, 1881-10-06
a Battle Lasting lInlt an Hour,
Soon and Reported by
Two Miners.
Neither Side, Apparently, Getting
Any the Best Of the En-.
Further Accounts Show t1lat Ono In-
~ dian Was Killed aud Thrcc
Soldiers Wounded.
The Redskins We're Trying Their Best to
Bench the Mountains III
Mexico.

l}FAkonc summit says tn9 lhtl1hnS no0tL
100 strong crossed tho trail here about 80
this morning. the tr1al leading directly
toward cucl,Isp's stronghold, which IL about
fourteen miles west from, Tombstone.
THE CAyALnf
arc In close pursuit, artl tato this evening
were within less tlln1t u ,Iltle of ll,o 1losties
1t Is f0ared II they aro not overtuken today
they will escape Into Mexico. 1ilere nru
about
FOUR HUNDRED MEXICAN Ttonl's
OH tic ltnc, which. It notified III time, call
easily intercept them.
A TOMBSTONE DISPATCH
says: "Two inpn lIAv1 colno III from Mary
Mine, Oil tho summit Of Drag0on Mountains,
nhout sixteen miles northeast Of Tombstone,
ind report
4 DATr1,t.
being fought at + o'clock this evening. From
wllgro they wure tic aaw It plainly, md
hoard tho voices tho officers commanding aud
the firing distinctly.
IT l.4AHrI:D HALF AN HnU1t
They could not seu either aEu getting tic
better Of tho otlior. They Judged there were
two companies Of soldiers. They cuul.l mot
tell how i,atly Indians. S0mo soldiers and
Indinn mounted couriers have been sent
TO THE MINING AMI, HAY CAMPS
east Of Tombstone to notify the me1l of tho
,lai,gor. Mayor CIun,, a,,u Ch1ct-of-rolIce
Enrp nre tloW-nt II :45 y. ill.-rn1silK n COLL
pai,y Of men to intercept the Indians II they
60 suuth."
FULLER DETAILS.
TOMBSTONE, Oct. "a party Just returned
from the South Pnss OF Dragon Mountains
glyc particulars Ut Yesterdays bnttle: Col.
Bernard calne up With tho Indians between
i md s O'Clock Tuesday. afternoon near
Cacl,tse's stronghold. The Indians were. go-
Ing into cninp. Tim 1ntitnlls numbered 100
inct1. bcsitles women aIltl children. Bernard
attacked tho 1MdIRtls, who lnuG fight. The
women md children droyb tho nilinhnls up
tho stttD Of tic mountains. The Indians
fought tie troups bnck a[onB the foot. The
Indians then struck right over the top Of the
mountains.
TIE TROOPS FOLLOWED THEM ur
to SGutli pass, when tlle 1ndiulls got oIl tliB
west side, and darkness put an end to pur-
suit The Indians and antnnls woro NIL
badly tagged out, md the soldiers llnd come
from Wilcox IN tho sall1e condition. This
morning Lieut.. Dayley, with forty or fifty
scouts, struck the trnil about six miles east
Of Tombstone. The Indians wcre luaklng
for the west end Of Mule Mountains, proba-
bly, for the San jose Mountains
IN sON0 RA.
Ono Indian Is known to have bccn killed.
Three colored soldiers were wounded. One
Indian girl, about years did, was taken
prisoncr. She was richly dressed. and Is
supposed to DO II Chiefs daughter. Col.
Bernard has sent llto Tombstone for sup
plies.
LAST WEEKS MURDERS.
WAslr1SaroN, u. e., Oct. 6.-Tho follow:
{t7frf fa1n rtlhnfVn} Mt tim 1tnt I'm.
partment today:
rnEs1p1o, San Francisco, Oct 4, 1as1.--Tp
tho <idjutant-Gcnerat. Washington: The
following Is just received from the Assistant
Aljntant-Genera1 Of the Department Of ArI-
Z0liA:
Tho following weru tho casualties In tho
fight near Codar Springs on thu I'll inst.:
Sergt Bedford, Troop i, Sixth Cavalry,
killed.
Wonnled-Tlyates Humphreys and Ken!
ford, Troop q, First Cavalry. and Hunt, Troop
i, Sixth C.yalry.
Telegraph repair party kiIlcd-rrivatcs
1.',deoranz, Troop A, Stxt. Cavalry; Lon-
dall. Company u, Eighth Infantry; a,d
Recrltta EnalI,or and WBlcl.
Six tealnsters wuro killed and ollo wounded
belonging to Samarlcgo.
Onu man WIS killed at tic point Of tho
mountain the 3oti, ult.
Mcdowell. Major General.
0E0ilGE AND noSrrO,,
Tucson, Oct G.-'rio report that t.oll,
Wilcox par0led certain of tho Indians taken
prisoners at San Carlos Reservation Is With
out sllndow Of truth. Tho fncts nre m FOL-
lows: Mr. 1ioag, aub-agent, sent to Hci,
lYlllcox'a headquarters UeorRa and lIorlto.
under tho safeguard Of the interior Depart-