During the years following the creation of the Arizona Territory in 1863 and the gold discoveries the clashes between the Indians and the whites increased. Most of the violence took place along Lynx Creek, the Hassayampa, Verde, Gila and Salt Rivers and their tributaries.  During those years the whites lived on the reservations and the Indians occupied the land but the times they were a-changing. A


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