Arizona citizen., 1874-05-23
TEIEGXAPHIo NEWS.
Special Dispatches to THE CITIZEN.
 PRESCOTT AND VICINITY.

| PRESCOTT, May 20.-Information was re- ceived last night that large herd of mules was coming to Prescott from Crows Land ing, Cal, for use of military forces in this Territory. Lieut.. Cragie, l2th Infantry is Lieut.. J. F. Trout, 23d Infantry, arrived from Camp Verde last night and will re- turn tomorrow. Lieut.-Col. R. l. Dodge has arrived at Camp Verde after fatigue ing and dangerous journey across the Mo golion mountains from Fort Wingate and Camp Apache. Col. Dodge was mud bound for a number of days, his own heavy transportation being unable to move, com polling him to call upon Col. Coppinger at Camp Verde for assistance.
 A telegram from Lieut.. Schuyler'S com- mand received from Phenix early this morning, showed that on the 17th he was camped on the west side of the four peaks, about twenty miles to the east of the Yer de river, on that morning. Lieut.. Schuy- Ter was appraised by telegraph that squaws surrendering at San Carlos had disclosed the fact of some renegade Apaches mak- ing a hiding place of the Massissal mOun- tains with the intention of depredating from there upon the Salt river and Gila settlements. The same morning Lieut.. Schuyler moved his command to the point indicated, found trail of Apaches which led to rancheria where the hostile Ind ians were attacked with a loss 10 them of eighteen killed and five captured. One Of
  Lieut.. Schuyler will remain for the pres ent examining the Four Peaks, Massissal range and the Superstition mountains.
 PRESCOTT, May 20.-Leave of absence on surgeons certificate Of disability has been granted Lieut.. W. L. Clarke, 23d Infantry, for one month with permission to apply to the Adjutant-general of the army for an extension of four months. Lieut.. Clarke is now on duty at Fort Yuma.
 The irrigating ditch which the military authorities of the department are taking out of the Verde river for use Of Indians on Verde reservation is said to be from nine to fifteen feet wide on top and four feet on bottom, the cuts in places fifteen feet deep, about 700 feet of the ditch is now completed, twenty acres are plowed and the Indians have already planted garden truck. No appropriation for all of this work which has been done by Indians un- der the immediate supervision of Capt. J. W. Mason, 5th Cavalry: We get this news from D. J. MayZe a disinterested citizen ians in charge or the right sort of military men who will make them work for their Own benefit. We had almost forgotten to state that the Indians had constructed two dams, one in the river sixty feet and the other in a slough thirty feet. The squaws have of course done great deal of this work, for 1t is a well-known fact that they are the workers of our Indian tribes, but Crook and his officers are fast schooling the warriors to put their own shoulder to the wheel.
 PRESCOTT, May 21.-Wm. Kruger is now the sole survivor of the Wickenburg stage Miss Shepherd having died soon after the attack, of her wounds, at least so Mir. Kruger recently informed the editor of CrOfutt's Western World, which paper is wrong in stating that Kruger is of the army.