The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-09-25
LIEUTENANT MAGAZINES REPORT.

Camp McDo'cell, 4. T, Augas, 30, '69 To the A. A. A. General, Sub District of the
 Verde, Camp McDowell, A. T.
 Sr--T have the honor to report that, pur- suant to instructions contained in Special Or ders No. 50, dated Head Quarters, Sub-Dis- trict of the Verde, Camp Mcdowell, A. T., August 22, 1869. Iproceeded with ten en- listed men to Phoenix, for the purpose of sc. companying party of Maricopa Indians to the scene of the late fight between the Mari copas and Apaches, who recently captured the mail near Camp Dae Creek.
 My party left Camp Mcdowell, August 22, 1869, at o'clock p. m., with provisions for ten days. Marched to Salt River and en- camped, distance l2 miles.
 August 23.-Started at o'clock a. m. and arrived at Phoenix at 10 o'clock A. m., dis tance IS miles.
 August 24.-The Maricopas numbering 9 men under their chief Juan Chiverie and an equal number of Pima Indians under Sub Chief, arrived for the purpose of proceeding to the battle ground. The Indians were ac- companied by MT. Morgan, who resides near the Maricopa village. This gentleman acted as interpreter and was, to me of great serv- ice. Mir. Swlling, of Phoenix, who has known the Maricopa Chief many years, at the soic- itation of the latter, consented to accompany the party. At 5 o'clock, p, m, we left Phg- nix and proceeded on the Wickenburg road to Cave Greek, then took northwest direction to Agua Frio creek, up which we marched about l2 miles, where water was found by digging in the sand--distance from Phoenix 40 miles, which required l2 hours to accom- plish.
 August 25.-Started at 3.30 D. m, marched up the Agua Frio about 15 miles, then turned to the left up creek south of Bradshaw mountain, (which l have since learned, is named Castle creek, and which runs in southeasterly directicn) about 12 miles and encamped at some corn patches, the i.rgcs: of which is about three-fourths of an acre. What corn the horses could not eat was des. troyed on the return trip, together with a quantity of melons and pumpkins. Two fresh tracks were tecn here which were thought to have been made by squaws who had visited the garden for vegetables, etc, and went of in a southern direction After resting an hour, party of the best mounted Maricopa and Pima Indians started out to find, if possible, where the squaws had gone, but returned at nine o'clock next morning, having lost the tracks during the night.
 August 26.-Started at 7l5 a. m, marched up the stream about six miles to the point where the Apaches were attacked by the Maricopas and there found five dead bodies. said to be those of the Apaches who cap. tured the mail near Date Creek. Four of the bodies lay within the space of few yards of each other, two were amongst the bushes near the trail but not visible from it; one lay on the trail near the edge of the water. and the other on the opposite side of the stream. About one hundred yards above this point in a ravine on the north side of the canyon, was found the otLer body, which was said by the hsricopas Co be that of an Apache Chief, named Big Rump," near this last body lay scattered around, many scraps of paper, which, on being picked up, proved to have been blank Muster and Pay Rolls. One piece was of Company Monthly Return, also one letter, written in German, but the writing is, to a certain extent, obliterated. apparently from the effects of exposure to the elements. The above, together with the book, belonging to the mail carrier, in which IS the name of "PatFiek Connorn and memo randa relative 10 matters connected with the mail service, are all that could be found of the captured mail. 0ninquiring of the Mari copas, if no other papers were found after the light, they answered, No, but said some Apaches escaped during the fight, that prob ably they may have carried off part of the mail. In answer to my questions as to what became of the mailbag, they replied that they had not seen it, that the papers which were strewn around had been in the posses