CHAPTER XXVI.

_Prescott to Los Angelos._

Off for Los Angelos.--Williamson's Valley.--Wild Game.--Juniper Mountain.--Rock Springs.--Cottonwood Cañon.--Beale's Springs.--A Desolate Country.--Sage-brush and Grease-wood.--Want of Water.--Indians again.--Sublime Scenery.--Union Pass.--Rio Colorado again.--Mojave Indians.--Our Indian Policy then.--Fort Mojave.--A Rude Post.--A Pittsburg Lady "Roughing it" there.--Hardyville--Adjacent Mines.--Mr. Hardy himself.--Costly Transportation the Great Drawback to Arizona.--The Colorado should be Utilized.--Beaver Lake.--A Desert Country again.--Changes of Elevation.--Heat and Rattlesnakes.--Interesting Bed-fellows.--Pai-Ute Hill--A Break-down.--Camp Rock Springs.--Our Frontier Posts generally.--Soda Lake.--A Weary and Anxious Sunday.--An Indian Scare.--Mojave River.--Strange Anomalies in Arizona and Southern California.--A Dismal Ranchman.--Camp Cady.--Cajon Pass.--San Bernardino.--The Los Angelos Plains again.--"Out of the Wilderness."--Back to 'Frisco by Sea. 409-424