The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-03-20
Letter from Camp Goodwin.
CANT GoopwTN, Pima County, {
 Arirnnn- FehrnarY l5. 1899.

new years The parties here at present. aie old residents and are held at the post by fam fly connections They are principally two families. Since the others lefi, there have been two scouts out, the particulars of which I win give you;
 January 4th, Lieutenant Winters, from Tucson, with Cavalry and Infantry from Lere, tried to jump rancheria on Mount Tumbulh but the affair was spoiled by the medical off eer being too talr The Indians got sight of him and fed up the mountain. One old squAw vas killed, one horse and dog cap iured. This scout tried their best to Kill h. disns.
 January sO,b, Lieutenant Guthrie, e ,ol- diers, three guides and an interpreter, ac- companisd by An Acting Assistant Surgeon and his lady, all under command of Major Perry, started from here with strong spirits and Coyotero Indian called PhilhPpi, sbo
 said be would take them into Cacheis Camp, After fourteen days hard tramp, they reached
 Dragon Mountains. at which place the lady got unwsll ai night and in tbe fuss Co get some mustard the picksts became alarmed and commenced firing al each other, but DO harm was done asd the mustard was found. The guide sad the Indians were near a: hand, but the snow being deep srd night dark.
 they e,nclcded io esnp. Ne-; morning. the guide. captured tMo Indians. Cachcis saw
 them, and mex, time they weas ou;, met them
 and ssid bot for ths fAc. that be meant psacs
 they should never % back They told hin
 :A- Msi>- s;=heA te s== his=- IT. s2sA As
 would come next day aad rleet hia bc.vssa
 the eamps Ills camp U.s siz milss of, up ! in tLe mountain. He came down neIt day with some of his men and met the Major and escort. All hands were soon talking and
 smoking. The following Is the epsvers.,ioa
 that ensaed:
 ] Caehsis-whAt arc yoa doing out here
 Capi,an
 Aa'or-Come so s~e you and prosPeet sh'
 .eounsr! gsasrally.
 C.-yoa mean ycu came to kill me or AnJ
 ol my tfsbs; that Is what uli your visits meA. io ne. I tsed the Amsrieana oDoe and Ess,
 br0ks -ths trse,y first, the officers [ mean
 ihis was .i ths Pass. 1T I stop in, iu.gst b
 treated right, bui a~nt expect they vii i ] Hii they say fos us. woa'S stay sS Good win; 1t is no place fer Indians. They di ! after being thers stort time I will go | - t0 Goodwin to talk to you, atss bear bon
 yoa treat Indians there. will send in tE 7 Of my Indians who wiIl let me know. (hs d Q send in two squAv,). I Iost nearly 100 [ my people in the last year, priaeipallY frgl !, sickness. The Americans killed good man. 7 have not loo Indians nog. Ten years a 2 had 1000. The Americans arc every wher . and Us must live in bad places to shua then '- can't give yoa any meseal, As therwis Anotl T CT scout on the osher side, and we can't mai 7 fires 10 roast It. The Coyoteros are strong | than we are and steal stock from us some d then gay you cane out to kill US, but son 'e Indians will lie Ny TsdiSss win do no har until come in, which ImAy do inside of tu q months.
 70 MI heard you were w0zndsd often, b 'e you walk all right.
 'e C.-I was wounded twice. Fist, nc
 Santa Cruz, in the leg, l2 years ago. I bad be bad leg for sometime Afterwards. Next ne O. Frontaras, two yesr ago, in the neck. ' ce are known as the Gamo Apaches- VOL 1- like some bread and tobacco and blAsk h. He got them, ba; the soldiers went hung re for three days Caeheis is about C feet .s inches high, strongly muscled, with mi he prominent features, hooked nose, and loc ss to be q man that means what he says; age o' just beginning to tell on him He s now I5. years old.
 ho There were three Indians captured, V 'ly with Phillippi, were sent to cut meseal, rd the Doctors lady wished for some of --5 sweets Of her D1rve soil. They may be c For ting mescal Jet, for they never return of The scout ssArted next to Camp Bowie, wh to Mrs Handy, (the Doctors lady) was the c s .e Ire of attraction. 1t being an unusual thing .ry see lady with scouting party. The [ Jed after arriving, the officers were collected ave the sutler's store looking at the brands, VI ny an Indian came in whom they knew to .r the one nbo laneed a soldier here last spri VII while going from the post to the farm. 1T Ita- fighting propcnsities being still alive, rel or vers came out, the Indian broke, recciV ,Ie- three pistol bullets, but between buck jun f f5r and snake swimming he got of in the bI But leaving bloody trail
 rho This is all and enough you will say al
 or nothing. hear that Miguel sent in an az on to know on what terms be can come in. .
 lnd this amt playing Indian don't know. ali chefs had not more than 27 men in his ca
 and if the Indian guide had fiuIfilled his nr