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| ARIZONA. |
| ALL over the great
territory of Arizona are the
fortresses and cliff-dwellings,
the mines and terraces, and the
great system of canals, which
belonged to the partly-civilized
people who dwelt there seven or
eight centuries ago. The
cliff-houses of the Rio d'Chelly
and the cañons of the Colorado
still present their problems to
the antiquaries, some of whom
believed the early Arizonians to
have been of the Pueblo stock,
while others trace them to the
Aztecs. The modern discoverers of
Arizona were an Italian monk,
Fray Marcos de Neza, a former
companion of Pizarra in Peru, and
Estevanico, a freed African
slave. In 1589 these two went
northward from Culican and
reached the Gila Valley. In 1687,
and later, Jesuit and Franciscan
missionaries did great work in
this heathen land and founded
many towns; but the civilization
which arose in their train
vanished before the forays of the
pitiless Apache warriors. During
the Mexican war, in 1847, General
S. W. Kearny marched his command
through the Gila Valley and first
brought this country to the
notice of Americans. Between 1864
and 1876 Indians massacred more
than 1,000 whites in Arizona. As
late as 1882 or 1883 the Apaches
left their reservations and
murdered many citizens of the
Gila Valley. They finally took
refuge in the Sierra Madre, where
General Crook, acting by
arrangement with the Mexican
Government, defeated them.
Another foray occurred in 1885
and 1886, when Geronimo killed
fifty persons before General
Miles captured the red warriors
in the mountains of Sonora. |
| ILLUSTRATIONS. |
General
Miles Attacking the Forces of
Geronimo in the Mountain
Passes, 1890; Spanish Explorers
Discovering
Cave Dwellings, 1540. |
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