Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
TRUXTON SPRINGS
 BATTLE|SRECALLED
 BY HARRY DE W|NTO|V

The great stand of the Curator family against the Indians in the historical battle of Tsuxton Springs was related recently by Harry De Winton, for 50 years an Arizona res dent. Many other facts now of his torical interest were also related by Mr. DeWinton, as he reminscently lived again the days of frontier life.
 ''The little handful of whites. lead by John Curator of Texas, spit back fire at the Indians so hot that they finally drove them to cover" MT. De
 Wfnton declared "They were out
 numbered probably 10 or 15 to l, but
 they stood their ground against the bloodthirsty Wallipi tribe, gave bet ter than they received and finally escaped from the trap into which they had blindlessly walked" MT. De- l Wiuton continued. "One Curator was killed and one wounded. Losses | to the Indians were never learned.
 MT. DeWinton came to Arizona In 1871, making the trip from San Fran cisco from boat down the coast and
 up the Colorado river on the steam | boat Newburn. E. A. Trincano, now
 a prominent contractor of Phoenix, was first engineers mate on that boat, Mr. .DeWinton said.
 At Yuma. he said, the party was
 obliged to wait until the Newburn's s
 cargo had been transferred to the | rived boat Cocopah Then the trip | I'D the Colorado was continued. the party landing at a point called liar dyyille, named after an old pioneer 1 named William Hardy. Ha-S<ville
 was located a few miles above Fort
 Mohave, he said.
 From Hardyville the party went to
 Cerbat and from there to Mineral | Park in Mohave county. At that time, he said, there were only four families in the extreme northern sec tion of the territory. They were the II Blakleys, Bonars, DeSpains and the Crosses.
 Indians, especially the Wallipis
 and the Flutes, caused us a great
 deal of trouble They were decided
 lv unfriendly and though they never manifested this unfriendliness by killing, we had to be constantly or the watch he continued.
 In 1873, a lasting famine visited the country. Indians became rest less and finally went on the warpath This added much to the terror o1 the community and for four months ! he said, families congregated in th' $ little settlement lived on mesquite beans. prickly pears and other deser i growth. They were finally rescued he said. by a detachment sent out bl General Crook from Prescott. I A few years later, together with s party, MT. DeWinton was attacke' \ by Indians on the old Mohave deser E route. The party finally succesde' { in driving the Indians off, but no ! until after they had done consider able damage. including the killing O a one horse and splitting of the wagol tongue.
 In 1878, he returned to California and acted as a herder when severa hundred head of cattle were broush into Arizona. Tn 1877, he again re turned to Los Angeles and broush more cattle into Arizona, this tim acting as principal hearder.
 NJ News of the rich strike at Tomb stone was received in the northwest N ern section of the state in 1878, h said so he, with several others start \ ed for the new field They got a
 far as Seamore a little settlemer \ just south of the Wickenburg mil b where they remained to go to wor Al in the old Vulture mine.
 Later in that year. DeWinton de \ clared he came to Phoenix and CT \ tered school He attended a littl \ adobe structure where the old Ger \ tral school formerly stood. R. ] \ Long was his teacher. he said. Aft
 CT three months schooling he re turned to Seamore and again too @ employment at the Nuiture.