The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-04-16
PIONEER TELLS IF DAYS WHEN ARIZONA
 WASIN THE MAKING

Former Metallureists in the Santa
 Rita Mines Came Here When Tue
 son and Tubac Were the only Set
 dement's.
 PHOENIX, April 12.-"This is nay first trip over Arizona since left the Territory in 1S61,'' said Raphael Pum- belly of Newport, R. l., and Dublin, Me
 Pumpelly was metallurgist at the Santa Rita mines in 1860 and 1861; and may truthfully claim to be about the last of the pioneer miners of the state who is still alive and active He made the present trip to show his son and daughters and their families the ground over which he tramped, in momentary danger of his life, so many years ago.
 When came to Arizona said he there were but two settlements, those at Tubac and Tucson. There was no law of any kind, no civil au- thority, and the powers of the govern ment were faintly exercised by -w6 army posts, one at Fort BuchanaA .s%nd the other in the north.
 Every man was a law unts him. self, and right here I want to pay word of tribute to the men who, in such conditions, laid firm and true the foundations of the splendid civili- zation that now exists where so few years ago there was neither popula- tion nor development. Rough and ready they may have been, but Fnev- CT met one who was not all man and who was responsive to good surround iIgs. We had our share of bad mem but they were surprisingly few and, as rule, did not last long,.
 Such men as Rhodes, Pete Kitch- en, Donaldson and Ward, it is a pleas ure to remember, and no honor Is too great to be paid them. They were men of action, of perception, of quick ness and of great hearts. So far as I can discover, Samuel Hughes and Captain, Polhemus are about the only survivors of the many men I knew in those days.
 T was with Charles D. Poston and was metallurgist at the Santa Rita when we were compelled to abandon 1t at the time of the murder of the i've chiefs who accompanied Cochise to the fatal conference at Apache Pass. have written the exact facts of this occurrence in my book, Across America and Asia extracts from which are given on pages 21 ct sed. of Farfsh's new history of Arizona.
 
 facts, and I believe they are so recog- nized now. The entire affair was an act of treachery committed by an of fcer of the United States under Mag of truce, and to it may be attrib- dted the whole series of Indian wars. The Apaches never bothered us much. They would occasionally steal a COW or two, but their source of plumber was in Mexico
 feTVhcu fhc frronc uora d we were forced to abandon the terri tory, and my own escape was made with death threatening me at every step H. c. Grosvenor, the superinten dent of the mine, was killed as we were making our way out, and Robin son, the bookkeeper, and I made our escape after series of adventures that, assI look back on them, make 1 me think that some special Provi- l dence had us in it's care.
 From Arizona T went to Asia on the invitation of the Japanese govern ment and, for them, I conducted arch sociological explorations for almost | three. years. I was chosen on a Chi nese commission to search for coal and. after successfully completing the I task, came home by way of the Gobi | desert and Siberia. I reached the United States again in 1865.
 SAplOIdJt0AOl O0HIId1- ASld | have been published by the Smith | sonian Institute and are, I think, on | file at your state university library. gave up active professional work about 1900, and this year decided to bring my family to Arizona to look | over the old scenes and let them see what civilization has done. In my party are my son, Raphael Wells Puna- pelly,. and my daughters Mrs. H. L. and TT T. Cabot, with their families We will leave this after noon for the exposition on the coast and will then return home 9
 Asked as to his recollections of h Pumpelly said: When I was in Arizona, there was no such place, and I can recall nothing about he Salt River Valley. It is possible here may have been some settlers ( lere, but l do not think so, as the in C iux did not. come until after the close 'f the civil war I will say, however, hat I was hardly prepared to find so 2 splendid and evidently so progressive ! city as. you have here, nor did ( 'ver think that I should live to see uch beauty spot in Arizona as you lave in this wonderful valley" In the Superior Court of this coun- t