King Woolsey's Second Expedition-Report of by Augustus

Brichta - Resolutions by First_Legislature Commending

King Woolsey and Companions-King Woolsey's Opinion of

the Military-Account of Fight by William Fourr—Official

Reports of Fights With Indians—Remarks of Ben C. Cutler,

Assistant Adjutant-General

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CHAPTER XII.

INDIAN TROUBLES (Continued).

The Indians' Side of the Question-Stories by Mike Burns, Mo-

have-Apache-His Capture by U. S. Troops—Indian Method

of Catching Animals for Food—First White Men Seen by

Indians—I1l-treatment by Soldiers and Navajo Indians

Killing of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leihy-Massacre

in Skull Valley—Massacre of Yava pais.

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CHAPTER XIII.

INDIAN TROUBLES (Continued).

Mike Burns' Story of "The Pinole Treaty"-Pimas and Mari-

copas Deceive the Whites — Give Apaches Bad Name —

Apache Bow and Arrow Making-Fight With Soldiers Be-

tween Florence and McDowell—Indian Opinion of Soldiers

as Fighters

304

CHAPTER XIV.

INDIAN TROUBLES (Continued).

Mike Burns' Story of How the Indians Stole the Soldiers' Horses

-Fight With New Mexican Volunteers—Killing of Mike

Burns Mother — Breaking Up of Cibicu Apaches - Mike

Burns' First Scout-Yavapais and Navajos at War-Com-

ing of the White Men Disguised as Indians-Commit Out-

rages—Breaking Up of Camp-Funeral Customs—Widows

and Widowers-Dela-cha's Fight With Pimas and Maricopas

-Attack on Soldiers

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HISTORY OF ARIZONA.

VOLUME III.

HISTORY OF ARIZONA.

CHAPTER I.
EARLY OPINIONS OF ARIZONA.
OPINIONS OF OFFICIALS, CIVIL AND MILITARY-

PRECIOUS METALS IN ARIZONA — MILITARY
PROSPECTING EXPEDITIONS

GENERAL CARLETON'S CORRESPONDENCE. That the great wealth, or latent wealth, of Arizona and New Mexico was unappreciated for fifty years is susceptible of ample proof. Col. James Collier, Collector of the Port at San Francisco, who reached that place in November, 1849, upon his arrival there, having traversed what was then New Mexico, declared that he would not accept the entire Gila Valley as a gift. Genl. W. T. Sherman, who as a lieutenant accompanied Kearny's Expedition to California, it is claimed made the statement that we had had one war with Mexico to take Arizona, and we should have another to compel her to receive it back again. Col. Sumner, who was in command of the Military Department of New Mexico, in one of his official reports to the War Department, after calling attention to the fact that the holding of New Mexico, which then included what is now Arizona, was costing the government four millions of dollars a year, advised that the government buy out all the holders of property in that territory, remove them elsewhere, and then turn the entire country over to the Indians. 1

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