The Placer herald., 1871-09-16
NUMBER 4.
TkE APACHE CHikE COCNiSE.


How Ho Ecoasne the White Mans Poe.
Il is reported that band Of Cochise, tho
most fierce and dreaded Of the Apache chiefs, |
has been induced hy the agent. of the Indian |
Bureau TO come upon The reservation. The
family Of CotLise did not come in, as tho
Chief was absent, hat ;hey rromised on his |
return 10 Try and induce him to join tho
Others. If thc rcIort is true, it is TO Lc
hoped that The utmost excrtions will be used
to make terms with this notcd waIrier, ard
that su,h et!orts may be successful General
Sioneman says that wien he first saw the |
Apaches, III 1916, they were splendid:y
mounted, every warrior rode stallion, and
every squaw mare. They we're dressed
IN buokskns, their lances were bright, and
their trappings superb. Seven hundred Of
hem rode together They We're the terror
Of Mexico, ard rode far into the Republic;
ry, and bands of California emigrants could
ride through Arizona u,ha,med. The Ar;-
iona a pache is now starving hyena, eatMg
squirrels, rats, owls, anything TO keep lfft
and vengeance alive. Cochise himself il said
70 lie splendid physical specimen Of man..
Of wonderful alertress and sagacity. He
was at peace with ihe whites when his camp
was attacked, and his wife and brother cap
iured. Some days aflerward he and nine
other mon rode up to the attacking party,
mounted On good horses, and holding lariais
to which were attached The necks Of nine
white captives. Ccchse's message was
''Gye up my wife cnd Lroler, and these
prisoners shall 20 free" The whte people
answered this by hanging on gallows the
diet 5 wife and brother, and Immediately
he Indians bounded off, dragging the unfor-
tunate hostages over the desert. Since that
time Cochise has been mcrcless in his ven-
geancc, and his name is L terror throughout
tie border Although rhe horrible crueities
he has committed OIL unoncnang whites cam
not be excused, it must be remembered that
he was not the aggress II in the hrsi instance,
and that he was only pursuing the mede Of
warfare which is considered perfectly legi:i-
mate among bis race. Ii this remarkable
man could lie iusipced to become friendly
once more, his influence on the wild tribes
would Lc Of incalcul.ble advantage to us.
A STRANGE BEING DISCOVERED IL TEXAS
RIVERA. A. Freedom, Esq, member
legislature, told to one of the editors of this
paper, in the presence Of several wsh known
citizens, the following remarkable story
81 b. Maxey, an intelligent citizen of Bells
Depot, in this county, and keeper Of the
hotel at that place, and for whom A. A.
Freeman vouohes as a reliable, truthful man,
was fishing from a canoe cn July 7,h, in
FoIked Deer river, bear Bells depot, and
Il that part Of the river between the railroad
md dirt road bridges, when l4is attention
was called TO an object in the river some
itiy yards distant, which presented he ap-
Pearance OF nan drowning. Maxey rowed
his boat within ten feet of the Object, and
saw Il remarkable creature, ae the following
description will testify: 1t had a face per-
teetly white, with features like those Of =
human heing; it had something On iss head
ike moss, instead of hair, aad its neck was
onger th'n the neck Of nan; iis body,
down TO the waist, was covered with Llack
and white spots; It was as large as an erdi-
nary man, and had large black eyes; Maxey
vas within ten feet Of it for ten minutes; he
lid not see arms; it looked at him and
slowly turncd and disappeared in tie water.
thomas Neal Esq, told Mr.. Freedom that
he SAW the same thin at the same place
ibout three years ago, but did not Tell it
because he thought he would be laughed at
james Neal and Isaac " ard say they saw
the same creature. - Br0toasytUe States.
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A PoIsoN SPRING We find the annexed
in The Nevada Transc1Tpt;
Qato number of men employed at the