Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-23
FRONTERAS IN
 SONORA
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tContinued from Page Nine) of interest. but in reality to protect me m my rounds.
 In company with this officer 1 ram bled over the old town to my hearts content. The first object that ap- appea.e ed to my kodak was a bevy Of mischseyous girls behind window composed of wooden bars vertically arranged. l requested the officer to ask the young ladies if l could have | the delectable privilege of taking a snap shot at them, and the request was freely granted. They expected me. however, to produce that picture Tn sixty seconds, and seemed profoundly | disappo nted when l failed to do so. I then obtained a picture of sey- | eral old cannon there which had been utilized for htchipg posts and which l once threw sol d cast iron balls and beloved from shlpboard centuries 1 ago. These guns were about six feet | in length. with the old trunion and | fuse hole iIaa. They were evidently | dragged thousands of miles in order ! that their voices. rather than their | projectiies. would impress the savage hordes by which the fort was sur | rounded. I then obtained a fair pic. | ture of the old church. only the front , of which is still standing, win three | bells. the larger or center one weigh ] ing about 800 pounds and others about | 300 each.
 | These bells are said to be rich in gold and silver. and were the product | of native metals and local handiwork | having been beaten out labofiously with primitive hammers.
 Periods of Adversity From the rfist occupation of the
 Fronteras valley up to the year 1853
 the Spaniards and Mexicans lived in
 peace with the Apache.
 | During the fall of that year there
 was a fiesta in progress at Arispe | On that occasion several young Mex i ican officers proceeded to indulge mot too wisely, but too well!e in mes { cal The result was an assumption oi | overbearing demeanor on the part oi | the Mexican officers toward theiI 1 friends and guests, the Apaches, which was quietly, but firmly. resented. This | eliminated in one of the hot-blooded young Mexicans riding past be | Apache chef and slashing him across
 the face with his quirt.
 Coolly wiping the blood from his
 eyes. the old chief impressiyeiy an.
 nounced: "This will cost the lives of
 many Mexicans' Within an hour
 every Apache had disappeared and
 the next morning the terrible retribu
 tion unfolded The first victim was
 Father Robles. who was ruthlessly
 slain on the trail. From that time on
 for thirty years the Apaehes spread
 terror and desolation over and land
 down the emerald valleys and cross
 the mesas. Nothing was spared. Ths
 people who were fortunate enough tC
 escape fled from Fronteras. Nacozart I Nieio. tThere was no Plaeeritas them
 and all points to the south, and the | military post itself was barely able tC repel the terrible Apache. The coun { try was absolutely depopulated. ana | to this day a forest of little crosses
 commentaries that awful span of his | tory.
 | Ard the Lord Took a Hand ! Twenty-Five years ago. just after tl,
 strong and persistent military occupa ton of the valley had enabled tn ! population to return and convert th' Fronteras valley into flower garden