The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

536 ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY.
cials reached the Territory, and formally inaugurated the
government at Navajoe Springs, forty miles west of the
ancient pueblo of Zuni. (See Appendix B for list of officers.)
In July, 1864, an election was held for a delegate to Congress, and members of the Legislature; and, on the 26th of
September following, that body convened at Prescott, a
town just laid out at a point one hundred and fifty-five
miles due east from the Colorado River.
The new Territory, embracing an area of 120,912 square
miles (or 77,383,680 acres), was divided into four counties,
which were named after the friendly tribes of Indians who
resided within their respective limits; viz., Pimo, Yuna,
Mohave, and Yavapai.
The preliminary steps having been taken, courts were
organized, public buildings erected, schools established, and
all the machinery of government put into successful operation.
Under the able direction of Gen. Crook, military posts for
the protection of the inhabitants were judiciously located;
and after a few years the greater portion of the Indians were
collected upon reservations under government surveillance,
thereby affording opportunity for exploration, and far greater
advantages for ascertaining and developing the varied resources of the country than had heretofore been enjoyed.
Thus far, the explorations have been limited, revealing
little that is new, although tending to show, by the most con