Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-31
EARLY HISTORY OF
 ARIZONA REVIVED
(From Fridays Daily.)


 Some interesting early-day Ari- zona history is contained in letter recently received by Clerk of the Court P. J. Farley from D. E. Conner, of Elsinore, California, said to be the sole survivor of the Captain Walker party. Part of it follows:
 It appears that the new citizens of Arizona have not arrived at the sit uation that existed before they ar rived. We were all over the terri tory before we made our first and final headquarters in the Prescott woods. We spent six weeks on San Francisco River country besides we were all over the extensive country between the Verde and San Francis co rivers and little stream we called White river. Our arrival at the Prescott woods was at or near the winding up of the expedition.
 Besides, we explored extensively from the Prescott woods while wait ing for the outside world to help. We waited nearly year for help. which came and found us, only in response to letters. We went a sec ond trip across the Gila desert to de liver to the Pimas the soldier es- cort, describing our camp in Pres colt woods and how to reach it.
 This is how Gov. Goodwin came to travel the Beal route instead of Old Trail. Thus, this camp in the wilderness was the only place in the central part to receive immigra- ton and from which immigration radiated over the entire country. Pp to the beginning of immigration for nearly a year and a half we saw but one white man, except soldier squads travelling the Old Trail en route to the Civil War and two or three adventurers at Tucson.
 It was Capt. Walkers hobby to open Arizona to civilization by es- tablishing a headquarter in the wild erness and he did it and succeeded. From the beginning of 1862 to 1867 we recorded all sorts of details and these comprise today the only true history in the world of Arizona's first rise from her ancient oblivion.
 Deception can only be successfully practiced upon its new citizens and it is being done roughly. The truth is that some of the squads of soldiers passing over the Old Trail going to the Civil War in 1883 discovered the Walker Expedition tracks leading to and from the Old Trail, many of whom would rather stay in Arizona than go on to the war. These start ed the suspicion at Washington that the Walker party was connected with the rebellion for an excuse to tarry in Arizona.
 This stirred up the authorities at Washington and resulted in a hasty order to establish government in Arizona, in 1862 Officials were ap- pointed post haste to Arizona, the Governor dying at Cincinnati en route and John M. Goodwin immedi ately succeeded him. They took the unused route direct for the Walker headquarters in the Prescott woods, but to be prudent halted at the territorial line at Navajo Springs There they issued a proclamation to the people of Arizona, consisting of the Walker party and a few new cmigrants in the Prescott camp.
 When Gov. Goodwin learned of the deception he kept it to himself and allowed his proclamation at Najavo Springs, hundreds of miles away, to pass as Arizona's first capital and moved on to Chino Valley and Pres colt This was in keeping with the writings by soldier cores pondents and now accepted as his tory. Some of these squads of sold icrs would track us up for fifty miles and stay awhile with us without any suspicion of rebellion. Captain Walk CT laid plans to capture the notorious old chief Mangus Colorado, and lRed Sleeve), and a squad of us sue seeded in his capture without firing l shot and brought up to camp near he Old Trail General West had lrrived with some squads of soldiers md took charge of Mangus putting wo soldiers over him who that night li1led him in his blankets for pro- esting that he was mo child to be , ,layed with" The two soldiers had { ,een burning the Old Chiefs feet nd legs with red hot bayonets [ There is no hearsay in this for it 2 7as all done in my presence while q 7as on guard for the Walker party. a The military writers published ac- q ount says that Mangus was captured h I battle with the soldiers and was z filed trying to escaDe. I have now o