The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-24
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O. Q. D. osyss, a - Mai Usiss1
oeso CesaaY, ssas lsoesessiaS iacsa,
W)oa)es = ~ ApocAes - psadiag n.
Slaa dlseusesscss n Nsw Nssico. we're
lsasssd. Csvl. osyse y - Old lsdiaa
aehtcs. hostag sssa sbous ssa ysass'
sssvtcs h ~ wWe. Thu dlspSaches
from the seeae n iAe ladian outsases
coadNs lo such On extent and coutain
~ many ssruss In The dssignssion a h.
cslisies that Il b disncull 10 describe the
m-semcus a The troops ~ oi The II.
diana odd without Q Arst.raas map a
Ne cuaniry !: vuald b impossible 70
ee9ssseaaA sUch absorption. The In.
Stass Al New MEXICO ass mostly Chased
under The gvssstc appcllaiioa Of
Apachcs. ol whom shs principal tribes
asv The Nsvajos and Alsscallers. Capt.
bsyss estimates tho aggregate fighting
luevv u lhess tribes q lully A,OW men.
she Navajos isibe as1nbrei6g. counting
vousea ssd ckiMrvp. upward At ls,W
sUuls. There asu also The remnants Of
tAs Warm Spring Indians. who. by O..
insl count In April, 1871. numbered
osly t6'. This was vicsoria's band,
and Mana h . chici In The ssme tribe.
Capt. Isyrs has aevss believed that VIZ.
sosia wAs slaln. lie b personally 90.
Juaintcd With Mana and The principal
lcadcp At the Nsvsjos. There arr In
Nsw Mexico I'll The companies Of the
NiasA Cavalry, vAich average forty.
eight men IN ths company, ard tke
Thirerash sad Fifteenth laiastsy.
Capt. Iscyes's company has bsen Of.
dcrvsi 10 Fort Craig. o. The Rio (;rande,
and though On leave II absence, and
With he family In this city, hc has ap.
piled tos psrmisioa n joln his com.
maud. and viii probably ct out Tor
that point In . icw days. From tAe %.
count which no gives Of tho Indian
method a skirmishing. the difficulty
which ~ troops experience In their
coalssls With sach Willy sdversariss Il
easily apprsAsadsd. II The Arst place,
the troops rarely hear u The commis.
sion q IN outrage inside Of twenty. flour
hours Of more after 4 has occurred. A
predatory bsad ot Apschss swoop
down On . ranch oe seelomeat, kin ~
the whites to b found, and retreat rap.
Mly 70 the mountains with ths sock aud
oehsr plumber they may have captured.
Thsy usually have u least one hundred
miles tAs staft Of tho troops, and are
svea bsttef mounted. having q their
command two or more stolen horses
Soe each warrior. They arc also thor.
oeghly armed, esscrally with Wiuchey-
tsr hass. Az . rule, the Apacbes arc
cunning. treachsrous and cowardly.
The ambusoade y their naose approved
nsthod a 1gAeia9-s plaa lcr which
tAs character a tks coautsy, with 10
mountains, rocks, ssviAes and canyons,
y peculiarly adapesd. They viii never
Itse q eooosatss o. open ground.
Thy % % adrolt q eoaceslmeat that
sveo whsa ~ teoopo arrive h cloeo
proximity b Ne bad not a Indiaa \
10 b Discovered, thsir pssssacs bsiae
na6s knowa b puts d smoke from
eoeof rtoeo, q ~ UAynDneu 0pen 6fV
feoo boAlad bou)Ases q from dense
sAiceses. TIE Apaehss gsasgaly 80
snall u slAtnFs, sad ressmble ~ DID.
81 !adiaas. The NsvAjos, howsvcr,
% lasN 81 veil msde. Thsy IN
nos0 eitilssd thaa ~ oeAee tribss, IN
~ 81, 0ale tAsir blaakels aSd iroa
tnpls0sa1A ~ eWa aaneeouD hseds,
New Or'ssns AsyuaA