The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-04-28
The Arizona Indian War.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.
A Lordsburg IN. NJ dispatch says fight
occurred On Saturday at Horse Shoe canor,
between Indians and Indian scouts and troops
The latter were victorious. Four Indian scouts
were killed and three soldiers; eleven soldiers
were wounded. A small band of hostiles was
seen going south over the Sansmon fats. A
band of twenty or thirty crossed the Southern
Pacific near here early this morning,
going no th toward the Burro mine
! Mcdonald, a well-known contractor of this
section, arrived from the ella river this morn
ing. He assisted in burying the bodies of
twenty men yesterday, and reports that several
persons are missing. Among the killed are J..
I. Rlsque, rising young attorney of Silver
! City; Capt. John |. Lawson, mining superln-
! tendent ; Mr.. Prescott, Alex. Knox, S. d. Pink
ard and Pinkards herdsman (name unknown).
The Indians number over 800 bucks,
| squaws and children as shown by actual count
| While passing Yosk's rancho. Tue Indians are
! completely surrounded and corraled in Doubtly
canon.
All the male citizens of Lietendorf, Shaks-
! peaTe and Lordsburg are under arms.
The present Indian outbreak in Arizona is
/ the most disastrous which has ever occurred in
that Territory. Over sixty people have been
killed by them so far. Loco, a noted chief and
/ son of the once-dreaded Cochise, are with
| the band, which is composed of Chiri-
cahuas and the remnant of victoria's
! band of Warm Spring Indians, and
numbers about 200 bucks and 800 squaws and
children. They declare their intention of STAY
ing every paleface that crosses their path, in
retaliation for the three Indians recently
executed at Fort Grant. According to
telegram april 26) from Shake
| speare, New Mexico, the town of Gualleysvile
in Arizona, just over the New Mexican line was
burned and completely destroyed by the saw
ages. Thirty-fve white people were killed.
Inc indians were scattering Into small bands
and making for the Chiricahua mountains in
Mexico Forsythe, with his entire command,
| was IN pursuit. The pursuing force numbered
| fifteen companies of cavalry, but the chances
| of overbauling the murderous wretches was re-
| gardsd as very small, unless the Mexican Gov
eminent acted promptly in driving them back
/ Ayers, small mining camp in Arizona, was
surrounded by $50 hostile Indians. and three
whites had been killed and one wounded.
/ Stanislaus Mestas, aged 9 years, who escaped
] the massacre at Stevens sheep-camp tells the
following story of that CHASTITY affair g Before
! daylight the Indians attacked the camp while
we were all asleep. My father and five other
men attempted to get their guns, but too late.
/ ~ AaAAhGLc AuoA4OO 11OAA hu SOSo hhNt ONCk-
! powered them before q shot could be fired.
The work OF slaughter then began. An In
dian put the muzzle of his gun against the
head of one man and fired, blowing
his brains against the floor and wall
saw them kill my mother and two little
brothers by beating their brains out with
! stones. They killed five. They tied nv
father and tortured him most dreadfully. He
begged them to spare him, but they only tor
! mented him the more. When they tired of
torturing him, one of them split his skull with
an ak. An Indian squaw, wife of one of the
four friendly Apache sheep-herders, who
worked with us. saved my life by holding me
behind her and begging them to spare me.
When all the Mexicans were dead except me.
/ the Indians left =