The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27
THE INDIAN OUTBREAK.
Further Details Regarding the Trouble
In Arizona


in Arizona.
SAN Francisco, April 25.-Two com
panies of cavalry at Fort Point have
received orders to be in readiness to go
to Arizona, but marching orders have
not yet been received. Advices are
meagre at the military headquarters,
but the impression is that the force at
the fort is sufficient to meet all emer-
gency. Capt Harrison's company, the
First cavalry, has left PresidiO for
Arizona. a harrisburg dispatch says:
There are no news of importance from
Doubtful canyon since yesterdays dis
patches. Forsythe is reported to be in
the canyon on the east side of STEMS
peak range taking things very easy and
aifording the hostiles every facility for
escape. 1t looks very much like an
other military farce over the Indian
question. The troops had the Indians
completely surrounded at Doubtful
canyon and Horse Shoe canyon Satur-
day night last, but it is now feared they
will escape the Union forces. Reports
prevail here of two prospectors being
killed yesterday fourteen miles north
of here on the Gila road. Mckenzie is
said to be en- route TO join Forsythe and
take command in person.
Lieutenant General Sheridan forwards
Adjutant General Drum, Colonel For
sythe's account of his encounter with
the Indians in New Mexico, dated in
camp between Lardsburg and Richmond
April 9th, as follows: Gen. Mckenzie,
from fort Craig, started for Richmond
this morning at daylight. Ordered
Lieutenant Mcdonald with six Indian
scouts to scout on my left, and proceed
ing TO cross the ella. When about two
thirds of the way across one of the In
dians announced TO me that four of the
scouts were killed by large number of
Chatwahaus, and that Lieutenant Nc
Donald and the other two were defend
ing themselves against them. l gallop-
ed 16 miles to them and found Indians
strongly entrenched in SLeinpeak range
and attacked them at once and drove
them from their position. They fell
back and occupied Two impregnable po-
sitiOns which were from to IS feet
high and found it impossible to dislodge
them without great loss. gave up further
operations at 5 O'Clock and started again
for Richmond. Ny loss was four In
dian scouts and one private trooper
killed, one sergeant and four privates
wounded. ! know of a certainty that
two of the enemy were killed and a
number wounded. We captured and
killed thirteen head of their stock. /
have Just met Mr.. Fenton on the Mine
road, between harrisburg and Rich
mond. He will take this dispatch to
harrisburg. / am compelled to go to ella
river at Richmond for water for stock.
take up the trial, and will try and get
these Indians in an open country, OF
which l hope to give you more favOra-
BILE reports. The number of Indians !
fought today was between sixty and 100
1t was impossible to do more under the
circumstances. The canyon was the
worst ever saw.
(SignedD FoRsYTHE.
Tucson, A. t, April 26-At mass
meeting of several thousand citizens
held last night it was unanimously di'
rected that the following be sent, and il
was Immediately wired, as an open let
ter TO the president and his cabinet and
both houses of congress, during the re-
jOicing incident to the grand military
display, announced to take place at For
tress Monroe: 1--WE beg to offer you, IS
a skeleton to sit at your banquet, the
fact that nearly one hundred of our
pioneers have, within a few days
been wantonly murdered in
cold blood by the devilish Apaches
| whom a cruel and mistaken policy per
mits to survive their crimes. If some
small portion of the expenditures oc.
Cured In your grand display could be
devoted to such measures as would pre-
clude the probability of an increase in
the list of our murdered dead, we could
send you greeting of gratitude and cheer
in place of this message of our sorrow
and helplessness and our desolation.
(Signed) JAMES s. Tool, Chairman.
l.. G.. HUGHES, Secretary.