The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-06-10
GARCIA'S FIGHT. Full Particulars of the Apache
 Waterloo. Rrayery Of the Mexican Troops.
fl the Mexican Troops.
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 CuMpus, SoNoRo, MEXICO. May 19, 1882.
 One cannot but admire, as the details are known, the pluck and courage of the Mexican troops who were engaged in the battle, fought on the 29th of April last, at the Canada de los ElisOs. between one of the columns of Gen. Reyes army, under command of Lorenzo Garcia, and the band of murderous Apaches, who recently stole away from San Carlos and made their way into Mexico. This column had been out scouting the mountains for some weeks after Indians, and as their pro vision had become exhausted two days be- fore, were on their return again to Barispi. when to their surprise, they saw to the north of them a large cloud of dust, and at once concluded that it must be made by Indians, as neither troops nor conveys were expected from that quarter. Col. Garcia immediately dispatched his scouts to ascertain the cause, and they, on return ing, It purted large band of Indians, head. ing direct for the Canada, where they were encamped. Col. Garcia then gave the command to hls troops to form in line of battle, and advance and meet the Indians and attack them and the column to carry out this order, had to march for consider able distance, when it, too, was discovered by tho Indians, ,lnd preparations for the | fight commenced on both sides. The | Mexican troops numbered but 100, all told. who first entered the battle, as the day be- tore a party of sixty had been detached l from the column to make scout la the right direction and were to join 1t again later in the day. After viewing the ln- dians as they were placing themselves in battle array, the commander at once knew that he would have to fight against fear | ful odds, at least two for one, but nothing daunted by the overwhelming numbers, he gave his toops the command to engage the Indians and dislodge them from theil
 position. The troops galiantly charged and drew from the Indians murderoas fire, and then commenced one of the mos desperate, obstinate and fearful battles
 perhaps ever recorded in the annals of In
 dian warfare. It was no massacre; nc
 ambush; no surprise. The combatant:
 were equally armed and each party had
 ample time for prepai ation, the advantage
 being solely with the Indians in numbers
 The troops would charge the Indians and
 the Indians In return would charge the
 troops, and at times the battle would be
 come hand to hand fight, the troops us-
 ing the bayOnet and the Indians the butt.
 of their guns, neither losing time to loac
 and fire. The Indians fell back little
 and adopted the more modern system o
 warfare, Tor during the engagement the,
 dug & rifle pit and placed In it eight O
 their best rifemen, and then changed thei
 position to behind it, to an almost natura 1 .,l,, Sc fI,n nit and from
 these strongholds were killed and wound
 ed many of the Mexican loss. Col. Garcl'
 saw at once that he would have to dis I lodge the Indians from these positions O lose the fight, and at oEce ordered one o | his officers (whose name l did not learn
 to form column of % men and charg
 the pit and take it at all hazards. The col
 umn was formed and it gallantly ant
 bravely moved forth to execute the orde
 of the commander in the face of mur
 derous fire from the Indians. and only sue
 cseded in getting about half the distance
 to the pit when the column wavered ant
 returned, leaving eight of their comrade
 dead and several wounded. Again tn gallant commander gave the command t
 replace the men killed and wounded il the charging column and again charg with the bayonet alone ana dislodge tn Indians from the pit. This time tn
 charge was successful, not an Indian es capped who was in the pit,
 ALL KILLED BY THE BAYoNET.
 ; The Indians from the intrenchment the . made furious charge on the stormin , column, but the brave commander of tn troops soon observed this movement an
 moved forward his whole command to th : support of his troops who had wrested tn , pit from the Indians, and again anothe 3 hand and hand fight took place, the troop : vigorously using their bayonots and tn , buts of their guns, until finally the Indian : were driven hack to their en,renchmen
 At this stage of the battle arrived the sixt l men who had lett the column the day b' Q fore, and who immediately entered tn l fight, and alter one or two more feeble a | tempts by the Indians ts retrieve their los 0 they ingloriously fled from the field the n had SO desperately and stubbornly defent d ed for over seven hours Tn the battle, leay 't Ing in the hands of the victorious troop [. as prisoners their women and childre l. whom they had fought so hard to defent IS as we'll as nearly all their stock.
 3. Hardly had the battle ended-the woun' t. ed and dead still unattended to and lyin ,t upon the battle field-when to their di ,s may another cloud of dust, and muc = larper in an fhe frsf was ohsersed Inv fl