The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-01-14
NIGHT ATTACK BY INDIANS
They Bonbard Lieutenant, Twenty En-. listed Men and Two Citizens Wound Two Mon--Kill Twenty four Head
 of HorseA and Capture Three.

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 Lieutenant CrsdlcbAugb, Third '. S Caynlrv. snd twenty enlisted men, accompanied by Sur. geon Steigcrs Ed. Peek, guide, mud JacksUn Me. Crackin, let Camp Verde on Che 3d inst, under special orders. But ancr tbc murder or the three men by IudilBs, mentioned tn the ll,t MINER. ihesc orders were countcrinantcG, and the Lieu. teifaDt ordered tO pursue the Iudnns Accord. iugly on the mOrning Of the 5,h the command having discovered tho tril started in pursuit The trail led eastward, toward the TUnto country The night of the Gth, the command Gncampcd about sixteen miles sonth Of tho Cleuega, ana about forty miles cast from Prescott The coun try ut this point Is very rough, and there arc but few safe places to camp. The point selected by the Licu,enuut was Inc best that could De found The horses were pickc,cd and the weary ra.iy sought rcposc p their blankets. During inc night, shc wary Indians about ljO in number, cr,pt, stcalthily, within irw wards of the camp under cover of the rocAs, aud about 3 o'clock ln thc morning 0t WAS bright moonligbU, the uncon. sc'ous slccpcrs were aroused by terrible VUlley Of bullets and arrows poured in their midst The arc was returned by thc scnlincls, aud tben by the whv ic command; but, the Indiana being post. cd behind rocks, tAc whites had nothing to ,,uidc them, in their fire, save the flshcs from the guns Of the sayascA, n tLc direction oc which they sent their bullets The Lieutenant thought, for a mo. incni Of clIarsin. upon the Indians but upon rr. nycling that i would bc certain death Io hls little party, abandoned tlIc idea, told h.s men to hunt up sheltered positions, and fire whenever tbcy lh0uglt tAey could iii ot Maund sarn.c See. Ing that t,.cy coI.A mot h.ll ur drive lhc whics itom tAcir position, tnc ,A,a,s.s oprucd upon the , animals which were tied 70 the picket line T~cn. ty-!unr uf iAc poor bru;ls we're slaughtered and taTcc, "a hrh brohe loose, icl! into tae hands 0: the Apachrs p4ylisE; soon cl,Ic thc sa.ases l"'t, and the Whiic, ycutlrrd forth from th,!r urc-stN 'rks On examining ,hc ground orcu. pied ty the In!"L-, several po0is of blood were dlscoy'rcd, which proved 'h.i ail IAe blood shed on tAst i'..r'nl morning VI, no; white, which is aoulc cnu, n,ai.on.
 Ai iae frs, fire, Dr S;riscrs va. s',o; near ,h. lch d"Hiler, thy bullet coming cut A, ,l.c wri,, IT.. arm ainpu,atcd after h. arrival st Camp Nosde. Private Myors rccc,.cd ,rtinfll wound n ise geek. Mi McCtacAu witl. whom We con. yoisci. speaks in the hisAcs, term, c: .hc con. dncT pf Licu;cnluI CradcUau.h and hi. men who GcTr iorccd io return On foot, twenty ght miles ts Camp Verde. Noi even q mgrnu5 escaped Ihc lips Of Inc wounded Coouci Brown, uron inc reeaF< Of 'his news, !rumcdiaieiy dispatched comssuy of Cavalry in pursuit or iLc Indians Tue IaGiaus were well suppi.cI with guns and amuni'ion. Taking cvcrythlng into considera. ton lieutenant Cradlehaugh was very lucky In getting his comuaud away without loss of life.
 Ps.-siucc placing thc foregoing iE type. we have rooeiycd, from ouy Camp Verde corre-pon. dgnt detailed and minute accoun, of the aGlir, whseA V iIl appear in OUT next issue.
 TuE IPICnEs oyEErAKEN HY CAPTAINS mAwLEY
 AND NoNAuAS.
 lE $ postscript, our correspondent adds that CaP,sin, flaw ley and Monalau oyertook the In. disHs nyag the East Fork Of the Verde, and iipd severe -.it WiIL them, of two hours or more The sgEs''er oi Indians Killed had not been ascer. taiEe2. FuH particulars Vill bo Published in our ucrf