The Arizona Miner
Prescott, Arizona Territory
November 2nd, 1867
Camp McPherson.
Nearly all the soldiers stationed at this camp, which is
on Date Creek, have been sick with the ague all summer ,
and the officers and men pray for removal from the
The water used by the troops would kill an
place.
American citizen of African descent, give a red—hot iron
stove the chills, and turn old Thad. Stevens clean into
"bile. " They can accomplish no good while they remain at
if for
that point, and should, for humanity' s sake ,
nothing else be removed to Kirkland Valley or some
other place where the poor fellows would regain their
The location, for
" shaky . "
lost health and be less
rendering protection to the road in that vicinity, is a
good one, and troops are needed in that section, fully
as bad as at any other point in the Territory, for it is
a favorite resort for bands of murderous Indians, but
Kirkland Valley is equally as good a point to send out
escorts from, which is about all that is necessary to be
done by this post.
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