, 1874-07-18
INDIAN kIOsTILITIlSs.
T.vcnty-six Whites Killed by snvngcs
IN Cotfft County, N. M, ANA Tvvb1vo
ON Tho TrincftNfh tEiYGf. flhlA

T.vcnty-six Whites Killed BY snvnEcs
IN Coiff1x County, N. MI, ANA Tvv0Ivo
ON Tho TrinchCrta ictvcf, Ooi.
-. From "a, tas ctmstr"r IN ny kt.os yalg Il.
rent thes large bodies Of Cheyenne and Klors
Territory for the purpose Of t1ihk1ng their ant,unl
raid throuth Eastern Colorado aud New Mexico,
Sunday last, Thoy appeared to DO IN ,ilcavy
forco In tho eastorh part Of tho county and. scat
tcrtng out ID smaller partlas, t(toy cotnneHced
tho work Of killing and plnnaofing srnlllatiaous-
~ at dlGerent places At tho rancho OF Mr.
Nlolocllc, OF Tho Vormejo, about II ntiles from
town. thoy killed md aoalpod u1an by the
namo Of Patrick Nicholson, who was hording
horses for Mr.. 1!oloolo, and wounded alr. Chase,
brother ct NJ ~ ohasG Ct Tue ,Is Hon ill.,, 1hS 1'o
houne whom tho astack was tnadc. The Indians
cnme suddenly upon the hordor, who undoubt-
odly thought them 10 be friendly Utes ninth it
WAS too 1ato TO eaonpe. MIR. Chass was riding
hostile demonstration until Lie was very oloaa
aud they cummoi,oed to fro At linn, woundlng
him 10 the side, but ho succeeded In Keeping his
euddle and escaped from them. Ho returned
their fire with revolver, sna thinks he hit ono
herd, consisting Of two1ty-asyon head Of
horses, coming oloso up to tho house to
obtntt, portion Of them. They ahos at Mr..
Molooho, who ran toward thom, just grazing his
ltoad. Tho snrprlse was 20 complete that 4 i'm,
two mon. herlers whose oancs We failed to OBJ
tain,--ons On Grow Crsoh. who was hnrdtng for
Mr. Irminger, and another herllng for Dick
Wooton Oh lsed River, taking tho horses. Tho
osoeS snnay Jay nofnng G s ty ssdred sq srFo
uu1nber Of horses, and wero driving them rapid
IL to tho hills beyond ned River. Word was i'm
tnedistely sent to the Ute and Apache camps,
aud o largo number Of thcso Indians, with some
Americans, started in pu1au,t, but tho hostile
indians were too far in advance, ind they could
not be overtaEch.
Furthor eaat, In the vicinity Of tho Capuli,,
Vega Hix mon wore killed, and among them, so
reported, Beuito Daoa, Of Lns Vegas. AtKiown
men KILLED. A Mexican boy was captured by the
Indians, who brntnlly cut hin artus of above tho
elbows.
From the most roliable information obtaina-
bio, II ia protty certain that olovon nen, eight
Mexicana and thrco Americana. hayo boen killed
south Of tho Ration Monutaius, and ovor 150
head Of hozses dtivon oir. From parties just In
from Rock Rancho, crossing on Rod River, VIC
learn that wagon-tsnin had stopped tuoro
Thursday, which reported three men killed. and
one wounded in fight with tho 1ndian1.
Large numbers Of cattle waro shot down ruth
lessly by tho ssyagos. whoao only object ap-
poured to be to do all tho damage they could.
hlr. Wclden, who arrived from tho Dry Cimar.
TQn yGHlelu1y+ T0PQFsa 1DuFtGon Heu Kllle1 on
the Curumpaw, about IL miles southwest Of TIM,
place. Among them, Mr. Conn, . inrge shcop:
raiser, aud James Roberts. A company ol
United ssntea troops. eighty strong, passet
through Dry Cimarrou in pursuit Of tue 1ndians
At the present timo. twenty-six men IN all IRE
known to havo been killed in this county.
A dispatch to Shoriff Turner from Trinidnt
states that twelve men wero killed on tho Tr1u'
Indians did not appear to desire anything hui
plundor, aud have rofrainod from attaching nut
killing indiscrininatoly but confined their atten
ton principally to hords and wAgou-tralne
| Women and children have thus far escaped.