Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-06-13
- CAMP BOWIE, Apache Pass,
Southern Arizona, Nav f3, 1868.

|
s.z To day has been very fai
/ specimen of a life in Arizona. situated as W,
| are in a great mountain pass, surrounded b.
the most hostile, relentless and blood Thirst,
tribe of Indians on the Continent Thinking
that perhaps it might be interesting to vor
and the many readers of your very interestins
paper, 1 have taken the liberty to write thes,
few hasty lines. -
The Indians have opened the campaign TO
this year, south of the ella, in vigorou:
manner. They have captured large Tex al
herd of cattle They have made numerou:
visitatiOns of similar character on nearly
| every road, rancho, or military post in tht
country. We have had share of their pat
ronage all the time but not until to day hay,
they been here in force. .r.,... a f..
A large number attacked the herd which
was out on the San Simon Valley, about noon
while it was being driven up into the mouth
of a canon for water.
Fortunately they were discovered by the
Corporal in charge, before they had Il chance
to surprise them. On being attacked they at
tempted to bring the herd in, but the Indians
cut them off from the "Old Pass However,
they got the advantage, finally, and came in al
the New Paas." When the alarm was given,
the Captain, Post Surgeon and myself mount
cd our horses and went out with about TWEEN
ty men, but further than frightning them by
an approach, VIC rendered the herd no mate
rial aid
The preservation of the herd and the lives
of the men in charge, is only due to the very
superior breech loading, Springfield musket
with which our company is armed The men
behaved with great coolness and yalor. ...
After their failure here, the Indians went to
an old mail station near the San Simon Glen
ega, some 10 miles from the one attacked, and
captured about thirty mules from a train that
left here this morning, which had just SUPP ii
this post with corn and was returning to the
River (Rio Grande) -.
The overland mail coach was there at the
time, and took advantage of the Indians
while they were running off with the mules
they were running for Camp Bowie. ..s
Our Indians are doing so well now, they
will not need any more "Peace Commissioners
until about August or September by that
time they will have used up all their ammuni-
ton, and they must have more. There is on
ly one cry, here, and that is determination"
All wish it were possible for the Commits
sioners TO see just one victim of the Apaches-
one struggling victim hanging by his heels
with slow fire uuder his head or naked
body mutilated in every conceivable way that
only their fiendish, hellish minds can invent
What place to live, where you scarcely
dare step cut of doors after dark, without a re-
volyer in your hand, or where you cannot pass
by u window in the evening, without feeling
the flesh creep.
That is the kind Of life we live here, and
you may depend upon it, it win be continued
as long as they send these Peace Commissioners
out to the plains. 2
They need not be at all surprised, if some
day they find that the army had declared
them to be ii common enemy with their Indi-
IN friends.
.,. Truly yours, IIUB.
P. s.. start for Tucson to morrow morn
ing. Look out for a fight. II.