Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
THE INDIANS.

FIassacred by Ifosti1es-Tyyo Companies
 ofSoldfers Slafn-Very HIeagre Details.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Our troops have
 again suffered severely at the hands of the h.
 dians General Carr was stationed at Fort
 Apache with two companies of the Sixth
 United States cavalry. On Wednesday last 1t
 seems Lieutenant Cruse was orpered to arrest
 one of the medicine men of the White Noun
 tain Apaches. The offender resisted and
 shot ,Cruse. Then the company which Cruse
 commanded shot and killed the medicine man.
 In immediate retaliation the Indians, led by
 some of the Indian scouts (probably in the
 pay of the United States government), are
 reported to have literally massacred the en-
 tire white garrison, including seven officers
 and upward of seventy men. It is also stated that Fort Apache, where Mrs. Carr and other
 ladies had quarters, was subsequently, captur- ed by the Indians. This report, however. is not confirmed, though what was to prevent the capture of the fort is not stated, if the soldiers were all killed. As the rebels num- Der about fifteen hundred and the savages start on the warpath with all the ecLGt of vic tory, according to their notions, the gov ern- ment has evidently very serious affair on hand
 The only news received at the War depart ment to-day was telegram from General Mcdowell saying that an Indian who saw the fight came into Camp Thomas yesterday and reported that Carr's whole command were killed excepting few men who were re- ported to be making fruitless effort to get into Fort Apache.
 GA1EsBURG, H., Sept. 4.-In letter to Colonel Clarke Carr of Galesburg just re- ceived, dated Fort Apache, August 10, Gen. eral Carr says ''You may see by telegraph
 before you get this something about the un- easiness of fhe Indians here. The interpreter reported to me some days ago. I reported | to the department commander. He desired me to keep 8 lookout for medicine man named Nockaysetplenny, who is having med l icine dances with the avowed object of rais- | ing some dead Indians. He at first confined himself to an attempt to raise those killed &C., cidentalIy or in brawls. He is now attempt 1 ing to raise some hostiles and says they will not rise as long the whites are here, and says the whites will be gone when the co rn | is ripe. It is feared that he will get the h. dians so excited that they will break out. Their superstitions are of the old kind, but quite curious He told me that he had seen their spirits going about the camp all night | like bears. He puts food in an empty lodge and says they come and eat
 | SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Sept. 4.-The fol- lowing has been received from headquarters at Presidio:
 Mickey Free, an Indian who was at the fight and who direct to San Carlos says that medicine man was arrested by lieutenant supposed to be Cruse The medicine mans brother said You shall
 not arrest my brother land killed Cruse The troops then killed the medicine The enlisted srouts, who close to the troops then poured their fire into them, killing most of the officers and great many men. Then the mas sore took place. few
 soldiers got away holding together and trying to tight
 their way back to Fort Apache, but it is supposed
 that they all must have been kill d from the number
 stated by the Indians Three companies from the First cavalry Major Sanford commanding, and six
 companies of the Eighth infantry. Leutenantscoone
 Wilkins commanding leave the department Of Cali
 fornia at for the department of Arizona. MELTON. Asst. GenL CHICAGO, Sept 4.-It is learned that the
 scene of the latest Indian horror, Fort
 Apache, is an old fort situated at the base of
 the White Mountains on the eastern border
 of Arizona and its construction is of such singular nature as to readily admit of just
 not fortified and consists simply of a collec-
 tion of log cabins. To the west of the post
 is canon sixty feet deep- The main rei-
 ance of the fort in case of attack consists of
 cordon of heavy buildings pierced with
 loop holes on three sides, but entirely open
 to the ravine. The post was garrisoned by companies E and D of the Sixth cavalry and companies D and E of the Twelfth infantry, all under command of General Carr, who was
 transferred from Fort Lowell about five
 months ago when an Indian outbreak seemed imminent. 173 CHICAGO, Sept f. Adjutant General
 Whipple of the department of Missouri was
 seen by the agent of the National Associated
 Press regarding the massacre at Fort Apache He stated that the department was in posses sion of no information whatever further
 than what has been published. This is &C., counted for by the fact that all the news from the other departments goes direct to Washington.