The Coconino sun., 1920-08-20
PIONEER GUIDE CORRECTS
 SOME ARIZONA HISTORY

bancroft's History of Arizona, says:
 The territorial capitol of Arizona was first located temporarily at Nav aJo Springs" The above is wrong, the capitol never was located at those springs. The facts are as follows, to- wit: WV
 At the time Governor John N. Good Win started for Arizona, his objective point was the village of Tucson, then the only town in all the territory. At this time the village of Tucson con sisted of few adobe houses located m the flat west of the old emigrant road, now known as Main street. Be- lore and for some time after the ac- guisition of the Gadsden Purchase, the emigrant road led west from Fort Bliss, passed through the lower end of sulphur Springs valley, across the site of the present city of Douglas; thence to the Mexican military post of Fron- teras; from the last named place the road led to Tubac and to Tucson, and from here the road led to the Big Col orado river which was crossed at Han Ions Ferry near Pilot Knob, a few miles below the present city of Yuma. To resume: Reaching Santa Fe, the governor called upon General Jimmy Carleton, who advised the governor to change his plans and to 20 out to the newly discovered gold diggings; that he had already sent out a mill tary expedition to establish Fort Whipple, and it would be we'll for the governor to establish his temporary territorial capitol at that fort. This advice was followed, and the gover- nor's party struck westward from AL buquerque. Reaching Jacobs We'll, about 25 miles west of the Zuni will lage, the governor thought to lay over day to issue his contemplated proc lamation, but having doubts of his To- cation, not being sure he was yet in Arizona, he decided to push on to the next water-Navajo Springs. Here the party laid over ONE day to cele- brate their advent into the territory, the proclamation issued, speeches made, etc., etc. However, the real ob- ject of the proclamation" was to put the federal officers on the payroll of Uncle Sam-there was no "dough" for any of them until such proclama- tion was first issued by the governor; the proclamation was dated December 3, 1863.
 The following day the party were en route for Fort Whipple, where the temporary capitol was established and remained until Goodwin had selected the townsite of Prescott. Fort Whip pie and temporary capitol were at Chino Valley. The foregoing are the facts, MT. Bancroft to the contrary notwithstanding.
 In the matter of the so-called Met cor Crater, the late Colonel Thomas B. Parrish, although a careful and painstaking historian, made few er- TOTS in his historical account of the Meteoric Crater. Nevertheless, Colo nel Farrish's History of Arizona is the best and only good history of our state.
 In 1873 I left Ft. Apache to visit my Zuni friends, and while there he ceived letter from Lieutenant Geo. M. Wheeler, of the United States en- gineer corps, requesting an interview at his camp near Ft. Wingate; the letter was written at Santa Fe, and forwarded to me by Lieutenant Foun- tain of Wingate. Situated as I vas with the Indians-I knew nothing of Wheeler nor his proposed expedition, but my friend Lieutenant Fountain met Wheeler at Santa Fe and advised the lieutenant to drop all applicants for the position of guide, and to se- cure my services, if possible; hence the aforesaid letter.
 The expedition broke camp July 4 and camped the first night out at Sinking Springs; from there to old Fort Defiance; thence to the Moquis village of Hualpi. From this cillage led the expedition a southwesterly course across the Desierto Pintodo, crossing the Colorado Chiquito at the Grand Falls, thence southward to Co., conino Tank (now Turkey Tank, the Big Dry Lake (now Mormon Lake), thence across the range to Rancheria Spring (now Pine Spring), thence eastward to Jaycox Tank. Don't know but some tenderfoot explorer has since discovered CD the tank and given it a name.
 While gunning for tenderfoot ex- plorers I shall take shot at few of fha most haprant