San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-21
CROOKS CAMPAIGN.
Brief Detail OF Operations Against the
Indians.

TUCSON. A. T., June IA courier who
arrived at Tombstone, last night, from
yr,Jks Headquarters at Silver creek, A. T.,
Lr;nos the first official information Of Crook
cxpylition. 1t left American soil on the Sd
of May. marching 200 miles southeast from
Saa bsrnardino, on the boundary line of
Chihuahua and Sonora, and following the
trail OF the hostiles, Crook was guided by
au Apache named Nadaski, who was cap
turei near San Carlos just previous to the
eHpe iiton leaving. At a point about 200
mile, south of the line, the command cross
Cd tho Sierra Madres range and advanced
fifty miles over an indescribably rough trail
eight men being killed by falling over
urec,oices-- and pressed on without delay.
iney were rendered nearly barefooted by
sharp rocks. After fourteen days hard
marching, night and day, the Indian camps
Of Chato and Bonito were discovered IN the
Heart of the Sierra Madres in an almost i'm
pregnable position.
Tne Apaches did not dream of On attack,
for the entrance to their stronghold was next
to impossible, and the warriors were princi-
pa!!y out on a raid under Juh, only thirty
seven bucks being in camp with the women
and children. The San Carlos scouts, under
Captain Crawford and Lieutenants Atwood
ami Mackey, with AL Gebree, Mcintosh and
Mickey Free, chiefs of scouts, surrounded
the camp before the hostiles were aware of
their proximity and advanced from different
points, and were near before they were dis
covered. The scouts secreted themselves
behind rocks and commenced firing upon
the camp, creating perfect panic. A num-
or succeeded in escaping, though nearly all
t,,...g JnraJ Sayep were fOund dead IN
camp. Five Mexican women and little
girl were recaptured. They were taken
iron, Carmen and Chihuahua, and are now
with Crook in good health. Everything in
the camp was burned or carried off by the
scouts Among the property captured were
100 ponies and mules, forty being loaded
with plumber. Saddles, girdles, clothes,
gold and silver watches, and several thous-
and dollars in gold, silver and greenbacks,
showing they had been very successful in
their raids.
After the fight most of those who escaped
came in Altogether 1888 prisoners were
taken. The chiefs captured were Chato,
Bonito Geronimo, Nachese, Laco and Mana.
The two latter were long reported as dead.
Ihe chiefs say an American boy six years
old, captured q month ago in New Mexico,
j, with the squaws in the mountains He
is. 10 doubt, Charlie McComas. Runners
were sent out and he is expected in hourly.
After the fight the command, with the
prisoners, marched leisurly back to Ameri-
can soil, and the entire command, with pris-
ouors. is now encamped on Silver creek,
about sixty miles south of Tombstone.
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Is the third volume, recently pub
lish.7, Of the Letters of Charles
D.cl:ens,' there is one from that IA
cile and gifted pen on the subject of /
"Capital Punishment" Writing to
Mr.. Napier, the then editor of the
Ednburg Review, Charles Dickens
says:-"I am disposed to come to the
conclusion that the punishment of
doath produces crime in the Grimm
ally disposed, and engenders dis
.a-ad sympathy-morbid and bad,
lat natural and often irresistible
'mon@ the well conducted and gen
lie, and I believe it would be to the
.Iyantago Of society to substitute a
ileau and shameful punishment, de
grading the deed and the committer
Of the deed, and leaving the general
compression to oxpend itself upon the |
Only theme at present quite forgotten
IL the history--that is to say, the |
person"