Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
PLEASANT VALLEY.
A Heroic Dcfense-IwO N. n kiiied-NearIy All Ike lsOrses >tOscn- He.
 

A Heroic Dcfense-I~o M- n KiIied-Neariy AIi Ike IsOTses stolen Efr.
 G.Ooe -hronIele.
 Last Thursday Messls. Turner and ! Graham rOde IutO GIOOe and proclaimed
 tLe joyful news that EIedsaLl valley mad
 escaped the general nassacre anticipated
 by our tOwusmvn.. From IAese gentle
 men We cOilate tue following regarding
 the events that occurred:
 AfteI leaving MIdIletOn's ranch the
 nOstlies struck across tue hIII, out Of the
 regular path, and On "Wednesday morn 1 Ing, the I2tn, made their preseuce known
 u Pleasant valley Uy OuruI-g the house Of Mir Hose, who Was at The tune absent
 n GiOoe- They drove oil several heau Of horses at that place out dld not trOu- | ole the cattle; In iacI, no cattle we, C inJur or driven Ott, tO speak of in the | valley.
 Inc Indians then surprised Sigsby's ! ranch. Ihe.e weIe t1ree men at tLls place ILry Lad bsen warned. bu seemed care4ess ss sO tneir danger, be Ievlng, las GI4 al tEe other $ ttiers Ii Iie vIcInlEs, taHt Ihvrv NeIe not mol, shan uOzun JI sI 4. ac..es ral,.iEss, -Lt ! fishIy Aoi,st-s iu-.--,s.Ves equal tO tlor !
 
 4 danser W-s ,Ae s4shL oi e.. out tOTty l -ead Oi rheir uOrses suunIlg down u, | .ahy E tO~i.td tue cOrral, Cisr uI tilt L | 4aylng 4 tI.rs dr,'l.-d It's Eeck- Chari,. 1 oiSsJ5 Gu1 a uI.4u uansd tIUuduu In 1 1 .dldteiy mounted and started out C. s' cure tne lJrses, IrgvIug h sOert Sissus 1 as the hou-e lEe ial.er wus gully iO ] 5GcKsJ vl water, NLer iir etS -l..t | --niy eOnlrented sltA tnv ,is slt u. 60OU. | fCTl ArLcber disclosing themselves O. | the rocky slue of tue canyOu. He a. once turned and ran tOr Jne cabin, wilIc. | ae reached without further mlshap tLai a painful flesh wound across the chest. | dOudOu and Charles SlA soy had riode. up the cany about l5U yards whei they were hred upon by another paTty of the redskins. The brave men at once dlsmOuutet and. cOOlly tyins 1 their animals to trees, returned She tre of their cowardlv adveTsarlss WILL deadly effect, klilIng no less than sIX Ind lans, as Was shown by the bullet holes ln the bloody shirts left beEiud when they carried away the bOdies. and wOunding seve al others. The unequal struggle could not, however. last long, and soon the herOlc men. rIddled witt bullets, tOck theIr final sights over the barrels of their rifles and sank back tO their everlasting rest, doubtless feeling. as valiant men, that death could not come In happier gulse. IL was fight to which we can point with pride as aI. example of frontier herolsm and will z, down in the unwrItteu annals of tn, West as one of the most intrepid deeds ever recorded. All honor to the cOura- ! geous men aud may We Hl meet as good au end. While this combat was [ TO- ceeding Robert SigSby tad been kept busy with hIs party of Indians, they keeping up an incessanr fire upon the door of the house and on the port holes in the adobe walls. Only one shot | found its way int the house, comInl though pOrthole and lodging in a pack saddle. No less than eIgDteen bullets were found In the door after the fight l Robert fired whenever opPortunit! ] offered and succeeded in killing two of the Ted devils outright The mUl, , which Charl-s Sigsby had ridden up tht canyon became frightened during tn, atfray, and breaking from its fastenings, ran down to the house, vhere # was sho and killed by the Indians. That even ing about all the In tians left the in mediate vicinity, but Bob still staye, hAAh AAAf hhAA'ff hiANMAAiS AA A0 Ur UT ! nest plan. The uext evening he hear | -hree Indians coming down the canyoi and who, from the tact of their talku--r [ and 1T. z expos are eyldeslEItiy thought h iiad ia el'Eer Ieit Qs diCd Cf hIs wourC 1ue! S"Hie nrdr the hOnse tO where tb, H"'e- -.as and proceeded to cut the stIa j0 as tO get the saddle. B-IVeen ther iUd the house were some obstruction put ois,uy "dfew a bead" on one C. | em and shDi him dead. the ball pas, Gg q rough a picket. The others m ..euIat,., ualr Jr.oks Lut, uIde- COW, 'i Garkut-s, r-tIiueI Ilu car-l-d ava. he b1dy 0t rLe.r (. rala3a. tDc vLrl 'Odg evidently left tie valley -ha' evei. ng Hey took ,E with tLem;.It tb l-rses tthe SlEsoyS. numbering aUou .i@t" he.o, I-l excellent stock. One ne macs ss sad lo be wor,L SG.Cr uu a large number of the cti, urses were also very valuable. Ihe ls0 EIlled five co -s vlo were Ueartb Juse and Ous-Queutly could not I rI-0n of.
 Fridas evening about ten o'clock th OstIles burned ILe house of Mir. Churr. , no lad taken refuge at Mr. SunsOIt ,ud then lett the valley adding to tLei ierd sHme ten hcrsts fr, m the ranch At the Iewkslurys' there had bee mple provisions made for a siege; tL IUrses had been put into the tight corr. ,ld the garrison, composed of seven mel l nd one plucky woman. were even ans Ous 10 have fight and rid the earth O few of its most devilish vretches 3efpre day hrt ak, Wednt sday morning 1 < he guard discovered the fire at Rose's 1 s md immediately reused the others. l o ust as aybreak was tinting the cloud, md was yet too dark tO discern Obiects l t any great distance, two Indians wer, cen on the top of the ridge boundinl he valley and were immediately freC pOn, when they disappeared On ex- Ii mining the tracks on the hlll after Oi lards It was found there were ten ul the d indians, evidently a recOnnOiterinl 1 sl arty. There has never been any love l n' lst between the Tewksburys and th, st .paches, but the latter are very caution l % bout attacking them, for many a "gooo q ndian' has been made by their unerr1np l ' flies. rL The troops. consisting Of two com tL anies of cavalry, under Major Chaife, SC nd cOmpany of scouts under Al Seibei W rived in the valley Saturday and en Co lmped for the night at Sigsby's Tn, A odies of the murdered men, which hat a cen horribly mUtilated by the Indians gC ere inferred that evening. The mill To ny left the next morning. 1t Messrs. Turner and Graham Jeff U on the lS h. They passed vi v Niddle-oH's ani saw the saddles of pt le Globe Ringers still lying there, the 4 ldians evidently not having returned dt ter thei- repulse. They also noticed 'me five dead horses near the house. de
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 Globe items. to
 Chronicle. Sg Burgess has been made Chief O! ,h