The daily gazette., 1882-05-09
scoUr,s REVENGE.

paIentless Fury the ln-
Iur.uins, wit with Murdered %p, His wife and
Children nonyer Trlbune.)
1obnson reached this city irorn
MattLeT, mai Yesterday, and to-day WI VIII
Ort lllalap'nIJ III home IN New YORK State,
pave for lllS n,J an his remaining days. beverai
bere to sPe"u :" was as living with his wife ana
ears ago NJ wa lar Iualapai. One early
eyeral ehlldIe. ,ho father was absent at the
CIIl,s y, most the band of Molaye lnulnlI .,nho -
llilaIbh bhdIsbsy was chiefattacked tse rahcne,
heh psiI~ ,hc mother and tortured her anu
ntrlseu abildren ari TO death. When johnson
he lhIr1 his cabin was in flames ana tie
turllgSsih H. a. diving family yet warm. ALMOST
Ood Oi n'o ,,eyt back to the fort without
azed, ~ ,,,n,, IN inter the remains OF his vile
Fen TalIlnS ai,,.nS and briefly told the awful
odr .lr within fifteen minutes YES, Sa,r., 1e1nIn,
~ y, IF Company X of the , fllth oaValry "a arr
el' nounted, ~ under the command 3l Ool;
fIc .n nV and on the trail of the copper-sNinneu
uIyH lSr Inbnson going along.
fIll', 9o morning of the third DAY the
On 'ne uttered the Black Hills, at the head
DIalry e"yte' ,Se Verdi River, the home of the
l'sfs aobe " Moiayes. That evening camp
la ApI Io near the Verdi and scouting
~ ,DI Grther followed the trail, which ap-
sd to be only few hours OLD. IN
mn a of eottonwOOds, and near marshy
laiP mln o of The river, thesmoke OF the Indian
''U" 'as discovered. 1t was too late TO
~, vi" ,ho Indians, as the darkness would
lSS y ,hSm i"s an escape. They had apparently
uSmib ~ the intention of remaining a
w. s'ss and hunting, SO the assault was de-
u1! IyDtil the morning, the cavalry coming
SoTeycr, and putting out sentinels. On
Al tbq posts johnson stood Keeping vigil
o.b W. % tbe night. In the morning the
p.r swooDed down upon them. Sur
i Yin their stronghold, and with their
catered carelessly about, the Indians
IA do nothing better than fly; and fly
jid toward the river, the soldiers pick
,Gam han olT one BY one in the chase. Del
was was more cunning and self-possessed
his followers, making up the river
nuch tbe thick cottonwood. The six
ians were killed before one of them had
,hpd tbe stream but Delshay, the
NH had such start that the cavalry
ost gaye up all hope of Oyertaking him.
sDrqad out, however, and made a
Enisb through the cottonwood forest.
men tbey brought up in little glade up
stream couple of miles they were
bnisbed to find johnson leaning over the
BODY of the Indian chief, hacking and
ipg it with huge bowie knife in insane
w. The body lay upon the river
h kas If II had been pulled out after the
ctiOn of the death-wOund. The head
nearly severed by a stroke of the knife,
Johnson had scalped it. 1t was many
utes before his fury had spent itself,
solicrs never interfering with the horri-
Iati,6ction which the widowed husband
"a hldess father was taking for his
h. Finally, when he had grown calm
h to explain, he told how he had seen
Indian making up the river, and, re-
ID that none should escape, he
wed as best he might. When he
through the timber he found the
and, although Il was done with much
(uy, he succeeded in tracing 1t to the |
hank, There it became lost, and
Tng that the Indian could not have
d the Stream without having been seen
opposite side, which was open and
lded Of trees and underbush, he con
I'd that the Indian was secluded in the
While waking down the bank a head |
protrudcd from pool near the shore.
s Delshay taking air Stealthily john
approached, and before the Indian could |
= that the aycngcr was nigh, he was
ped BY the hair and his throat slit from
ear
ben the fort was reached johnson
eIed to be employed in the scouting
b, and was engaged. He became the |
irst and most relentless of the border |
and figured prominently in all the
alqs against the Apaches up 10 the
one which General Carr led, earning
le Of Apache Matt. -