20177. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, May 24th, 1873. Bell's Canyon. (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory May 24th, 1873 Bell’s Canyon. After good Mrs. Beach had looked through the “way—pocket” for letters and papers, the team started, the wheels rolled on until, in a short time, we were in that detested place— Bell’s Canyon- where at various times, Indians have murdered some 10 or 12 men, beside having attacked and wounded more than a score of others. It was here that they mur— dered good Indian Superintendent Leihy and his clerk, Mr. Henry Evarts. Here too, fell Bell and Sage, two men who had always befriended the Indians. And we regret not being able to state that here, too, fell Vincent Colyer. It is a narrow gorge through a rough granite mountain. The road, for several miles, is rough and dangerous; more wagons have been wrecked in it than in any other canyon in the Territory, and when we know that one quarter of the money that has been expanded in repairing said wagons would make a good road through it, we cannot help thinking that our freighters have acted very sensibly.