New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-12
Later from Arizona.

From the st. Louis Republican we extract the
following letter.:
TrCsoN Feb. Is, lS61.-We have ouy four days
later intelligence from Apache Pass, the scene of
the fearful Indian disturbances which ] recounted
in my last.
But one stage has arrived here from the East this
week. the hostility of the Apaches having inter
rupted our communication. Our news, however,
by this arrival is full of interest, The driver Wal
lace who was taken captive On the 4th, is still
prisoner with the Indians a soldier had died of
his wounds before the arrival of the surgeon, and
six of the party we're disabled by wounds. They
through the lungs. DR.. B. J. D. Irwin, assistant
surgeon at Fort Buchanan, arrived on the 18TH and
was giving every attention to the sufferers,
| The stage passengers who were penned up IN
| this unenviable situation living on short
! allowance, compelled to rely on snowwater for
| cooking purposes. On the 9th, the Indians took
| some sixty animals from twenty weight armed men
| employed as a guard over the herd, and though
| committed right before their eyes, the stock re-
naming consisted of but two mules and one pony.
| Several Indians have been killed, but we have no
| report of the probable number.
The party had but twenty rounds of ammunition
in camp and were looking anXionsly for new ar
rivals The station had been strongly fortified
with bags of grain, etc.
The poor uniortunates who were so ruthlessy
massacred with the train some distance this side OF
the station, were buried on the 10th. No attempt
had been made to send forward the stage bound
East, but it was the intention OF Mr. Buckley
the agent, to try it on the l4th.
A coach was sent out from Tucson, on Saturday
last 10Th instantly filled with employees of the com
| nanv to suDerintend the removal of Instructions
from the road 1t was met just this side of the
| Pass Another stage left here on the 18th, carry
ing four passengers and the mails.
| Lieut. Col. Morrison has ordered Lieut., Bascon
to remain at Apache Pass till further instructions
He manifests a determination to do everything il
his power to secure the uninterrupted transit o
the mails, and if necessary will establish caml
at Apache Pass all summer. He has sent to For
Breckinridge for Dragons TO proceed 10 lhe rene
of Lieut. Bascom.
company of mounted rangers has beed orga
nized in Tucson, and they are already in the field
The corps numbers over twenty men, and is com
, | manded by Capt. g. M. Jones. The following pre-
amble and resolution extracted from the serle
adopted at the meeting of citizens, which resulted
in the organization OF the Ranging Company:
: 'Whereas, the citizens of this Territory have Q
! late suffered from the depredations of Apache IN
dans to an extent heretofore unknown, compel
F.: ing many to abandon their homes and seek protet
ton in the more thCkly settled sections, thereb
checking our progress IN agriculture ana hnllh!,
e and whereas, we now threatened with an Ii
terruption of our mail facilities for communlcan
5 with the States: therefore,
d "RcSOlrcd, That deem it the duty OF ever
s good citizen to aid to the extent of his ability,
the suppression of these depredatons, and the re
toration of peace and quiet to our homes.'
The Arzonian made its appearance on the 9t
under the editorial auspices of I. NJ. Turner ; Cha
|
l. politics. religion and army policy, and the p, M
:, number is devoted to grumbling, throughout. !ho
~ who read my letters will not seed to be remnd'
e that matters and things in Arizona are loose at
ends. ,.
Our Indian policy is defective, our military pr
tective force belongs to the wrong branch OF I
IS service our mining interests have been retard
"a by unprincipled spectators : we have no prote
-. ton of law no punishment for crime no bene
" of clergy and are constantly subjected to deprec
n tons from the Apaches. 1t appears to be the {
sign of the Arizonlan to effect a radical change
these particulars, and if it accompllShes reto
in any degree, it will perform good work
10 Arizona.
he The Indians continue their depredations, n
as withstandng the necessity Of concentrating
large force at Apache Pass. 1t would appear t
ge the Apaches are far more numerous than has b'
ee generally supposed, if the number Of their DEF
datiOns is any indication. !,
ge Twenty head of cattle were recovered fl
ms three Indians few days ago, by settler who
ng companied DR.. Irwin to Apache Pass. He saw
ey herd at some distance in advance, it crossed
road and, riding rapidly forward, took the tt
not Indians who driving off the stock, prison
rd and made prize of the cattle. He was enti
unadcd. and receives great credit for the stra
lily displayed on the o0ce3lon. ls-4a