day morning, and the remains were conveyed to their last resting place at nine o'clock that morning. The funeral service was conducted by the Masonic Order, (of which Woolsey was a member), and was the first ever performed in this valley. The funeral was largely attended."

Juan Chiavria, chief of the Maricopas, wept like a child at the loss of his friend, and accompanied by almost all the males of his tribe, attended his funeral.

CHAPTER XI.

EARLY PIONEERS AND SETTLERS (Continued). CAPTAIN THOMAS JONATHAN JEFFORDS-MADE FRIENDS WITH COCHISE-GUIDES GENERAL HOWARD TO COCHISE'S CAMP-ASSISTS HOWARD IN MAKING PEACE WITH COCHISE MADE INDIAN AGENT-DEATH OF COCHISEINDIANS KILL ROGERS AND SPENCE, WHO HAD SOLD LIQUOR TO THEM - DEATH OF JEFFORDS- CHARLES H. MEYER-OWNED FIRST DRUGSTORE IN TUCSON CITY RECORDER KEPT TUCSON AN ORDERLY CITYMEYER STREET, TUCSON, NAMED AFTER HIM-A. F. BANTA-GOVERNMENT GUIDEMEMBER OF TENTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, APACHE COUNTY -PROBATE JUDGE, APACHE COUNTY-NEWSPAPER MAN-PROSPECTOR-WALKER PARTY -CAPTAIN JOSEPH R. WALKER-PERSONNEL OF COMPANY-ENLIST UNDER "KIT" CARSON TO FIGHT INDIANS-SECOND EXPEDITION— PERSONNEL SUSPECTED OF TRYING TO EFFECT JUNCTION WITH CONFEDERATES-ESTABLISHED SETTLEMENT NEAR PRESENT TOWN OF PRESCOTT TRIP TO PIMA VILLAGES DISCOVERY OF LYNX CREEK DISTRICT -ORGANIZATION OF MINING DISTRICT VISITED BY PART OF CALIFORNIA COLUMNPEEPLES' PARTY-GUIDED BY PAULINE WEAVER-DISCOVERY OF RICH HILL-DISSOLUTION OF WALKER PARTY-DANIEL E. CON

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Captain Thomas Jonathan Jeffords was born in Chautauqua County, New York, in 1832. He laid out the road from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Denver, in 1858. In the fall of 1859 he came to Taos, New Mexico, and wintered in Taos. The following spring he went into the San Juan mountains to prospect and mine. In 1862 he carried dispatches from Fort Thorn to General Carleton at Tucson. At that time, he was on the payroll of the United States Government as a scout, and piloted the advance companies of the California Column into New Mexico, to old Fort Thorn near the Rio Grande near Las Cruces. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Val Verde and the other engagements which resulted in the expulsion of the Confederates from New Mexico.

In 1867 Captain Jeffords made the personal acquaintance of Cochise, who had been very active against all Americans and Mexicans. Of this meeting, Captain Jeffords said: "He had killed twenty-one men to my knowledge, fourteen of whom were in my employ. I made up my mind that I wanted to see him.. I located one of his Indians and a camp where he came personally. In the meantime, I had acquired a smattering knowledge of the Indian language, having been an Indian trader under a commission from Mr. Parker, Secretary of the Interior. Having been advised that Cochise would be at a certain place at a certain time, I went into his camp alone, fully armed. After meet