, 1880-10-20


thQusqhu volunteers, intending 10 drive HIN
out: Vfctorio went first tUwnrt!s Carlsal,
Eat,t1loritiE h's wnrri1ts lotweG., FL !'aao and
V@.!itt,1!ii1'tt,n, ~ II Tug Siatn of ChnnIlua. in
killct sixty lilen md captured ZOO l1orscs b.
lollE!nE to t;0v. Tarnsas. T,let, he returMctt
Into Nnw Mexico. MEANWHILE Iapro United
s.1tes iHn n trooRs i,nd bcs1 sent int9 Now A4x.
campaign, anu Ind tnken command April
9, 1sso: Tho Awsciics at tito Mescniicr,
Agency, who llnl becn ulllng Vigtorln, ~, ct
times, wcrq ma.lo. prisoners April l2' iSS),
movement, Nlt'tOugil accomplished with
great secrccy, gt,st tlle loss uf tllirty.ve l1t-
nns 1Sh9 wrru Killed IN attempting to escape.
nst i9ra VIG'n,@a @ 9 Anf sa ttUo s
while our fUss was 1lne Killed. Capt Mci.el.
la,i,, Of tho. Sixth Cavalry. was most prnlnl-
etk IT. kf,, in t!s engaEee,,t Gnpt Garf2 Of
victorio escapet, ,alt then tho long, Wild
chnse lcgan which H. not ended yel. Vie
t9rlo uescrIoer circle uf 3u0 miles. {}et.
Latch II pursuit; far np into tlle middle of
cisco 1liycr, the Sierrn Escmltlla, al,d SOUTH
er,l portion Ut Yulenein County, allu the west
0f ta:s Soco5re County lie committed depreda,,
aud Mt least 100 peoplo Weru s1ain.
our troops iii this porttun of the chase,
which tnstgu Tor twU mouths, were nGtilMllY
dtsnlo!intetl, their horses being worn out. Iii
1neet tllq flying Indians oil tho head-Watcrs
OF tho Valon!ns. H. part Of tho band were
surprisctt aud ifty ot them killed., Keeping
hel!na them Gen, Hatch drove them. lnti
further. Then our indejat!gabe Chief began
Ills tlepredations III Chihuahua, and Incl
ttent1lly dlspntcheu Il few MexEcnns. After
1tC1I Itt3N
to tho United status BY Ij,o Old Apacl. irnii,
crossing tho Rio tlfailde five miles belUW
Fort Quita,n,l, III Tcxas. Wills these
lprepn'rattons were making to keep him back,
@ thousand trSos %s p, peo,sistg ST II pero ri " ho
Fourtl, and Ninth Cavalry, tho Elftec,ti, aid
StxtGent!l lnfnntry. an,l tllrea or four hun
d5gd M Mimslln1l scouts. On tht west, Col. Carr
XpaoaS Xf @ is es Ms Fslpso pEspsT'E E Il % o tS
Cavalry, protected tho Rio .urnndc ol, tiie
east Tho brunt Of the work fill Oh Gen.
Grlersol. wl,o N six weeks .luri'K, wlicl! hc
SSefS SnsR o yet3f9 Mexico ts9 a ea as fey1 Wx @ In
,land Of Gen. buell., when VictorlO ngatil
crVssed tho border. Our 'ruops, l!ave met
with b,,t ono sliEht reverse in all their on
row, who WIS almost continually H. tlle field
for u ygar nnd, q half: THO credit ef thu
actual fighting belongs largely to the Multi
CAVhiFyt WHO nave l1SGtt up nj lcitSt ,D0D
hnraes, md lost ncnrly i00 incil In killed ni,d
wounded.
But the laurels belong to Victor'o, wl,ohas
fought thug sinElel,an!lcd with II numerous
anl dfsclpllMea fue. lie Inns slain .oD clli-
zclIs ant! TOO so]slIprs IN u!gteel, mouths ni.d
lh6 Inns slaughtered 100 Mexicals nlla cup
tured ncarIy,l ,U0 horses.
=. The nuw campaign ulldcr Buell. progresses
thus FUR with nbout tho sano lo,nr to Fle-
torlo aud lack Of ynntcrial advantage 10 our
forces Tho combined lnOyumtnt Ut Al!erl-
cu,s Mtll Mexican troops III fu,sr uUlunltls
meeting nt Lake Gnz1iInn to enrlrcle nlnl
capture Yictorlo lus bccn inelfertnal. Ills
baild, numbering not Mure thu 1b0 warriors,
ilas separated. Twenty. or thirty have rot
into the renr Of GHil. Buell., tr.lyersed his
trail Of zoo lntIcs 10 Fort Cummings, nlM ars
committing deprcttutians towards the lii0
Graldc, while Vlciorio Is being pursued to-
wIrtls the CMnialarla MoMntuins and still
further eastward by Gel. Buell., with ltltle
more hope Ut his capture tlIan las been given
many times bvforo.