The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-29
The >'s''. @ &oNiner.
THRILLING ACCOUNT OF A sAI
 AFFAIR.

command when h. vas Killed by the Indians
 lN tHE FIELD, NEAR TUCSON. A. T.
 May 2Oth, ls1l. Captain tlsruHa,r Voorc Third rHited Mates Cdratry tOmmanding Iroop F CAPTAIN In accordance with srsc'nl orders; No 3' dated IIeadqartcrS Troop F. Thirl Cavalry In the held near Tucson Arizona April 26 lS7l, Lieutenant IT. B Gushing len this place April @ lsTl with one sergeant mvseIn one citizen packer, and sixteen prvatss for the purpose scouting the Sonoa and Santa Cruz Valleys and that portion Of the country bordering the Sonora line Marching 10 southeast direction arrived at Cie' ncga Ranch. Arizona ai r. N the same day; on the morning uf April 2s leh camp at Cenega Ranch and marching due south, arrived at Camp Chendcn, Anrona a,tr.N
 April 2s laid over recruit, the animals having march cd HIty Eve miles in the two preceding days
 April 70, lef Camp Cr,enden and marching southeast arri ved at Putrero. Arizona
 May I. lsft camp at S A NJ Mir. Kitchen (propretor of Kitchens Rauch Po,rero) volunteered guide the party through that range of mountains lying between the Sono ia and Santa Cruz valleys at r. M, MT Kitchen hay ing concluded to return home parted with Lieut. Cushing about hour afer Mir Kitchen had leh, Lieut. Cushing and myself noticed the
 GRASS WAS BEING oN TIRE, And concluded n was done by Indians a signal to their fellows in the mountains bu, have since learned bat when about two miles from the command Mr. Kitchen thirty Indians trail. and burned the grass continuing line ot march along sanoa and rounding the sou,hves, point of the Santa Cruz Mountains eamped si Santa Cruz, Mexico arriving there a II T. NJ; Lieut. Cushing learning from the nSndant a Santa Cruz that there Irdians inc Guachuca Mountains determined 10 go there
 May ? lef camp marching northeast; campcd ai the Cenega Guachuca Mountains. at , r. M
 May g. left camp at Cieucga marching due north and, a r. N, camPed in canyon the east side of Qua chucs mountains, and discovered
 rRTsII MoCCAsIN TRACKS
 Clearly indicating the presence of Indians.
 May |, leh camp. marching over a broken and rocky country camped in Canyon Alisos; grass very owing to the country around having been burning for sew eral days.
 May s len camp at A. M marching northwest; arriv. cd at Camp waleu Arizona which Lieut. Gushing in tended to camp but finding ,he gnss all burned cf con Rbu miles north of wailen struck trail (cne squaw and pony 'ac going towards tho spring the Lieutenant directed me o iako three and follow the track while he followed the main trail with the detachment.
 followed the track about eefourths Of mile, until it entered canyon which simply deep arroya Seeing that the squaw in walking along the sand had taken great pains 10
 MAKE CLEAR PRINT OF HER FOOT Al each step, aud ihat she avoided all stones and rocks in order to do this eecuay, became Vinc.d that being led into trap aud determined to leave the canyon Scarcely had reached the tor o the left wall when found suspicious had been correct party of Indians about hneen in number hid in side canyon joining the had jus, leh and wo'id have intercepted my had continued following the track Being ai the time well posted, thought could with two hold them in check while the third mau went oG 10 signal Lieut. Cushing back disrnouu cd Co be ready for them. second and much larger party on my len running toward my rear then deemed ncxpedent io fall back but while in the act of mounting the Indians fired vciley disabling the horse of Private Green and severely wounding Private Pierce these
 CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE ENEMY
 Who ran SO close Green to snatch his aat from bis head. The third who had sgsaled Lieut. Cuhsing looking back how stood and fired into the h disns who, DO doubt thought that the main body had come nP as they Pensed giving us time to escape Tn. front line of the Apaches Chey advanced in two lines having fired of their bes did stop reload but kep following us thinking to capture us alive they conlt easily hAve killed being all around with breech oaders and reNolVers Some O the Indians iu the line kept up brisk bu, harmless fire.
 Lieut.. Cushing coming up, having with him MT Simpson (a citizen hiend) and private Chapman o tho Lieutenant that thought the Indians would caPu Green If we did noi to his assistance but he to escape by himself Moving up at once we aracke, them the rest of the coming mp (we had abou eleven men In ne) when brisk fire eusued, in which succeeded in driving the Indians to the hills they eavin ai this point five dead in hands We had three horse killed Sending back three 10 the pack train Lieut. Gushing
 GAVE THE coML,Sp FORWARD"
 l, seeing the disadvantage we stood advancing owe open ground to attack enemy under ounumbe ing us hfieen o said to the Lieutenant "Leuenhn do you think prudent to go artherP Mir. simpson, gentleman of much experience also counselled him r, turn but the Lieutenant think Indian were completely routed. Counting party he sniS Eigh,-thai ought to be enough;" that was the Lie, tenant Mir simpson, myself and five privates We a, vaneed about twenty yards when the Indians opened hr striking Mir simrson in the face the ball rasng ont bac of the head The Lieutenant sent man to help hi odt thus reducing number tO six. The Indians SC ing our party so small rushed down from all sides. seemed as h every rock and bush became Indian. was n; the time about i've yards advance of Leutepa Cushing and hearing the words, "Sergeant sergear sake me out take out turned and Lieut. Cushin face towards the horses
 CLASP HIS HANDS ACROSS HIS BREAST
 And Tall to the ground Calling 'o fichtcr 'o assist mo srzed the Lieutenant by the right arm Fighter taking q len aod started for the followed by Green. who noticed vas very lame. The other started 10 out the horses. We carried the Lieutenant about twelve paces when he again shot through the and Tell dead in our arms continued o drag the boo until we caught up with Yount and Mr Simpeou, wh. The latter again shot through the body killing him stan'ly. Looking behind I the enemy with thirty or forty yards of me- firing as he advanced DrO ping tho. body If Lieut. Cushing, Fichter and mys turned to sell our lives dearly possible, causing | Indians to pause thus enabling prvaes Green and You n mount Acting Corporal Kilmartin now opened f with his rarty thus enabling Fichter and myself but scarcely had done when both horses wers sh fgOh hall sfF ltpfrE hsraa in the fore leg and fourth killing private Green. linn siaiely mounting Lieut.. Cushings horse, detached n oi my command (pow reduced to fourteen effective move out with the pack traiu, keeping the remand with me
 TO COVER THE RETREAT;
 Then commenced a running light for about a mile un finding that had drawn the enemy from under cover halted to give him battle hoping could flank him and cover the bodies he halted also but declined the gse evidently having had enough of that kind of fighting p erring 10 cut of and ambush the trail to Cr;tende which passed the foothills within and half m strike 1t in about four miles Seeing through their crossed the Rio Barhacoma, four miles old Cai Manen' and continued my retreat over the mesas n placing the swampy head of the Barbaooma and mile ot ground between and the place of ambnsh scarcely arrived opposite this place when the Indians
 UTTERED WELLS or SAVAGE RACE
 and disappointment but they powerless modest h was about r. Nj l continued my route to Camp C t.nden al which place arrived about A. M on the ei May Four of the Iack mules being very weak q DO" owing tU the scarcity of grass (he country along route having been burned oG hy the Indians). had abandon In my retreat succeeded however, In eany sn Lieut. Cusbiugs pistols and Mir Simpsons Henry ri
 The lneiaus were well handled by their chief thi heavyset man who never dsmounted from small bro ho,e 9urlng the light They were not noisy boistero as Indians generally but paid great attention t chief whose desgu'i could guess at as he delivered
 believe aa stating the truth when set down plumber Of the enemy killed at thirteen h may be nc but that number were to fall
 Our casualties Lieut.. Cushing Mir Simpson 4 Private Greco killed and Private Pierce wounded
 had fnur horses killed and two wounded The men tpha eyell and E