The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30

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MANA, THE APACHE CHIEF.
Recollections Of This Savage
Marauder Of the South
western Frontier.
Pioneer Prss.
Col. Guido Ilgcs j. a perfect mine
Of information to the newspaper re-
ported fortunate enough to have his
acquaintance. and although he never
volunteers supplies from the knowl-
edge nearly u score Of years Of active
life on the plains has given him, he is
always courteously ready to answer
questions. Yesterday Pioneer Press
attache, meeting him, bethought to
ak il he knew aught of Mana, the
Apache Chief, who Is just now MAX
ing the southwestern frontier 20 dan.
gerous. Following IL, in brief, the
information obtained:
''Of course l know Mana ought
to. came very exterminating him
and his band once, and at another
time had a rather sharp skirmi>h with
q lot Of thieves Of whom he VISA the
head. He is not hereditary chief,
but has probably more influence with
the Mezcalleros. a tribe of Apaches-
SD called from their iondness for
mezcal. the American aloe than any
other man. He really tried To be
good once. I believe, that Is AS good
"a All Apache can ever hope To Ike,
but with all hi influence, that Of the
bucks under him was stronger. and
he hal to obey their behests or lose
his power. Like all his nation. Mama
Is short Of stature, wears short hair,
has a full, round face. eyes that dart
fiendish light whenever ne looks al
you, a slight body. thin arms and well
developed calves. the latter popularity
coming from the habits Of running.
early inculcated among all those In
dams. first SAW him at Fort Grant,
a post at the junction Of the San Pedro
and Arivipa rivers in Arizona, in 1860,
and l should Judge him TO have been
- years old at that time. He and
his Mezcallercs. with a lot of Tontos
Spanish for fools another tribe of
Apaches, came to the fort and cHmped.
saving they wanted 1" he helped and
taught to farm. There must have
been 200 Of them in all, and my men
dug 3 ditch to irrigate land tor them.
tut they only -taid awhile. Some
night
THEY WOULD KILL A RANCHMAN
or two, steal lot Of cattle or horses
and flee to the mountains on the other
side Of the CHA. In the Businesses Of
which they were safe from pursuit. A
month or two would pass. and some
morning | would zee smoke way of
Oh some hill. A little later
smoke, nearer the fort,
would ascend. then another. and
until finally an old squaw
would come toward the stOcEade,
aloft a rag OH a pole. and
would open negotiations leading to a
return. | stood this thing until one
night they killed couple of M SOL
diers and then dccamped with a lot Of
cattle. ] then swore would get even
with them, and | would have done so
On their next return, but when | was
ready TO open Oh them the ambulance
of the Inspector general of the depart
ment hove in sight from the canyon
road. and ne seeing my preparations
and learning my object, said it would
never do. and ordered me to desist.
Another time | went after Mama on
an order from Gen. CritteDden, who
informed me that the Apachcs had
stolen 100 head of cattle from the
vicinity ofPrescott. and IL he reported
pniy eighteen or twenty bucks III the
party | started out with all the
men | could get together-only Twelve
besides myself as ! didn't have any
cavalry at that time. The Apaches
are, or We're then, footmen, and so We
easily caught up with them, bur to
my surprise, instead of twenty, there
were more than 100 men, and l :
thought at first sight 'hey had several
thousand head of cattle, but ii after
ward appeared they had only 500. !
tried skirmish with them, but nv
men had the old muzzle-loaders, and
the Indians surrounding us partially, |
Was compelled TO retreat. Calhoun, !
who was killed with Custer. was with /
me. and he had Ballard rifle which .
firmly believe | captured this |
winter from the Sioux at Poplar |
Creek. During the ride back to the |
fort on that occasion nv knee was