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This volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible or probable changes that might be expected in the future. The handbook seeks to present as full and as balanced an integrated exposition as limitations on space and research time permit. It was compiled from information available in openly published material | Arizona s Yesterday by 1 Arizona s Yesterday by John H. Cady and Basil Dillon Woon This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Arizona s Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady Pioneer Author John H. Cady Basil Dillon Woon Release Date May 3 2009 EBook 28670 Arizona s Yesterday by 2 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARIZONA S YESTERDAY Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. Illustration JOHN H. CADY 68 YEARS SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ON THE SONOITA DECEMBER 1914 ARIZONA S YESTERDAY BEING THE NARRATIVE OF JOHN H. CADY PIONEER Rewritten and Revised by BASIL DILLON WOON 1915 Copyright 1916 By John H. Cady. TO THE PIONEERS WHO ARE LIVING AND TO THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO ARE DEAD this book in affectionate tribute to the gallant courage rugged independence and wonderful endurance of those adventurous souls who formed the vanguard of civilization in the early history of the Territory of Arizona and the remainder of the Great West is dedicated. JOHN H. CADY BASIL D. WOON Patagonia Arizona Nineteen-Fifteen. Arizona s Yesterday by 3 PREFACE When I first broached the matter of writing his autobiography to John H. Cady two things had struck me particularly. One was that of all the literature about Arizona there was little that attempted to give a straight chronological and intimate description of events that occurred during the early life of the Territory and second that of all the men I knew Cady was best fitted by reason of his extraordinary experiences remarkable memory for names and dates and seniority in pioneership to supply the work that I felt lacking. Some .