The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-23
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aS.Hasnlngton haye Just yeeeiyed tho re-
port of Liehe. Royal e. Whitmnn, Of
the Thitd United States OsvaJry, Siatsidtf
Camp Grant, sArisona, May Is. lS7r;; ia
relation totile Late. .Itiasa,ore Of friendly,
44Pdiaps At that post by, citjzens OF Tuc.
following iaoess s. Ats:Esa: 4',
aLu Fsbruary} five oile women carnb'w
the? ilentenant'sr Damp, tfamishing anil
nearly naked :, He ..fed. them, .apd they
asked Permission. TO return with some
othhrs' ind Q young Warrior WHO desiffsed
t6'bb ati 'peace! The latter caniie, and.
atterbqme nfsotiahDns, brought I'M 1tttp
him hi9 hle sYA e,bA1qd. aud, W7sR asaured. "
sagSigSaied as@p, SSda ely faois 4ssa ispo1 t
edto Gen.' Btohemah, ind iinistt Ibhs
ab to Tending and treating them ASKED
for,... Az the Esply resolved .frop Stoae-
mans Headquarters, alter q long dsjuy,
W9s> TO ratHrh the report ,with4S1t CON- COM
mbns,' exospt TO ,oall attention to The fiaoNt
THAI ib had ndh beep, ri,pief6d !exacsIt at,.
e2!alng !tnA tnA regulations. l,oi.1,.,,ru a .ua
ss After Two or Or three months the, ppmber
OF 1ndiahe. Who Knd come III II, ind weTs r
living peatadbly, Z CONSTANTLY aiding, id
the work about the fort and gathering
hoy and woad for thepseives.i US, farms
R9s.lIRl!ln, IWes about 9aQ,,, The officer in
chntRe gives most satisfactory acco1nt
s'ehA@:o- c! .h; Ett::;;..;:s::;ss, Of Hsiia;r
desirs to keep the!peace, and to- cbutri.
pPrt. They we're also uotive in exertilia
algood influence upon the Indiana ID .hs
'vidiuity. I! q. .a'a:0,1 T..1j'-''''1f -
InFrom- first to last they acted in good
taieh,i and ( e1hibitedi great content and
hpnpln.,ss. They were given to under.
stand that they were under The protec.
zion III the 'GoveritnA1t. Y i'.i 4i'. =
~ htaat.;i Whitman had moved their,
camp tAlh higher RrQqnd, alistle d istanne
hha 'broAhse water WIS more m abhntiant.
Ahst. as he supposed, 'h'N had thG 'I1diGtis,
enthusiastically astablishedJ ) lOp slIe MORN.
ina 9t.the 3Qth Of, April .,as band tof, cisi.
Xsna from Tucson. Arizona. without.
Wafhing or provocation Of any Kind, sIsiisIa4 mn
prised. the peacesdl and unarmsi tufti1S.
andIt>sgan fiah liindiseriminRte bntchery.
81 l2h killed or missing only eight wer.
men men. Many were wounded, and the
oaai p Was entirely btrned.. 'Eae}it. Wilt
manshad au6deHaed slh6etn getting some
otvthe bhnd in,nsain,' and was again 1tfy-i
iAg 70 protest them. u o.;. !, .,,,.
The following is Lieut.. Within an . ao ao-,
oouuo "a uio Vl5lG 10 tic scene anu the
SURVIVORS of the massacre;
'a'l bseu' killed, when I spoke"to THEM
md expressed aYmpatby for them, were
and TOO proud 70 SHOW their grief. The
women whose chiidren lad been killed
pE stPlel were. conyulsed with grief, sati
looked to me appealingly. as though I
was their last hope on earth. Children
who; two days before. had been full of
tn9 and frolie. kept ,at' q distance. ex-
pressing wondering horror. did what
4conld. I fed them and talked, TO them,
snd Listened patiently to their, ACCOUNTS.
l sent horses into the mouptnins to bring
in two badly wounded women, one shot
through the left lung, and one, with an
arm shattered. These were attended to.
and are doing we'll. and will recover
Ah9IE pamR Tas snrroEPqded apd attacked
st at,dAybreak. 80 sudden and unexpected
was It That noo o6tai Was tawaka to give Tie
aiatn, 3and,7I If6anii Quite d num6sri6f
women shot while astssp . beside their
bnndles, at bag. they i.hAq ,ct,ileatgd. to
bEi1g ip. on hhat mprnipgu !TAa,wppna-
80 Wpo1. nweE9 ,n4ablei TO- ,geh away bad
,thei!g brainss aim ,beaien ont With s!pRs, or
stones. while some were SHOT fnll ,9f. ar.
xn~f3, ~ fsr; having bcen nlQrtally wQnnl
cd hy gah1rhot.. Tie bodies we're ,all
.atrippedr., Of the whole nnmber buried
oAa jWAS aA tqld man. and one we'll grown
hoyi, ~ the rest; woman and children. ;,
:;,:Qf the whole number J, killed and
missing, about l25, eight nuly were men.
Il has been, said. that tue mon wore not
there. They were all there, On 28th
we counted l2S men. small number be-
ing absent FOR mescel all OF whom have
since been ia. have spans good deal
of time With them since the affair, aud
rhnve been astonished at their continued
mistaken faith in me, and their perfectly
otear understanding OF. their misfortune.
They. soy, I'VE know there are q great
many white men and Mexiclnis who do
mot want to live at peace. We know
that the Papagoes wonld not have come
gut after US at this time if they had not
been persnaded to do so.' What they
90 not understand is. while they are at
peace ind conscious Of no wrong intAnt,
TINT they should be murdered by govern.
meat aEms in the hands Of Rapsgoea and
Mexiqans. One, of the, chiefs said; II
ND lohger want to live; my women and and
children 6avs bean Killed before my