Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-05
THE APACHES IN ARMS.
A BLOODY MASSACRE In ARI-
IONA.
An Entire Command Cut Of-The
Disaster COnfirmed-TrOOps Hur-
rytng FOrWard-The HOstIles In
Secure COuntry-Great Excitement
I'm the Territory. -af


following effect: Three couriers have
now come into Camp Thomas, all
bringing the same news, that General Carr
and command have all been massacred by
the White Mountain Indians, thirty-fve
miles from Camp Apache. One hundred
and ten men and seven officers were killed.
The officers must be Gen. Carr, Capt. Hen
tig, Lieutenants Carter, Gordon, Stanton,
Ormes and DR.. Mclreery. The White Noun
tain Indian reservation is located one hun
dred and sixty miles north of Wilcox, near
the line of New Mexico. The tribe num-
bers aboue 800 In all. They can muster
400 warriors. This is the only tribe of
Apaches which have not been whipped
into subsection. They were moved into the
San Carlos reservation, recalled and re-
turned to their old hunting grounds, where
they have been ever since.
WASHINGTON, September 3.-The follow
ing telegram was received at the War De-
partment this morning by Acting Adiutant
General McKeever, from Gen. Mcdowell,
dated September q
"The following was received from the
commanding General Of the Department Of
Arizona, dated to-day Tiffany telegraphs
q report from the sub agNncv that an Indian
named Mickey brought wo, that a number
of chiefs are coming in with their bands,
but that Pedro, with all his band and
others, are on the war-path; that Carr's
command, including himself and other Off
GERS and sixty-four enlisted men, were
killed day before yesterday also that Pc
drO had killed seven or eight men, includ-
ing an expressman, between Apache and
Thomas. We have no word from Apache.
The line is down and the wire cut. BiddTe
was at work Yesterday and last night get
ting troops across the Gila with difficulty,
pushing for Apache"
A dispatch received from General Wilcox
this morning says that he has received
news that few of General Carr's command
escaped at Cubic creek, which is forty miles
west of Fort Apache. Those who escaped
are fighting their way to Fort Apache, but
their success is doubtful. Piedro's band
attacked Fort Apache, but the commander
of the department thinks that he must have
been repulsed.
CHICAGO, September ga special to the
Times from Tucson, Arizona, confirms the
report of the massacre Of two companies
of cavalry under Gen. Carr by the Apaches
near Camp Thomas. Lieut.. Cauze was shot
by a Medicine Man" whom he was trying
to arrest, whereupOn the troops opened fire
and killed the "Medicine Man." The mas
sacre then began, the Indian scouts firing
on the white troops and nearly every white
man was killed. Three companies of cav
airy and company of scouts under Over
ton, are en- route as reinforcements. No
courier has yet come through, and all
are supposed to have been killed,
and that he now holds the canon, through
which the road from Camp Thomas to Fort
Apache passes.
At the down town Office of the United
States army no definite Information has
been received regarding the reported mas
- hut
officers there infer that the report is essen
TALLY correct, and that an outbreak on q
serious scale has taken place. A company
OF the First Cavalry, stationed at Camp Nc
Dermott, and another at Camp Hallock,
Nevada, and a company of the Eighth In
fantry at Benecia, have been ordered to
start at once for Arizona
SAN FRANCISCO, September A dis
patch from Tucson, Arizona, says: "Fort
Apache, near where the Carr massacre oc-
CURED. is 210 miles from Tucson, Arizona,
by wagon road. By taking the trail from
Mcmillan, however, about so miles can be
saved. During the rainy season the trail
is impossible, and at best but a
little time is saved in going that
way. The country is mountainous and full
of canons suitable for ambushing and sur
prising an enemy. The mountains are COW
cred with pine and other timber, and
streams abound. In fact, it is the best tim
bered and Watered section of the Territory.
There are many strongholds in the noun
tains In which mere handful of determined
men could successfully resist the advance of
one hundred times their number.
The Apache country is settled al
is reported here that there is an understand
ing between them and the indians The
excitement here is intense, aud there is talk
of organizing force of volunteers and pro-
ceeding against the San Carlos agency. In
dignation is expressed at the conduct of
Iudian Agent Tiffany. He has studiously
denied that there was any dan
ger of trouble and repeatedly as
serted that none Of the agency
Indians were off the reservation. It is
claimed by those well informed in the mat
ter that so large body of Indians could
Rot have been absent without the knowledge
Of the agent, and, had he informed the
military authorities Of the tact, the massa-
ere would, doubtless, have been aVerted.
The White Mountain Apaches are the most
warlike, and have always been con-
sidered superior to any other branch
of the numerous subdivisions of the great
Apache nation. They number, all told,
about eight hundred and have never yet
been thoroughly subjugated. For the last
few years they bave occupied the north
western portion of the San Carlos reserva-
the Sill agency near Fort Apache"
j. Jeffries, the best authority on the Apa-
che Indians, has been interviewed by q Star
reporter. He says IL these scouts have |
turned against our soldiers 1t means gen.
eral outbreak of the Apache nation. He |
has predicted several times thendanger of |
the scouts turning traitors. he believes |
the massacre to be fully as bad as reported. |
News from Globe City says the citizens |
have been arriving for the last week, ex-
pecting from the movements of the Apaches |
that they contemplate mischief. 1t is hard- |
ly probable that the Indians will disturb |
that point. 1t is generally believed that the |
hostiles are moving into the Black Range, |
New Mexico, as Southern Arizona is too |
that they will get further south than that |
unless they attempt to escape into Sonora. |
The citizens have received the following:
"CAMP THOMAS, September 2.-Pedro |
and his band are in a canon leading into the |
Apache Mountains, and killed every one |
passing, having been repulsed in an attack |
on the post mail. Coroner Alva James and |
son, VIM. Suttle and some other persons,
whose names are not known, are reported |
killed. Three companies of cavalry and |
company OF scouts, Lieut.. Gilbert E. Over |
ton commanding, are en- route to Fort |
Apache. A dispatch from Yuma. Arizona, |
says that all the troops hitherto stationed |
at Fort Yuma left this evening for the Fort |
Apache neighborhood.
The following has been received from !
headquarters at Presidio: 'Mickey Free |
Air, an Indian, who was at the fight, and |
who came direct to San Carlos, says that |
Medicine Man was arrested by Lieutenant, |
supposed to be Cruz. Medicine Man's' |
brother said: You shallnot arrest my broth |
err and killed Cruz. The troops then /
killed Medicine Man, The enlisted scouts, |
who were close to the troops, then |
poured their fire into them, killing /
most of the officers and great many men. |
When the massacre took place a few of the |
soldiers got away, holding together and try |
ing to fight their way back to Fort Apache, |
but it is supposed that they all must have |
been killed. Three companies from the |
First Cavalry, Major Sanford commanding,
and six companies Of the Eighth Infantry, |
Lieut.. Col. Wilkins commanding. leave the |
Department of California Immediately for |
the Department Of Arizona
''RELToN, A. A. G."
dispatch, dated Tucson, Arizona, says:
"The Star has just received the following |
from Camp Thomas, September 8: sThe re- |
ports from the vicinity Of Fort Apache re-
specting the hostiles are confirmed there, |
with fresh arrivals of Indian runners, but |
no message from Major Cochrane or the |
troops sent to relieve him has been received.
In the attack on the post the Indians |
were reckless and defiant, one OF /
them ding General Carr's horse into the |
parade ground, wheeling and firing as he |