The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-02-10
THE KILLING OF MANA.
The Time General Hatch Had Close Call.

81. Louis D0pdtch 10 NeU York Hortd.
General Hatch, the Indian fighter, arrived
at the Lindell to-day, and was seen by the
World correspondent relative to dispatches
received here announcing the killing of the
Indian chief Mana and his band. General
Hatch said: "I've read the dispatch and
believe 1t TO be true. l hope 1t is, for Nana's
death breaks up the last band Of hostile In
dians. think, however, that the fact Of the
matter was that the Mexicans decoyed the
Indians into trap and massacred them. l
knew Mana very well. He was my inter-
prefer for long time, when was in charge
of the New Mexican district. He was big,
fat Indian, rather old, and very trustworthy.
He and Victoria were good friends of mine,
and, by the way, they helped me out Of .
scrape once when l thought Twas pretty near
the end Of my rope. During the year Of
1876 one day number of the Apaches and
others where we were stationed got very
drunk on tiswin, stuff made from fermented
corn, which tastes like lemonade and is very
Intoxicating. The Indians would 60 hungry
for day or SO and then get full Of tiswin
and remain drunk for weeks. These fellows
were getting very troublesome, and trouble
was just about TO begin when went in
among them, and you may be sure that !
talked as never did before In my life, for
was sure it was close call. After . good
deal of trouble succeed In winning ever
Victoria and Mana and others, and we soon
settled the matter after that. The majority
of the drunken crowd made the attack, but
we killed four chiefs and a good many others
and stopped the trouble. But for Victoria
and Mana I know that drunken outbreak
would have ended In the massacre Of all of
us. Mana went out on the warpath three
years ago, some time in 1878. Victoria went
out and Mana was the adJutsnt. / reInem-
ber that began to suspect the outbreak just
at the time was starting for the scene of the
Ute massacre. was taking the infantry
and leaving Morrow with the cavalry to hold
the place while was away. l thought
would 20 and see old Victoria and ask him
about the matter. Iwent alone to see the
old man and told him knew what he was
thinking of doing. He replied that was
alone and that he could kill me. Il know
you could said !, sbut / also know you will
not. You are going on the warpath and the
end of it will be the destruction of yourself
and your whole people. am going away
from here with some of the troops, but 9th
ers will take cur place and you will surely
get the worst of it, The old man replied
that he had not made up his mind to go out,
but that If he did he never intended to sur
render again. Il will not surrender the hair
of horses tall was his grim remark. Some
time after this the band went out with Vic
toria and Mana at the head. had these In
dians, Victoria, Mana, and all their bands, as
prisoners. We took them and held them un-
til the Interior Department ordered us to
turn them out. Soon after the outbreak 400
Apaches went out with Victoria and We
drove them away down iuto Mexico. They
left their women and children and l after
ward turned them all oyer at the San Carlos
Agency. Most of the braves were killed in
mexico. NlclVFld nlulscli WAS kiIlcu III
Mexico year ago last summer. The Mexi-
cans surrounded the camp, and he was hit
with stray shot and died in camp next
morning. Then Mana took command. But
all the Apaches have gone. The Indians al
luded to as captured with him at Preside
del Norts were all Mescaleros, so calledfrom
the fact that they manufacture drink called
Mescal. All the 400 Apaches who started
out with Victoria are dead long ago. Mana
was more of an organizer than fighter, and
he stuck to Victoria's policy In his last cam
paign-never to surrender. Mana and Vic
toria were both Warm Springs Apaches, the
bravest Indians known"
General Hatch is going to Washington on
Indian business. He expects to 60 into Colo
| RADIO to leok after the Utes early in April.
He says that General Sheridan expects trou-
BILE from the Utes, but he [Hatchl does not
think 1t will occur. If the Utes keep quiet
and Mana is actually dead, General Hatch
expects that Indian warfare is at an end.