istic of this land of wild Comanches where we find truth is stranger than fiction.
 With San Francisco as the base of supplies on the west, while on the east and north thousands of miles of wild, mountainous country, scanned by deep canOns, 'interspersed with lrid deserts and infested by cruel sav- iges lying between Arizona and civili- ,atiOn can you wonder that flour bacon and beans, the miners staples n food, should be S1 a pound? Wild yame supplied the meats and was including quail and the inest wild turkeys in the world With hese prices coffee became a mere tra- lition, and sugar as if it were not. Some way they managed to get to- 1acco. Almost all the furniture was manufactured there and | -ery quaint and pretty it was. Chairs | we're bOttomed with rawhide cut in trips and woven back and forth mak- | ng a very strong, comfortable seat. | n 1874 after Gen. Crooks successful | eggs were at Christmas ?. 50 dozen. butter from Sl.50 to g. |
 pound, milk was only to be had oc- with the price 9 cents for |
 small quantity. and very suspicious oOking at that, but was eagerly swal- | owed, suspicious, price and all. Pre- | -ious to Gen. Crooks coming any one | yho went out of town a mile did so at | he risk of his life. There were no | lrives, no picnics, and little visiting | When women and children came into | own, at certain points on the road | hey were commanded to lie down out | if sight, while the driver and a man ,eside him as guard were ever on the lert, heavily armed.
 Apples and oranges were the only lAAlN Nhnl OC DOuNhb hCAC or many years sold for S1 a pound
 At one time the legislature was in ession in solemn conclave met, when
 messenger rushed in and mildly an bounced that load of apples had ar ived. In the twinkling of an eye hat august assembly-there were six f-them-adjourned and rushed pell nell to the freighter who told them hat his apples were S1 each. They ut their purses together and found hey had just seven dollars. They ought seven apples, one for each of he six legislators and one as gift to he governor who was absent for the Judge Fleury was commis- toned to present it. The governor OOn eXpectantly entered his room nd waited for the judge to deliver is apple. The judge was silent. At ast, appetite overcoming courtesy, he governor asked where his apple as No reply. Addressing himself to Fleury, he said
 Where is my apple?" The judge sul- enly replied, q have eaten it. " I ill draw a curtain over the scene hich followed. Words cannot do it Istice.
 Such a price for fruit seems exorbi- ant yet that teamster brought in his pad, for which be perhaps got S1, 900, t the risk of his life He never cached his home The Indians jumped'' him as he retured. By he way no one except a tenderfoOt yer said ''going to San Francisco. he correct expression was ''gOing in ide.' The genuine old Hassayampa ses it still. The old Hassayampa lso in warning a traveller of possible anger. would not say "Indians have cen seen there, be careful" but ather Hook out the varmint's racks have been seen on that trail !''
 The eastern mail for many years anne by way of San Francisco down ne coast as did the goods, and the eople felt, when, after the Indians ere subdued, the mails came weekly nd only ten days from San Francisco. nat really they were getting in quite lose touch with the outside world. etters were month coming from the lst and the same time returning and ne would have forgotten what the uestions written two months previ- usly were when the answer would Dme.
 In those days they had no fine scales ,r weighing precious metals and gold ust being one of the chief mediums [ exchange, they measured it out by ne teaspoonful and tablespoonful, wing so many teaspOonfuls for so lany goods. Doesn't that sound lux rious?
 The passing of the Indian as dan erous factor in the life of the settle rents heralded the advent of the road gent as he was respectfully called and