The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-06

quarters at Presidio; Mickey Fee, an Indisn
who was in the fight and who came in direct
from San Carlos, said that the medicine
man was arrested by lieutenant, supposed
10 be Cruise, The medicine mans brother
said "you shall not arrest my brother" and
killed Cruise. The troops then killed the
medicine man, and the enlisted scouts who
ere close to the troops then poured their
" into them.
hrThey killed most Of the officers and many
. en- and then the fight took place in earnest.
"A few OF the.soliiers got away, holding to-
geiher and trying 10 fight their way back to
Fort Apache, Col. 1t is supposed they have
most all been killed. Three companies from
the lst cavalry, Major Sandford command
ing, and the 9th company of the S!h, Lieu-
tenant Colonel Wilkins Commanding, leave
the department of California for tho de-
plrtment of Arizona.
[Signed KELToN.
THE FULL DETAILS.
A dispatch from Tuscon, Arizona, SAYS
that General Carr was in command of the
garrison Of Fort Apache, consisting of two
of of tho Sixth cavalry and one
of infantry. After leaving sufficient force
TO protect public property at Apache he had
but sixty-three men OF the Sixth cavalry and
Ave otfcera. The medicine man who was at
the bottom OF the trouble, had been for
come weeks past predicting 10 the White
Mountain Indians that when corn was ripe
he would raise all their dead chiefs aad the
whites would then be driven out of their
pnnntFv This u1aa oinnN
we conclusion is that preparations were
being made by the tribe TO break out
as soon ss they had gathered their
crops. General Carr was ordered to arrest
the medicine man. He, Carr, doubted his
ability to do so with 80 small a force agsinlt
the whole tribe, who had been worked up TO
believe that the medicine man would raise
up their dead chiefs. The circumstances
attending tho massacre might have been
avoided, but an outbreak had been feared
for the last two weeks, and in the Apache
country settlers had been predicting trouble.
There -. are not lees than 1000
Indians on the San Carlos reservation and
fully as many in the Navajo tribe which is
located from l60 to 100 miles north of the
country of the White Mountain tribe. A
large number of young bucks of the San
Carlos and Navajoe's tribe have been visiting
the White Mountains recently, and Il is be-
lieved they were eDgaged in the fight.
1t is reported by runners that
the fight continued all day
of the Both, and every hill and canon
swarmed with Indians. News from the low
or San Pedro last night Is that Eskingun,
chief of the Auavibos, and Chief Lagulla
have warned the whites TO leave the valley or
prepare to defend themselves and that some
thing was wrong with the Indians
on tho reservation. Both of the chiefs
are warm friends of the chief
of the White Mountain Indians. Yesterday
afternoon the engineer of the train coming
west was surprised by the sudden appear.
snce of largo body of mounted Indians
near Witns, west of Gage. They followed
tho train for sbout miles, when he opened
the throttle and sped away. He did not
know whether they were armed or not.
They calculated their number about l5O.
Tho band was scattered and when laet seen
part was going north and the remainder
south. lie encountered another
large band about miles west
of Wilcox. There Indians did not show a
disposition to trouble the trains. REPORTS
from Bowie station arc 10 the effect that
the band Jumped upon rancho twelve miles
from Bowie and il was seen TO burn.
There are about forty men at Bowie, but
only four guns. They have made Notifications
Of bsled hay of which there is q largo GUAM
tity there. Last night number of
signal hres were seen in the
Mountains, both north and south OF Bowie
station, which were kept in active operation
for several hours. If these reports be true,
there 10 no doubt but these are Mascaeros
and the band is moving ou. of Sonora and
Cbihsuhua north to aid the White. Mountain
Indians. Captain NJ. II. Stacy. Of the sec,
ond infantry, and Captain A. f. Smith, of
the eighth infantry, with two scouts and sew
ensy enlisted men from Ft. Yuma,
passed through here for Camp
Thomas at 4 p. NJ. They will
march 65 miles from Wilcox. Captain
Smith and Stacey with their command OF
seventy men, who passed through Bowie
Station, will march from Wilcox G5 miles on
foot to Camp Thomas. Major w McClel-
land with tixty enlisted men of the Sixth
company loft for Camp Thomas, and goes
via Fort Grant to observe the movements
VI tno luuihub VI tut lOWeT Dan IeQrO, III
haf the reports are true there is fesr OF
general uprising OF the Apache
nation, which means war of determination.
Up to this hour, eight p. M, nothing further
Is learned 10 confirmation or otherwise, from
the scenes Of the massacre. All the women
and children are being removed from Camp
Thomas to Camp Grant, up the valley, and
have been ordered from tho Platte depot.
Indians with government csrbines, the same
as used by the scouts, were seen near For,
Bowie yesterday. They have no, had time
10 reach there since the massacre.
BETTER NEWS.
Washington, Sept. 5.-The following was
received from the Iudisn agent q. San Car.
LOT;
SAN CApLos, A, T., Agency,
September 5lh:
To the commissioner of Indian affair,
Washington: Reports have como in tina,
tho massacre al Cibien was no. so bad as re,
ported. Captain Heneg, of the sixth cavalry
and teu men were killed, and tho Indisr
losses we're large. Colonel Carr ard other
were reported kill, ID, but this Is false Th,
agency is in no danger, and can stand of al
the hos,iles ard VII.
Signed. TIFFANY,
Agent.