New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-05
CROOKS MEXICAN CAMPAIGN.
PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE APAChEs'
OFFICIAL REPORT OF 4 HARD cAMPAiGS-Ho" HE
INDIANS WE'RE FORCED TO sURRENDEk.


cal report OF his campaign against the hostile ApaonF
IN Mexco has lust been received at the War Depart
| ment It is dated Whipple Barracks frescots
Az July o. After referring to the escape OF the ra
ing Chrioshuss back into Mexico last March, Oeher
Crook says: . s..,,o,,
To pursue rading party Of Apae IN be
ia ono OF most hopeless tasks that co9u DO
o to SSsrT trs aS Without mpedmens any
kind, and across the country rill,'9 their
Sorses as last az they play and belong @
to remounts at every ranch they pas on m''N0
Bnt While the hosiles were making tran OF DloDa
through Arizona and NewMixco ,h esy,rTctop' one
Of their number .Nal-Tishu deserted maze his way
into Carlos Agency wa, ,uyoed over to at
Wicnx where nad proceeded on the OF Apii. a. :, :,
snvers eTa,nnotion Pc IL Tishu generally known py
h onionst Peaehes agreed to conduct to the
sIron OF the hoses the Sierra Madre Mountains
| an the boundary lire between Sonora and Chnuahua
! oonen,Ied to trust him and accepted his services
After making arrangements for concentrating us
troons AZ Wilcox General Crook went by raroad heo
Mexico to consult with the Mexican civic ana military
Authorities and arrange, IL possiole, for harmonious
understanding of the international questions involved
and for mutual cooperation. or bis reception NC SAYS
The reception extended of the most hosptaoie
and cordial character. Generals Carlo ano d ,hr
ILer aft in sonora, and Governor Torres anu otlor
nromneDt fupctinmares In that state, and GnVerhors
samanego and Terrusses, OF the staie OF Cinus ,,
and Mayor ZnbriaD the eiIy OF Chihuahua ana otler
gantlemen received me most cordially and gave assur-
ances that tney would in every possible way ana 10 tne
W, rs murdered and pundereI their people as well as
our own Consuls willard. Guaymas, aud scott at
chihuahua. rendered me valuable i0r
l desire 10 express most gratetn recOehlGoh
THE MARCH INTO MEAICO
On Apr % he reached san Bernardno Springs, on the
international boundary line. where ne maze arrange
ments for protecting the settlers of Arizona from raids
dnrinc hs absence in Mexico Continuing his report. he
says:
On the last dav of May left San Bernariino SPRINGS
VITA the following force: One hundred ana ninety,
three Apache scouts cOmman ed by Captain Emmett
Crawford. Sd Cavalry, assisted by Lehoenants u Is;
sT0Od and Gan Gav% @n %a:es Co. u the
9th Cavalry fOrty-two enlisted men and TWO omcers,
Assistant surg on George Andrews and Hospital
steward ]. b. sweeney were ordered TO report
Of BcuTRs, 3D. cavalry, A. A. A. g.. ana Leuten
ant FIcogrr Corps of Engineers. A. d. = Ihs force
was ixmun when could be supplied oy tle use Ol
every available pack animal Department aud the
minimum when couid nope TO be succs iul IN tho
plies r rations tor sky day., aid $50 roun Is Of am
munltiOn 10 the nan. To reduce baggage 0ners anu
nien carried only such clothing aud brddlug as
were absolutely necessary, ana instai OF KEEPING
np their own nesIes snaTeI me ,op1 M and sde
Ne moved southeast down ne san Bernardino the
most no. taerly tbs Zhsn tue Arges' river OF
western Mexico For three days did not see human
beng Tae whole cOunry had been iald waste oy the
Apa hes and muca Lana OF VALUE, ann formerly
cultivated, had grown Up mo Jrhsle Oh cane
and mesquite We followed the trdi wnlch our
guide "Pcacnes, assured me mad been ma 20 Dy Tue nos
he Chirca ,uas o. May We passed by Tue hsmlets OF
BiyIspe, Miguel and BOrdrica, whose DaOl' ants
welcomed with exdberanl JOY. he authorities O
Bdvispe offered 10 come II our assistance VITA every
II needed. and Also offered INC services oi ioul
guides conv rsaut with the foot hills OF Tue Sierra
Msdres. these offers dId not accept Tor want 81 Trans
ortation and supplies, ana not tnat any suu"'
could be equal 10 those nom we had ocen ioo" ,ne
dcploraoe Apacne etlaoHs were M !" man
looked Tor at any moment. =, ri, no ,sD man man
r All tne available force OF settlement was CON
stany the aiet wa,c'lIg Tor an enemy US cunning
as stealthy DOOdnlrsIy as 40 many Brn-aI tgers
BY the S,m May nad cut TIA tue SIERRA Mddres
making the NOV nigh 20 AVOID deteonon lhe
| aouDdant Tnere abandoned camps III hteeh
twenty, thirty aAd Tory iamnes, cattle
country was the roughest Imaginable, but
suited place OF refuge for TIE SnIroan ,li.
points OF vantage Withstand an army We iound 81 az
unes aDunIance OF tIe puiest nat II asu p'o14 W
fuel the being covered VITA forests Oh pine
ana oak. our way cautiously ahd WIZ coh'i,
erab culty, lurtner and rthe into the recesscs OF
Ine sierra Maoies he trah becoming very PERCEPTIONS
Of nuieo were lost by slppag over pec PIC,
out In eacn cOnten5 OF tnelf pac@s "o2 NOT
| TOO ~ Icn Gaaiase ed, saved with much trOuD'e.
THE APACHEs QUICKLY ROUTED.
on the 12tn the gude "feAcnss" cJnddeed us to the
OF enemy, BidaOle place, lmpregna-
be to attack had been dreamed o. 10 dc explicit
the whole Sierra Msdre is natural fortress. aud To
drive the Cnircahuas from when oy any methods osher
| taan those we employed would have cos. hundreds
OF hyea The eBeuy not 10 DO found In ths parcu-
lar fortress. the nature Oh tae Al, ApAS S nm IN,
/
| mus AVOID as mucu As possible aaythng IKE a
surprise. Indeed, Lney never have a1yt"ns ne
BRUSH wcka u s wnlci can b. built III hall an honr
aud DESTROYED IN lev iuomeu.s 10 cave to The
| mnpfncti ,,d eve hardly 6 trace OF tuer presence
Tue INDICATIONS vi tue pr xmity OF tne enemy mao now
become 80 parAed that 1 concluded 10 Keep tue pack
tans back In tne guold guarded by CAafees
pany Whine Apache scouts under Crawford Should
| scour tie country front and on Our HANKS. lhey
moved out loot carry thrce days rdhJhs oI th1ir
backs, wnich last four days. edcn mad haVing
On I 18Th OF May he sdiscov mpofhe
lDdns, winch was Afterwards louDI oDg Ia ., Chato
and BOnito la ACCORDANCE WIN Wy o4ielu
they have surrounded Qua Tor tue fac tal
some vi scouts lncautIOusy fired upon buck anu
sQuaw. ibe surprise was oompe,e' anu III INC suoso.
aleuI ngGt wIuci lasted several hours. The lDOanb
were lhOTOug ny uea,en. Inc camps AMI tder cont ns
| captuIea anu bye hail-AiOHb kH,s an oots laA, u
| prisoners. dead indians were found Afterwards
e Snp ' rugged nature OF ,he coun ry-
| the camps briDg situated halfway no the lace u a
preventing auy exact bengmad without extreme
da. ger from the Indians WAC iniSht De wonla.1 or
ldcp m the ROCKS VINO could nave Killed At tuelr
VIII exposing themselves Ihrfe was consider
aole properly sloen from Aneroons and d myacanS
CnaiO, will DC relneiDD.ed was the cine Oi the
Arizona a Id New Mexico. From the cdpuves mdcd la
formation Wal extracted. Iney sLld mat 0nJ low
day before ths essensers h'u Deen Sen' 70 eau
Ihey badly on Tor 1Uod naVlns ali
eldest of the captive girls said that. u permitted, she
go TO people and nave delegation OF t1em
come Ia day, sue wa sure lhey wahtod t. MAKE
peace. Her satisfied mo Of her sincerity, aud
allowed her u leave the canp.
After surprising and desrOyng Chatos camp the
situation presented certain very serious computations
TIE Indians thoroughly alarmed that
to attempt further pursuit would be Iutlese We could
never nope catch tnem In tue rugged peaks ana Tue
efforL would surely lives men, eacn rOck
being a lor,ress, from behind when the Cniricdhuan
could 1gnI death with Their breechlnadlug guns
Two alternatives seemed presented We must either re-
turn lcL excitement quiet dowu, aLd tnen. II per
mltIed seal back again ad take Inc chances OF anoner
surprlse dunug when period the ChrcaHuas wodd be
continuing Il uepr6datiO16 IN MEXICO and our own
| country. must accept thelr surreu1er
| SURRENDER OF THE CHIICAHUA CHIEFS.
To continue the narrative: The next day MAY III the
Chircahuas made signal smoke, anu SIX squaws came
in With these declined to talk telling them nat theil
represepiatIyo men must in II they desired 10
| d,scr.. the Animation with me- Early the 1871