The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-05-25
THE LAST INDIAN RAID.
One Man Murdered and 2,OO0 Head of
 Sheep Stolen.
Military and Citizens in Pursuit

on Wednesday, the 22d inst, Indians took the herd oi sheep belonging to L. A. Stevens and Levi bashford, consisting of 1000 head. The particulars, so far as we have learned. are these The herder took the sheep out as usual in tbc li mug, ukihg DIS dinner and arms along with niHl, ana went across Granite Creek with the herd As he did not come in at night with inc sbee,, two iben went out to see what was the matter and found, from the sign, that he redskins had taken Inc herd. Mr. Stevens, at once, came 10 tne POstsand gave the alarm, and at Q o'clock r. n:, Captaln Nlckerson and Lieutenant Boyle, with thirty mounted troops, started in pursuit "lth Archie Mcintosh, General Crooks celebra- ted trailer Thursday morning six or eight ci,i. zens went down to Stevens ranch, about two miles below Fort Whipple, and went out to find the EeTder if possible. They found the body of the unfortunate man about three-fourths of a mile from Stevens house, on the edge of the mesa east of, and in plain sight of the house. The Dody had been stripped of clothing eight ar- rows shot into tle naked body, and the be i'd most horribly mashed with rocks. Probably tue man was killed and the herd taken quite early in tine uay us Inc body was found so near the house. and ms dinner was scattered over the ground The name of the III fatcd man was Theodore Putz. a natlve oi Innsbruck. Tyrol, in Austria, aged be. tween 90 and B years. He was a man of unusu- ally good education, and at one time was reporter Tor leading St. Louis newspaper. He had with him, when killed, a gun and twenty rounds of ammunition and Colts revolver
 The Indians took the herd down from the mesa across the wagon road from Fort Whipple to Agua Fria Ranch, then across Lynx Creek into the hills, going towards the divide between Lynx, Big Bug and Turkey Creeks The military struck the trail soon after nine o'clock Wednesday night Thursday noon party of citizens, numbering some twenty yfve, under command of Major Veil with Ed. Peck as guide, started out with the in- tenilon of going across the country to the Agua Fria, crossing below Big Bug, to head off the h. dans Ii possible, and it is to be hoped that be- tween the two parties the thieves may come to grlef The troops took three days rations and ought to overtake the thieves as the moon was full and they could travel all night, though the redskins had probably twelve or fourteen hours the start and do not allow stock they steal to rest on tue way much.
 The citizen party got all the spare horses in town and some fifteen at Fort Whipplc. Bashford supplied provisions from his store and We learn for flour at Bowers Agua Fria Mills, as there is none at the post or in town.
 F. s. Since the above was placed in type we learn that the Indians used some strategy in their movement, that where they took the sheep across the road and Lynx Creek, they seem to have taken pains to leave plain trail, but an examination showed that only d third or a fourth of the herd had been driven that way, and the larger number had been driven across the valley, directly toward the Black Hills. that this was discovered before the citizen party got out of reach, and being no tified, they took the trail of the larger band.
 The body of the murdered man was brought to town and buried Thursday evening.