The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-13 00:00:00

'INDIAN WARFARE.

The following statement of the recent "difficulties"
between the whites and the Apache Indians in New
Mexico is communicated to the Ohio (United States)
State Journal by a Santa F 4 correspondent, under date
Marsh 29, 1853, who claims to have possessed supe-
rior opportunities for arriving at the truth of the
matter :

" A treaty was made with the Jicarillas by Governor
Calhoun, in which it was stipulated that they should be
rewarded by the United States' Government for their
lands, but this treaty was never ratified by the Senate.
The agent tells them they must remove from the
settlements to the country west of the Rio Grande.
They stop and argue the question in such a way that
it is impossible to answer them, for they have right
and justice on their side. They say, ' Comply with
your part of the treaty—pay us, and we are ready to
go.' A great deal of indignation was felt by the people
of the United States against this band of Indians about
three years . ago for the murders committed by them
at that time. Having had an opportunity of cultivating
the friendship of the captain of this band, and feeling a
strong desire to arrive at the truth in relation to this
matter, I have let slip no opportunity of my communi-
cations with Apaches, Utahs, Mexicans, and Ame-
ricans to get the correct history of what occurred, and
I herewith send you the result of my investigations.
And I will take this occasion to say that I have never
known an instance of a murder being committed by
an Indian in New Mexico, except in revenge for the
loss of some of his people who had been unjustly killed
by some of his more civilised neighbours. In
August, 1849, a band of Jicarillas Apaches, with
their families, visited the town of Los Vegas for the pur-
pose of trading. The officer then in command of the
United States' troops at that place, having heard a
rumour (which afterwards proved to be a false one) that
the Apaches had killed a Mexican in the Rio Abajo,
sent a peremptory order to the captains of the Jicarillas
to visit his quarters, to form a treaty of peace. From
the manner in which the demand was made the Indians
became alarmed, and mounted their horses to return to
their villas, about a mile distant, on the road to the
States, near the Campo Santo. A lieutenant was ordered
by his commander to mount his company of dragoons to
pursue the Indians, and to bring in the chiefs by force
to make the treaty. The Indians, not knowing the
object of their pursuers, fled in every direction. The
soldiers fired upon them, killed three of their number,
and charged upon them with their sabres. The Indians
did not show fight, but as they ran they cried out, For
what are the Americans killing us ?' and the reply of
the Mexicans was, 'Quien Sabo.' Five women, a boy,
and a young man, were taken prisoners and lodged in
gaol, where they remained in confinement for nearly a
year. The Indians, exasperated at what they considered
the treachery of the Americans, determined upon having
revenge. On the 18th of October following, Mr. White,
his wife, and little daughter, two black servants, and
two Mexicans, left Mr. Aubrey's train of waggons, with
whom they had been travelling from the States as far as
the Cimarron, in order to travel more rapidly to Santa
FiS, their destination. Mr. Calloway, the waggon-
master, accompanied them. When near the point of
rocks, 70 miles from Darolay's Fort, they were attacked ,
by a large party of Jicarillas Apaches and Utahs, who
fired upon them from behind rude breastworks that had
been thrown up by the side of the road. Mr. White,
Mr. Calloway, the two Mexicans, and one of the negroes,
were killed, and Mrs. White, her daughter, and the
negro woman, taken prisoners, and carried off by the
Indians to the 'canon' of Red River. The melancholy
intelligence soon reached Los Vegas, and a sergeant,
with a detachment of 20 men, was ordered in pursuit of
the Indians. One of the Indian women, who had been
taken prisoner by the troops at Los Vegas, a daughter
of Loho, captain of the Jacarillas, accompanied the sol-
diers, partly in hopes that she might assist in discover-
ing the whereabouts of the Indians, and partly that she
might be exchanged for Mrs. White and her daughter.
After reaching the point of rocks the party encamped
upon the little mound for the night. The Indian woman
asked and obtained leave to remain on the top of the
itiOtitid during the night, where she commenced crying,
and continued to utter her wailings, in spite of the
maledictions of the soldiets, until morning, when she
appeared to be more calm ; but upon a teamster approach-
ing her to put her into a waggon, she suddenly seized a
The teamster, in endeavouring to allow the infuriated
butcher's knife lying near the fire and attacked him.
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behind the mules that were standing near the waggon,
she stabbed two of the animals so severely that they
died shortly afterwards. In the confusion and excite-
ment attendant upon this scene, the sergeant ordered
her to be killed, and one of the men pulled a pistol from
his holster and shot her dead upon the spot. The ser-
geant and his party, being unable to find any of the In-
dians, returned to Los Vegos, and reported accordingly.
The news of the murder of Mr. White and his party
reached Taos about the 3d of November. Major Grier, in
command of a company of United States' Dragoons, with
a mountain howitzer, and Captain Valdez, in command of
a company of New Mexican Rangers, started in pursuit
of the Indians. The celebrated mountain guides, Carson,
Leroux, a nd Fisher, volunteered their services to ferret
out the m .urderers from their hiding-places. Near the
point Of r. )cks the skeleton of a woman was found, which
at first w: us supposed to be that of a negro woman be-
longing to Mr. White, but was afterwards known to be
that of the Apache woman killed by the sergeant's party
a few days before. Here the guides took the trail of the
Indians, an .d followed it as with the scent of bloodhounds.
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