Arizona citizen., 1871-10-28

Last night I received news from him, and he states that he is on the trail of sixty to eighty Indians who appear to have come from the Alamosa and that he found MT. Gilbert's state ments to be correct. The body of MT. Barnes was found and buried.
 From all I can learn, the Indians have gone in the direction of the Chi ricahua mountains. It Is hoped Cap tain Russell may be able to catch up with them and infict punishment upon them such as they deserve. Please give this information publica- tion. Very respectfully, &c.,
 HARRY M. SMITH,
 Capt. 21st Infantry U. $. A.
 Commanding Post.
 CAMP BOWIE, A. T., Oct. 24, 1871. JOHN WAssoN, Eso.-SIR: On Sat urday morning last, at about A. M., band of Indians Friendly of course), about sixty in number, made an at tack upon two men at the ranches on Cienega de Sauz, about b miles above the old San Simon station and 25 miles from this camp. There are two adobe houses there situate some 200 yards apart. The men occupied one (the other vacant), and this morning one of the men, Richard Barnes, started to go from the house over near the vacant one, where he was fired upon by Indians from the inside of the house and shot through the body. His partner, R. M. Gilbert, was at the time in the house occupied by them, and upon his bed, being unwell with fever; but hearing the firing siezed his Henry rife, ran out and commenced firing upon the Indians, as they had run out toward the fatally wounded and dying man. This intimidated them and they backed a little, and Gilbert succeeded in getting the wounded man into the house, all the time keeping up the fire upon the h. dians. After this quite skirmish en- sued, shooting through doors, windows and port holes in which Gilbert was quite painfully but not dangerously wounded near the groin by spent ball.
 The Indians hit upon the expedient of setting fire to the roof to burn them out, and when the heat and smoke could be endured no longer, Gilbert tried to arouse the wounded man and get together out of doors, but found him dying. He then took his rifle in one hand and his cooked pistol in the other and, knowing that an Indian was standing at the corner of the house watching for him, Che being able to see his shadow in the morning sun), with yell and bound, sprang directly at the Indian, firing his pis- tol into the savage when within two feet, and rushed into the tall grass in the Cienega bottom amid a shower of balls.
 This strategy no doubt saved the mans life, as the Indian fired but missed his mark--the pistol ball in his own stomach probably rendering his nerves unsteady. The man lay in the tall grass and jules all day, the Indians not caring to risk three or four lives to get one; and during that night and the next day, Sunday 22d, he managed in spite of his wound to crawl into the hay camp of David Wood, some miles from this post, and was brought in here about 6 P. NJ. Sunday evening - had his wound dressed and he is in camp now.
 Captain H. M. Smith, Post con- mander, in the absence of Major Evans, ordered Captain Russell to take p men and six days ratlons and pursue the murderers.
 Last night the following was re- ceived from Captain Russell, dated 9 miles on the trail from Cienega de Sauz, toward Chiricahua Mountains, written on the margin of news paper.
 Captain H. NJ. Smith: Verified the mans (Gilberts) statements, and buried the body, Am on the trail of from GO to 50 Indians (about 30 mounteO apparently coming from Canon Alamoso. Warn all parties travelling to look out for the road. (Signed) RUSSELL
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