Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-06
INDIAN MASSACRE.
Further Particulars from the
Trouble with the Apaches.

Trouble with the ApacheS.
SAN Francisco, CAL, September 5.-A
dispatch from Tucson, Ariz., says General
Carr was in command of the garrison of
Fort Apache, consisting of two companies
of the Sixth Cavalry and one of infantry
After leaving sufficient force to protect
the public property at Apache he had but
sixty three enlisted men of the Sixth Cavalry
and five officers. The medicine man, who
was at the bottom of the trouble, had been,
for some weeks past, predicting
to the White Mountain Indians that
when corn was ripe he would
raise all their dead chiefs, and the whites
would then be driven out of their country.
This was sufficient to warrant the conclusion
that preparations were being made by the
| tribe to break out as soon as they had gath
cred their harvests. General Carr was
ordered to arrest tkg kgnsedicine man. He
lfabafseee, aaseae,ag against the Whole l 9th % sRsuvn
worked up to the belief that their medicine
man would raise up their dead chiefs. The
circumstances attending the massacre were
such that it could hardly have been
avoided. An outbreak had been feared for
at least two weeks. In the Apache coun-
try, settlers have been predicting trouble.
There are not less than 0,000 Indians on
the San Carlos reservation, and fully as
many in the Vooja tribe, which is located
from SO to 100 miles north of the country
of the White Mountain tribe. large num-
Der of young bucks Of the San Carlos and
Vooja's tribes, have been visiting the White
Mountains recently, and it is believed
they were engaged in the fight.
1t is reported. by runners, that the fight con-
nued all day on the Both. Every hill and
canon was swarming with Indians. News
from the Lower San Pedro, last night, is to
the effect that Erskimigun, chief of the
Aravihirs, and Chief Lagulo have warned
the whites to leave the valley, or prepare to
defend themselves that i something was
wrong with the Indians on the reservation.
Both of the chiefs are warm friends of the
whites. Yesterday afternoon the engineer
of the freight train coming east was surprised
by the sudden appearance of large body OF
mounted Indians near wilma, west of Gage.
They followed the train for about four miles.
He opened the throttle valve and sped away.
He did not know whether they were armed
or not He calculated their number at
about hundred and fifty. The band scat
tered, and when last seen part was going
north and the remainder south. He en-
countered another large band about eight
miles west of Wildcat. These Indians
did not show any disposition to trou-
BILE the train. Reports from Bowie
Station are to the effect that the band jump
ed a rancho twelve miles south of Bowie,
and it was seen to burn. There are about
forty men at Bowie, but only four guns.
They have made Notifications of govern
ment baled hay, of which there is a
large quantity there. Last night num-
Der Of signal fires were seen in the
Ipth nc IA
Station, which were kept in active opera
ton for several hours, If these reports
be true there is no doubt but that
these are Mescaleso's band moving
out of Sonora and Chipuahua, going north
to aid the White Mountain Indians. Capt
NJ S. Stacey, of the Twelfth Infantry, and
Capt. A. Il. Smith, of the Eighth Infantry,
with two scouts and seven enlisted men,
from Fort Yoma, passed through here for
Camp Thomas at 4 p. IN. They will march
sixty-fiye miles from Wilcox.
Captains Smith and Stacey, with their
command of seventy men, who passed
through Bowie Station, will march from
Wilcox, sixty-fve miles, on foot to Camp
Thomas. Major McClelland, with sixty
enlisted men of the Sixth Cavalry, left
Lowull for Thomas, and goes via old Fort
Grant to observe the movement of the In
dams Oh the Lower San Pedro. If half the
reports are true, there is a fear of the gen.
eral uprising of the Apache Nation, which
means war of determination.
Up to this hour, s p. M, nothing further
is learned in confirmation of or otherwise
from the scouts of the massacre. All of the
, women and children are being moved from
Camp Thomas to Camp Grant Fifty cav.
alrymen have been ordered from the depart
ment of the Platte. The Indians, with
government carbines, same as used by the
scouts, were seen near Fort Bowie, yester-
day. They have had time to reach tina,
point since the massacre.
Mario Wilcox of Eighth Infantry. leaves
San Francisco tomorrow morning with 200
men on special train for Arizona. He
will go through as fast as possible. These
troops are old Indian fighters The First
Cavalry is much scattered on the coast, but
has been ordered to Arizona and will be
sent south as soon as possible. The Fourth
Artillery is ready for marching, but will
not be sent until positively needed. The
officers of the army here, that are familiar
with the Southern Agency, agree that the
general rising of the Arizona and New Mex
leo tribes is imminent if it has not already
, occurred.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5.-The following has
been received from tne lnClan agent al
: San Carlos Agency:
, SAN CARLOS AGENCY, A. t., Sept. 4.
, To the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
' Washington:
+ Reports have come in that affairs at CT
bien are not so bad as reported Captain
Henley, of the Sixth Cavalry, and ten mel
! were killed. The Indian losses are large
+ Col. Carr and others, reported killed, art
cooperating with the military, and are full
ly prepared by my scouts and employees
= The agencyis in no danger. and can stani
I off all the hostiles, and will do so.
> (Signed) TIFFANY, Agent.
San Francisco, CAL, September s.
The latest advice has thrown doubt OF
the reports of the general massacre of Carr
command 1t is now reported that Lieuten
ants Cruze and Stanton, and probably othe
: officers, succeeded in etfecting their escape
f and that only Captain Hentege and som
q dozen enlisted men were killed. No par
ticrllars have been received as yet
9 THE G. S. LEASE.
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