The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-10-30
The War in Southern Arizona.
lconRrsroSpESoE ARIZONA MINTK.l
TucsoN, Arizona, October l5, 1869.

TuCsoN, Arizona. October l3, lsO9.
 Another instance of atrocious and murder ous outrage, by Cochis' band of Chiricahua Apaches, and prompt pursuit and summary punishment by the few troops available, has just transpired in Southern Arizona.
 On the sth inst, the Postal Agent at Tue son applied to General Deyin for detach- ment to proceed in search of the mail coach from Mesilla to Tucson. then fortyeight hours overdue at Tucson. Company C, of the Sth cavalry, was at once started out, with orders to push on to the San Pedro and, if the mail was not met before reaching the cross [ ing, to go on to Apache Pass, and if the mail had been captured, report to Col. Barnard who, with G troupe and his own, were to at once prusue and punish the Indians.
 At midnight, I dispatch from Lieut.. Win ters (ate of Gen. Devin's staff ], was received at Sub District Headquarters, stating that the mail stage had been jumped by Indians, the driver and four soldiers of the 2lst lnian- try, who were on board as escort, and Col. Stone, President of the Apache Pass mine, who was the only passenger had all been murdered, and that on the following morn ing, the same Indians, who were dressed in the shirts of the murdered men, attacked a herd of cattle belonging to Texas cmigrants, which were grazing near Sulphur Springs, and in spite of the desperate fight made by the Texans, succeeded in running off 250 head They then went back 10 where they jumped the stage, where they found gov ernment train ca route to Bowie, which had a Sergeant and six soldiers from an Infantry company at Tucson as escort, and who were just preparing to bury their murdered com. rades. The Indians at once attacked the train and charged it twice, but each time wer, repulsed by the soldiers and teamsters ,whC
 took their train to Bowie without losing .
 wagon.
 The messenger then stated that the stag,
 was jumped on the night of the 5th, that i , was not known until the government trair i found the bodies, and that when the trair arrived at Sulphur Spring an express was sen' to Bowie, arriving on the night of the 7th
 Licat Winters at once started out with 9 soldiers and three citizens, all that could b,
 mounted, as Col. Barnard was out on scout
 Winters had fifty miles to travel before strik . ing the trail but on the morning of the Stl ! he could be seen from Sulphur Spring Butt in hot pursuit with the Indians ten mile n ahead with the cattle and plunder, and i c looked as though he would catch them in F few hours. They were pushing through Sul
 phur Spring Valley towards Sonora, abou E forty miles from the line.
 On the 18th, another dispatch was receive s from Winters, stating that he had overhaule n the Indians and after hot fight had sent
 warriors where all good Indians go; ha
 wounded large numbcr-recovered all th 7 cattle, re-captured the mail stock
 seven mules and two horses. Marigeld V Grigelbo brother of Francisco, the guide a e Fort Whpple, who was q captive with Coch:
 plainly recognized Cochis in the front of tn U fight mounted on gray horse and giyin . his orders as he is always known to do, n
 soldiers made repeated efforts to kill him. .bu e without success. Had they fired at his hors m instead of himself they might have succeeded |. The Indians had, by this time, reached tb D, mountains at the southern end of the Chir |, cahuas, and as they largely outnumbere Winters little command he had to rest sati, G. fled with the brilliant success he had alread
 met The very fact that he was allowed Is get away with all the stock shows that Cochi n. for the first time since 1861, has been badl to whipped.
 ie Winters marched l30 miles in 9 marchir at hours, an almost killing speed for horse , 'h man in this country. He had two men an oi three horses wounded in the fight
 iS Col. Barnard has now two companies und,
 his command with orders to follow Cachi
 trail by day and night, wherever it may lea, ' No more determined or energetic soldi,
 could take the contract to rid the Tucso y country of this wholesale murderer. 'h WE learn from the San Bernardno (CaI 'd fornia) Guardian, that heavy shock