Arizona republican., 1922-05-14

a raid somewhere through the coun-
| try twice a year, in the spring and
fall, when the grass and water was
plentiful for their ponies. One time
all the settlers got together about 20
miles up the river, making the trip
| at night because the Indians never
attack at night or during storm.
| We stayed at that ranch a week:
/ sometimes the men would fill Sunny
! sacks with sand and pack the win
| doWs half way and we would stay at
| the ranch. At another time everyone
/ forted at Duncan, and ON this occa-
| sion the cowboys followed the In
/ dams several days and pressed them
/ so closely a squaw dropped her pap
I poose which was strapped in a basket.
/ The baby was so filthy the women
/ had trouble getting it clean.
! A family named Adams took the
/ child, boy, and as he grew he de.
veloped the Indian traits. He was
| very cruel with other children and
often struck at them with a. hammer
\ or rock At one time he dashed at
| a little white boy with a knife, but
was caught before the boy was badly
| hurt. The Indians travelled fast only
stopping long enough to run off the
! horses or kill a beef or human being
| they found. / do not remember them
| ever attacking a house, for the Apache
| Indians are great towards and never
/ fight in the open. A rattleSnake IS
/ a more honest enemy because he at
/ least warns one before attacking. At
| one time 500 Indians passed the ranch
I and as it was roundup time, they
| killed a good many cattle. Another
| time we heard the shot that killed
! young man who had been at the
/ ranch an hour before playing croquet.
/ There arc many other incidents l
/ could mention, but viii not at this
/ time
| If the men were late coming in from
4 their rides after the cattle | was
uneasy and could not rest. My hus-
| band would scoldingly say that he
| always trailed a COW until he found
| her and thai | must get used to his
being away. / often told him the
| day might come when he would wish
would become uneasy and send men
| to hunt him. This proved true, for
| if ] had known it was Indians in
stead of rust.ers who had stolen our
horses three years later | would havs
sent men TO his relief and he would
not have been ambushed and killed.
After my husbands death / was
compelled to remain at the ranch, as
all we had was there. With the five
children, the oldest 16 and the young
est 8 months, / went through many
rough and dangerous experiences.
The childrens' education was Sc
| rious problem. / tried taking them
to California but things went wrong
at the ranch and | was sent for. |
brought with me a young lady teach
er who stayed with us two years and
took entire charge of the children.
| Then we had another teacher for the
same length of time. Altogether we
had four and This arrangement proved
much more satisfactory than send
ing them away from home.
Many things crowd into my mind,
but l shall bring my story to a close
by saying to you dear young people
who are starting out in life and are
feeling sometimes that you are hav-
ing many hardships to contend with
very much to be appreciatiye and
in these rough mining camps, that if
you just stop and think how much
better you are situated than we of
the earlier days We're, you will have
thankful for