In the spring of 1871 , '' Appleton 's Journal '' sent Loring as a correspondent on an expedition to Arizona to be led by Lieutenant George M. Wheeler . The articles Loring wrote for the journal included " A Council of War , " " A Glimpse of Mormonism , " " Silver Mining in Nevada , " and " The Valley of Death . " Their party suffered several setbacks , and in August 1871 Loring wrote to his employers from Death Valley , " I am bootless , coatless , everything but lifeless . I have had a fortnight of horrors . This morning an Indian fight capped the climax . However , I am well and cheerful . " Although they escaped from the valley , his party 's carriage was attacked on 5 November by a band of Yavapai near Wickenburg , Arizona , while on the way to La Paz in an ambush that came to be known as the Wickenburg Massacre . The driver , Loring , and four other passengers were killed
Wickenburg Massacre
Wickenburg Massacre
Frederick Wadsworth Loring