Captain Heintzelman later receives instructions allowing him…
February 1851 CE
Just after First Lieutenant Murray's return, nine wagons from across the desert arrive.
The food will not last long though, as in 1851 the crops of the Yuma fail, so many find themselves traveling to the fort in order to beg Heintzelman for food.
In February 1851, Heintzelman again meets with some Yuman leaders along the Colorado.
Presenting them with tobacco, food and other gifts, the Yumans are very pleased and express their fear of the Maricopa, who live along the Gila River and are raiding Yuman villages.
Heintzelman attempts to secure a peace between the Yumans and Maricopa.
Apparently he does not succeed as the conflict between the two tribes will escalated until 1857, when the Pima and Maricopa will nearly annihilate a force of Quechan raiders and their allies in the Battle of Pima Butte.
Also in February, a colonel named Smith arrives at the camp with orders to survey an area on the Colorado's western bank for a permanent military base.
They decided on a location just south of the camp at a place called Mission Hill, the site of the former Fray Francisco Tomas Garces mission.
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