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Show 250 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. these, a party have started in charge of Elder James S. Brown, who intends to winter somewhere in the neigh-borhood of the Moencoppy ( without a more suitable place is found) and from there spread out as opportunity offers." At Tucson, we found quite a number of white resi-dents. This old town has been so well described by many writers, that I will simply say, it never was, is not now, and never will be much. Its only merit is in its being so very old ; some two hundred and seventy- one years. Our intention had been to go from Tucson to Sonora. But at the time there was a hot revolution under way, and everything was in confusion. There was no safety whatever for anyone entering the country. We had a letter of introduction from C. T. Hayden of Tempe to Gov. Safford who resided in Tucson. We had a pleasant visit with his excellency. Mr. Safford is much respected by the inhabitants of Arizona, he having been the framer of the Arizona public school system, which is acknowledged to be excellent. From the Governor we received a letter to Mr. Jeffries, the Indian agent at Apache Pass. We were invited to preach in the court house at Tucson, and had a good attendance and attention. The Police Gazette had me pictured out as being rotten- egged by a lot of women, while preaching in a town in Arizona. Tucson was the only town we preached in, in Arizona, while on this mission. So much for sensa-tional reports. Owing to the unsettled state of affairs in Sonora, we concluded to go farther ea % st and visit El Paso and then go into the state of Chihuahua. Our mixed outfit, both wagon and pack animals were inconvenient ; and as the roads were good, we concluded to get another wagon. |