Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-26
INDIAN iNDIcNlTlEs.
The peaceful" Wards OF TIE Na-
tioa.
The Recent Attack Of the Indians on the
Peseeabie Setsiement-Ths Story
sf lieutenaW Fsayths -
Must Mr.. ket Coz"
THE DETAILS OF THE kffAR.

S,S FRASGscn. April B-A Tucsoa.
Arison,, correspondent at Sanford eivss
an ,ceou Mt OF the recent Indian attack, -
follows: stsnislans Mestss, aged nine years,
has Just arrived from Stevens sheep camp
with the following story Of tiie Indian
massacre IN the l6sa instant:
Before daylight the Indians attacked
the camp while We were all asleep. Ny
father and Ave other men attempted TO get
their guns, but too late. The Indians
rushed in from all side5 and overpowered
them, and bel. IRE shot could be fired che
work of slsasA,er began. An. IAaAo'p
thu muzzle of his gun against the head Of
one man and fired, blowing his brains
saw them hill my mother and two
liuh brothers Sy beating their brains out
wish stones. They killed five; they tied my
father and tortured him mont dreadfully,
ne b&gyed 10 spsrs him. bN they only
tortured him the ma-e. When they were
tired Of torturins him one Or them split
bis skVll open With .an axe. An lndiaq
squaw, wife of one a' the fcur friendly
Apache sheep hear,iers who worked with
us. sav,,i my life Sy Il olding me behind
her aud begging them u spare ne. When
al the yfxicans were du vi eNceN me- the
Indians lsft The sIraw who arrived with
the hSys nds4ys fbsre Acre ninety.three
wafrsfs n edttSsh ing p srty. They called
'themsewes the Chiahual 'uas and said
they were so.ns -, 81 s!rI,sh ,s to
and get more an xious 10 joil, them. They
also declared they would kill all thcinhAb-
itants in this valley. The hos tiles frequent
" declared that their whole Il esirc 10 kill Is
in retaliation for the Indians executed re-
Gently at Fort Grant.
Later news from the front 10 10 the effect
that the whole force 81 sbOut tn RE hundred
Indians. incluoing women an d children.
crossed the Svathern Pacific track last
night, scing south TOW Ard Lordt burg. WIKI
the cavalry IN close + .Tsuit Tho present
outbreak ~ the mos disastrous which hiss
ever occurred in Arizona. Not Ia - than 20
persons have been killed. To-ni2 ht maSs
meeting WAS held here. Governor Tutdc
presided "a vas determined a. rais~a
force OF volunteers To take the ieki for two
or three months.
SAN Ff,Ncrco, April - The tao CON-
panies OF cavalry at Fort Point have re
ccivcd orders To be in readiness To - -
Arizona but marching orders have not yet
been received. The adviccS are meagrr ai
military headquarters, but the impression
is that the force at the front is sufficient %
meet the emergency. Capt HArrison's
company, the First cavalry, has left Pre-
sidis for Arizona
A Fordsburg dispatch says: No news OF
importance from Doubtful Canyon since
yesterdays dispatches. Forsythe Is report
ed to be in the canyon on the east side ot
easy and afiording the hostiles every facil.
ity for escape. II looks very much like
another military farce over the Indian
question. The troops had the Indians COM
pletely surrounded at Doubtful Canyon
and Horse Shoe Canyon Saturday night
last, but it is now feared they will escape.
For.y ths's Account.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Lieutensnt Gem
eral Sheridan forwards Adjutant General
Drum Col. Forsythe's account OF his en-
counter with the Indians In New Mexico.
DRY Camp. on ruad between Lordsburg
and Richmond. April 2tth: General Mac
kenzie, OF Fort Craig, started for Richmond
this morning nj daylight, and ordered
Lieut.. Mcdonald with six Indian scouts 70
scout my left and proceeded 70 cross
fhe Gila. When about two thir'ts
across one of the Indians announced "a me
that four Of the scosts were killed BY
large number Of Chiahuahuas, and that
Lieutenant Mcdonald and two others were
defending themselves against them. ] gal.
loped for sixteen miles 10 them. and found
the Indians strongly entrenched In Stems
Peak range, attacked them at onoe auo
drove them from their cntrenched pod
tions They fell hack and occupied tvo
impregnable positions, which were from y
to u feet high, and ] found II i'm.
possible TO dislodge them without
great loss. gave up farther
operations at j O'Clock and started again
for Richmond. Ny loss Was four Indian
scouts and one private troop killed. and
one sergeant and four private" wounded.
know Of n certainty that two Of the enc
my were killed and a number wounded.
We captured and killed thirteen head of
their stock. have just met Mr.. PentOn
on the Main road between Iordsburg and
Richmond who will take this dispatch u
Lordsburg The number Of Indians ]
fought To- day was between % and lO. IL
was impossible 10 do more under the cir.
cunstancc, The canyon was the worst
ever saw.
Signed. FoEsrrHE