, 1870-07-23
HARpENDING PROSPECTING EX.
FEDITlON.

Dcapcrnsc Fight with zndinns-Thir~
~ OF shc xasnEca FILLED 4Alil Eound-
ed The Froxpcctora kouEnIy
Handled.
Tic following extracts are from letters re-
ceiscd by 3lessrs- Harperdlng 4 Roberts
fen an AEzaus pFS%apetnf %1px fs n% Which
''A' o. o'p'' 'o1n FaosEscs. L % 4, IT,. dune 20
Ntstrs. HarTxnaing d Roberts. san Ftaae,sco:
GESIlkAES-As Informed gou in ms last !
ies in!s se M astaefta 1t ~ about 20 iadi
ans VT fought them for over an hour, but being
wounded IN Inc right shoulder, badly, by rinc
/ concluded thc hest pian Tas 70 nuke good our
retreat 10 kayc our kealrs; the Indians at that
na,ns Is tn e na1 ae
leaders uctng frightened by the heavy nrang aud
Yelling. tuned ahtt aruun. anu hsuAe the pole on
and mount You can rest assure that every man
did hs whole duty IN this Eight, und too much
praise cahnot be awarded them It isimposssble to
| patched message To Camp Grant ths morning
iuf surgeon to extract the tall frum my shon-
| ,,cr; As sot'n Is The otesaton Is l*Fturmsd, |
I 10 Ind Instructions awaiting ne. The ludiaus
| numbered af least 30. were armed 10 q mau with
Henry aLd Spencer 1lnes, and clothed in Federal
i enclose rough map Of their position aud oura.
| We were not ut MI ta1eu by surprise, as We had
1 h
| aud Our ausauce discovered them 1rst and opened
| nre upon them. The fight commenced about
O'Clock Il. NJ. and lasted ~ a1tes 9: We thought
stant hope Ut driving them back, bnt the disparity
ip the nuncEs Of their party aud Ourswas great
led the bald by the WaF In which they were man-
csuyred, anu I'll agrrt that We made O splendid
dyh., auh were most fortunate in escaping with
our scsrs s1o<k' aaa arms a"s foss sray, t:Ta7,ss
EXTRACT Fnoy 4 LETTER rEoN e T.. AAefESniS6:
We LEFT heFe last FRIDAY essniax for Fort Grant,
lacked by about sO0 Indians, under their ceiepra-
ted Ehef, Ia ChelA As soon Us our a4lyan saw
lhe 1nd!ans iheT nred Into them, aud retreated
back to the ambulance. when thos. Of rs On horEe
hack dts mounted and fought tue Indians back m
til our men had driven ne ambulance about nlty
had Turned complete circle around us. and IN
turning our ambulance among the rocks We weft
vas Impossible to eet the ambulance nwaf. Tne
1ase g. M naa AessFz esT e 5esns ec,
and myself now dismourted and fought the 10
aIaus iacI, vhtle the rest ot our men cut III,
, | mules loose from the wagon, when ne Hounte.
a0wa " sae osd T. eEe1es
, wounded Captain Cpruss Was wounded res
baais IN the sheuleer; Ncysrs and Johns Ker
, the balance Of US hurt They got eyetythl1E
what clothes had on. Our snferines, after tn
fof1s @ miles on ors one caa,een haif fall of watel
:. which wns fortunate enough to have ted to N
saddle; .hss Immediately gave T. the woundet
G When We got within eight miles OF Florenc
4 | some Of our men tegan to pet SO bad that v
deemed 1t advisable 10 send TWO OF cur pasf
+ aAead to procure water for the balance OF 1neIs
As Cxptain CuI tlss was suffering rerJ much 1t MI
decided 70 send him aud nyselt aae1d, rs we wei
= | both f1dnE splendid torSeA We aoon At1fved
d Florence, and Immediately despatched tTo me
. hack With wnter, tu meet the rest OF ous part
~ when tury came up with them they were lyin
o | down cunIrlctr1y exhaus!ed-AcGV1dwtn ellQht
II delr1oua. We ~lu 50 fr~na here to Tacsou v ne1
q | an IN noncs OF bearing nom you Soon+
~ All the Indians were armed with leniT m
j. and needle Ruhs. they were dressed in fedrf
"a ! uniform and fought like deylla-
Later tt1va1e adv1ces from San Diego state IN
J. the marty We1r all safe At the Ptmo Villages {
it lhtir way to Tucson lnd the B1EEo mines. Th'
-. Killcd and Won.dcd thirty Indians aad were co,
u pelErs to yctYc4. from loss Of ambulance and II
le | Iunp!bon- ...
20 As near A. can be aseertained the attack Y
made about fottv miles cast Of Tucson; ahry tn
1t rct1eateu to florence, on the Gta River. which
II | si1tF miles northeast OF Tucson.
:. The following are the names nt the parties =
." left here May 6, ls10. and were Joined at san
It. 50 ty Mt. Giilcts and rwo or three others; 10
Ia 4 CuYtIs. Allen Dlckenscn, c. b HarrcnninE,
~ n. Ja1via, Is. y. Johns, A. McGoodT1n, j.
ee Mason, Charles Meyer.