The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-09-14
cEyrnaL cARK-s INDIAN FIGHTS.
Oniciai Report Of two isepuises II ti,e
white Mountain Apache.

Oaiciai Report of two Repuises IT ti,e
white MvunsaiB Apache.
SAS FRANcI-co, september t.
The following has been received
from military headquarters
FoaT APACHE, September 2-9.3J
p. mo Adjutant General Whipple.
barracks. Arizona: Pursuant 70 Or
ders from the commanding General,
dated August -, Ia arrest Indian
Doctor Soctav Delkiinne a- soon as
practicahlc. ard Il Formal request
from llic agent, dated the lith, 70
arrest or kill him, or both, | first
hoped to arrest him when he came
to hold his dances and incantatlOns
mere, but he did not keep his ap-
pointncnt ! then seat an Indian
scout with a message that | wanted
to gee him on Sunday. August .. j
received an evisive answer from
him, and next day marched with
troops ID and L, Sixth Cavalry, and
company 4, with scouts, the com
mand numbering six officers and
seventy-nine soldiers and twenty
three Indian scouts. | reached his
village on the 30th and arrested the
medicine man. He professed entire
willingness to 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 and killed Cap
tain Hentig first, and ran of the
animals already turned out to Craze.
Medicine Man was killed as soon as
they commenced firing, and we
drove them off after a severe fight,
in which we lost Captain Hentig,
who was shot in the back by our In
dian scouts as he turned to get his
gun. Four privates were killed, one
sergeant and three privates wounded
two mortally.
After burying the dead / returned
as rapidly as practicable, arriving
on the 31st. Some OF the Indians
had preceded and killed eight men
on the road to Thomas Next morn
Ing they made a demonstration
against this post and attacked it in
the afternoon, but were repulsed.
Our total loss is j.: killed-Captain
C. C. Hentig. Sixth Cavalry seven
priyates Of troop j.. Sixth Cavalry
one private of troo. f, Sixth Caval-
ry, and two private OF company ID,
Twelfth Infantry. Wounded-First
Lieutenant c. G.. Gordon, Sixth
Cavalry, in the leg. One sergeant
OF troop E, and one private of troop
d. and forty-fye horses and ten
mules are killed. wounded and miss
ing.
The command behaved with the
utmost GOODNESS and gallantry, and
encountered danger, hardship and
fatigue with the greatest cheerful
ness in spite of the sudden and most
traitorous nature of the attack in the
midst of camp. The officers and
soldiers sprang to their arms and
defeated the plan of the massacre
and subsequently held their post,
and are ready for further service.
We require filty-nine horses and ten
pack mules.
The officers here are Major Coch-
ran, Twelfth Infantry Captain B.
MacGowan, commanding company
ID, Twelfth Infantry First Iieuten-
ant c. G. Gordon, Sixth Cavalry
Post Quartermaster William Stan
ton, commanding troop Z, who
moved forward with the skirmishers
and most handsomely cleared the
savages out OF the bushv bottom
close to the camp W. f. Carter,
Regimental Quartermaster, Sixth
Cavalry, adjutant and commanding
troop ID after Captain Hentigs death;
Second Lieutenant Thomas Crane,
commanding company \; Indian
scouts, and of Howard's command
troop ID, Sixth Cavalry; Assistant
Surgeon George McCreary, United
States Army, who. besides skilfully
performing his professional duties,
used 4 carbine effectively My
young son, Clark ". Carr. accompa-
MED the expedition, and deserves to
have his name mentioned IN the
dispatch.
There are iorty-fve 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
| shall recommend that their offence
be pardoned. | received no dis
patches from you later than August
l 4 till after my return. Then came
those of the 18th, which are the Ia
test now at hand
| am confident that the Indians
have been preparing for this out
break for six months. Cooley, who
is here, says so; also Phipp, whose
employe, Cullen, was killed There
have been only few Indians around
the post to-day.
CARR. Commanding.