The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-07
THE INDIANS.
Carr's Command Heard From.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF HIS BATTLE
WITH APACHES.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. g. The following has
been received at military headquarters:
FORT APACHE, Sept. 2. $50 P. NJ
To Adjutant General Whipple, Barracks,
ArSzoi5u.
Pursuant to orders from Commanding Gen.
eral, dated August 30th to arrest Indian 6oc-
tor, Nockay Delklinne, as soon as practicable,
and formal request from agent dated l4th to
arrest or kill him, or both, I first hoped to ar
rest him when he came to hold his dances and
lamentations here, but he did not keep his APP
pointments. then sent an Indian scout with
message that wanted to see him on Sunday,
August 28th. l received an evasive answer
from him, and the next day marched with
troops, ID and e, Sixth Cavalry, and Company
A, which were scouts, the command number
ing six officers and 20 soldiers and % Indians
scouts. / reached his village on the Both and
arrested the medicine man. He protested en-
tire willingness ito come with me; said he
would not try to escape, and there would be no
attempt at rescue; but as we were making
camp our own scouts and many other Indians
opened fire upon us, killing Capt. Hertig first,
and ran off the animals already turned out to
Craze. Medicine man was killed as soon as
they commenced firing. and we drove them of
after severe fight, in which we lost Capt.
Hertig, shot in the back by our Indian scouts
as he turned to get his gun Four prIvates
were killed and one sergeant and three priv
ates wounded, two mortally. After burying
the dead returned rdpluly a5 practlCaDio, ar
irving on the 31st. Some of the Indians had
had preceded us and had killed eight men on
the road to Thomas. The next morning they
made demonstration against the posse attack
ed in the afternoon, but were repulsed. Our
total loss is-killed, Capt. G. G. Hertig, 9th
Cavalry; seven privates Of troop d, 9th Caval-
nv, and one private of troop E, 9th Cavalry;
two privates of Company ID, 18th Infantry.
Wounded, First Lieutenant G. G. Gordon, 9th
Cavalry, in leg; one Sergeant of troop e and
one private OF troop u and 40 horses and III
mules killed, wounded and missing.
The command behaved with the utmost cool
ness and gallantry, and encountered danger,
hardship and fatigue with the greatest cheer
fitness In spite of the sudden and most trail
torous nature of the attack in midst camp,
officers and soldiers sprang TO arms and defeat
ed their plan of massacre, and subsequently
held their post, and are ready for further SER
vice. We require 80 horses and ten pack
mules. The officers here are Maj. Cochran,
18th Infantry; Capt. B. Macgowen. command d
ing Company d, 18th Infantry; LIST Lieut.. G.
G. Gordon, 9Th Cavalry, Post Quartermaster,
wounded. William Stanton, commanding
troop e, who moved forward
with skirmishers and most handsomely
cleared the savages out of the bushy bottom,
close to the camp, w. II. Carter, Regimental
Quartermaster of Sixth Cavalry, Adjutant
and commanding Troop ID after Hertig's
death, Second Lieutenant Thomas Gran Q,
commanding Company A, Indian scouts, and
of Towards Troop d., Sixth Cavalry, on the
march and at the battle. Here. Assist
tant Surgeon Geo. McCreery, U. S. A., who
besides skilfully performing his personal du-
ties used carbine effectively. My young son,
Clark M. Carr, accompanied the expedition,
and deserves to have his name mentioned in
this despatch There are forty-five civilians
here, who are assisting in the defence of the
post and am rationing such as require it.
armed four prisoners, two of whom belong to
the Ninth Cavalry. They fought bravely, and
I shall recommend that their offence be par
doned. 1 received no dispatches from you lat
er than August IA, till after my return: then
came those of the 18th, which are the latest
now at hand. I am confident the Indians
have been preparing for this outbreak for six
months. Cooley who is here says so, also
Phipp, in whose employ Cullen was killed.
There have been only few Indians around
the post to-day.
(Signed) CARR, Commanding.
While lamenting the death by treache-y of
Capt. Hertig and the men who fell with him,
am rejoiced to report that the massacre of
Cars command is not true.
(Signed) MCDOWELL Maj. Gen.