CHAPTER XXII.

_Fort Yuma to Tucson._

Fort Yuma itself.--Arizona City.--Rio Colorado.--Difficult Navigation.--High River Freights.--A Yuma Sand Storm.--The Thermometer at Yuma.--Yuma Indians.--Old Pasquol.--Good Missionary Ground.--Gov. McCormick, etc.--"Outfit."--Off for Tucson.--Gila City.--The Gila itself.--General Scenery.--Gila Bottoms.--Bunch-grass and Mesquite Trees.--Arizona Settlers.--Gila Bend.--Maricopa Desert.--A Dangerous Cañon.--Painted Rocks.--The Country generally.--Big Cactus.--Maricopa and Pimo Indians.--Well-to-do Aborigines--Indian Traders.--Pimo Wigwams.--Our then Indian Policy.--Good Roads.--Sparse Population.--Big Cactus and Bunch-grass.--Picacho and Point of Mountains.--Climate.--Apaches, etc. 355-373