CHAPTER VII. 
SONORA. 
Leave sac — for the South.—Convalescent Camp.—Cafiada del Or 
Mezi -son.—Hunt for a Guide.—Van Alstine.—My Mu 
‘ican alien —Routes into Sonora.—The Country.—The Papago Mis 
sion of St. Xavier del Bac.—Rio Santa Cruz.—Sopori Ranche.—A 
ee off by the Apaches. —Mina Colorado.—Arayaca Valley and Envi 
—Ob 
aa Rancheria.—Hard travelling.—Lose our way.—Ranche on th 
Altar River.—The Midnight Massacre.— Robbers ahead.—Night travelli 
for safety.—Coffee. —Querobabi Ranche. —Tabique and its Inmates. 
— 
pace a few miles to the west of the Sierra de S 
Catarina, in the valley of the Rio Santa Cruz, lies the Mexi 
town of Tucson. This place of about one 
thousand inhabitants contests with Prescott. 
in Northern Arizona, the honour of being the chief town 
the Territory. Sometimes Prescott is declared to be th 
capital, and the few officials who carry on the law business — 
of the Territory, whatever that may be, assemble there; the 
next year, or the year after, it is changed to Tucson, and the 
courts are held there. 
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very rich in minerals, and it was for the purpose of investi- _ 
gating this question that Colton left the party at Camp Gra 
I accompanied him, partly because I wanted to visit the « 
Papago mission of St. Xavier del Bac, and partly becat 
