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cian, in which year he crossed the plains, and for some years thereafter practiced medicine to some extent in California in conjunction with mining and prospecting. Upon his arrival in Arizona he took up mining and prospecting in the vicinity of Prescott. The Apache Indians being troublesome the following winter, he accompanied King Woolsey on an expedition against the tribe as surgeon of the command. He was appointed the first Territorial Treasurer of Arizona, and served during the administration of Governor McCormick. In 1868 he was elected to the Legislature as the representative from Yavapai County. In 1869 in company with his wife's brother, W. L. Osborn, he settled in the Salt River Valley, about a mile northeast from Phoenix, and thereafter was intimately connected with the development of this section. He was elected to the legislature in 1870, and aided in the organization of Maricopa County. The same year he was Probate Judge of the new county. His term in the Assembly expired in 1872. He was admitted to the practice of the law in Arizona in 1871, and afterwards served as District Attorney of Maricopa County, after which he served again in the Legislature. In 1886 he was nominated for County Treasurer of Maricopa County, but died in September of that year prior to the election. In the intervals of his public duties, he was actively engaged in the practice of law, and won an enviable reputation as a member of the bar. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and was prominent in Masonic circles, being a past officer in the commandery and its represen

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tative in the Grand Lodge of the Territory. He was a strict Methodist in religion and in politics a Democrat. He was twice married, his first wife being Louisa A. Osborn, a daughter of John Preston Osborn, one of the pioneers of Prescott, and his second wife being Anna D. Murray. Some of his descendants are yet living in the Salt River Valley.

CHAPTER XIII.

EARLY PIONEERS AND SETTLERS (Continued).

WILLIAM S. OURY-MEMBER OF EXPEDITION

AGAINST INDIANS PARTICIPANT IN "CAMP
GRANT MASSACRE"-HIS OWN STORY OF IT-
MENTIONS MANY KILLED, WOUNDED AND
ROBBED BY INDIANS-INDICTMENT, ARREST,
TRIAL AND RELEASE OF PARTICIPANTS IN
MASSACRE-FIRST PRESIDENT OF ARIZONA
PIONEER'S SOCIETY-GRANVILLE H. OURY-
COMMANDED EXPEDITION OUT OF TUCSON TO
JOIN CRABB SENT AS DELEGATE TO CON-
FEDERATE CONGRESS AT RICHMOND-RETURN
TO ARIZONA-TWICE DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
FROM TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.

William S. Oury was born in Wythe County, Virginia, on August 13th, 1816. In early life he drifted to the west and was with General Sam Houston, at the battle of San Jacinto. He came to Arizona in 1856, and engaged in stock raising and trading. He bore his part in the early history of the Territory, and was a member of several expeditions against the Indians. He organized the expedition against the Indians which resulted in what has been called the "Camp Grant Massacre." The following is his own story concerning it; and is a paper read by him before the Society of Arizona Pioneers on April 6th, 1885:

"Having been chosen by our President to give a paper upon some events connected with the early history of Arizona, the writer has selected