Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-09

rescue the captive Indians tonight. A company of cavalry, Capt. Carroll com manding, arrived here from Separ on a special train at : o'clock and will leave soon, en route for Dragoon Pass to head of the Indians at that point.
 The section hands are taking refuge here tonight.
 Captain Bernard arrived here at s P. m. with fifty prisoners. The eolored company, 9th cavalry, leave about 10 o'clock tonight for DragoOn Pass. Gen. ! Wilcox has arrived here.
 More Murders.
 | Especial to the CIrIzES.l
 WILCOX, October 3-A courier has just arrived who reports that five Indians attacked and killed an old man named Vance about six miles from here. A party of citizens cha-ced the Indians who fed and are nov. corral near by. ALJGber party of eas are about starting out.
 The Mexicans sorelv feel the loss of ] .hcir flie1iCss ,slIo were killed yesterday.
 It is probable that the cavalry com pany now en route from Fort Grant will capture the Indians in the corral The excitement here continues intense.
 List of Killed and wouuded-CoL Riddle Under Arrest-Brsve Telegraph Operator. 1 Special to the CrTIzEs.l
 WILCOX, October 4.-The following persons were killed in the recent fight at Graham Mountain and the attack at Cedar Springs: Sergeant Butord, pri- yates Yondell, Ensner, Landercranz and Welch. One soldier named Humphry was badly wounded Samaniego's train was plundered, the flour sacks cut and the flour scattered around. The Indi- ans took all the arms of the murdered party. It is rumored that Col. Riddle is under arrest at the Agency.
 Robert c. Lord, telegraph operator at Fort Grant, who went out yesterday to repair the line between Fort Grant and Camp Thomas, and about whose safety SO much concern was expressed, returned in safety to Fort Grant this noon, having succeeded in elfecting through commu- nication with Thomas. Mir. Lord de- serves much credit for his intrepid &C., tion, he having refused an escort of any kind. General Mckenzie has relieved Gen eral Wilcox and Is now in command. H. O. Hooker to Mayor J. S. Carr.
 WILCOX, October 8, 1881. To JOHN 5. CARR, Mayor: SamaniegO's mules are now about the lime kiln on the old Point of the Mountain road. The Indians camped within ten miles of my house with about one hundred mules last night, evidently going for the Ora goOn mountains. To-day they passed | through my range taking some of my horses and all of Hudson's. They came within . mile of Hudson's house. ,,nn. i--medlate action Samaniegos --''''' can be recovered. T.
 -e Of the Outbreak.
 rTh- .0ilOwing dispatch was delayed 0y the Indians cutting the wires between Camp Thomas and Fort Grant. It con- tains the agency and the Indian account of the cause Of the outbreak, which in- dicates that 1t was the result of the masterly mismanagement of the mill tary.-ED. CITIZEN Special to the CITzES.l ,,, SfANi GisABd6-A9eht' Hoags report % Colonel Tiffany, dated to-day; Colonel Riddle came here and asked for talk with George and BOnitO. Riddle asked them to go to Camp Thomas. George told him that he would go and take his men as soon as the beef was issued. Riddle said it was all right When the beef was issued l sent NavaJo Bill to tell George to hurry up. George sent back word to me to tell Col Riddle and command to go and he and hls men would come up with me in short time. Col Riddle said he must go at once, and started his command towards GeOrges camp. George and Bonito skipped to the Chiricahua camp and told Jun, Natchy, Ghetto and others the soldiers were coming and would murder thelr women and children. Some of the Chr icabua chiefs did not want to go, as near as I can find out. Juh, Geronomo and Natchy were the ruling spirits. Nathasa advised them not to go. The Chlrl- csbuas tba. remained say that George wanted to murder all the whites, Geronomo took the horses and mules.
 Riddle took thirty women and children
 prisoners to Camp Thomas. The horses
 and mules belonged to Frazier and
 freighter, but they did not take the pack
 train. have no hesitation in saylne
 that. in my opinion, there would
 have been no stampede if ther'
 had been no troops here Col. Prices command is camped elgh
 miles from the agency. The hostile , have driven off all of Newland's hors . herd. on Eagle Creek, over thirty Il
 number. Seventy-four Chiricahuas ar
 on the war-path, making about l5O hos f tiles out.
 4 Indians in tho Dragons. V Special to the CITIzEN.l
 BENSON. October 4.-The Indians ar
 in Dragoon Mountains and are reporte
 to have had fight this morning an l. killed three soldiers. We have D el authentic information here. Minei IS have come in from the Peabody an m other mines. The soldiers are preparlr le to shell the Indians They are in the 20 old stronghold.
 'h More Troops for Arizona. ;? SAN FRASCIsCO, October 4-Captau rs Smith, Gushing and Field, of the Four 'o Artillery. left for Arizona last night VI