Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-04-28
A Florida Steer Burns and
Destroys thieves of Sew
eraI Eons.
A Most Cold toded Murder
Reported Eastern
OF
Important News pm Washington
and From Western
Slol
Horrible issacre.


DETAILED ACCOUNT oHHE ARIZONA IN
DIAN sLAUGHTER-lE TERRIBLE TALE
TOLD BY BOY s,yIyoR-DETERAII-
NATION OF ARIzoNAPEoPIE TO CLEAN
OUT THE sAvAGEs.
Tucson, Arizona, bril- pa CORE
spondent at Saffords, gives an account
of the recent Indian attack rs follows
Stanislaus Westas, aed 3 years, just
arrived from Steves' sheep camp
with the following stry of the Indian
massacre on the 1Sh inst: Before
daylight the Indian attacked the
camp while we were all asleep. My
father and five others hen attempted
to get their guns, but too late. The
indians rushed in from sill sides and
be fired. The work of slaughter then
began. One Indian put the muzzle of
his gun against the head of one man
and fired, blowing his hains against the
flood and walls. Saw them kill my
mother and two little b.others by beat
ing their brains out with stones; they
killed five. They tied my father and
tortured him dreadfuly. He begged
them to spare him, but they only tor
tured him the more. When they were
tired Of torturing him, one of them
SPLIT HIS SKULL
with an axe. An Indian squaw, wife
of one of the four friendly Apache
sheep herders who worked with us,
saved my life by holding me beind her
and begging them to spare me. When
all the Mexicans were dead except me,
the Indians left"
The squaw who arrived with the boy,
says there were SO warriors in the party;
they called themselves Chirahuahuas,
and said they were going straight TO
San Carlos agency to hll off the whites
and get more indians to join them.
They also declared that they would
KILL ALL THE HHABITASTs
of this valley. The h.stiles frequently
declared their whole lesire was to kill
in retaliation for their Indians executed
recently at Fort Gran.
Later news from tn, front is to the
effect that the whole fprce of 800 Indi-
ans, including women and children
crossed the SouthernPacifc track last
night, going south near Lordsburg
The cavalry is in close pursuit. The
present outbreak is the most disastrous
which ever occurred in Oregon. No
less than forty persons have been kill
ed. Tonight mass meeting was helc
| here: Gov. Tuttle presided. 1t was de
termined to raise Arce of volunteer.
to take the field fer two or three
months.
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
| san Francisco, Apnl 25.-Two com
panies of cavalry az Fort Point hay,
received orders to bein readiness to g
to Arizona, but maching orders ar
not yet received. Advices are meagr
at military headquarters, but the i'm
preston Is that the force at the front j
sufficient to meet the emergency
Capt. Harriscn's company of the Firs
cavalry, has left the presidio for Ar
zona.
A Lordsburg dispatch says there
no news of importance from DoubtfU
Canyon since Yesterdays dispatches
Forsy the is reported to be in camp 0
East STEMS peak nnge, taking thing
very easy, and affIding the hostile
| every facility for escape L7oks yer
much like
, ANOTHER MILITARY FARCE.
over the Indian question. Troops ha
: the Indians completely surrounded
j Doubtful Canyon and Horseshoe Cal
yon Saturday night last, but it is no
feared they will ecape. An uncol
r firmed report of two prospectors havir
been killed yesterday IA miles north
here on the Gila road. Mckenzie
: said to be en- route 10 join Forsythe ar
: take csmmand in person.
COL. FoRTYTH's REPORT.
y WASHINGTON, April 25.-Lieut. Ge
Ie Sheridan forwards to Adjutant Gener
e, Drum, Col ForsFth's account Of /
encounter with Indians in New Ne
> leo:
DRY CAMP, on the road between LORI
" burg and Richmond. April "a
:, Gen. McKenzie, Fort Craig Started
= Richmond this morning at dayligl
N Ordered Lieut.. Mcdonald with six
a dian scouts to scout my left and pl
ne ceeded to cross the Gila. When abe
= twc-thirds across, one Of the India
ae announced to me that four of the sc1l
Es were killed by large number of Chi
u huahuas, and that Lieut.. Mcdonald a
4 the other two we're defending the
selves against them. gaIloped
sixteen miles to them, and found
in Indians strongly entrencnsd In Site
or peak range, attacked them at once q
Id drove them from their entrenched
e sition. They fell back and occupi
er two impregnable positions, which "
~ from six to eighteen feet high; found
?" impossible to dislodge them with,
!, great loss. / gave up further ope
tons at 5 o'clock and started for Ri