The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-16
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Night before last. while Al The Hot
springs hOts, attending the soinee
given In honor Of Gen Grant. . report
er had the pleasure Of meeting Gen.
Edward Hatch. the Indian fighter Of
New Mexico, about whom the papers
have had 70 much to say. After .
'tsmile" at the bar, the reporter invited
the general 10 seats in n quiet nook,
and insisted that the general tell him
all shout it," Cgan oiled the working
machinery Of the generals tongue, and
the talk commenced:
Reporter What have you 10 say,
General Hatch, about the conduct Of
the territorial press towards your"
Gen. Hatch-ssThs press criticises
ma In . way unwarrAnted. They know
nothing about the true state OF affairs.
and credit ma with reporting this, that
and the other, when In fact / have re-
ported nothing; / make no reports."
"why, general. that Is exactly one Of
the points the Optic has used In its
comments about your field service. 1t
has always claimed that you do not re-
port anything. and that by your silence
the settlers could form no idea Of the
whereabouts Of the Indians or Of the
approach OF the enemy"
"Well, it's the southern papers that
say I have reported 50 and 50. i tell
you, the members OF the southern press
ars the hirelings Of n ring OF govern
ment contractors, and have a personal
spite agains. me. and ! a show you
afidavits to substantiate my state
ment."
ITO change the subject: How Is II
that the campaign has been allowed TO
run % long Intellectually to the ~troops?"
why. young man. let me explain TO
you 20 that you win understand. When
Victoria broke out in September. I had
but PA men in the neld-a mere hand
full. With this 'corporal's guard my
brave Morrow succeeded In chasing the
hostile chief into Old Mexico. and sven
followed him for days-going 70 hours
without water. travelling the while over
the hot sands. Shortly after this the
Ute war broke out In Colorado, and
troops that should have been sent 10 me
went north. Then I had 10 leave my
field and 60 10 the Ute Indian commits
sion at Los Pinos. When i returned
10 New Mexico in February, l had not
been reinforced, and the Indians be-
came worse, and combinations with
other tribes followed. In April a few
colored soldiers Of the 9th came down,
but they were not sufficient 10 meet the
demands. And so, you see, I had to
fight the very worst of bad Indians with
not enough soldiers TO make n respect
able regiment"
"Victorio is now In Old Mexico, !
believer"
"Yes, and there Is not n hostile In
dian In New Mexico to-day. We soon
expect Vic. and his braves back. but we
will be ready for them. They are raid
ing horse ranches In chihuahua, and,
from what I can learn. mean war"
''Have you heard that n son Is about
to succeed him?"
mo; and rs we have killed his two
sons, i don't see how IL can DO. Vic
torio 10 not the schemer and plotter Of
his warlike actions. He has not the
brains TO conceive such cunning devil
try as he has committed. He has a
chief under him who does the thinking
for BOTH"
"His thinking capacity must have
been terribly taxed the past few
months. But tell me, Mr.. Hatch, how
do you sum up the situation rs 1t is 10
day2"
"You see that troops are now coming
in significant numbers. The 18th
passed down to-day. l have been the
means Of appointing Col. Buell. to COM
mand the field in New Mexico. He Is
q good man-nervous, wiry and quick
IN motion, and with plenty OF troops
will become master OF the situation.
You must call for more troops through
your paper. Abuse me all you wish to,
but don't say anything against the
troops. They get your paper, and 1t
discourages them TO be ridiculed by the
press"
The conversation was conducted
nearly two hours. and IL would be inn
possible to reproduce all that the gen.
eral said. He gave the history Of the
war, from the time Of the removal Of
the Apaches from the San Carlos agency
up to the present day, and explained
the capture Of the M~escaleros at their
reservation. He told about the action
Of the people Of Silver City, at their in
d~ignation meeting recently, and called
the affair a canard. The mail routes,
he says, are not discontinued, except
where contractors have refused TO per-
form the service because there was no
money In It, and IL that man Ashenfel-
ter didn't get q ''beneit," we are talk
ing In our sleep.
An Old Man Restored 10 Health.
BATAVIA, N. Y, Sept. 10, 1879.
II. II. WARMER Il Co., ROCHESTER,,