HANK HEWITT
Az Republican Newspaper
Aug 5, 1896

Father Time is gradually thinning out the ranks of the old timers. 
His latest victim was Hank Hewett who died at Oro Blanco last 
Friday night. Mr. Hewitt was born in Tecumseh, Michigan of well 
to do parents in 1828 and was 68 years of age at the time of his 
death. He was a thorough westerner having come to the Pacific 
Coast during the gold excitement in 1849.  A partnership existed 
for several years between himself and J.H. Bartlett and all over 
the coast the firm of Hank and Yank, the packers was known. Their 
operations extended over a large territory including Washington, 
Idaho, Montana, Oregon and British Columbia.  In the famous 
Rogue River Indian War in Oregon Hank Hewitt was General Crook's 
chief packer.

In 1869 at the instance of Captain Ross, Messrs. Hewitt and 
Bartlett came to Arizona bringing with them their own pack 
trains and entered the government service.  Their first work 
was between Goodwin and Camp Apache and when the fort was 
broken up they removed everything to Apache. They were then 
employed under General Crook and entered into a contract 
with the government.  They were with Crook through all his 
campaigns and a personal letter to Mr. Hewitt from the great 
Indian fighter is on file in the archives of the Pioneers 
and shows conclusively that much of the success attending 
these campaigns was do to his personal worth. General Crook 
had no hesitancy in attributing a great measure of his success 
to the loyalty and experience of this noted scout and packer.

After 1874 he and his partner engaged in mining both in this 
territory and in Sonora. At one time they paid $30,000 for the 
northern extension of the famous Tiger Mine.

The friends of Hank Hewett will be saddened to know of his 
death.  They speak of him as one whose place would remain 
vacant as there was only one Hank Hewitt in the world.  Unassuming, 
modest, fully equipped with a thorough knowledge of his chosen 
occupation he at once gained the confidence of everyone with 
whom he came in contact.


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