New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-06
A THREE HOURS FIGHT.

DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT CAPTAIN HENTrG
SHOT BY HOSTILE sCoUT-EIGHT SOLDIERS
KILLED AND TWO woUNDED-sArE RETREAT TO
FORT APACHE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept "a dispatch frem
u,'oh' Arizona, says The Citieca has received the
followIng
r AMP THOMAS, Sept. 5.-Leutenant Stanton. 9Th
oavhLr{i with an escort of thirty-threc men
rea,cned here from Camp Apache last evening about
O'CLOCK, with dispatch as follows:
Fokr ArACuE, Sept. l. General Carr Colonel 9Th
Cayary left here Aug. 20h with troops u and s. Sh
cavalry and company of Indian sconts o5 men ~ o V
six officers Intending to arrest an Apache mc1rGn e n nn
no MA peeh endeavoring to get the Indians to break
OUT. Hu.. re reached Cbcu Creek. fortyfye miles vest OF
% mere a, p; M ON the 30th. They found 600 Indians
man wlthot tnere en ana arrested the medicine
went % few miles from the main Indian Village and
dans began arriving from every point Sn sg on m
tnc range OF the bluffs, some three hundred yards off
Own o%n camp and come into camp, Captain Hentig
m Indian turned and So fred "Ef Rp, doing sD,o so
ilcniie instantly The fight then became general The
some distance Tr hnrrs y cr urlhg & me Indians back
ley and the herd stampeded. The fight began at 1
when the Indians drew of toward their own camp
p,n, Il impossible to, to tell how many hoses were
decided that It was impossible hold the position
Of tue camp, through bad canon The herd i Was %ts
rounded up and 1t found that troop had
pack train Of seven mules and 'OgR Several
cd up the dead and found siyeS lney mon ond hastily
officer Captain Heutig killed They buri"d them in m
brt saddles and ammunition was left on The held o. -
hind &" cover their retreat Three badly sol.
'hc command started on its retreat from IaS
gost One of tue wounded men died at
Sioes next mornlng E!e Indians did not
followed, evidently thinking them at Cibicu General
he reached the post o'clock the afternoon of the
3st The troops were badly used up with hunger and
and came within mile OF this this morning burned
several buildings, stampcdcd large herd cattle and
10 tar rtsI
ont were killed withn twenty miles of here also several
reported by friendly Indians who were placed on horses
to spy The Mormon settlers north of be suffer
hold ,,a the ,E. Eo.t unit %mtil renlOrcements reach
AN ATTACK ON THE POST.
Ldtcr-At2 O'Clock the Indians began firing into a
party, at the graveyard, who buryins the dead
anddrove them into The post and then fired the post
from the bluffs from every side. The troops formed
sktrnsh line around the entire camp, Keeping them
when the Indians drew or Captain Gordon successor
to Captain nrntg, wounded IN the leg There we're
very heavy from the hostcs. We believe We can keep
them out OF the post but no moro.
Ldt,r-Scpt. =, lOa. n.Wc stiu hold the fort. The
fight yesterday very for about two hours We
have sent messages ny Courcrs Corporal Wagner the
neht OF hG 29ln ana Private Walsh at o'clock the
3lst also by o"css mail carrier at noon the Jlst
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Walsh is the only one who has reached Camp Thomas
He started on his return on the morning september
and has not been heard from since. The following s
list OF the killed and wounded;
hUed-Cdptain o. @. Hcutig 9th Cavalry privates
snurdtgger' sullivan, Mller Livingston, Bird, Frian,
all of Company d.
Woundcd-Iicueuant c. g. Gordon 9th Cavalry. in
leg but not seriously; Sergeant T. Mcdonald, 9th Cav
airy, In right leg, badly.
ALL QUIET At TIE FORT.
FORT APACHE sept. g. o p. m.-Noble and Colville
driven back ast night while trying TO get through
to Camp Thomas. stanton's company is try it To-
night. Everything Ia quiet. Awaiting endorsements.
-Four companca ui the 6th Cavalry route, aud
f. believed three of them must have reached here
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