The Arizona Miner
Prescott, Arizona Territory
November 28th, 1868
Under date of November 22nd, 1868, Major
From Camp McPherson . —
Wm. Montgomery, Sutler at Camp McPherson, in this county, writes
as follows:
"I have just returned from La Paz, where I bought a large stock
Cal
of goods, which I expect here in two or three days.
loaded for Prescott.
with four wagons ,
Jackson is here,
Lieutenant Jas. A. Buchanan has turned over all Quartermaster' s
Stores to Captain Geo. W. Davis, and will leave in a few days
Camp La Paz (the Indian Reserve) . While
for his new post,
new road , in passing
Jones '
via Dr.
returning from La Paz ,
I was met by seven
through the Black Tank range of mountains ,
Indians. I happened to get sight of them first, and gave them a
warm reception, or, in all probability, they would have served
me as they have served many others. I wounded one, an the rest
We are suffering for
ran, so I escaped without any trouble.
want of lumber to finish the quarters
No comments:
Post a Comment