The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-17
THE INDIANS. mi
The aAuaohss on the Move Fears Of Trouble
III New Mexico.

GALVESTON, Oct. 15,-To-morrow's Necs
will publish the Following special:
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 15.--The remaining three
companies OF the Fourth Cavalry left at noon
for Fort Hayes, Kansas.
telegram from Gen. Grlerson, Fort
uoncho, ID this headquarters. says: Col.
Hatch commanding the district OF New
Mexico, gives the Information that large par
Ties of wall-armed ApRches are reported going
south from the Mescalero aEercy, probably
renegadee from the Indian Territory and
Mexico. ! have notified oil officers IN com.
nAnd of subpOsts and troops tn tile field, and
arranged to reinforce and concentrate troops
In case OF necessity.
DEpREDATrONs on THE INDIANS TN THE RIO
GHANDE VALLEY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16--A dispatch from
= Tucson, arizona, says: A special to the
aaaslu iStaaA from Silver City reports that In
Siians havdheen committing terrible depreda-
tions Ia the Rio Grande valley and southwest
have been besieged and lighting since Satur-
day. Sunday volunteer company of thirty
men, under Capt. Q. Crouch, went from
Mestlla and Cruces 70 their aid. They met
from Slocum's rancho. After a severe fight
the volunteers were compelled to fall back.
They had q running fight into SIocum's rancho
The killed In the fight were w. i. Jones,
county clerk OF Dorstan county, and four
Mexicans. On the receipt OF the news at
Mesilla, two componies Of eighty men were
raised by Col. Rynelson and went 10 join
Crouch to-day at Slocum's, and 60 to Colora-
do. Two trains. We're captured yesterday on
the west side of Slocum,s. In one Of them
eleven men, one woman and one child We're
killed. Both trains were scattered. Tie
corpses lie all along the road. The number OF
people known to have been killed within the
past four or five days reaches the aggregate
Of about forty. This is the most persstant
lighting the Indians have been known to dc
LII thAMsecJion. They are In large bands, and
seem Wetermined to stay In the country and
bring on general warfare.
THE FIGHT WITH THE APACHEs.
iALyEsroN, Oct; ls To morrow's Ne''s
Ell pAso, Tex, Oct I6.-On the fourteenth
III fight took place near Mason's rancho, about
TNfty miles northwest of this town, between
thirty citizens from Mesilla and Las Cruces
and band OF Apaches from Mescalero and
Warm Springs reservations. Six citizens
were killed. To-day eighty volunteers went
On the trail OF the Indians. fight is ex,
pected tomorrow. The Indians attacked a
tgain eight miles West or Mason's last night
and killed thirteen men and one woman; /;
their bodies were found and buried to-day
United States troops, under Major Morrow,
are now actively engaged with the Indians,
suit.
THE UTEs DISPERSED.
RAwLNs, Oct. I6-A courier, just lii from
Gen. Merritt's command, reports that the
troops are at the White River agency, and
that they have been scouting throughout the
country for fifty miles around without find
tng single Indian. It seems evident that
the Indians have gone south, split up iRto
smaM bands, going into the various agencies.
Ie lo$ks as though the troops may have an
all-winter campaign 70 ferret out the savage
/ tribe who brought on the trouble.
rHE INDIAN -oUTRAaEs IN NEW MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, Oct I6.-Gen. Sheridan has
A Forwarded to Gen. Sherman d telegram from
n Gen. Pope enclosing one from committee Of
Gtixens of Santa Fe, stating that the murder
hg OF settlers by Indians still continues In
"a southern part of New Mexico. Nineteen
sen are said TO have been killed during the
sst twelve hours. The people OF Santa Fe
have appointed committee Of safety for the
whole territory, and have made a request for
rations for 200 men. who will be placed In the
\ ffald forthwith.