Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1883-06-14
Particulars Of Crooks Cam.
paign in Mexico.
Camp Attacked and Seven
Indians killed.
The Camp Surrenders 383
Prisoners.

TOMBSTONE, June IA Young
son OF 5 rahum Smith arrived from
the Chiricahua, This morning bring
ing the information to The Epita 4
that Gro had returned from his
exp, ditton9 AID was encamred at
Silver Creek in the southern end OF
the Chiricahuas, about sixty miles
southeast of This place. Loco,
Chaito and about two hundred OF the
hostilcs had surrendered, and were
brought in by G neral Crook. who
rocrcssei The line last Sltu day with
them. Among the p isoners were
about seventy five bucks old AID
sick; the balance are women and
children. 1t is believed III It he VIII
return aud cndeavor to capture The
WARRIORS His command is in fac
fighting trim. The casualties 81 7
have been nothing
TOMBSTONE, June II y special
Courier arrived tonight from Crook
headquarters at Silver Creek, bring
ing the first ohicial information OF
Crooks expe lition which left Amer
lean soil on the 3 of My, March-
i'm 200 miles southeast from San
Brrnardino on the boundary Lac Of
Chihuahua and Sonora following The
! trail Of the hO>tilcs. General Crook
was guided by the Apacae, Nadaski,
who %as captured near San Carlos
just previous to the expiiItion leav-
j ing. At Il point about Two hundred
: miles south cf the the line C mmard
! crossed the Sierra M1lre range, Il
/ distance of - miles over an in les
c.iblbly rotgh tran, eight mules
being kIllad Icy falling over preci-
pices. They pressed on without de-
lay, rem tered nearly Barcfoo, b. the
sharp rocks. Aft 7 fourteen days of
hard marching, night an day the
Indian camps of Chatto and B to
were discovered in the he trt Of the
/ Sierra Madres in an almost lmpr.-g
natle position Tie Aplches did
not dream of att ok, for an entrance
10 the STD ,ghold was next to 'mpos
siblc and the warriors were m .stlv
out on Il raid under Juh, only thirty
seven bucks being in camp with the
women and children The san Car
los scouts, under Captain Crawford
and Lieutenants Gutewood and Mack
ev with AL Scbrc, Archie Mcintosh
and Mickey Free, chiefs OF scouts,
surrounded The camp c-ore the hos
tiles were aware Of th'.ir proximity,
and advanced from different points
and were very netr before discover
e;!. The scouts secrcted themselves
behind rocks and commenced firing
upon the camp, creating Il perfect
panic. A rumUBr succeeded il cs-
Gaping, though nearly all surrender>
ed. Seven were fond dead in camp,
five Mexican women and little girl
were rerapturcd. They were taken
from Carmen, Chihtlhua, and are
now in goo health Every
thing in the camp was burned or car
ried off bv the scots. Among the /
property captured WAS one huadred .
ponies d mules, forty b ing loaled
with plumber. and slidles, brides,
clothes, GOLD and and silver watches,
and several th6usand dollars in goll,
silver and grrenbacks, showing they
had been very very successful in
their raids. After the fight most If
those who escaped CAME in. Alto
gether 3S3 pisoners were taken. The
chieFs captured were Chatto; Bonito
Geronimo, Natchez, Loco and Mana
The two latter were long reported
dead. The chiefs say the American
boy six years old, captured a month
ago in New Mexico, is with the
squaws in the mountains. tie IS 70
doubt Charlie McCOmas. Runners
were sent out and he IS expected in
hourly Alter the fight the com
mard with the prisoners marched
lcisurly Back to American soil and
the entire command with the pri-o
crs lire now encamred OF Silver
Creek, about siA ~ miles southeast of
Tombstone Not on Of Crco&s
was lost or even wounded
during the c mpaign.
Inc Citizen and EpHcpb courier
who accompanied the expedition
rode sixty miles to- day
in six hours to bring oar dispatches,
with but Il I erclays Of horses.
The C,ptive Indians.
TOMBSTONE, June 12-Many cap,
tives say they We're never on the res
ervation ut san Carlos, but went into
the Sierra Madrcs when the tribe
was removed from lie Curriculum
mountains. The Indians seen near
Nacori were Juh's band. a report
has just been received per Cuizen
and EpuapA courier from Oposu'a.
which states that Captain Aguirre
of the Mexican troops, is still on
their trail and not heard from The