, 1881-09-05
Confirmation of the News
of Gen. Carr's Sad
Fate.
Ills Whole Force Supposed
to Have Been Utterly
Annfllilntcd.
The Battle Said to Have
Ragged All Of the 30th
Ulti1no.
A Fierce Attack on Fort
Apache by the victori-
GUS Braves.
Ono Lieutenant and Seven Men
Killed III the Reckless
Onslaught.
Two Americans and Three Mexioans
Killed by Apaohes at Eagle
Springs,
CONFIRMED.


CONFIRMED.
GEN. CARR AND ALL Ills MEN KILLED.
Tucson, a. r., Sppt. 4.--The Star Inns Just re-
cefvGd tho following:
"Ti1oMAR, AT, Sept. 3.-Itepnrts from tho VI
cinlty Of Fort Apache OF tha hostttes aro coEl-
drmod by fresh arrivals of lullnn runners, hut
no messaga fran Mai. Cochrane 0r troops sent
to roiioya has been recelvel. III tho nttaok on
the post tho Indians werp rccktes!y brave aud
defiant, ono OF thum riding Con. Carr'a horsc
into the paralto-Hro1in1, and whir,lnK and lring
ns ho passed out Ilo Ia a brother of Clvlna, md
Ia
A MEXICAN CAPTIVE AMONG Tl1E ArAcl1Es.
Troops arc being hurried forward, and strong
rcinforcements are needed. Reports como in
tlat In tho attack on tho post d Lieutenant and
soycn men were kll!otl. II this Is tra,o, 1t Wis
probably Lieut.. Gorlon, Sixth Cavalry"
Tho latest Official IL:
THOMAS, 4. T., Sept. 3-Eyentng.-The Bauth-
crn territory Ia not believed to be III aug tmfno-
ttato dangor. The Chcrlcahuas and ayancy
Apachas aro reported all yuiet. Tho news OF
Cars disaster Is not contradlcted. The southern
posts aro still garisoncl+ and troops aro being
pushed forward day and night.
llAsxE1L, A. D. c.
AT WASHINGTON,
WAsH1SuroN. D. c., Sept. 4.-socretary Ltn-
colI this evening received a dispatch from Gen.
Mcdowell. at San francisco, III which ho reports
tho receipts OF lat1r atlviees from Canp Thotnns
corroborattnR the reported tnassacru OF most OF
Gcn Cars command. Con. MeDowcit's dispatch
statea tllat m 1ndan who witnessed tho light
CHINO Into Camp Thomas and rpportul that all
uf don. Carr's command woro killed. except u
fow men, who wore trying to ninke thoIr way
back to Fort Apache.
GEN. cARIs's FORCE.
BAN FRANCISCO, Eopt. 4.-A dispatch from
Tucson, Ari, aaya: "Gen. Carr was it1 command
of Fort Apaohc. consisting Of two companlea OF
the Sixth CayHlry and o11c of infantry. After
leaving n sufficient force to protect tho public
property at Apache he had but axty-three en-
ltstel mon Of tha Sixth Cavalry and i've ottcers.
The medicine man who was ut tho bottom Of
tho trouble had been for somo woeks past
predicting to tho Whlte Mountain Indilns that
when tho cora wills ripe ho would rnise all their
dcad Chiefs, and tho whites would thon bo
driven out OF their country. This was sufficient
to warrant tho conclusion TINT preparations
xero being made by the tribe 10 br..Ak out as
Bonu "a thoy had gathered their haryests. Gen.
Carr ssas oulorcd to arrcst the medicine nun.
lie doubted his ability to do so with 70 snnli
orco agntnst tho whole tribe, who had boon
worked up to belief that thoIr modlcino nun
would
RAISE TIIE1n DEAD CHIEFS.
Tho circumstances Attending tho disaster woro
auch that It could hardly have boen ayoidod. An
outbreak had bcon fcnrod for tho lust TWO weeks
tn tho Apache country. Hntttess havo been pre-
dieting trouble. Thore nrc not less thnn lU,OUO
lndlans on San Carlos observation, and fully ,ls
tnany III tho NAvMtU tribn, which ls located from
sixty to 100 miles north Of tho country Of tho
Whito Mountain tribe. A large number Of
young bucks Of both tho San Carlos ind tho
NaVn1os have boon visiting tho White Mountain
tribe, mud 1t is believed thoy wcre onRagod In
tho fight. 1t Is reported by rllnncrs that tho
light oohtlnuetl all lay OF the 10tl. Every bill
and canon VIVA Bwnrm,nR With red devils, Nows
fran lower san Pelro last uluht ts to tho effect
TINT EskcmIGun, Chl0f OF TIM AravIpas, and
Chief Bagulo havo warned tho whites TO lc4vo tho
valley or propRfO to defend themselves, TINT
something waa wrong With tho Indians On tho rca-
orvattons. nothnf the Chiefs nro warm fsionds to
tho Whttoa Yesterday afternoon tho eugincer
or tho freight train coming west was surprised
at tho sudden appearance VI largo bollY Of
mounted indiana near WtlnR, west OF Aago.
THEY FOLLOWED THE TRAIN
for about four miles. tic oponud tho throttlo-
valve and spod away. lfo did not know whath0r
they wuro armed ur not. tla calculated tho num-
her at lAD, The baud scattered when last ssotl,
part Of thom going north, and the remainder
south. Itg encountered another large banl
about eight miles west az tW!oox. These did
not show any disposition to troublo tho tfnLu.
Hvpprta from isowo Sutton aro that bantl
jumped q runch twelve miles south Of liowia,
and IL was soon TO burn. Thpsc arc about ntsy
men at uowlp, but only four guns. They have
lnado Notifications OF tho Governments baiul
bay, of which thcre is large quantity thure.
Last nsxht
a SuMnEn OF s1oNAL FIRES
Wero seon lu tho nlountulns both north and
south OF lowlo Station which worp kunt iu act
ro operation for RevGral hours, II thosu ro-
fhnr 10 t,,s%
arc hleaoaero hhntis moving out OF Soilorn aud
Chlhuahua north to ahl tho White Mountain lu-
1lat8. Capt. ii. II. Htacey, Twelfth kn{uutry
aud Capt. a. Y. Smith, Eighth Infantry, with
two scouts md seventy ent!steil mat, from Fort
YUM. passed. through hero for TA0tnas ut / n,
M. They will march slxty-tivo ,nllos from VIII
coz"
MAJ. A'LE1LANp,
with sixty onltsted men OF the Sixth Cavalry,
loft Lowell for ThoMas, and Koes via ull Fort
0rant to ohserro tho mOyomonts Ut tho ln.liuI,s
OH tho L0wor 6au Pedro, II half tho reports
arc true thoro Is fur Ut eencral uprising ut thu
Apache Nation. WHICH tnoaua war Ut extormt-
nation. Up to this hour u p. ul.) Hptalux further
IL learned IN confirmation or othcrwiso from the
scenca Of tho massacre. All Of the women n1,d
ch'ldsen arc bolnG moved from Tho,aAs to
0rant. Fifty cavalry have hecu ordcrea frou, the
Department OF tho Platte. This Id Qn old In.
diaN'nRhttng regiment OF Arzpua. Tho report
gives much satisfaction here, In.ilaua VITA
Government caepnos tha sa1no as used by
scouts wera soon near Fort Rowlo yesterday.
They hayo had timo to reAPh that point since
tho lnAssAcro,
.-.. NAL, WILCOX,
Eighth Infantry, leaves Suu Francisco tom0rroW
1noFulnx with AM mJn] on'a xpcoial train for
Arizona. Eto Will Ru through AZ fast ns rossiblu.
These sroopA aEa veteran Indian fighters. Tho
Fist CaYAlry ID npueh scattered on tho coast, hut
have been ortorel ta ArIzonl, aud will 10 sent
south ~ soots w poseib@n Tho Fourth Artillery
ts Eea1y for m4rchlug, but viii nut to sent until
positively Aeedad Army olttcsrs herh fa,pIllar
with Tho Southern In.llata agree that a Raueral
r!siug Of Arizona mud New Mpx|oo tribes IL In
mIneat, II pot lalrsady reallzcd.
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sATUnDAY's REPORT,
CONFIRMATION OP TUE MASSACRE.
Aseourtesy v tbs sun ftunstseo tAro,tcll.
TUCSON. Arizona. Hcpt* a-AH reports today
G1latul tho mNReACTR Of Col. Carr and his entIro