| Show TRIALS TO EDEN r Desert Cactus and Sand Dead Cattle and Coyotes THE siuc IIDIIM PIAAS A TAUT Arizona Deserted Caplltl and Mlnlns Tonut Unlnt on Mountain IoaVj Arrival In the Land uf Irult llllk and llonfj Honey Creepondenee DOetaar Nlw louiiTII lint From llackberry we followed the line of the Atlantic and 1aclflo railway rail-way eastward for a dlitancn or flily online to Aubrey valley There we led the railroad and followed the valley of the upper Verde foulbward toward FrticolU Our route most of the wa was through a hilly country covered with cedar and pinion pine Wu worn now fairly In the atook growlnic dli > trlcli of Arizona The country woe covered with stock but barren of feed the long eonlloued drouth had Oriel up the pasturage and ai a mull the whole country was covered with thu dried upoanaicior the tattle Wore Wo-re numerous In this region attracted at-tracted by tho dead cattle At night they would prowl around our wagon unit leave their footjirlnll III tliunud Houiitliuva when they would ogiproaoli too near ui or their huwlInK would IB 1 come almost u nhoarablewe would laku down the rllle carefully and polutlnj It out through the cover at some object movluKahout lu the darkuin would pull the trigger For an instant there would bin dash of fire then n report and we could tea itrtuks of dust lu every direction and hear the wood ol hurrying feet then all would Lu illll again I think there II tome of the moat beautiful country between Aubrey valley and Irticolt that I ever law Theinouutalui Ink to low hllli the higher knobs are covered with cedar and plue and the lower hllli cud val 1 Icy with grass The toll It I of the ilcheit O whale country Out would be If there were only rains In the pro I pvneaioui And yet there are Mini uiually enough to in ure good crop If their watert WU only itured and htlJ In reierve until the dry iiaion mud I not allowed to run oU Into the rivets cad dO no good The country li I no allotted that rciervolri ctuld te ton strudel nlnioit miywhtrr All flout li neceuary lea union of ellort ou thin part of the people and that with the peseta Inhabitant Uaa I luipoolblllty 1rciojtt wai formerly a iiiluluic camp and U itlll kept up lamely by the wealth It receive from hoot source It U I ttuated lu a narrow valley high ujuuong granite hllli The climate li ploaant and agreeable It wai for many years the capital ot Attuna but Ihe uevelopmeat of the loutheru val I lOll removed the center ol populallo there and the capital wan chuuceJ to Iuceulx Formerly waa Ihe headquarters head-quarters of a large military district and a Urge number ol troop were kept thin but since Ueronluio u uo more Iud Ibo Apache have canned tu he troublesome Uncl Ham haiUkenhli hiadriuarterato Denver 1rnoutl Ile i I same dew nice LullJluKi She courthouse court-house certainly a credit to the town Tho old hate lions aDd the dlitrlot admit bulldlngi are conspicuous oh Joel iimong the wooden shacks hat usually conilllute the main element of a mining town tuougu Ibeio are u number of flue brick and stone llruo lure To our Inquiry to what hail the town up A guntleman replloJ Her aamblllll den and pruitltutei and alter wlllnit over the town we came ta the coucluilon bo did I not rnlii It much From Prescott took the road for Inuulr that tune through the Ague Krla valley and down through the Jllack canyon Tho dlituucu U I about 110 mils and them li plenty of water ID well dlilaucei from lOll to fllleen tulle all along the road eicet be twevu Now liver and 1litciiU where there tic desert of twenlyiU mllra to crou mete li I no feed aoywhere along the road ozoert the hay hell at Ihe ttage ilalloni nud that li I uiually laid at a very handsome llguro drain can also be bought at the ilatluni Ij not sop cot to buy oati there are uouo In this country I went Into a slur at Imcdtt and asked for oath Ihs clerk I said theyhad tome I told loin In put PlO up I1UOIII lUi pounds and 1 would call and get II lie teemed thunder drool Man laid he what are you lIolog 10 with lomuchT Feed It to my hones 1 replied Why It will kill them hone nul eat oat I rumirked that they could In the country where 1 came from Well uo one hero ever heard ef such a Iblug at that 1 alkod him to show me the oal lull when be pointed boa few lackegti on a rt labelled Quaker Dale oi wilted Ilarley li the grain I fred IIIJ the country If you went anything elie you must bring It with you from Utah The country between the Ague Frla valley and New river U onu ul the roughest 1 ever law We were told that It would hake the duet oil our wagon and It did Up long sleep hllli and down longer and ileijur ono The road through what they oil Ihe lllaok canyon though didnt ace lI1uoh 01 a CAOYOU II the ruugh1 WOW on the entire trip It li a pu01le to toe tu kuow bow the stagy mid heavily loaded wagon ever let over II And yet It would not boo u dllllcult matter to make a good rod It would cool Home muney aid All aoua dont seem to have much money lost tooth lu that direction lust nuw Hut ltdtiei eein ai though thuy would hoop up 101110 011I101110 if a road between be-tween the capital and one of thou chief towns when there u I no other mode of Diiiumunlcitlou between them Utierled rnlnlnx camps are quite numoroui In thliart of Arlzinn We uw ono ou the iiKiuutatn above husk merry md nnothir Just beck of lllg Hue Thorn were the mill trio dote boarding bouiei and lame of he miners nil Untried No mob Curled upwards from the many olilm cry no faralllur unto wan stun on the locate Ito sound broke Ilie itlllnm ul he lumintr afleruuuu all was ai mitt ai the iurroundlii url On Ihe evening of the 17th of July ie t nulpad ou a nlll about nix unlev oulb uf lllg llutc We were unw apldly s rproHohlnK the hot region gain Way e0 to the culls He could le Isolated mountain jeaki which we know overlooked ho hot barren I valley Weweruneirlnt the Jump Incoll plate bUD we would deioend from mountain I In the plain 11i I Another phase of the old clvllltitlon It I found In this vicinity On the tope of th mitt prominent peaks are ruliu I of looms that scum 10 have hue erected ae watch tower and I j small guard iteemi la have lirnn kept in them for thit pal pone OM irLipectort told in that they had teen them I on nil the milt iromlnent pealc tint the uulldlnKi were long ulnio reduitd to ruin but I tint they uuuld yet eec IrtctJ of Olio lace where the ilgual flren wet tlr t lr lighted I I It seems ptnhlhle I Hot l the Carne methods I were tunnel here to John lnoo l i were punuril hy the Inoii way oil In Peru In that country witch lowers Wife erected and guarda maintained nil tie prominent poute I slog the roulei from which Invailon wai n ptcted I rim iiuard who lint otuiflit eight I of the liiTailluK army would light lilinlKiial fire d that It could Ixi teen by the guard 1111 dm next l euk ana lie In turn won d warn Ihenexi until the algnal was seen by the peoplu 1 > III tin valley fliui they woul I receive re-ceive Information of the coming of K foe several days lietora they could arrln and wool I have time 10 oallicl their armlet and bepreptrol to receive them The night of the 17lh win cold mill IJ o501Ii Ii chilly We arose early noil itlvlnu our horses a eel 01 Larl y cud tuveial iiuokett til I the cold water out of tits uttrelretumeJ our I > urn y One of thin horin was chilled through tijr the cold wind that blew over the mountain and the avatar we gave him almost IliilihwJ hint up Untried to lie dew n while wo wore herneiilnir him but wo matte red la keep him up and gut nailed For the next ten m lei ell had to me the whip constantly In keep him on hh feel When we reached a stage iU IlolIt andilickened nut paoo ho dropped 111 bit tracks We iiutuuod I to Irra him tram tin bar ois but Ir IWo hours he wr the alokcit hone I I ever saw Ivory minute elected would It hit last Alter awhile lie gut up and commenced to eat and when bono ran they say he 11 all right Vi > wet very deilroui ot reaching New river by no in tho neat day 10 that wo mUhl rest there until evening mid rues Ibo desert lu the night The delay otuie I by our hono we feared wool I com tl ui to lay over another tlay at Now rlr or lor ea 10 the 11111110 whluli would he dlflkult and illttgrtcaUo an oce out of the hal fly a pm the bone wai 10 tnuoh better I that we wr < ro enabled to no nnljnlr lIp HI pm wo had made fifteen lullri We canti ml I aitulu on top of a hlcll hill Diu nlilhl wan warm Wo were out early flio illlte the i gut before had b uJht are lobo to I region of the fatu ui tie I cactui they arose around u 011 nil aides like trim giant and held up their great tins lolrmnly m II to warn u away froth their aiuntry Wo 110 trended now cJuU roldly Inward the plalu rime hoot Itcteoed llylllam we bad in ale I clKhtten milei and wernitllllen milo from New river wr retted two houri nt llujponp und drove uu to New rim wheruwoar rived about thlov pm We renialnvd nt New liter several pouf rheern had conn down when we left the nation Iho evening WM h leeonl Ihu roaj Wit good cud we were hIlPlY lathe contemplation that cur long and Udloua Journey would I Ion be ended Fur the Illt tau miles Ihucountry teas love but vrai covered with imintltln of volcanic rook that had throwu out of a crater eome where lu Ihe vlolnliy The ululit win Tery dark wecojld nitito Ibo roiJ but booed the horses to take in IhrouKh solely The iouth rn horlton wan corrred wtlh heavy bank of cloud that thrvotoui rain and out of which the lightning lltihed Inctmnt ly About 10 0010 k It beKau to rail and we were furcul to camp fur the nlAht Floe ralu lull at Internals all night and the test cf hoe time Iho oayotii ontrttilnid ui with tbolr familiar song I do not think there U another sound In tbe world ui hideous HI hits thorp Tlclcui Lark cf Ibo coyote ai It Lulu to you over the illent plaliu out of thedarknruot the nllhl To 10 along on the deirrt far front any human hibltallon wills thin thunder brrakluu over you and thellKhlnluglliihlnic about youli bad onounh but when you reillce that Jot out In the daikuen you are aurroundrd by 10 army uf grim lmat tint ill on their hauolui and yearn and horsy for I morel 01 you your misery becomes oomplele And after all when diyllithl coma and you are tie pour gaud kings ai they trot oil slowly amuin the burhn or atop and look wistfully at you HI If nikluK for n Low you fuel lorry for them themWe were on the move early the mill had motto the road muddy and heavy and our prugrni wa slow Awe < A-we loaned ahnit we could bear the heavy itrokri of the cruilirn In u lamp mill way soft In Ihu uiouulalLt iomwhro to lion east of ui Ihu louud was borne la III on II genii linen from a dlilaoce of twenty mllii or nonce At tile m we roaohed the Arliimt canal ten lice Iron IUunU Au thou loonies were not very blood wu uilnd ou tour bulks farther to the nest canal Thu road was tandy iiid heury and the day became very hot Wu wore nearly Iwo hour mukliiK the four mllrJ We tied up under a oottouwond Ire and fed thu honor Then we ullloJ out to gel mime fruit and ineloni We were now < In bloc lUmul America Joe ltit7ca |
