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fall when they were returning to gather their crops, some young men who were ahead of the party saw a camp of soldiers and the soldiers' horses were in the places where the Indians had their corn. The women and children were sent to the hills and the men waited until next morn- ing, when they shot into the soldiers and stam- peded the horses. They could not tell whether they had killed any of the soldiers or not, but the soldiers fired at the bluffs where the Indians were, and scared them away, so the Indians did not make any further attempt to trouble the people who took possession of their crops.
"Once at the head of Black Canyon, now called Turkey Creek, at the mouth of the wash that leads from Bumble Bee, there was a party of white men camped, and three Indians who were out hunting for deer saw the white men's camp, and two of them decided to go to the camp and ask for presents and tobacco. The third and older man tried to persuade them not to go to the camp but without success. The two young men left their bows and arrows with the older man so as to show the white men that they were friendly. When they got to the camp they shook hands with most of the white men, but there were some there who refused to shake hands with them and went and got their guns and shot one of the Indians down. The other ran for his life, receiving only a flesh wound through the leg, but he paid no attention to the wound and made his escape. The third Indian who had refused to go to the camp saw the whole affair from the top of the bluff, and went to his own camp for assistance for the wounded man. After the wounded man had recovered there was
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quarrelling as to who first proposed going to the white men's camp, and thus causing an Indian to be killed. A lot of the Indians wanted to kill the two who had returned, believing that they were the cause of the other's death, but they finally decided to allow them to live. This was the first blow received by the Indians on the east side of the Bradshaw Mountains, and I believe it happened in the year 1864.
"Shortly afterwards about sixty or seventy Indians had a council and decided to make some raids on the white ranchmen and prospectors along the foothills of the Bradshaw Mountains, so they went to a place on the Big Bug Creek, about four or five miles above the present town of Mayer. The Indians were up on a hill, look- ing down into the valley, and saw a man go into a house. They did not see any more white men so some of them went down close to the house. Some of the Indians said that the white man must have seen them first, and for that reason he went into the house and could see them through the window. Some of them said no, that it was not so, and they wanted to kill that man, and that if there was anybody afraid to go down to that house, they could stay away; they were out to fight any enemy they came across and they were going down to get that white man. So about twenty-five Indians went towards the little house. Three of them got to one end of it and were looking in through some cracks in the wall, but the white man was in an upper room and raised a window and shot down at the Indians. He killed one and wounded another, and the others ran off. They held quite an argument as to whether or not they would try to kill just
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that one lonely man. He was in a place where he could stand off many men all day long, and the Indians only had two or three firearms among them, and the rest being armed with bows and arrows.
"It was finally decided to return to their camp at Government Gap, and there was much dis- satisfaction among the people because one man got killed and the rest did not stop to see to his body. Those who had first proposed making war and raids did not care to go any farther, and finally the relatives of the man who got killed were given presents and they got over, their hard feelings, but the old camp was broken up. Some of the Indians went south. some went across the Verde River, and some went over towards Squaw Peak towards the ranges of the Ball Mountains. The parents and relatives of the Indian who was killed were the only ones left in the old camp, and they burned up everything belonging to the dead man. This is the way the Indians did when any persons were killed or died. Everything belonging to the dead was de- stroyed. It is a religious belief among the Apaches, and there are other tribes that do more than destroy the clothing of the dead and kill the animals owned by him, they even try to kill some one else. It may look strange, but it is true that the Indians used to burn their dead and everything that the person owned, whether he died a natural death or got killed in battle. If he owned several head of horses, every one of them must be killed and burned. Should he get killed by someone belonging to another tribe his relatives must have vengeance and will go out and make a raid on the other tribe. For many
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years after a man or woman died or got killed, no one dared to mention his or her name. It is an insult to the relatives of the dead person to mention the name before them, and if it is done it often causes trouble. If a young man is mar- ried and dies and the woman is left alone, she must live with the family of the deceased until the mother or father of the dead person selects some young man to give her to. This must not be done within a year after the time of the death of the man, and the widow must be strictly good in all her life until she goes to marry some one else. If there is a boy in the family the widow has to stay close with the family until the little one is old enough to get married, and if she should become a bad woman, or marry some one else without the consent of her father-in-law or mother-in-law, then the old mother-in-law will get her and will cut off her nose, which will spoil
It her looks and she will be no more respected. is the same with a widower. He has to keep in close touch with his father-in-law and his mother- in-law, and if there are any other girls in the family he is supposed to take one of them for his wife, but if he happens to get another woman outside of his deceased wife's family, there will be great trouble about it. Among the Apaches a girl is given to a man for a wife when she is quite young, maybe only about six years old, and when a man is seen carrying a child on his back when travelling or driving, that girl is supposed to be his wife, and will be some day, and it is the same way yet among certain classes of the Apaches.
"Dela-cha was a great warrior, and the Apaches under him were a brave band. He, his
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son-in-law, Dar-ka-gia-ya, meaning 'His Body Big and Fat that it Shakes,' and another young fellow went off down towards the Gila River, where there were many settlements of the Mari- copas. They were gone three days and returned with twelve head of ponies. They drove them all night and finally reached their mountains, the Superstitions. There was a gap there that they went over, and they came to a deep gulch and some caves. They drove the horses all night and did not rest all the way. The chief told the young men to go back to the gap and look out over the country to see if there were any enemies on their trail, for they had stolen the horses, and somebody might have followed them. So the young man, Bar-as-ka-yat-yat-a, meaning, 'Small Greasy Man,' soon returned from his watch and reported that he could see nothing and thought it would be safe to take a little sleep as they had had hard work driving the ponies and were very sleepy, so they all agreed to go and lay down and take a rest. The old chief was just warning the young men to not sleep too sound, as he said there was no telling just when their enemies would jump them. The young men went to sleep but before the chief did he heard the sound of horses' hoofs and some talking. In a few moments the enemy came in sight, yelling at him. He had tried to wake the young men but they were sleeping so sound that he had to shake them well before he could wake them. He told them to run for their lives but to keep together so that they could stand off their enemies. The chief had a pistol and his son-in- law had a gun, and they told the young men not to get far away from them because the Pimas,
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who were chasing them, liked to get a man by himself so that they could fight him alone, but if three or four kept together and shot back at them, the Pimas and Maricopas would never get close enough to harm them. One of the young men, however, was half asleep when he started to run, and he soon found himself alone, and about fifty Pimas surrounded him and got him into a bunch of rocks from where he kept shoot- ing at them for a while until he had used all his arrows, then the Pimas rushed in and killed him. The chief and his son-in-law succeeded in reach- ing a high point where they could look down at the Pimas, and kept shooting at them until they had killed ten or fifteen of them. The Pimas finally went away, and after they had gone the chief and his son-in-law went down and found the dead body of the other man in the rocks. There was a narrow ravine near the gap and as the Pimas had left and taken the horses back with them, the two men hastened to get to this ravine. On each side of the ravine there were steep rocks that gave much advantage for an am- bush. When about fifteen or twenty of their enemies who had dismounted and were leading their horses had crept up to within a few yards of them, they made sure shots at them with their pistols, and after they had emptied their pistols they used their rifles. They saw six lying on the side of the road and the rest were busy getting on their ponies to get out of the way as fast as they could. The horses were left behind and the Pimas did not try to protect their wounded. The chief's son-in-law ran down and recaptured six of the horses. The chief kept up the shoot- ing at the Pimas until they were about half a
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mile away. There were at least seventy-five Pimas and Maricopas, and only two Mohave- Apaches drove off that many men. The chief's son-in-law drove the horses, and Dela-cha stood on top of the hill calling to the enemy, saying: 'I am here; come to me if you dare; be men!' He could hear them crying and he said that they must have been a lot of old women crying about some of their comrades being killed and wounded, and he said that when any of his men were killed he did not cry. So the two of them drove the horses across the hills to their old camp, and told the rest that they had lost one man. The brother of the young man who had been killed threatened to kill Dela-cha, but to satisfy him Dela-cha gave him three of the horses, and told him that they had killed many of their enemies, and if the dead man had heeded his orders he probably would not have been killed, and finally the brother of the dead man was quieted.
"About a year after that many of the Indians gathered together and agreed to go out and wait for soldiers on the road between Fort Reno and McDowell, so they went to the same place where Dela-cha and his comrades had had the fight with the Pimas and Maricopas, and kept watch over the road and finally saw some soldiers com- ing, about eight or ten of them leading their horses. A runner was sent back to the camp to get the brother of the man who had been killed the previous year, because they knew that when he saw the soldiers he would go right after them, no matter whether he got killed or not. He was lonely over the loss of his brother and did not care whether he got killed or not. It is this way
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with the Indians, when one is killed they want to end their own lives, or kill someone of their own people and be killed themselves.
"In this band there were about sixty-five strong young men, good brave warriors, and three big chiefs. Some were from the Tonto Basin country, and two of the chiefs were of the Mohave-Apaches from the Superstition Moun- tains and Four Peaks, and Salt River. When the runners brought word that the soldiers were near the gap, the ambush was placed and it was decided who were to shoot first. Almost all of the Indians were armed with guns and pistols. About fifteen men were stationed close to the road behind the bushes. The runners had brought word that the soldiers had no guns with them and were only leading the horses. Before they reached the ambush, however, some of the soldiers mounted their horses; the word was given to fire on the soldiers, and four of them dropped dead and two were wounded. One of the soldiers ran his horse past the whole line and escaped. The Indians soon got the soldiers who were wounded, and chased the one who had es- caped on his horse, but could not catch him. Some of the Indians who had chased him said when they came back, that he was wounded with an arrow in the back, and that his horse was also wounded. All the rest of the soldiers were dead except one who was in a deep gulch or hole, and only had a pistol and was shooting at the Indians with it. The Indians all said to each other to count the shots because a pistol only had six bul- lets and when the soldier had fired the last one they would rush in and kill him. Just at this moment, however, an Indian who had been sent
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out with a party to watch the road from Mc- Dowell, was seen running down the hill towards where the soldier was. He was told that the soldier only had two or three shots, and that as soon as his pistol was empty, they intended to rush him. He would not listen to them, how- ever, but rushed in on the soldier and attempted to kill him with a spear. He missed his man, struck the spear into the ground, and fell on the soldier's back. The soldier was knocked down, but reached under his arm and shot the Indian right through the breast. At that shot all the Indians rushed in and killed the soldier. The Indians got eight guns, seven pistols and four horses. They did not dance over the dead sol- diers as they had one dead also, although some of the Indians said that they ought to dance anyhow and not mind the one Indian's death as it was his own fault that he lost his life; that he just got what he was looking for.
"A party followed the mounted soldier who had gone on the road towards McDowell and when they returned they said that they had found the horse dead, with the saddle on, but that the man must have gone to Fort McDowell on foot. Some wanted to follow him but the chief said that they had killed enough without much loss, and if they undertook to follow the soldier who had escaped, he might hurt some more of their men."
INDEX.
ADAMS, S .- Defeated candidate for delegate to Congress, 88; mention of, 89.
AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE-Mentioned by Governor Good- win in message, 114.
ALDRICH, MARK-Member of First Legislative Assembly, 89. ALEXANDER, T. M .- With family, early arrival in Prescott, 211. ALSAP, JOHN T .- Mention of, 37; appointed first Treasurer of Territory, 189; with John Roundtree, opens first saloon in Prescott, 215; with S. C. Miller and Con Moore, attacked by Apaches, 255; accompanies King Woolsey's expedition as sur- geon, 274.
ALLYN, JUDGE JOSEPH P .- One of first three Judges of Terri- tory, assigned to Second Judicial District, 74; resigns, 246; candidate for delegate to Congress, defeated, 246.
ANDERSON, CAPT. ALLEN L .- In fight with Indians, 285.
ANDERSON, JAMES .- Chief Clerk of House of Representatives of First Legislature, 94.
APACHES-Description of by C. D. Poston in speech in Congress, 159.
APPEL, NATHAN B .- Member of First Legislative Assembly, 90. APPROPRIATIONS-By First Territorial Legislature for Schools, 135, 136; First General Appropriation Bill, 140 et seq.
ARIZONA MINER-Publication of by T. E. Hand, 31; said to have been first published at Camp Clark, 46; occupies first house completed on original town site of Prescott, 194; first issue of in Prescott, 194.
BACKUS, JUDGE HENRY T .- Appointed to succeed Judge Wm. T. Howell, resigned, 246.
BAKER, ELIHU-Mention of, 78.
BANTA, A. F .- Accompanies expedition into Arizona to establish post at gold diggings, and tells story of, 31 et seq .; mention of, 93.
BARNETT & BARTH-Start store at Prescott, 206.
BARTH-See Barnett & Barth.
BASHFORD, COLES-President of Council of First Legislative Assembly, 89, 90, 94; biography of, 90 et seq .; one of first two lawyers in Prescott, 213; returns East disgusted with Arizona, 245; one of first two lawyers in Tucson, 249.
BEACH, CHARLEY-Mention of, 34, 38.
BEAR PEN-Name of one of first houses in Prescott, 194; men- tion of, 213.
BEAUCHAMP, J. W .- Estate of, first to be administered in Pro- bate Court of Yavapai County, 247; killed by Indians, 267. BEHAN, JOHN H .- Mention of, 33, 34.
BENEDICT, A. C .- Mentioned by General Carleton in correspond- ence, 4, 12; his object with the Walker Party, 27; exposes "Southern" plan of Walker Party, 29, 30; death of, 30.
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BENSON, CAPT. HENRY M .- One of officers with expedition sent into Arizona to establish post at gold diggings, 31; in fight with Indians, 284.
BERNARD, GEO. W .- Owner of first hotel and restaurant in Prescott, 195, 215.
BERRY, WM. J .- Defeated candidate for delegate to Congress, 88; mention of, 89.
BIDWELL, THOMAS J .- Mention of, 80; member of First Legis- lative Assembly, 90.
BIGELOW, HENRY A .- Member of First Legislative Assembly, 89.
BLAIR, HATZ & RAIBLE-Contractors for erection of Gover- nor's mansion, first public building erected in Territory, 201.
BLAIR, MONTGOMERY-Postmaster-general receives letter from General Carleton urging establishment of mail roads in Ari- zona, 17 et seq.
BLAKENEY, MAJ. THOMAS J .- Mentioned in King Woolsey's report, 265.
BOGGS, JOHN M .- Member of First Legislative Assembly, 90; bridegroom in first wedding in Prescott, 211.
BOUCHET, LUIS G .- Member of First Legislative Assembly, 90. BOWER'S RANCH-Mention of, 29.
BRADSHAW, ISAAC-Mention of, 89.
BRADSHAW, WM. D .- Defeated candidate for Delegate to Con- gress, 88; biography of, 88, 89; First Territorial Legislature gives right for ferry across Colorado and fixes charges, 135. BRICHTA, AUGUSTUS-Member and historian of King Wool- sey's second expedition against Indians, 273.
BRINLEY, CHARLES H .- Mention of, 80.
BROOKS, HEZEKIAH-Selected as Commissioner to lay out, ap- praise and dispose of lots in Prescott, 192; marries widow of Capt. Leib, 211; first Probate Judge in Yavapai County, 247. BROWN, SERGT. CHARLES-Receives special mention for zeal, etc., in scout after Indians, 283.
BROWN, C. O .- Writes Gen. Carleton in relation to gold discov- eries in Arizona, 14.
BROWN, E. K .- Mention of, 78.
BROWN, "NIGGER"-Mention of, 35.
BROWNE, J. ROSS-With James W. Taylor reports on mineral resources of Arizona and California, 2; description of Territory by, 203 et seq.
BURKE, JOHN P .- One of owners of "Prescott House," 35, 36.
BURKE-Under-sheriff, shoots A. G. Dunn, 36; mention of, 38. BURKETT, LIEUT .- In fight with Indians, 282.
BURNS, CAPT. JAMES-Captures boy, Mike Burns, Mohave- Apache, and raises him, 289.
BURNS, MIKE-(Mohave-Apache)-The Indians' side of the question, 288 et seq .; captured by Capt. James Burns when young, 289; mentions Lieut. E. D. Thomas, 289; methods, cus- toms, habits, etc., 290 et seq .; fights with soldiers, 292 et seq .; massacre of Indian Agent Leihy, 296; mention of Skull Valley fight, 297; mention of Pauline Weaver, 298; mas- sacre of Yavapais, 298 et seq .; Pinole Treaty, 304 et seq .;
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Dela-cha, Apache chief, warns other Indians against going to meeting, 306; making bows and arrows, 311 et seq .; stealing soldiers' horses, 328 et seq .; fight with New Mexican volun- teers, 329; killing of scout Willard Rice, 329; killing of Mike Burns' mother by soldiers, 330; killing of medicine man and breaking up of band of Cibieu Apaches, 336 et seq .; Mike Burns' first scout with the soldiers, 339 et seq .; fight of Dela- cha with Pimas, 350 et seq .; fight with soldiers between Reno and McDowell, 353 et seq.
BUTCHER, CAPT. JOHN H .- Officer with escort of Gubernatorial Party, 68.
BUTTERFIELD, WM .- Mention of, 80.
BUTTERWORTH, SAMUEL F .- One of incorporators of Arizona Railway Company, 138.
CALIFORNIA COLUMN-Mentioned by Fred Hughes, 40; given opportunity by Genl. Carleton to make little money by pros- pecting, 153.
CALKINS, JEROME B .- Sheriff shoots A. G. Dunn, 37. CALL, ANSON-Mormon after whom Callville was named, 252. CALLVILLE-Town of, established, 145; description of, 252. CAMP CLARK-Said to be first capital of Territory, 46.
CAPITAL-Camp Clark said to be first, 46; Fort Whipple, 72; fight on location in First Territorial Legislature, 118 et seq .; first capitol buiding erected in Prescott by Christy and Van Smith, 213.
CAPRON, JOHN G .- Mention of, 79; member of First Legislative Assembly, 90; divorced by First Territorial Legislature, 131. CARLETON, GENL. JAMES H .- Sends expedition into Arizona to investigate discoveries of gold, 3; his correspondence to Capt. Joseph Walker, and others, 4 et seq .; his optimistic views of value of discoveries, 16 et seq .; sends expedition into Arizona to establish post at gold diggings, 31; sends expedi- tion to locate Fort Whipple, 41; gives California Volunteers opportunity to make little money by prospecting, 153.
CARSON, COL. C. (KIT)-Report on Moqui Indians, 157, 158. CARTER, JUDGE HARLEY T .- Appointed to succeed Judge John P. Allyn, resigned, 246.
CHACON, CAPTAIN-Officer with escort of Gubernatorial Party, 68.
CHASE, SALMON P .- Receives letter from General Carleton re- garding mineral resources of Arizona, 21 et seq.
CHAVES, LIEUT. COL. FRANCISCO-In command of escort of Gubernatorial Party from Albuquerque to Fort Whipple, 68.
CHRISTIE, F. G .- Clerk of first Probate Court in Yavapai County, 247.
CIBICU APACHES-Breaking up of band of, 336 et seq.
CLARK, C .- With George Lount establishes first sawmill in vicin- ity of Prescott, 216.
CLARK, JOHN H .- Surveyor-General of New Mexico, accompa- nies expedition sent into Arizona by Genl. Carleton to investi- gate discoveries of gold, 3; his instructions from Genl. Carleton, 7 et seq .; reports to General Carleton on, 20-26.
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CLARK, LIEUT. PETER F .- Officer with escort of Gubernatorial Party, 68.
CLINTON & BAXTER-Mention of, 79.
COLLIER, COL. JAMES-Collector of Port of San Francisco, his opinion of Arizona, 1.
COLLINS, JACK-Mention of, 44.
COLORADO RIVER-Navigation of, mention by Governor Good- win in message, 114; report of Committee of First Territorial Legislature on navigability of, 119; Congress memorialized by First Territorial Legislature for appropriation for improve- ment of navigation of, 143; navigation of mentioned in Gover- nor's message, 152.
CONGRESS-Memorialized by First Territorial Legislature to in- crease pay of Territorial Officials and members of Legislature, 141, 142; for appropriation for placing Indians on reservation, 142, 143; for appropriation for improvement of navigation of Colorado River, 143; failure of to act on memorials, 144, 145. COOK & BOWERS-Owners of one of first clothing-houses in Pres- cott, 213.
COOLER, GEORGE-Mention of, 38.
COSGROVE, JOSEPH-Early settler killed in first attack of In- dians in vicinity of Prescott, 199.
COUES, DR. ELLIOTT-Post surgeon at Fort Whipple, mention of, 37; divorced by First Territorial Legislature, 131.
COULTER, GENERAL-Member of Walker Party, 29.
COULTER, GEO .- Mention of, 80.
COUNTIES-Territory divided into four counties, 93; mentioned by Governor Goodwin in message, 101.
COURTS-First term held in Tucson, 246; First term in Prescott,
246; Probate Court of Yavapai County organized, 247; first session of Supreme Court, 247.
CROOK, GENL. GEORGE-Mention of, 145.
CURTIS, WILBUR-Mention of, 80.
CUTLER, ASST. ADJT. GENL. BEN C .- Report covering opera- tions of military in 1864, in Arizona, 285 et seq.
DAVIS, LIEUT. COL. NELSON H .- In fight with Indians, 282. DELA-CHA-Apache chief, stories of by Mike Burns, 306 et seq. DELEGATE TO CONGRESS-Governor Goodwin issues proclama-
tion ordering election for, 75 et seq .; Charles D. Poston elected, 87, 88; instructed by legislature to secure arms and mail routes from Government, 122, 123; Poston's activities in Congress on behalf of the Territory, 153 et seq.
DICKSON, JOHN H .- Marries Mary J. Ehle, reported first mar- riage in Prescott, 211.
DODSON, BERRY-Mention of, 34.
DORMAN, CHAS. M .- Mention of, 80; one of three appointed to appraise lots in Prescott, 193.
DOWLIN, LIEUT. PAUL-In fight with Indians, 285.
DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS-Mention of, 2.
DUNN, A. G .- Most dangerous man in Prescott; shot down by Under-sheriff Burke and Sheriff Calkins, 36, 37; recovery of, 38.
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DUNN, JOHN C .- Sergeant-at-arms of House of Representatives of First Legislature, 94.
DUNNE, PATRICK H .-- Member of First Legislative Assembly, 89.
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