Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-10

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The sons OF Cachise Cover Them
selves with Glory and wipe on
their Fathers CriIles-The Gran'
COuncII-The Indians consent q
Removal.
The news this week from the Chiri
cahua is of the most surprising anC
pleasing character On Monday tn
5th instant Generals KautZ and Cakes
with Agent J. p. Clum, arrived a
Camp Bowie at the head Of tire,
troops of Cavalry and fifty two Ind
ian scouts But previous to their ar
rival, on Sunday evening, news haC
been brought into Camp that a figh
had just taken place among the Chi
ricahua Indians which was not only
remarkable but from lis results chang
e1 the whole aspect of affairs Per
haps the story will be best taken up
and told here by an extract from a let
ter written by Mr. F. G. Hughes, who
has been engaged in aiding Agent
Clm in the removal. Mr.. Hughes
writes, under date Of June ::
I told you when was in town dur
ing last week that | believed if a
peaceable removal of these Indians
was ever effected. it would be through
the influence of Cachise'S two sons,
Taxa and Nache: that although they
were opposed to the removal TO the
San Carlos. they were for peace under
all circumstances. The events of the
past few days have proven that | was
correct
| arrived back here from Tucson
last Sunday evening, and had scarcely
shaken the dust from my clothing
when an Indian runner arrived at the
agency from the camp Of these two
boys, and informed Us that their ran
cheria had been attacked by the rene
gade Indians under the notorious Es-
kinya, who had become eXasperated
with them because they would not
join him and take the war path against
the whites, and that they had killed
six Of Eskinva's band including Is
kinya himself They also asked that
4 detachment of troops should be sent.
70 help them. fearing that the band
may return reinforced in the morning,
and be too strong for them. The news
seemed too good to be true. But rs
the commanding officer determined to
dispatch a detachmentoi troops under
Lieutenant Henely, TO the boys assist
ance, | concluded to accompany them.
and satisfy myself of its correctness /
Upon arriving at the scene we found
shat Cachise's boys had done even bet
Ter than had been reported, for not
only had they killed Eskinya, but liz
Gle, who led the attack upon the San
Pedro ranches and killed Lewis. was
among the dead, and PLon-si-na, who.
led the attack upon Rogers place Is moi
doubt MORALLY wounded the last seen
of him he had received shot through
the left breast, the blood gushing from
has mouth and wound, and he was /
crawling into the rocks to hide. 1t is
now conceded by the Apaches, and !
there are some of both sides here al,
the agency, that Pi-on-si-na is dead. &
The fears of Cachise's BOYS that the {
party would return to the attack 4
again in the morning, appears to have !
been well founded, for the next morn y
ing another party came up under !
Captain known rs Ca-cari-za, with the
evident intention Of joining the party :
against Taxa But a yollev from the h
roops under Lieutenant Henely ap- \
'arently surprised them, and they scat t
cred like chatf before the wind. Ca Il
ARIA afterwards came into camp Il
nd agreed TO be governed by Taxa. Il
ven in the matter of Their intended IA
to San Carlos; he said if Taxa k
rent, he would 90 also. 1t was now n
Tparent to me that Agent Clam would "
lake a success of the removal Of these Il
MEANS, for almost the first thing Ia ;;
4 sad, after our arrival at his rancho n
ia was that he had killed all our enc c.
lies and his, and now we could do W
nth him as we pleased. I'll
Upon our return to the agency next
ay, we found that Agent Clum had III
rived during our absence. on his AZ
llSSion to remove the Indians 10 san !"
arloS. Yesterday the grand council III
IS held with the Indians. Generals IA
au'z and Cakes and a large number y!
officers of the Eighth Cavalry q
eng present The result has y"
zen better than the most sancuipe III
'uld haze anticipated. At present III
ritlng 1t looks as though Agent Clum M
ould get all the Indians to remove 10 o'
he San Carlos without trouble. Al III
he council, when Agent Clum told y
is MlF'len 'e Taxa, the young chief ia
piled THAI ne Houle like 10 be allow
to stay upon The Chlricahua re>erva
on; that 1t was here has ancestors had W. W.
we'd and died; he said he was in no vi
sF 10 blame for the late ouirageS. and 4,
tied that he had accompanied the Sc
oops sent out to chaStizc the RENEGADE =,
nd'ahs, and that he had also a, last fir,
iceeeded in killing the Indians en- liz
aged IN the outbreak. He said he "a