disappeared from what is now called Arizona, before the
devastating career of the Apache. It is every day retreating
further South, leaving to us, when it is ripe for our possession,
the territory without the population.

The incentives to emigration to Arizona, in addition to the charm
which the discovery of mineral wealth carries to every mind, are
very great. The writer, in an extended tour through the Southern
States, found many people, mostly young men of moderate means,
ready and anxious to emigrate. The movement is still stronger in
Southwestern States, and already many a train of wagons is on its
way. It will have no end for years, for so mild and healthy is
the climate that emigration is practicable at all seasons. Snow
never lies on the soil, and frost is almost unknown. The
contracts already authorized by Congress involve the expenditure
of six millions of dollars in the next six years; the troops in
the Territory will cost as much more. Here is enough money in
hard sub-treasury coin, to draw a large population, independent
of other considerations. All ready in many places the
enterprising merchant exposes his stock of goods only two months
from San Francisco, but he does it with the prayer that the
Apache may pass him by, and too often he sees his hard-earned
profits disappear before the Indian's successful foray.

The establishment of a firm government in Arizona will extend the
protection of the United States over American citizens resident
in the adjoining Mexican provinces. This protection is most
urgently demanded. Englishmen in Sonora enjoy not only perfect
immunity in the pursuit of business, but also encouragement.
Americans are robbed openly by Mexican officials, insulted,