438 ° ILLNESS AND 
General Condé or some of the Mexican Commission, 
from whom a further escort could be procured to the 
Gila. Our journey to Ures through the unfrequented 
parts of the State, although unattended by any attacks 
from the Indians, had not been without danger; and 
as it was known that bands of Apaches were prowl- 
ing about, and had committed many depredations in 
the vicinity of the town, the authorities did not think 
it safe for our small party to return without protection. 
Being now left alone with my faithful attendant, 
William Turner, who did duty in the triple capacity of 
servant, nurse, and cook, my excellent friend, Dr. 
Campbell, insisted on my taking up my quarters in his 
house, where I should be better provided for, and 
where he could more easily attend upon me. On the 
sixteenth of December, I removed to the Doctor’s, 
where, among other things, I had the luxury of sitting 
by a fire, and of receiving many attentions from his 
kind and amiable lady, such as can be appreciated 
only by those, who, having a family and a home, are 
taken sick among strangers in a foreign land. Dr. 
James W. Campbell is a native of Virginia. His father 
was connected with Lewis and Clarke, the pioneers in 
the exploration of the Rocky Mountains, and was an 
agent of the United States in some negotiations with 
the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi. This led his 
son, the Doctor, to New Mexico, and thence to Chihua- 
hua and Sonora. He married in the latter State, and 
entered into the practice of medicine, for which he had 
been educated. Every American who comes to the 
place where the Doctor resides, is certain to find in 
him a sincere friend. 
