New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07


o sde snd eight Ipoan mtD XII ed-emong taen ms
eelebIated Chief Cuohillo NeSro-ssd one sq1a~ &C.
oiden,ly. Five squaws and i've ehhdFen we're esp
ursd Alec, all their equipsge, isrge 9osa.y
Of packed meat about 80 sbeep several o1ea &C.,
other arIusls. The eonmstd instantly oonueecod
pursuit of another small parry who hsf e'c9. ~
sheep, discovered 10 q neigh bong esnoo. ihrs-'
bowfver made gocd toer e.cspe, a.:ef warm rsSe,
leaving most Of thei' sheep behind.
Col Lorrg proceeded on bis tail, through very
rough and mountainous eounfry win ou' h,t.e eI.'
water. The country over winch De rsssled seehsa
10 be bsren and deserted. He enooun'ered mhy
bardships but bis men aud the officers endured them
with the most pnfinchug forfi'ute. o,
The southern column wss ubdar command Of Col.
Mile,: and was orgsnz'd IS 'oios,; IapL =
With Lieuts. Moore, Cdspnsn and DAVIS, $40 y, y
ard companies OF the LAT dr,gcots, Gsp,' C,S,
bourne, Lieu's. Eds'n and Dubois. with AUG N
c,mpanies cf mounted rifes; LSeut,: Wnip2.e sao
Seen In command OF and companies 81 in'sa'ty;
Lieuts. jackson and Cook in coumsud OF b and j.
con rspies sfh infantry: Lieut McCook IN command
Of Pu. bio I1da-s and Csp'. o. Lueero in Command
Of Mexican guides and spes-lisut LaleNe, A1Jai,nt
The column wa. divided into two virgs Col. Miss 10
commend Of The right. ard Capt E~ell, In eomn.nd
Of the left Colonel Bonneville WA with this oolu mr.
On the l3'h Of June they started TO the Coyteros
country. They msrched south and south west ron
tie depot. On the ls came to extensive ruins, sup
posed to be Aztec orgn.
There were also evideroes that the Coyoteros hsd
famed II eIe in former years The ruius seemed %
pdcste tba' population Of 600 or 3 900 Gust at
one time have resided ttere-probaby goo years back
On the 24ih the spies 6i.covsred an India ca mp
.bort distance shsad. Cap, Ewell, With tFeo;y in
artry CT forty mounted ersg OBS with all the off,
cers under his command, except. Lent. Ed'cn, en-
deavored TO surround the camp The glides andspi
captured woman but the commani va, discovered.
In this march Capt Ewells company suffered much,
having to sustain itself By kicg Soma Of The Indian
ponies they had captured On The ?'th Cspt Sell
sirg in sdvspce proceeded toward the Ro Qua, the
Puebla spies in advance. About oc'o'k that day
be pies reported indians abe u. and tod Cap, E.ell
o" 90 on with bis people" They preceded bat
short di.tsnce WIEN they came upon tia Apsehe
camp. Colonel Miles WAS in the rear: when
Catiain Ewel commencAd the attack we copy
from bis report to Colonel Bonneville: 81 coon
a. musketry was besro by us the order vas gwen 20
gsIlcp srd the charge was made by al you Col -
Leading the van 10 the field of battle. When arrived,
which was not until Lieut.. Dubois had passed Win his
con parry. ny first object was to ascertain how the
field lay, what the Opposition Of the troops ana how
the enemy was placed. | SOON found thh C3p'.
Ewe under bis heavy charge OF d'aeoeos hsd oroSsn
the Apachts-they had taken cover in the thick under
wood ar that it was the work OF infantrY to pcS
them OUT that the orsgoons were occupying the LETT
bark of the ila cutting 4, the retreat Of The enemy
to MouIt Turpbu and ths' Csp. osnOW ,hs spt
bar k and prevented them from reachiog tn, noun
taps CD the eide. My obj.ct then va. TO bring into
seton as possible, the sh infantry, and re;
crossed the river from where Lieuts Wnipe'e aud
Seen w.re engaged tn give this order, bat found to
ny great surpr that L-uts Jacks aud Cook with
gagged in ibe place where they were most needed 1t
was then primary object TO SO regulate the hnng
that our troops should rot ure each other, which
could easily be cone, when all were SO ana,9Is 70
DESTROY our en- emy 10 q narrow valley covered oy q
d. nse ur dergrowth Of willow When recrossed tue
river again found Lieut. Seen had been driven out
of the bushes by rally from the Dragons ano Lent
Moore actively rabyirg HE men TO prevent their hrog
When this was accomplished, the infantry dashed INTO
the bicket and soon captured macy prisoners. Iae
battle fed extended for mile on ootn sdes OF .oe
III .oGu nIa vpevth
bate commenced at o'clock, and lasted I'll sun
down" There were forty warriors engaged in the
conflict two of whom Only are known to have es:sped
There were twentyfour found dead on the held Two
women were killed one while fighting with bow snd
auow. Tbe1e were twenty -four women ana chudren
taken prisoners.
The wouneed of the troops were Iieuts. Davis and
Seen and five or Fix OF the soldiers and one Pueblo
Irdian None Of them fatally.
The conduct Of every officer and the soldiers during
the battle is mentioned in the most catering terms by
Col. Miles.
Beside the havoc smocg this party of Indisus, the
troops destroyed about COO Of co and captured
large number of sheep. horses, &c.
Lieut.. Wbipple's account OF scout 10 the head
waters Of he ella Is very interestiog aud we are
sory That with this, as With the entire ihon, We
to deal sparirgy. lie DESCRIBES the country a.
rough ger orally with occasional fertile valley, and
ep,ons the appearance Of bear, large number OF
70 The sight Of that when shot at they would not
fy Fish caught In great abundance out Of tbs
Gils River His march Va, e;aeesdiDgly difficult, ana
poisonous plsut. He captured in this scout about
$50 sheep from the ILdana. He was accompanied by
Lieut.. Steen.
Capt Even gives q very interesting report Of q
scout under bis mmard the Chschehuc mouneios.
After giving On account Of skrmish WITH some To-
dsna in Viii h Of them we're wounded ana POO
ably killed be rays 81 reached the Gils in y.iIey'
IDENTIFY 25 OF 80 miles long, and from three to tive
de- The soil is rich, and lies well for irrigation
" There was enough arabic land passed through 70
"'upport 20 900 people. surrounded BY fee prele Tor
grazing. Broken pottery was everywhere so plenty
III ST it amounts to puzzle. great many RUNS,
some of large villages OF pueblos, sre to be seen,
ard at points the marks OF wost mos' once hNe
been noble ~ qps cut through such hard, strong
b, Lbs shst il is difficult 10 believe no ron vas used
/ in the construction. The Puo Ipdisrs ssy these
"weIe the b, mes Of their ancestors 1his scouting
and e1plorf trip Of Capt +. vas effected without
sry guides. and consequently did not scco nplsh a.
much as he desired.
Uraer date of May II, Col. Bonneville writes:
| ave are now in the middle OF tie JOrn:do country.
with the Burro ouptsDs 80 miles due south OF u.s. the
Sen Vicente at the same distance 70 the east, low
rspee Of bald bills to the west and the lofty Mogol,n
Is miles to the rorb cut ia two by an imu ense c,non
1 'bIoueh which the Gils River issues. The bottom
lands are extensive canons and hills Of fertility
have never met with before. Every one Is 10 sdmus
ton Of this beautiful region. No doubt fais county
tas been inhabited ftr we find evidences 81 popur
tion more Industrious civilized and IN ore doeiIe
| than he rascsI'y Apscbes who now infest it,
This sxpec i,icn has resulted most successfully, not
only in b, II grp 10 notice ths heretofore unsxp,red
courtry but in teaching the Apache most sslutsry
lessop. The prisoners and stock captured we're taken
to Fort Thorn Shortly after the arrival OF the com
mapd there three OF the Coyoero Apsches came Into
the fort, TO pt goiia'e fer their ~om,n and chsren
Who were held in captivity. They asked Why II was
they had been attacked sta'rg that they had always
| b.en fri nc " with the whites. aud hne~ they were
o, able even did they feel dispoeed 70 fght them
Itey were told ,ha, they had killed Agert Dodge snd
stolen stock. They acknowledged thst one Of their
mer bad committed the murder, sno thai ne va u