Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-09
NUMBER 2l5.eI
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[From the st. Lquis Republican,
FOmt' aIifOrnla Volunteer Hkilled
by Indians--NIuFderi Of BEe1icau
Cilizens--A WOmanl CnpIured
and Rescued--The Hostile lme
dians Chiefly ApRches. 'iGGs ledi
FORT CUMMINGS, N. M, Feb. y5, 18G6.ii
EDITOR rREPUBLICAAN,-ThFo lsthe
columns of your paper / beg leave to make
the following statement, as 1t may come 70
the notice OF those Interested:
On the 18th Of January, 1865. there were
four men of company q, list VeteFaniln
fantTy California Volunteers, killed by lnr
dians. The circumstances were as fol-
| lows: There being six men on daily duty
cutting wood for this garrison, four miles
and half distant from this post while IN
| their tent at breakfast, there were discov-
| cred within fifteen PAGES of their tent some
twenty-five Indians coming at a regular
charge, armed with guns, bows and lancesg
The alarm was Immediately given, and all
hands sprang to arms. A shot was fired BY
the soldiers and Immediately returned BY
the Indians, killing one soldier! At this
instant twenty-five Indians'rode up;
| dismounted ard came rushing In to- take
part In the conflict Itnow became evident
| to the soldiers that their only chance for
life was in flight. They fought the In
dlans on the retreat, until but two OF tho
soldiers remained living and one of them
severely wounded. BY this time they had
reached clear space Of ground, where iri-
dians are conscientiOuslyoppo to going,
so here they abandoned the chase and re-l
turned to camp, where the fight first took
place, to gather up their trophies of war:
When the alarm was given at the fort Dy'
the two soldiers that made their escape,
Company G., 1st Veteran Infantry Cali
fornia Volunteers. repaired to the place Of
the dreadful conflict, and there found the
lifeless bodies of the four men that were
killed, their bodies stripped of all clothingy
and horribly mangled, and all of their camp
furniture either carried away or burned
The names of the killed were privates
Thomas DAILY, Louis s. Hunter, Charles
Devin and Thomas Roman. ThetW latter
were Irish by birth. Thos. Roman was resi-
dent ofN ew York previous to his emigratng
to California. Thomas DAILY was native Of
Missouri, and resident of Macon county
of that State previous to his going to Cali
fornia. Louis S.Hunter and Thomas DAILY
were old residents of Placerville, Cal, pre-
vous to their enlistment in 1861. .-..
On the 18th of January, 1866, at camp
on h Rio Membres, 20 miles from this fort,
the lndi ms captured a soldier of Company
G, lsL Clyalry California Volunteers, and
carried him away. His name wasBradley'
| No particulars as regards his fate nave as
yet been received, though nothing short OF
| death will be his ertain doom. 4
Oa the 29th of January, 1866, the Indians
killed two Mexican citizens of PinOs Atlas;
| and in the month OF August, within five
miles of the same place, there were two
Mexican citizens killed and three more Sc
verey wounded. They also stripped a
| .ol oil hat hnr nd T.
lings, pricked her body in different places
with the pixies of their arrows, and there
lett her alone as naked as Eve in the morn
ing of time. All this witnessed, as was
one of her rescuers. ,. ....,.-.. ,i..g
| made trip to Janos, a small town In
the State of Chihuahua, in the Republic OF
Mexico in the month of November, 1860.
l found most all of the Indians in this part
of the country WIN a temporary treaty
with the Mexicans for the purpose OF trad
ing off the plumber accumulated by rob-
bing and numbering American citizens in
American Territories getting in return
powder, lead and other articles that will
enable them to wage more indiscriminate
war against the whites. also saw offered
for sale, in the same town, by the Indians,
the apparel of the woman above men
toned. .'''
All efforts to subdue them will be of no
effect as long as they find a safe retreat SO
close to the American Territory, and treat
les with the Indians (the Apaches) so lar
have proved an entire failure. The only
way it can be accounted for is, that when
they are wronged by single individual
they censure the whole nation for that
wrong, and in retaliation murder the first
white man that they find. '' Dn
The heart of their country is as yet un-
explored, and with the same number of
troops and with the same efforts that have
been used for the last four years to subdue
them, it is safe to say that there will be hos
tile Indians in the Territories of Arizona
and New Mexico for the next generation.
COMPANY G..