The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-06
Mormon Settlers Thought 20 be
in a BAD Fax.
Particulars Of the Arizona In.
dtmu Trouble.

New York, ten. Hancock stated
tonight, TO 1TIb1tRe reporter, that he
had doubts as to the &C urney Of the re~
ported massacre of General Carr and hi,
men. He knew the officers and thew
were not men to be massacred without y
great deal of trouble. Dr. McCreer1
was q native of New YORK, and ten
years ago WAS stationed at Goyernor;s
Island.
San Francisco, A dispatch from,
FL Psso, Texas, says, their is relisbIo
Information to-day of the killing Of to-
Americans and three Mexicans by Ans
ches early in the week at Eagle SpiPs.
one hundred miles South Esst. NJ
Indians crossed the Bio Graz de for IL.
delaria Mexico. Mexican troops n0Ja-
Colonel Torrszee pursuing.
A dispateh from Tucson, Arizona. ssvs.
General Carr was in command OF Fort
Apache, consisting of two Commands
Sixth cavalry and one OF Infantry. After
leaving sufficient force 10 protect public
property at Apache, he had but sixtV.
three enlisted men Of the Sixth cavalry
rand five officers. The medicine man WIN
was at the bottom Of the trouble had been
for some weeks past predicting to tba
White Mountain Indians that when Carr
was ripe he would raise all their dead
chiefs and the whites wOnld then b.
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
gathered their harVests. General Carr
was ordered TO arrest the medicine man.
He doubted his ability to do so with so
small force against the whole tribe who
bad been walked up to the belief that
their medicine man would raise their
dead chiefs The circumstances attending
the disaster were such that 1t could handy
have been avoided. An outbreak had
been feared for the last Two weeks
in the Apache country; settlers
are not less than 10000 Indians on the
San Carlos Reservation, and fully as
many in the Navajo tribe, which is To-
Gated from sixty to 100 miles north Of the
country Of the White Mountain tribe. A
large number of young bucks Of both
San Carlos and NaVsjos have been visit
ing the White Mountains recently, and
it is believed they were engaged in the
fight. 1t is reported by runners that the
fight continued all day of the SOsh.
Every hill and canyon was swsrming
with red devils. The news from the
lower San Pedro last night, is TO the eff
feet that Eskemigun, chief Of the AraYi-
pas, and Chief Sagulo have warned the
whites to leave the valley or prepare to
defend themselves; that something was
wrong with the Indians on the reserYa-
tions. Both of the chiefs are warm
friends of the whites. Yesterday after
neon the engineer of q freight train com
ing west, was surprised at 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 thenumber
at $50. The baud scattered When last
seen, part going north and the remainder
south. He encountered another large
band about eight miles west of Wilcox.
These did not show any disposition to
trouble the train.
Reports from Bowie Station are that a
baud jumped a ranch twelve miles south
| of Bowie, and it was seen to burn. There
are about frty men at Bowie, bat only
four guns. They have made fortifcstions
of government bsled hay, OF which there
is large quantity there. Last night s.
number of signal fires were seen in the
mountains, beth north and south Of
Bowie Station, which were kept in active
| operation for several hours. Ifthese re-
ports be true, there is no doubt but that
these are Aescslero bands moving out Of
Sonora and Chihushus north to aid the
White Mountain Indians Captain N.
Il. Stacey, Twelfth Infantry, and
Captain A. T. Smith, Eighth
Infantry, with two scouts and
Seventy enlisted men from Fort Yuma,
passed through here for Thomas at 4
p. N. They will march sixty -fye miles
from Wilcox on foot to Thomas. Hsjor
Mcclellan, with sixty enlisted men of
Of the Sixth Cavalry, left Lowell fer
Thomas and goes ViG old Fort 10
observe the movements, Of indians on
the lower San Pedro. Ifbalf the reports
are true, there is fear Of q general upris-
ing of the Apache nation, which means
q war Of determination.
Up to this hour e pm nothing FUR
ther is learned, in confirmation or other
wise from the scenes Of the massacre.
All Of the women and children are beng
moved from. Thomas to Grant Tns
Fifth Cavalry has been ordered from the
Department of the Platte. This Is An
old Indian fighting regiment Of Arizona.
The report gives great satisfaction here
Indians with government carblnes, the
sameeas used by scouts, were seen near
Fort Bowie. yesterday. They have mad
Time to reach that Point since the mas
sacre
Major Wilcox, Eighth Infantry leaves
San Francisco tomorrow morning, with
200 men, on 3 special train for ArIzons.
He will 90 through as fast as possible
These troops are veteran Indian lighters
The First Cavalry are much scattered on
she Cost, but have been ordered to arr
iona and will be sent south IS soon IS
| possibIe. The Fourth Artillery Is feseyy
Tor marching, but will not be SEM ILL ILL
positively needed. Army oncoi' 90 80
| familiar With southern Inalsns, "a 1 Nev
that a general rising of ArIzons al nT.o 80
MeTican tribes i. imminent'I ho' Ai'0AuS
re Tacsen. A ,4-The star has just
ieO'i''G T 40, A. T., September Sd.
MI -snorts from the vicinity OF Fort
. uJ t0p If hostile, sre confirmed by
ApacHS r;ysIs of Indian runners, but no
lresn 90 from Msjor COchrane or the
t tn1oI1.4 sent to relieve him has been re-
s[ God In the attack on the post the
II1 Ethan were rsckless'y brave and de-
d dnet''- ono of them riding General CarF's