Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-09

Correspondence st. Louis Republican,
On the 18th Of January, 1866, there
were four men Of company @, lst vet
eran infantry California volunteers,
killed by Indians. The circumstance
were as follows: There being six men
on daily duty cutting wood for this garri-
son, four miles and a-half distant from
this post, while in their tent at breakfast,
there were discovered within fifteen
PAGES of their tent some twenty-five In
dams coming at a regular charge, armed
with guns, bOwsa Gdlances. The alarm was
Immediately given, and all handspring
TO arms. a shot was fired by the sol
diers and Immediately returned by the
Indians, killing one soldier. At this in
slant twenty-five more Indians rode up,
dismOunted and came rushing in to take
/ part in the conflict. 1t now became evil
dent to the soldiers that their only
chance for life was in flight. They fought
the Indians IN the retreat, until but two
Of the soldiers remained living, and one
Of them severely wounded. By this
/ time they had reached a clear space of
ground, where Indians are conscien-
tiOUsiy opposed TO going, 50 here they
abandoned the chase and returned 70
camp, where the fight first took place,
to gather up their trophies Of war.
When the alarm was given at the fort
by the two soldiers that made their es-
cape, company c., lst Veteran Infantry
California Volunteers, repaired 10 the
place Of the dreadful conflict, and there
found the ~lifeless bodies Of the four men
that were killed, their bodies stripped Of
all clothing, and horribly mangled, and
all of their camp furniture either carried
away or burned. The names Ofthe killed
were privates Thomas DAILY, Louis 5.
Hunter, Charles Devin and Thomas RO-
nan. The two last, were Irish by birth.
Thomas Roman was a resident Of New
York previous TO his emigrating to Cali
fornia. Thomas Daily was a native of
Missouri, and q resident OF Macon county
Of that State previous to his going to
California. Louis :. Hunter and Thos.
Roman were old residents of P~lacerville.
Cal, previous TO their enlistment in 1861.
On the 18th Of January, 1865, at a camp
on the Rio Mimbres, twenty miles from
this fort, the Indians captured a soldier
Of company c, lst Cavalry California
Volunteers, and carried him away. His
name wa Bradley. No particulars as
regards his fate have as yet been received,
though nothing short of death will be
his certain doom.
On the 10th of January, 1866, the In
dians killed two Mexican citizens Of
PiuOs Atlas; and in the month Of Au-
gust, within five miles Of the same place,
there were two Mexican citizens killed
and three more severely wounded. They
also stripped q woman naked, all but her
shoes and stockings, pricked her body in
different places with the spikes Of their
arrows, and there left her alone as naked
as Eve in the morning Of time. All this
l witnessed, as l was one Of her Fescuers
made a trip to JanOs, a small town
in the State of chihuahua, in the Re
public OF Mexico, in the month Of No
vember, 1865. l found most all of the
Indians in this part of the country with
a temporary treaty with the Mexicans
for the purpose of trading off the plum
der accumulated by Tobbing and murder
irg American citizens in American Ter
%ritories, getting in return powder, lead
and other articles that will enable them
70 wage a more indiscriminate war
against the whites. ! also saw offered
for sale, in thesametown, by the Indians,
the apparel Of the woman above men
toned.
All efforts to Subdue them will be Cfno
effect IS long as they find q safe retreat
50 close 10 the American territory, and
treaties with the Indians The Apaches) |
so far have proved al entire failure. The
only way it can be accounted for is, that
when they are wronged by a single indi-
viduai they censure the whole nation for
that wrong, and in retaliation murder
the first white man they find.
The heart of their country is as vet 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 hostile Indians in the Territories
Of Arizona and New Mexico for the next
generation.