Biographical Notice 



as scientific assistant of General Mc- 

 Dowell in a reconnaissance of the 

 desert regions of Southern California 

 and part of Arizona. His friend 

 Gardiner was detailed to the same 

 expedition. That it was not free 

 from danger, no one acquainted with 

 the condition of Arizona and the tem- 

 per of the Apache tribes at that time 

 need be told, and others may learn 

 from the following anecdote, which I 

 heard from Mr. King himself, and 

 which Mr. Gardiner confirms : 



One day, on the road to Prescott, 

 Arizona, the two friends, absorbed in 

 their work, had ridden ahead, beyond 

 sight of their cavalry escort, when 

 suddenly a couple of Apaches sprang 

 from the bushes, under the very noses 

 of their horses, with arrows aimed at 

 their breasts, drawn to the head, and 

 each held from fatal flight by a single 

 hand. Gardiner's first impulse was 

 to draw his revolver ; but King re- 

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