The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-04-13

COuP4uy UsuC8etuss1 - VSSu tBoS-
dered, snd the bOdIea Of two Apachss WhO
had been killed by white wsa Ind hanged
to trees BY the wsysida. GAaglly nOta.
bilities these, and not much caleuiated 10
quiet our fears Of meeting with IN OppOF-
tunity to show our prOwess In an Indian
6ght, which, I need not say, We an de.
VOutly prayed might not O0sr. However,
we arrived safely ct Tucson, where moth.
ing was talked Of bat tho Indian dificul.
ties at Apache Pass We dined at the
principal hotel Of this adObs city, and,
with the addition Of two more passengers,
Gen. Jones and Mr.. Charles Brown, both
Of Mesilla and bound home, We departed,
In . two-Oeated coach, foe the seeno Of
war, which laid IN the direct line Of our
journey, all armed to the teeth, and fright.
ened within an inch Of ouF IiveSL I
scarcely he'd my -six-shOOtsF out Of my
hand for the next thirty-six hours, end
the rest Of the party were equally on the
alert. We arrived at the head Of the
Pass near noon the next day, when ell
hands dismounted from the coach, exam.
ined our shooting irons, and prepared for
the worst-hOnestly expecting to be COM
PEELED to fight our way through. A short
distance in the Pass, we came to where
the bodies Of SIX Apaches--hOsyid
In their stark ghastliness-were hsng-
ing tO-aa tree near the -eOAd over the graze
Of two white mon their tribe had muir.
dercd +; little further on, the gravO where
was inferred the remains Of eleven men.
teamstsrA whom they had robbed and
murdered; and, Jet Iittls further o,a,
We came 70 the spot ct which they he'd
attaclssd the stage and mOStally wounasa
the driver. All these things were eaisu.
lated to shake the nerves 0ESn older S0ldISS
than ], and candidly confess that tslt
"weak IN the knees" when We reached
the Pass; but with somS 91srt, I "scrsw.
ed my courage to the sticking point, and
really believe I would have uade pretty
good fight had We been attacked. Wei,
we got through the Pass, and NV nary
Indian. There Is detachment Of troops
stationed in the Pass, Of whom the at.
taches Of the mali company speak with
the utmost contempt. They attribute the
hostiIities to the troops They say that
the officer in command came to the sta.
ton. and the Chief and six warriors visit.
ing him in his camp; he demanded the
surrender Of somo stock and Mexican
boy they had recently captured. Ths
chief agreed to deliver up the stock, bul
declined to surrender the boy; whore
upon the officer ordered his men 10 Ssizs
and bind the Indians. TIE slx warriors
were captured (and Afterwards hangtd),
but the chief drew his knit, tipped 1
hole through the tent, and made bis e.
cape. From this, say the Overlandsrs,
commenced the difficulties. We changed
teams at Apache Pass, and proceeded "a
San Cimone, eighteen miles distant where
We dined. We travelled hence, niue o.
ten miles, to Doubtful Pass, where xs
arrived after dark; but three of ths pes
sengers and the driver here saw signal
fires In the mountains. and insistsd thal
the Indians were telegsaphiag our ap'
prOach, and thst Il We attempted 10 q
through the Pass that night We would eli
be murdered. They refused to proceed
and we were compelled b return to Ear
CimOne, and wait IN morning, when v,
passed the dreaded spot without mOlssta
ton. and "breathed freer aud easier, /" fol
We were out Of danger.
We arrived ct Mesilla on Saturday af
ternOOn, and found the whole MexlcAr
population Of the valley there eoanFsgalst
to celebrate a fiesta, The este VA 4
last several days during Which line 20
thing but gambling. bull;6sAtlne. cock
fighting, addline. dancing. etc, was 10 b
done. Here Mcssra Roman and Coz tar
Red for the next stage. and !. With thFs'
new passengers proceeded. We crOsss'
the Rio Grande del NOrte by tording, I
being about one hundred yards wide, an'
not more than three feet deep, and pro
ceeded down its valley to Ell Paso, O
Franklin, Texas, where we arrived at tw,
o'clock, 4. NJ, Of the next day. Since VI
left e PasO have seen nothing WORTHY
Of note, and shall, therefore, cOnelude thi
- speedily as may be.
I arrived at this post at halcpast tire
o'clock on Monday last, having made th
distance, something over 100 miles. q
II dayH - hOOrs-laying By on the rOa'
twelve hours. or one night.
TIE regular time 1ar ths maIl 10 Lew
Asss tur San Aatsnio Cee0 nlles aisaaae,
Z ssvsa e'cleek. J. n, q NeAaNy. bal
ans6Etenatsly o. -. Mr. HsN q asatls
maa eoaneslsa vilh I, Q. wssds e y
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with hls viz. sa,tAsir ~ = So. 49,
al. end aoA liklas - EssslA nlA -
day insO dnlle plasA - saaae a.gns =
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wsps dIapAlehed "a Asiss p
twenty-iour hoags n ~ lgseA. I.eas
seQasntly., have p gsnalA hs.s 90 gs
which, p b. sucs. p nj AneA p . -
time. end 3 ahsclpaslH assAlng Mhsa
fellow gets .uasd ~ y s,ss a,gl., LAS ,Fsf
Fort StOckteai sitaataaa at AianetinI
Of the St Louis end sAa Aaleala -
on Camanchs CEssk. : hanapame -
ssFeam formed y sprsAs Eu1ss -
the bosom Of ths, saFa . - lm@p ~
vicinity. It eoass.ss q s tNgagv,lels