Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06

to qucnch his burning thirst vas of thc most hcart.rending character. On the evening of the next day the Leach Wagon road party came by and found St. John. the only survivor of his party alone in A rude hoycl in the wilderness without food or water, unable to move his wounds undrcsscd, stiffened, and full of loathsome maggots; his com. pnnions had died one by one ter rible death, and lastly, to add to the horrors of his suffering, the hungry wolves and huzznr1s came and ban quetted upon the putrefying corpse of one of his dead companions which lay but few feet from his deso- late bed. The mental and physical sufferings which be endured are mar yellous to think of. Yet he never complained nor finched for moment Calm and resigned, he bore his tor ments with the fortitude of a martyr.
 After administering 10 his immed- fate wants. one of the road party was left with him, and remained until my arrival on the l7th, at which time his condition was as follows: he was weak and palld from the loss of blood, sleep, and constant mental and physical suffering; his disposition was cheerful and he evinced much pleas ure at the prospect of having his wounds attended to. A deep, incised wound, about eight inches in length, extending from the point of the aeromion process, passing inwards, downwards, and backwards, laid open the shoulder joint, passed through the external portion of the head of the numerous, and thence downward, splint- erng the bone through about four inches Of it's course. The wound in the thigh proved to be only a severe lesion of the soft parts, about eight inches long and three deep.
 After careful examination, I saw it would be impossible to make any effort to save the arm; therefore determined to remove it at once. The patient was informed of the necessity for the operation, and his permission was accorded almost cheerfully. The only assistance that could command was from three of the men forming my escort.
 During the night of the 23rd he arrived at the fort, having travelled in a common wagon sixty miles over a rough road during the two pre- ceding days; and, as he was weak and fatigued, half grain of sulphate of morphia was given him, and he was placed in comfortable bed. Next morning l examined his wounds, and found the lesion at the shoulder had united by first intention. save at point where the ligatures protrsded. The wound in the thigh had partly opened. Proper dressings were ap. piled, generous diet given, and the patient continued to convalcsce with. out m outward symptom. Most of the ligatures came away between the ninth and twelfth days, and on the 18th the last, that from the axillary artery. Occasionally he suffered from frightful dreams, and imaginary pain in the lost arm. Whilst recovering he had two attacks of quotidian in. termittent fever, which readily yield. | cd to quinine. On the 24th day af. | ter the operation he was walking about, and in less than six weeks he started for the Eastern States, re- stored Co perfect health.
 (signed) E. J. IRWIN, |. s. A. Fort Buchanan, April 10, 1859.
 Now Located in Arizona.
 St John after wide experience in various parts of the Territory has selected Yavapai county as the most | desirable in residential point of view He has a small acreage in Miller Valley whereon he has erected a neat cottage and proposes in future to de. vote his energies 10 the cultivation of |