Arizona republican., 1921-05-02
Pioneer Gives Account of His
 Experiences in the Early Days

11 cr+er that numerous errors may, .ie cozrecsc4 in "reminiscences of early As-@'1@ @as Nhich appeared in the F1c-rtT e,z.tson of The Republican t-S tie pioneers reunion in t2rsstr-N. Irwin II. House. one of the resi TscucerS or the state. has writ tfr fe fel owing account of many 4rssF-xs.-r~ occurrences which took FAace unUcr hss own observation and | e@~lUg the course of his very active l.-e in tnis Ssa1e- His letter in part as as tctlcwSe
 g ~saS born sn Springfield. Illinois, ! &4H aN 1N41- Went ts Oregon in ! tAs& aza Nens into the cattle busi- resS- 4se1ns-ned three years and in 4as6 Ss@1se0 s0r Arizona with a bunch i ra cAst-e- However. l sold them at k as-Est1z1cca- Nevada. came down l sA t&e e>ASt side of the Sierra Ne t.sl1 sr4-lsl1Gs via Virginia City, ] Ee1ake Se los Angeles where I left a&Sc1 2s.4 packed my horses for t-zrx-S.z<r and Prescott and landed -1 Ta-ite BsS@n in August, 1876. There @cEe ano1< SIX or eight settlers in s@&t rsgScn at that time. I located - E14S& on TontO Creek, (now COW <-e& ~itA Waterl with the intention re-~- lack to oregon for cattle. E&r~e ce Ehccnix, a little adobe vil- 1slse Eg.< supplies. went back to Tonto and Nser< ta Globe in September. r&e~e were some tents and shacNs t&ere s4 s,1at time. but no buildings. am November. 1Ss6. Rouse and 444e-s1@s came to our camp and pro- F4E.G <h@t we go up on the head of A.ke Creek as the English Lord" 1s4nrz OF Phoenix had given Rouse e z1n e rich placer d.ggings at that rscsn< bat found nothing that would rax- 50 concluded to go to the vnfee mountains to the Adam s 4lrxtueS. dropped down as far as f@xSr a little Mexican village. No s1ccsSs. So returned to Tonto and seave~ed the Golden Waif'' mine sNscA I had recorded and the first r1 recorded in that section. It is sst 1sSes about four miles southwest Of NsNm~c feaHSOn is situated
 NEEe we were working the "Waf' frnE the summer of the ta EacAAxe erKS Brothers, Judge Riley and kaN Hope had come in and dis *seNe-ed some rich silver claims in the Aza tra, mountains. We went over sr Ges fsxn Hope to make some as S<<S went back 10 camp and packed ar Ter the Mazatzals. and on the seventh of october. 1877. I discovered ttr claims formerly known as the r.rrSe and Rouse group of mines, <t zrade in silver and copper, and x2~y e the old prospectors Hooked Among them was F. L. Doheny tFcw an oii magnate). He as well as Nf1 Aope made their headquarters ozr place for about a year. E. L. ts7henN left our place in 'a9 fol 0osnhssone. and Bill to Globe, where 1e Gr4<tcd 10 the Carlisle mine near 4s&ncAr- New Mexico, and on leaving te gave me the shovel that turned Se first dirt in the Globe district s<A<2Hg that if I kept it 100 years il r1iSAS be Of some value as a relic and have it now.
 Thcre Is a mistake in history thai q would like go rectify- viz, that Bil NSpe and Henry Ramboz were tho original dfscoverers of the rich silver deposits of Globe. A little schoo Girl i'm writing a composition of the t7sohe district. named Bill Reade ant Dos Hanaon as the original discover er~ Et went into print and has eve rrErRined so. knew both Reade an' Harmon and they laid no claim t ttr discovery. and Hope told me tha Ae and Rauboz were the discoverers E-ope was in the district but a shor Sf-ne selling out for sl2,500. went t >zH Francisco. squandered his sub stance came back to join tn p.rcufherty Bros, and to our place During July. so. while prospecting F ". snow. William Nilsson and my sezf discovered the Natural Bridg across Pine Creek. and to this D. | tsownn gets the credit. Gowan wa
 
 hN and Snow went up and located il SLOW withdrew and left Gowan ther as owner
 During 1SSI. when in Globe. J. W 1-s1die requested me to go and locat a railroad line from Globe to Flag xsaff and report, which I did. H organized the Arizona Mineral Be Railroad company and raised $32.00 for a survey. and in 1887 there wa 1s miles of the line constructed froi Flagstaff south I was connected some capacity with all these SUI 1~ess and construction.
 In 1SSe when on my way to Silv' City. \. Mex with saddle and paC horses ! passed San Carlos in u erenl-.x and camped about 15 mil above San Carlos Next morning runner came along and told me to g a,ss of there aE the Indians were the war path and had killed Sterl srr at San Carlos and "Monumen Rock Price and Wilson just aero ske river from where l was camp during the night. 1 got up to Sa ford where I remained for two weel That was the time when old Chi tSpraniuo made his raid and kill so many people at Clifton. As I h been notified that my sister was de Eerously iii was in hurry, so we hy night through the hills and 2 rived at York's ranch on the c river just after they had buried Kn oF Globe who was killed near Yorl ranch Continued through the hi far from thoroughfares, to SilN City. Alter a short stay l return to Globe and saw our obituary, as
 had been reported killed.
 During the same year in June V am at the Meadows ranch on East Verde river about 15 mi above FaySon. or where Payson now situated. helping Mr. Meade nnftlng up a log cabin. Some Wal sng came that the Tonto Apacl were out. so we all went down Green Valley. It shortly blew O and the family went back to
 ranch But on the 18th of July WI she Indians made their raid old II Meadows got up early to go out Kin the bear that had been annoy l,fra. as the dogs had been bark at something, and about I5 pa from the door was shot down.
 g~roan gave warning that the lnGi were there John grabbed the W chester and Henry the needle ana had the belt of cartridges m
 hn-a Iohn was shot through
 muscles of both forearms, and an
 alan bullet struck Henry's belt
 .xnioded a cartridge, and part The copper shell penetrated ms gr
 As.al5f two weeks before he dled
 .~,,x- surgeon was passing thro
 s,.s xra called him in and he lml