The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-03-29
It. Vim. Rice and Command in Hot Pursuit of another Gang
 of the Murderrrs.
It's. Jacob Amy and John c. Bourke,
 with their Commands, operating in the Black Canyon Region.

Messengers from the troops in the field, in Tonto Basin, reached Headquarters on Wednesday evening last, with despatches from Major Brown and others.
 Major Browns command had killed fifteen warriors and captured eight women. The women said their warriors had just returned | from a raid, in which they had killed three white men. This was, undoubtedly, DOT ton of the band which killed Swain, Me Donald and Taylor
 Lieut.. Woodson's command killed fifteen warriors and captured two women.
 Lieut.. Mchler's command killed five war riors and captured five women.
 Captain Taylor's command killed three warriors and captured two women. The Indians are very much frightened and scattered. Quite a number have come in a, Camp Verde and surrendered, uncondition- ally. They say that all are now desirous ot surrendering.
 The commands are still operating in the field, and it is hoped that many surrenders will soon take place.
 l The horses of the commands are suffering much from the cpizootic and the troops are doing tbeir work mostly on foot. They are, however, in excellent spirits. Indian allies working admirably.
 No reliable news has been received from Leuts. Amy and Bourke, who are supposed to be operating near Bradshaw Mountain. | Lieut.. Rice was last heard from near Gran ite Wash and was following the trail of a portion of the Indians who murdered Swain. Mcdonald and Taylor.
 So, thank God, some of the heartless scoundrels who recently way-laid, murdered and tortured three of our citizens, near Wickenburg, in this county, have come to grief, through the exertions and instrument tality Of Crooks brave, energetic officers and men, to all of whom we tender the heartfelt thanks Of the citizens of this Territory.
 From the foregoing and other information. there is no getting around the fact that the nurderous band was, at the time of commit ting this second Wickenburg massacre, made up of eastern and western Apaches. The eastern fellows have been pretty we'll pun lshed, and we hope that Lieut.. Rice has, ere this, taught the Colorado savages lesson they will not soon forget, and he will, should good luck and management enable him to get the devils within range of his rifles. Another good result Of the recent sueces.cs in the Basin, little east of Camp Verde. is to be found in the words or the despatches. which state that several Indians had sur rendered, internationally.
 These are, indeed, successes over which our citizens ought to feel good, and which, with former brilliant victories of Major Brown and other officers, over the Apaches, ought, certainly, have depressing influence upon the bad spirits of that villainous tribe.
 These things settle another fact: that General Crook is the Napoleon of successful Indian fighters and frontier strategists. He in ba iybf ,,la l. has divined the enemy's tactics and inten tions; has created divisions in their ranks :: made fast friends and allies of many of them. and has never yet been thrown off his auard by the shrewdest war chief In word, he has made bad Indians fear him; has won the love of all good ones, and will, with proper aid and backing from Government, soon put a stop to murder and robbery in this Ter ritory