New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-04
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The following dispatch
was received at the War Department this morning
oy Acting Adjutant-General McKeever dated Sep
tember2
ing General OF the Department of Arizona dated to-
day:
tat tuanT teegraphs report from the sub-agency
@ 1naa an Indlan named Mickey hrought word that a
nut that Pedro with all his band and Others are on
l the warpath; that Cau's command including HIM
were killed day before YESTERDAY Also that Pedros
men had killed seven or eight men including an ex-
PIessnan, between Apache and Thomas. There is
no word from the Apaches The line Is down: the
; wire cut: Biddle was at work yesterday aud last
ishf getting troops across the ella with difficulty,
The following has just been furnished by the War
Department:
PRESIDE IF SAN Francisco, Sept q 1881.
10 the AdjutaRt- General Washington, d. C.:
Ihe following, dated September l. has been re-
ceiVed from the Commanding General of the De-
partment of Arizona:
1 have rumors more OF less authentic that Car,
had hght on the 30th at Cibien Creek Crossing.
verde trail and inform alton has been received
an dron tb nl aat snce' The courier due at Apache
dams from the reservation report at Thomas
Elat Tantd tne troops have been whipped They
port tort Apache taken. which is not credited But
lne sltuatlon Is serious Indian Inspector Gardner
!SSPorts SP t1e Agency to he seriously endangered by
the hostiles and calls for troops Bidde is moving
from from Thomas toward Apache, expecting TO be az
the tanks, twenty-seyen miles from Thomas
today. will get other troops TO San
troln Ea,noS c as soon as possible. Troops
marching TO Thomas. McClellans company will 60
10 o;d Fort Grant 10 protect San Pedro Valley.
two cavalry companies now in Cheno Valley TO the
tomarc the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad to pTo
MOrklnR ie uglfa
so,tr 20 return Tni,, from % Yuma to Grant The in
axaiTsyt, aaniry "lI he concentrated at the most
l hope the outbreak is not universal Haskell
eoes 70 San Carlos to secure the alliance Of
as many as possible; but / would thank you to
hold the LIST Cavalry and other troops in readi-
ness TO r-lntorce me If necessary. all may be
leye that Fort Apache taken and this report in
probably confounded with Capp's fight at Cibiens,
III attempting TO arrest a medicine man.
am holding two companies of the LIST Cavalry
10 this department and four companies of the sth
infantry III readiness TO TO the assistance of tho
troops IN Arizona if that becomes necessary.
Mcdowell. Major-General
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The following dis
patch was received by Secretary Kukwood to-day;
it being the only official information received at
the Interior Department mp the hour of closing re-
garding the Indian outbreak in Arizona:
SAN CARLOS, Arizona, Sept 2.
To ne Secretary oftho Interior:
In capturing medicine-man on the Cibien near
Camp Apache medicine man was killed. Indians
attacked troops. Reports from there Indicate
kclnfoFcem0ntS
are now en- route from Thomas. Precautions made
TO defend Agency in of attack Leave to-mor-
GARDINER, Inspector.
CHICAGO, Sept. 3-A dispatch TO The Times from
Tucson Arizona confirms the report of the massacre
of two companies of cavalry, under General Carr,
by Apaches near Camp Thomas. Lieutenant Cruise
was shot by medicine-man" whom he was try
ing TO arrest whereupon the troops opened fire and
killed the medcne-man." The ma ,sacre then
bpua he Ind frir D.,
and nearly every white was killed. Three companies
of cavalry and company of scouts under Overton
are on their way as reinforcements. No courier has
killed.
SAN FRANCIsCo Sept. S-A dispatch from Tucson
says: The Star has advices from Fort Grant TO tho
following effect: Three couIiers have come into
Camp Thomas all bringing the same news that
General Carr and his command had all been mas
sacred by the White Mountain Indians, thirty-6ve
miles from Camp Apache. There were 10 men and
officers killed. The officers must be General
Carr. Captain Henley. Lieutenants Carter
Gordon, Stanton and Ornes and DIR. .McCreery
The White Mountains Indian Reservation is
located about 160 miles north of Wilcox.
near the New-Mexican line. The tribe
muster 400 warriors. This is the only tribe of
Apaches which have not been whipped into subjec-
tion. They were moved in 1876 into the san Carlos
Reservation. but were recalled and returned TO their
old hunting-grounds, where they have been ever
since.
dispatch from General McDowell's headquar-
ters at PrcSido. says:
dispatch from General Wilcox. received last
night, saws that he has received news 10y Indian
runner that Cars command, including himself six
other officers, and siXty-four enlisted men, were
killed on the 3lSt inst, and that Pedros had
killed seven eight men, including an eNpressman
between Fort Apache and Camp Thomas
dispatch received from General Wilcox this
morning says that he has received news that a few
of General Carrs command escaped at Cubic Creek
which is forty miles west of Fort Apache. Those
who escaped are fighting their way 10 Fort Apache
hut their is doubtful. Pedro's band at
tackled Fort Apache, but the Commander Of the De-
partment thinks that be must have been repulseds
and that he now holds the canyon through which
the road from Camp Thomas 20 Fort Apache passes
At the downtown Office of the United States
Army definite information has been received re-
garding the reported massacre OF General Carr and
his command, but the officers there infer that the
report is essentially correct, and that outbreak
on serious scale has taken place.
A company of the LIST Cavalry, stationed at Camp
McDemott, and another at Camp Halleck, Nevada,
and company of the sth Infantry, at Benicia, have
been ordered 20 start at once for Arizona.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.-A Tucson dispatch says
The Star has just received the following:
Fort GRANT, Sept. 2.-Al day Indian run
ners have been coming into San Carlos
Agency with reports of fight with
there officers anu about 100 men killed.
They also report that an eXpresSman and seven
whites killed on their way from
Thomas TO Apache the 31st ult. The White
known to have been concerned in this
outbreak. They number about 400 braves, but
others may have been drawn into their service. IL
these reports confirmed, this will be serious af
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