The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-03
The Presiden { Determined to Suppress
the Outbreak Without
Further Delay.
The Third Cavalry Ordered to Re
port for Active Service
at Once.
Hanlen Seats Trfckett, the Australian
Oarsnsn, With the Greatest
Ease-Other News.
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.


CoEoeeI Forsyshe's Report of His.Reeent
Operations with the Hostile Apaches-
The President Determined to Suppress
the Outbreak.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Lieutenant General
Sherman furnished the following from the
report of Colonel George Forsythe, on his re-
cent operations against the hostile Apaches.
The report is dated STEMS Pass Station,
April %:
i fed my. horses at 80 a. m. the sd inst ,
which had Ordred from Sansimon Station got
off ate O'Clock and started directly across the
ella Plains strike The direct road To kjehmOn0,
and ordered Lieutenant Mcdonald To take ,he
six scouts of the Craig Company mounted, aud
two enlisted men Of Captain Callahan's Com
pany, and try and cut any trails along the s0utn-
eastern end OF STEMS Pass. At his request l els
mounted one OF his own scouts aud gave him
Yuma Bill, VINO spoke excellent English and Vas
regarded as our bsst Indian scout. also sent our
six dismounted Indians along the base OF the same
range, though father out in the foot nils When
about two or three miles from camp L1eutcuetIt
Mcdonald sent word that he had struck Iail
twelve hours old Of ten Indians dlSmOulted,
who were going in our ireclon. He also asked
for an additional enlisted man. whom sent. An
hour later he sent word that nfteen more Indians
had joined the tssil. aud had witG them a mule
and two horses. l sent back with his messenger
two more enlisted men and continued my Taarcr.
He had now turned the southern eud OF the bass
and was moving along the base OF the range
in a north thwesterly direction. moving
across the plain, aud probably eighteen miles On
my way, when one OF the Indian scouts came II
with his horse on a;dead rum dnd stated that fOur
of the scouts were killed. including Hsma Bill.
and that Lieutenant Mcdonald aud his men Were
standing of a large body OF Chi icaauas, and
must hasten TO save mem. turnei at once aud
trOtted and galOped sixteen miles 10 the pDnt IN
dicGted by the indiana met Med ma d about
the scouts were falling back on foot, the Ind
not following them. He had been chased closely
by another smaii band Of mounted indians, Who
came near cutting him OF. soon came up with
the of the party, VINO were all light, the at
tacking force of Indians having retfeated ou see
ing my command approaching so rapidly. IL
seems the Apsches had seen the trailing party and
ambushed them from the rocks firing upon them
wounded Yuma I.ll aud killed three Others OF the
scouts instantly. Bill saw them about three or
four seconds before they hred;
and shouted, Watch out, Lieutenant" and
Mcdonald quick enough 10 turn his bOdy
and horses head just as they fired, and was the
found the Indiaas strongly entraGced on the west
side of the canon and in the middle OF It, which
has GA outlying mass of rock about 400 feet IN
height A little TO the right OF the center Is "A
small line of rocks connecting the left aud center
realized AT once that the body of Indians was
my entire force formed two thanking parties. Two
companies each. moved one company directly IN
their front left flank. Captain Davis COM
hour we hsnked them Out of both positions aud
they took up a strong secord position. which we
again drove them fr0m thence back into d up
among the mountains and rocks of the canoii
some firing from points $50, IL Q
and 1,60O feet above us, and myst of
them evidently climbel from crag to crag. and. |
suppose eventually worked back to the other side
of the mountain range never saw such rug
ged place nor one better adapted 10 defense |
was delighted to see how Very much superior
marksmen our men were TO the Apaches. They
never dared fire third shot from benind any
particular rock, as our men. soon as they could
see where the shots came from, pat their bullets
right at the particular spot from which the shots
came Our people dave them 70 the very etd OF ;he
canon, aud forced them back and over the range.
The action lasted from / ull haifpast o'clock,
and our men were completely exhausted Climo-
ing the sides OF mountains and going up the
canon.
The Apaches abandoned about thirty ponies
and mules, aud we killed ten or twelve the
day of the fight, toOk some with us 70 mount
our scouts, and yesterday, when l returned
there killed the ret which were straying among
the rocks. Ieoneuded after the action was over
that had been fignting Indians who were on
the way to join Geronimo. and help him bring
down the women aud children as the trad fol Nv
ed by Mcdonald va- leadi'-g around the base {
the range toward Richmond tberefore conelud-
ed to cross the sie piaid that night aud 60 20
Richmond, near where h0ped TO iud Loco, and
Geronimo reached the rnsIn road fourteen
miles distance at III sc a. m ON tue 24th. ana
Within lees than a mile came across citizen on
his way 10 l. 'rds burg from EcnmOnd, who todd
me that the Indians had leis the CHA Eaver ana
were evidently ali their wa to Mexico Further
more that the Gila River Vas eighteen NIL di--
psDt. at once male a dry camp as my hCTses
were about exhausted. l here telegrapavc u
thalI would To The Gila for water but in the
morning dec fed e. come hack here. At a. m.
Ia. I.sgas joined be Captain Gordon, of the sixth
Cavalry ,anu sixty-t,g0 IN and Lieutenant Gate
wood with twenty .our Indian scouts; also, Lieu
tenant Hatfield, L Company. Fourth Cavalry. I
took the back trail TO this place via Horseshoe
Canon, where there are two small springs NJ
winch my got water for enffee bat scarcely
any for the hOTses. In fact they divided their
Sestsd ieuq T %tsn tns p09r sToed ho,ses
and then pushsd in n re where arrived at 9:30
p IN. 1 had telegraphed for forage aUG ratiOns
from my Supplies AT SeDsr and fOr two tanks of
water, which were here Oh my arrival Ny ami
mas had maFched segenty-eight miles, sixteen at
sgsllOplovere rough cJuntryS sud been fOrtv
hoE1s without water. A few OF them gave out
the eFail lais morning. We fai-hed
watching atil:Sf a. m. thi smorning Isheil have
70 send for anosher tank OF water to day Half
the horses refused :, eat last night but they are
shall shove np and push out ON the trssl over
one OF the Stella Pass range OF IaeuiIfaine snd
cross the nailroad about eight niles below here.
goud mary iInAis with them II yon DO not
hear from aae for yzme time give yourreh ne 0n-
until SCAT thess indians. Najrr Perry viii
probably sebei two eDmpaies of csFalvy 10 14l-
low and 5o<u me and Captain ChsGse WIN
viii join rse Bowie Road Crossing on the TRAN
Please send The original report of the company
con ua9den sad copg of my official reports also
m0st be sesIt talck. including with brokeu
rihs by q kick frOcn hose. Command isin ftst
rate spirits though somewhat tired 1 expect
Liet ter ant Hall aud hfs indian scouts 10 Iu me
here this noraiug Kind regards 20 all AZ head
Quarbrs am weil satisfied with the officers and
men O. our regiment. There has not been word
OF complaint from any source VIII leave here in
good shape.
Very respectfully and truly yours
(SigDaD GEORGE s. FoRsYTHE
To Ge4,e1sal r. 8. Mckenzie, santa Fe, N. NJ.
The President DetermiDed.