Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-03


Official information has been received a,
the head quarters Of the military depart
naent, Of tho attack upon the Apache camp.
at the Indian agency near For; inorn. on
the morning Of The I7th inst About .iav-
break, q party OF armed Mexicans tom
Mesllla, charged into the camp and batch
cred Unfortunately. neu, women ard
children
Immediately on ascertaininr what was
going on, the cornms nding officer of fort
Thorn, ordered the garrison under arms
and whilst the riiernen uef. sadd.ing up,
went out with the inlansry aul captured
the whole party, about hall mile from tie
post, AZ they were retrea,a- with a Mum
/. Der Of the little children whom they had
na le captiyes ia a few minutes, Lieut.
/ Howard, with a. many Of rs men as ne
haa been able in the great hurry TO mount,
came up, and the prisoners, 81 in number
| including their leader. one Juan CrteFa -
were marched into garrison, disarrn=i and
| rlacel under q strong guard where they now
snaln.
Aiter djsposing Of the prisoners, }aity
/ was sent out to collect the dead bodice
They sooa returned bringing IL seven
three men, three women and one bpr-stl
oil whom were inferred IL rear ol tie bury
ing ground belonging TO the so,t TLlec
Of the wounded-two women and one bow
have been placed IN the hospital
pon The frat alarm ok ludl.n7 fed IN
every direction, seeking shelter ard prutee
ton. Dir. Fully. at the lrdiau Agency. Mr.
Beck, living Oh TIN Island, and other "a
Iner.can living al tie ranch :, each was foc
tunate enough 10 save number Of live
As some 0. tie Indians ...re pursued into
the river bottom, where they had He'd To
hide among the trees, it Is feared that .
number Were killed whose bodies have not
yet been found. Parties are still out in
search.
This affair Is but repetition OF the hor-
ribie massacre recently perpetrated at Dor
ma Ana. To show the temerity with win, h
they acted it is only necessary TO state that
one OF The women was lGrsuei and killed
within iIFc hundred yards of The Fort, to
winch place she was evidently running for
protection.
The independence I.ail train had reach
ell santa Fe, after eneouuteritr ii terri r
storm on the Plains The Gu-tfle saws ~
train, uet some eight or Ten traits con IT.
ine IN all 81 from - to = wagons c.s oeuts
to the otates. ia II !oi,iorahla cti3 ltion
then oxen having been stainpcdeI BY tie
terceness oi the storm There were .boat
300 altogether socIe OF which bad f., ~
TO death, and others had been t4';en Is II,
hiowa Indians, some i've II ruAuer N4a
we're caeamp,l short dis,aac- i,vI rle
Arkansas. The Iniians refused 70 aive 81
the cattle, some 4 Ne fatest Of l4t. ~
been k'i.d ~ them and eaten. Tbs ,rs ,ns
were t'3as eft perfectly heple-s. and
men were forced IL, nltr., the woke IA, -
some instances their wagons. TO keep flch
! perishing. The iagoins mail veU'l I'VE
los eyery male by stampede, had il roa got
into train corral, which protected s.te aoi
mals from the storm. and thu, -atea Fl ~
| = mules OF the outcoming mail n4,4. II
glit stamped al Cow Greek, In sg.e
were lost. The sIlierin- must have t5e:l
intense both 10 animals aud men. Is 10 Mere
on the plains during the storm, and The los
heavy t" many traders.