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SANTA RITA MINING COMPANY AND MINES-Description of, 71; abandonment of, 35 et seq.
SCHNEIDER, JACOB-Member of Walker party, 243.
SEXTON-Connected with Vulture Mine, 214.
SEYMOUR, JAMES-Purchased interest in Vulture Mine, 214.
SHAFFER, FRANK-Pioneer miner, 249.
SHELBY, JIM-Pioneer miner, 249.
SHERMAN, GENL .- With Col. Tappan, as Peace Commissioners,
make agreement with Navajos to return them to their own country, 179.
SHIBELL, C. A .- Sheriff of Pima County, allows escape of Pionce- nay, 239.
SHINN, LIEUT .- JOHN B .- Officer of California Column, 91.
SHIPMAN-In charge of Vulture Mine, 214.
SHIRLAND, CAPT .- Detached by Genl. Carleton with orders to capture Mangus Colorado, and capture and killing of Mangus Colorado, 143 et seq.
SHOUP, SOLOMON-Member of Walker party, 243; president of Pioneer Mining District, 304.
SHUPP, ALFORD-Member of Walker party, 243.
SIBLEY, MAJ. H. H .- Espouses Confederate cause, 85.
SIMMS-Killed by Apaches, one of causes of Camp Grant Mas- sacre, 281.
SITGREAVES, CAPT .- Makes reconnaissance from Zuni west- ward, 17.
SLAVERY-See Peonage.
SLAYDEN, CAPT .- Aide-de-camp to Genl. Howard when latter visits Cochise and makes treaty, 230 et seq.
SMITH, A. B .- President of Yapapei Mining District, 307.
SMITH, E. M .- Pioneer miner, 320.
SMITH, GENL .- Commanding Pacific Division, organizes recon-
naissance for route for supplies to Fort Yuma, with Lieut. Derby in charge, 17.
SMITH, J. Y. T .- With King S. Woolsey and C. W. Stearns, pur- chase Michael Goldwater's Phoenix business, 287.
SMITH, V. C .- Recorder of Walker Mining District, 310.
SMITH, WILLIAM-Owned mill at Vulture Mine, 214.
SNIVELEY, COL .- Remains exhumed and reburied at Gillett by Jack Swilling, 254; mention of, 300.
SONORA EXPLORING & MINING CO .- Description of, 72.
SPENCE-Killed by Apaches account of selling them liquor, 237 et seq.
SPRAGUE, MAJOR-Becomes owner of Stevenson Mine and or- ganizes company, 74.
STAGE LINES-First stage line across Arizona established by James E. Birch, 1; first mail, 2; opening of wagon road by Leach and Hutton, 2; commissary department assisted by mili- tary, 4; Butterfield Stage Line organized, 4; employees at- tacked by Mexicans, 6 et seq .; discontinuance of Butterfield
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Stage Line, 10; route, time, etc., 10 et seq .; change of route
of, 14 et seq .; sale of Butterfield Stage line, 16.
STANDIFER, JEFF-Bad man, encounter with King Woolsey, 223. STANFORD, FORT-See Fort Breckenridge.
STEARNS, C. W .- With J. Y. T. Smith and King Woolsey pur- chase Michael Goldwater's Phoenix business, 287.
STECK, DR. MATTHEW-Superintendent of Indian affairs-op- posed Bosque Redondo as reservation for Indians, 175; suc- ceeded by Felipe Delgado, 178.
STEELE, COL .- Of Confederates captures John Jones bearer of dispatches from Genl. Carleton to Genl. Canby, 120.
STEIN'S PASS-Fight at between Free Thompson's party and Cochise and Mangus Colorado, 59 et seq.
STEPTOE, COLONEL-Mention of, 208.
STEVENS, HIRAM S .- Biography, 198; gives material assistance to participants in Camp Grant Massacre, 277.
STEVENS-See Mills and Stevens.
STEVENSON MINING COMPANY-Mention of, 74.
STEVENSON-Owner of Stevenson Mine, 74.
STONE, JOHN F .- Biography, 206 et seq.
STONEMAN, GENL .- Visited by committee composed of W. S.
Oury, S. R. De Long and J. W. Hopkins, protesting against lack of protection given by military-gives committee no sat- isfaction-Camp Grant Massacre follows, 272 et seq.
STURGEON, DR .- Army surgeon who sent skull of Mangus Colo- rado East, 148.
SUMNER, COL. C. V .- Assists stage line commissary, 4. SWAIN, GUS-Pioneer, 249.
SWILLING, J. W. (JACK)-Lieutenant of Confederates, with de- tachment has skirmish with Union troops under Lieut. Barrett resulting in killing of Barrett, 88; member of Walker party in command of detachment which captured Mangus Colorado, 146 et seq .; builds and runs mill at Vulture Mine, 213; mem- ber of Walker party, 243; biography, 251, et seq .; builds Town Ditch at Phoenix, names Phoenix, builds Tempe Canal, arrested on suspicion of holding up Wickenburg stage, dies in Yuma prison, his statement, 252 et seq .; mention of, 289. SWILLING MINE-Discovery of, 253.
TAPPAN, COL .- With Genl. Sherman, as Peace Commissioners, make agreement with Navajos to return them to their own country, 179.
TARBOX-Leader of lumbermen at Canoa, 54; assists Mexicans against Apaches-himself and men subsequently massacred, 55, 56.
TARJAY-Son of Cochise and war chief of Chiricahuas, mention of, 238.
TARSITH-Member of Walker party, 242.
TAYLOR, CHARLES-Member of Walker party, 243.
TAYLOR, L. G .- Supposed by Jack Swilling to be cause of latter s arrest, 257.
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TAYLOR, P. H .- Member of Lieut. Ives' exploring party, 19.
TEAL, JOHN-In fight at Apache Pass shoots Mangus Colorado, 132 et seq.
TEMPE-First name Hayden's Ferry, first store in established by C. T. Hayden, 289.
TEMPE CANAL-Built by Jack Swilling, 253.
TENAJA, EL AROLLO DE LA-Placer mines in discovered by Pauline Weaver, 293.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA-Genl. Carleton of California Column issues proclamation organizing, 110 et seq .; organization of, 321 et seq.
THOMPSON, FREE-Fight at Stein's Pass with Cochise and Man- gus Colorado, 59 et seq.
THOMPSON, LIEUT .- One of officers under Capt. Roberts in fight at Apache Pass, 138.
THRIFT, LON-Pioneer miner, 249.
TIDBALL, CAPT. T. T .- Marches against Apaches, 154.
TIPTON, LIEUT .- Member of Lieut. Ives' exploring party, 23. TIP-TOP MINE-Discovery of, 253.
TITUS, ELLIOTT-Massacre of by Indians, 44 et seq.
TITUS, JOHN-Appointed first district attorney of Territory of Arizona, but did not take office, 325.
TITUS, H. T .- One of early owners of Mowry Mine, 69.
TONTO APACHES-Go on warpath, 30.
TOWN DITCH-At Phoenix built by Jack Swilling, 253.
TOWNSEND, JOHN-Early settler, fights with Indians, death of, 249 et seq.
TUCSON-Convention held at declaring Arizona part of the Con- federacy and electing Granville H. Oury delegate to Southern Congress, 86; taken possession of by Capt. Hunter for Con- federacy, 87; Hunter retreats and Lieut .- Col. West of Califor- nia Column retakes Tucson and raises Stars and Stripes, 88; Genl. Carleton arrives at and declares territory under martial law, 88, 102; Genl. Carleton levies license taxes on merchants, 115 et seq .; booming times, 116 et seq .; celebrities, Hank 'n' Yank, Bill Bowers, Nick Chambers, 117 et seq .; C. O. Brown given monopoly of gambling and selling liquor, 118 et seq. TURKEY CREEK-Early mining on, 298.
TURNER, WM. F .- First Chief Justice of Territory of Arizona, 325.
TYSON, CHARLEY-Builds mill at Vulture Mine, 213.
USHER, JOHN T .- Indian Commissioner makes treaty with Apaches, 154.
VAN BIBBER-Partner of Henry Wickenburg, 212.
VAN TRAMP-Description of conditions in Arizona after with- drawal of troops, 56 et seq.
VULTURE MINE-Discovered by Henry Wickenburg, 212; his- tory of, 213 et seq .; mention of, 298.
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WADE, SENATOR BEN-Supports measure for organization of territory, 321.
WAGON ROAD-Across Arizona opened by James B. Leach, and N. H. Hutton, 2.
WARREN, CAPT. HENRY-Member of California Column, his description of capture and killing of Mangus Colorado, 144 et seq.
WALKER, JOHN-Indian agent, 29.
WALKER, JOHN-Member of Walker party, 242.
WALKER, CAPT. JOSEPH R .- Commander of Walker party, 241; with Jack Ralston discovers gold in Arizona, 241.
WALKER, JOSEPH R. Jr .- Member of Walker party, 242.
WALKER MINING DISTRICT-Meeting of, 310.
WALKER PARTY-Capture Mangus Colorado, 145 et seq .; organ- ization of and personnel, 241 et seq .; enlist under Kit Carson to fight Indians, 242; reorganization of, 242; suspected of be- ing Confederates, 243; serve under Capt. McCleave at Fort West, 243, 244; make base of operations near Prescott, 244; make trip to Pima Villages, 245; discover gold on Lynx Creek, 245; miners' meeting held and mining district established, 245 et seq .; visited by company of soldiers under Surveyor-General Clarke of New Mexico, 246; dissolution of, 248.
WALLACE, CAPT. (BIG FOOT)-Pony rider and mail carrier, 3. WALLACE-One of three captured by Cochise and tortured to death, 32.
WALLAPAI INDIANS-See Hualapai.
WARD, ROBERT-Mention of, 48.
WARD-Foster father of Mickey Free, cause of ill-treatment of Cochise and his subsequent enmity to the whites, 30 et seq.
WATTS, DELEGATE-Supports measure for organization of ter- ritory, 322.
WAUBA YUBA-Wallapai Chief killed by Sam Miller, 258 et seq. WEAVER-Town of established, 297.
WEAVER CREEK-Gold discovered in and creek named by Peeples' party, 247, 248.
WEAVER DIGGINGS-Discovered by Pauline Weaver, 184. WEAVER MINING DISTRICT-Formation of, 302.
WEAVER, PAULINE-Name inscribed on Casa Grande, 184; guides Peeples' party into Arizona, 247; biography, 184; dis- covers placers at Weaver Diggings, 184; discovers gold in El Arollo de la Tenaja, 293.
WELCH, G. C .- Pioneer miner, 307.
WELLS, MRS. E. W .- One of Sam Miller's passengers when Miller killed Wauba Yuba, 259.
WELLS-FARGO EXPRESS COMPANY-With Ben Holliday pur- chase Butterfield Stage Line, 16.
WEST, GENERAL-Report to War Department of capture and killing of Mangus Colorado, 148 et seq.
WEST, JOHN-Pioneer miner, 316.
WEST, LIEUT .- COL .- Of California Column, takes Tucson for the Union and raises Stars and Stripes, 88, 102; gives C. O. Brown monopoly of gambling and liquor selling in Tucson, 118 et seq.
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WHEAT FIELDS-King Woolsey destroys crop at, 222. WHEATON, GENL. FRANK-Mention of, 263.
WHEELER, REPRESENTATIVE-Opposes organization of terri- tory, 322.
WHEELHOUSE, J. V .- Secretary of Pioneer Mining District, 304; resigns as recorder of Walker Mining District, 310.
WHEELHOUSE, WILLIAM-Member of Walker party, 243; re- corder of first mining district in Arizona, 245.
WHEELING, SERGT .- Bearer of dispatches from Genl. Carleton to Genl. Canby, killed by Apaches, 120.
WHIPPLE, FORT-First location of, 250; location changed, 250. WHIPPLE, LIEUT .- Makes exploration and survey for railroad route along 35th parallel, 18.
WHITE, A. M .- Arrested by Capt. Hunter of Confederates for purchasing supplies for the Union troops, 93, 94.
WHITE, MRS .- Capture of by Jicarilla Apaches, 151.
WHITMAN, LIEUT. ROYAL E .- Appointed Indian agent at Old Camp Grant-policy such that "hell was inaugurated," result- ing in raids and murders by Apaches and "Camp Grant Mas- sacre," 270 et seq.
WICKENBURG, HENRY-Biography, 211 et seq .; discovers Vul- ture Mine, 212.
WILCOX-One of owners of Colorado River Copper Mine, 74.
WILLIAMS, BILL-Member of Walker party, 243.
WILLIAMSON, LIEUT .- Member of Lieut. Ives' exploring party, 17 et seq.
WILLIS, MAJOR-In command of expedition sent to establish post in Chino Valley, 250.
WOODS, ISAIAH C .- Superintendent and manager of first stage line across Arizona, 2.
WOOLSEY, KING S .- Gives Henry Wickenburg information which leads to discovery of Vulture Mine, 212; biography- fights with Indians-hangs Apache chief-joins Walker party -one of discoverers of Lynx Creek-massacres Apaches- "Pinole Treaty"-encounter with Jeff Standifer, "bad man"- death of, 215 et seq .; leads party against Apaches, 221; with J. Y. T. Smith and C. W. Stearns erects Phoenix Flour Mill, 224.
WOOSTER AND WIFE-Killing of by Apaches one of causes of Camp Grant Massacre, 271.
WRIGHT, GENL .- Commanding Department of Pacific suggests formation of California Column, 84 et seq.
WRIGHT, JOHN T .- Member of California Column who scalped Mangus Colorado, 148.
YAPAPEI MINING DISTRICT-Formation of, 307.
YOUMANS, CHARLEY-Pony rider and mail carrier, 2.
YOUNG, BRIGHAM-Directs Jacob Hamblin to make explorations into Arizona, 24.
YOUNG, JOHN-Member of Walker party, 243.
YUMA COPPER CO .- See Harcuvar Copper Mines.
YUMA INDIANS-Conflicts with Maricopas, 27; with Apache- Mohaves attack Pimas and Maricopas, 29.
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