Arizona citizen., 1872-08-31
THE BLOODY RECORD.


 The sickening news reached us on the
 morning of the 2Sth instant of the
 brutal murder of Lieutenant Reid T.
 Stewart, G Troop, Fifth Cavalry, by
 the Apaches, and the probable capture and torture of Corporal Black. We have gathered the following particu- lars of the tragedy from Corporal Brown: He states that Lieutenant Stewart and Corporal Black left Crit tenden at o'clock A. M., on the 27th instant, for Tucson, on a blackboard drawn by two mules; that one hour afterwards he with four mounted men left the same post for Tucson in charge of Government wagon that two invalid soldiers and a citizen were with the wagon that at about 12 o'clock M. on the same day, two miles after entering Davis Canyon and about twenty miles this side of the post, he saw fresh Apache trail and immediately ordered his men to keep sharp lookout; that one fourth of a mile further on, they found the dead body of Lieutenant Stewart lying beside the road in state of nudity the Apaches having taken his gun, watch, ring from his finger, and all bis clothes; that one bullet had pen- ftrated his body just under the arm- pit, and one through the head-the ball entering the forehead just above the left eye, and number of marks df fine shot were also found on his body; that the blackboard was found a few yards from the road and the
 mules, harness and mail bags were all taken. At this point he discovered the foot marks of Corporal Black surrounded by bare foot and moccasin tracks, and from appearances he was being forced alive towards the moun- tain. Corporal Brown on arriving at Ehe body of Lieutenant Stewart threw ed out a picket on the bluff above to prevent surprise. On arriving at the summit of the bluff private O'Donnell Faw several Indians but few yards from him crouched down ready to shoot. Before he could fire upon them they discharged their pieces without effect, and he returned the fire, and believes he hit an Apache. The Indians ran, and just at this time Corporal Kenny came up and fired on them, he thinks also with eff feet. By this time Corporal Brown saw fifteen Indians coming from one direction and three from another to reinforce those mentioned Ia part of them were clothed with soldiers blouses). Being surrounded by steep hills covered with brush, he very properly saw that the only way to save his party was byshight: he ac- pordingly placed the dead body of Lieu tenant Stewart in the wagon and left for Tucson The Indians in the mean time opened fire on him from several Directions, one ball passing through the box of the wagon.
 For years and years we have been falled upon to chronicle day after day Ind week after week the death and torture of some of our people. The &ountry south of here is and has been $ne vast field of slaughter. Since April last, in the little valley of So- 4olta, with a population of only about thirty, thirteen have been bru- tally murdered; the wounded (many 9f them crippled for life or destined 10 die lingering death) are to be aeen in almost every cabin, and des- aitute women and orphan children fill he land with their lamentations. We have hoped and prayed that this Slaughter would have an end, and hat peace would be restored to this Ecourged country, but we have hoped against hope. Months ago, with a sorrowful heart, we advised the peo- pie south to abandon the country we then saw no hope, no future for them but death and torture if they remained But all they had on earth was there and ! they replied that death was preferab ble to going forth into the world with their wives and little ones paupers.