Arizona Miner, 1864-09-21

pasi wuu mo pacK tram, ami.! was obliged to hstriru to tho river and continue op it 20 miles farther to wherts the stream fofks. one fork com coming: - ing: coming: twm tho enutvae-d and the fithr fro in the uurth-wBt. Upon anamination hero it was fmmrl i.hrv ty&t-tjr juissil in both str2S.ms as forks aboot one mile from camp, I reached, this point on tho 23d day of July, apt! a3 I had promised Colonel Rigg that I would join Major Blakeuey. at Final creek'on tho 30th, it was necessary t'd turn in that direction iu order to keep tho ap appointment. - pointment. appointment. A portion of the command were not satisfied that this stream was the Black riv river, - er, river, and wero desirous oT going further east to look for it. 1 therefore detached Mr. P. McCan McCan-non - non McCan-non with 40 men in that direction, while with tho remaining 24 men I started on my return to Piual creek. jMr. McCannon rejoined me at Fort Goodwiu in 9 days from his departure, and made a report to me, a copy of which accompa accompanies - nies accompanies this paper. On tho 24th day of July, with 24 men, I left our camp at tho forks of the Biack river and fol followed - lowed followed the western brauch up to its head, distant about 8 miles. I then turned in a southwesterly direction. Wo wero obliged to camp tho Grst night without water, but about 9. o'clock ,tho next morning we found water in tanks at the' foot of "aliigh round mountain, the eud of a rango lying to tho north northwest, - west, northwest, and covered with pino timber. Soon after stopping Mr. J. W. Beauchamp left camp to go to tho top of this mountain aud tako a view of tho surrounding Country, and tho bearings of dif different - ferent different points towards which wo expected to travel. Upon arriving near tho top of tho moun.

the San Carlos. Wo found no water in this branch, but tho .sext was tho onq beforo spoken of as hoading at Ueaucharap peak, and in it was found running wttor in abundance. Still con continuing - tinuing continuing our south-west courso we crossed a level mesa for about 12 miles, varied only by crossing the deep canons of tho San Carlos. We suc succeeded - ceeded succeeded in crossing five of these, but tho sixth compelled us to follow it- up to the dividing ridgo between tha waters of Salt river and San Carlos before wo could pass it. We saw some Indians on this dividing ridgo, who halloed at us from tho cliffs. On arriving within about 10 miles of Pinal creek wo wero visited in camp by nine Indians, who came in without hesitation, and told us of the so'diers being at our old camp on Pinal creek. Tho Indians promised they would como over to tho old camp and havo a

in a souineriy direction about 00 miles, emptying into tho Gila about 35 miles abovo Fort Good Goodwin. - win. Goodwin. I think we struck the Blaclc river 15 miles above it3 mouth. About 30 miles abovo the canon opens out .into a fino valley of several miles in length, containing at least 10,000 acres of fine tillable land, and surrounded by- low rol rolling - ling rolling hills, covered with excellent grass. There wero about 20 acre3 of ludian corn in the valley, but we saw no Indians. The day before wo reachod this valley a Jnqui squaw, about 10 years of age, came into our camp. Sho had been a captive among tho Apaches, and had just made her escape. She came in with us, acd is now at

seph Smith, who found it impossible, to fit out tho expedition, owing to the excessive rains and the consequent failure of somo provision trains to arrive at' tho Iort. The streams wero also swollen, so that ho feared it would bo impossible to cross. Tho expedition .was therefore aban abandoned, - doned, abandoned, to ray great mortification and chagrin. 1 rernained six days at tho Fort, and during that timo Mr. Mcpaiinon returned from his expedi expedition - tion expedition to the eastward in search of another Black

west passes round a rango ot lugh mountains, and running thenco southward, is in fact the principal branch of tho San Carlos river. Wo travelled along it somo 20 miles over a lqvel country, covered with grass and .shaded by cedar tree3, forming a most oxcellent stock rango. Among; these cedars wo found an abundance of " bear sign," and one evening just before camp camp-ing - ing camp-ing wo had somo excollont sport in killing a bear, our second, as wo had killed ono on tho Gila

passed without injury. Wo camped on the San Francisco, and tho next morning commenced tho ascent of tho mountain On this Bide of that riv river, - er, river, following an old Indian trail, which proved a good one. although pretty steep in some ' places.' On reaching the top we struck across t he smooth mesa to tho Agua F ria ranch, which wo reached on the third day from the San Francisco river, tho thirteenth from Fort Goodwin, and tho eighty-seventh day from tho day of starting upon tho

they did not come, though their fires blazed con continually - tinually continually on the hills north of tho river. On the following day J determined to movo camp to Pi Pinal - nal Pinal creek, and after detaching fifteen men to meet the pack train Wo started, reaching our ohj camp at sun down. Tho road from Grapo Vine spring is, for about ten miles, S. E., to. some.

J col, woolsky's report to, the QOVKKNOIl. i Presl'ott, Arizona, Aug. 28, 18G4. If To His Excellency, John N'. Goodwin, Governor II or Arizona Territory. ,1 concluded. ;I We followed Pinal creek down to its mouth, !and then proceeded dowu Salt river to camp "J which wo reached about sun down. Wo waited Jail tho next day for our expected visitors, but