Arizona citizen., 1877-06-16
The Arizona Scouts.

part of the Territory The armed scout was composed of forty-five stout San Carlos Indians. Capt Beauford pro- ceeded from here to and through the Whetstone mountains, and passed near the Bronkow mine on their way to the Southern end of the Dragoon noun tains. From these mountains, they went into and secuted the Southern Chiricahuas, in which they fell upon a trail which Lieut.. Rucker was follow ing Lieut.. Rucker and Capt Beau ford worked together a short time, and then went to Bowie for supplies. About this time, it was ascertained that the principal Chiucahua renegades were at Hot Springs, New Mexico. These
 being the hOstiles for which the scout
 was organized, and Hot Springs rcser- vaiion being their base of supplies, au- thOrity was obtained to remove the
 Hot Springs Indians and break up the reserve. To accomplish thls, it was thought best by Gov. Stafford as well
 as others wao were most anxious to give this section peace, that the ScC uts
 assist Tn the work and they did so, ren- dering valuable service. On theIr re-
 turn from Hot Springs they secuted
 the Mogollon mountains and Northern ChirlcahuaS and again put in at Bowie
 for fresh supplies. Here they were
 joined by Gov. Stafford and R. \. Lealh- erwood, and left Bowie May IS. They
 made hard marches and thoroughly
 examined the Chiricahua mountains southward to Sonora, and as il has so often been said that certain Indians
 whose headquarters were in some
 mountains south of Fronteras, raided
 into Arizona, it was deemed best to examine said mountains, which was done without finding any evidence to sustain the report The scout then went yves tward to the Cananea and then nOrthward to near the headwa;ers of the San Pedro and thence into the Ora goon mountains, which they secuted till satisfied there were no hostile h. .dians in them, and then returned to Tucson, arriving here last Monday evening-having put in seventy.seven days of faithful and earnest work un- der Capt. Beauiord, than whom there
 has never been a more successful guide
 and Indian hunter in Arizona. That they dld not find any hostile Indians
 is true, nor did other Indian scouts un- der the active and energetic Lieut..
 Fucker. But that good has been done, none but the enemies to this section
 will deny. The Hot Spaings reserve which was used as d base of supplies
 for hostile Indians, has been broken up The hostiles have learned that tIlaI. ..u,iu- Ita--6un'ed with nersistencv
 The Scouts are still anxious to pur- sue the search for hOstiles. They acted nobly from first to last. Not one de serted. mutinied or manifested any thing but perfect obedience. At Fron- teras, some Mexicans mistook four of the Scouts for hostile Indians and fired several yolleys upon them, and to con vince the Mexicans of their peaceful character, fired their own guns in the air and sternly refused to return the fire except as stated. During their stay in Tucson in February, not one was drunk or ln any wise dIsorderly, and the same has been true of them while in town this week. While ab. sent they were al Bowie. Silver City. Hot Springs, Fronteras and other towns and settlements, and in no instance did they seal anything or attempt to do a wrong. Their entire conduct d. sol dieEs and men, has been entirely up right and eminently praiseworthy.
 But one misfortune occurred, and that was on May 8, in the Huachuca mountains. Jose Ruiz was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. Ruiz anj Scout were playing-Ruiz tried 10 snatch a gun away from the Scout and the piece went off with ihe fatal effect stated The matter was ex. anlined before Justice Neugass this week, and the Scout discharged as guiltless of any crime.
 Some of the very best and most un- selfish men of Arizona, favored the raising of the Scout and assisted in it's i throughout They have advanced money out of their own pockets and get Territorial warrants . herefnr that will not be paid for some [ months to come. They have sacrificed . heir lime and money in an honest and 1. arnest effort to punish the hostile
 indians who have been stealing the property and taking the lives of our 'eople Not an honest man has doubt d this view of the case. Only rogues
 r dead weights in the Territory doub'- d their sacrifice for the public good . r the sincerity of their actions. |;