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Show 202 BY PATH AND TRAIL. shrewdest and most revengeful fighters ever encoun tered by white men within the present limits of the United States. Fiercer than the mountain lion, wilder than the coyote he called his brother, inured to great fatigue, to extreme suffering of soul and body, to the extremes of heat and cold and to bearing for days and nights the pangs of hunger and thirst, the Apache Indian was the most terrible foe the wilderness produced. In those early days this neglected piece of ground, /' where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap," recorded the history of the pioneer days of the American Tucson. The headboards marking the graves informed the visiting stranger that this man was " killed by the Apaches, " this one " died of wounds in a fight with the Apaches, " this other " scalped, tortured and killed by the Apaches," and this family in the little corner of the graveyard " this whole family, wife, husband and six children was wiped out by the Apaches." But these days are gone forever ; the Apache is imprisoned on the reservation and we may safely say of him what Bourienne said over the grave of Bonaparte, " No sound can awake him to glory again. ' ' To- day, with a population of 17,000, and a property valuation of many millions, this city is the social and commercial oasis of Arizona. The city is well supplied with churches, schoolhouses and public institutions. The Carnegie free library, erected at a cost of $ 25,000, is surrounded by well kept grounds; it faces Washington park, the military plaza of the old Mexican presidio, and the largest public park in the city. The Sisters of St. Joseph look after the parochial schools, have a very fine academy for young ladies and conduct one of the best hospitals of Arizona. There are twelve hotels in the |
