The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-08
ANOTHER INDIAN MASSACRE.

the frontier. Gen Carr's force, consisting Of
Ito men and seven officers, were attacked about
thirty Ave miles from Camp Apache, Arizona.
in the White Mountain Reservation, close to
the New Mexican line, by force Of about 500
Apaches under Chief Pedro. and nearly every
man was killed. The attack was commenced
by an Indian scouting party attached to Gen.
Cars command, and Piedro's warriors, COM
ing up, Immediately surrounded the command
aud cut OF all chance VI escape. It ID also
reported that the redskins captured Fort
Apache where Gen. Cars wife and the wives
Of some other officers were staying. The fate
of the poor women may be imagined. There
seems to bo no doubt that Gen. Carr, ono of
the bravest officers OF the army, LeutS. Carter,
Cruise, stanton aud DR.. McCreery were among
the number killed. Troops have been dis
patched to the scene Of the disaster from every
point in the Western regions. Dispatches from
Tucson, Ara, give the following particulars OF
the dreadful affair:
The Indian couriers who have como IN stats
that the place where the massacre took place
was near the side OF canon, and that after the
scouts fired on Col Carr . large force Of White
Mountain Indians. who were in ambush, rose
up aud tired on the troops from another quar-
ter than where the medicine men were located.
II appears that Col. Carr Was completely be
wildered, and did not know which way 10 turn.
Both the scouts and the White Mountain Indians,
who were now largely in tue majority, rushed IN
and completed the work they had 20 finely un-
to tell the story. These reports are all from
friendly Indians, no white c0urers having yet
come through; but the commanding ofi,ers ct
Camps Grant and Thomas believe them. A
great many Indians have come through and
tell the same story. Il ID feared that the rising
may be more general than il WAS hrst thought
to be, from the fact that Chief Pedro, who
Of moro than ordinary sense and Judgment,
and would not have rebelled unless urged on
by his followers. Il ID thought that new tr00ps
would reach the battlefield early to-day, in time
to be heard from, but no tid,ngs have been NJ
ceived up TO 10 o'clock this evening. Gen. Will
COZ has taken the field with every available
man under his command, and will concentrate
at Camps Apache, Grant and Thomas with all
possible dispatch. There would be no trouble
IN raising =, QUO or 5000 volunteers for imnle-
diate service il the Government could furnish
arms aud rations.
The origin OF the trouble seems to have grown
out Of strange Authorizations Of medlcine-men,
Who pretended to be able to revive departed
chiefs aud braves Of the tribe from their graves
Last August . band OF White Mountain In
dams, under chief named Pctone, who lived
north Of Camp Apache, killed . chief named
Dlable, Of the same tribe, on the San Carlos
reservation. On receipt Of tho news VI his
police. started for Camp Apache to avengc
his death. They found Petone and
his band encaMpcd in . strong
position on Shil0 creek. and could
not dislodge theM Petonc soon after WAS
kllled in 4 quarrel with members OF another
tween two chiefs or different bands Of the
same tribe, in which both we're killed. These
are the braves the medicine men pretended they
could raise from the dead, who would lead theil
on to victory and drive the whites out Of the
country. Nockaydet kluno il the name OF the
principal medlcine-man whom Gen. Carr had or.
ders to arrest. The situation Of Mrs. Gen.
Carr, who is ut Camp Apa .he, is pecnllarl,
sad. Not only has shc lost her husband
but her only son, who was with his father ii
| the time of tho massacre, and who had just
| returned from the East to spend his vacation
| with his parents He WAS B years old, and Z
| promising boy, III whom the fondest hopes Of
ties, who have force Of about 400 mcn on III.
border, have been notified Of tho outbreak, ane
| have expressed Willingness TO keep watch ou
| for advances in that direction. aud will do Al
| they can TO aid the American forceA
The Apache country il settled almost entircl,
by Mormons, aud it u reported here that ther,
| 10 an understanding between them aud the ln
dams. The excitement in Tucson 10 intense
| and there 10 talk of organizing force Of vol
unteers and proceeding against San Carlo
/ Agency. Universal indignation " expressed =
| tho conduct OF Indian Agent Tiffany. lie ha
| studlously denied that there Was any danger .
trouble. and has repeatedly asserted that non
| OF tho Agency Indians were on the rcsersa
ton II Is claimed BY those we'll informed i
the matter that 10 large body of Indians coul
not have heen absent without the kslowic 'se u
the Agent, and had lie informed the military o
the fact the disaster would doubtless have bee
averted.
Tho White Mountain Araches are the mo.
warl,ke, and have always been considered snpt
rior, 10 any other branch Of the numerous sui
divisions Of the great Apache nation. Til.
number. all told, about SO0, and have never y,
been thoroughly subjugated. For I'll
last few years they have occnpe
the northwestern portion of the IA
Carlos reservation, and have drawn theis ann.
tiles from Sill Agency, near Fort Apache.
]. Jefferies, the best authority on the Apael
Indians, says that II the scouts have turn.
against our u ldlers It means q general on
break Of the Apache nation.
Ii IL generally believed the hosties are mo
ing into the Black range, New Mexico. Sonil
ern Ar.sona il too tLlckly settled for them.
10 not likely they viii gct further south tAs
nov, unlsss tier Sttsmps n escape into soaos