The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-14

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Tucson, June 10 "A courier arrived
a Tombstone last night, from Crooks
headquarters at Silver Greek, A T.,
bringing the first official information Of
Crooks expedition. It left the Ameri- |
can side On the Sd of May, marching
go miles southeast from San Bernardino /
on tie boundary line OF Chihuahua and |
Sonora. following The trail of the hostiles
Crook was guided by Apache
Nandoski, who was captured near San
Carols just previous to the expedition !
leaving, at point about 200 miles south /;
OF the line. fhe command crossed the
Sierra Masire range. and advanced nifty
miles over an indescriably rough trail,
seven mules being killed by falling
over the precipices, aud pressed on
without delay. They were rendered
nearly barefoot by the sharp rocks, and
alter
DAYS OF HARD MARCHING
night and day, the Indian camps of
Chat and Bonite were. discovered IN the
heart of The Sierra Madres in an almost
impreguable position.
fhe Apaches did not dream of an at
tack, for entrance TO the stronghold was
next to impossible, and the warriors
were principally on a raid under
L
in the camp with the women
| and children. The San Carlos
scouts under Captain Crawford and Lieu
tenants Atwood and Mackey. with A. l..
Sebree, Mcintosh and Mackey, the three
chiefs of the scouts, surrounded the
camp before the hostiles.were aware of
their proximity, and advanced from dit
terent points and were near before they
were discovered. The scouts secreted
themselves behind the rocks and COM
menced
FIRING UPON THE CAMP,
creating perfect panic. A number
succeeded in escaping, though nearly
all surrendered. Seven were found dead
in the camp. Frye Mexican women and
little girl were captured. They were
taken from Carmen and chihuahua, ana
are now with Crook, in good health
Everything in the camp was burned or
carried off by the scouts. Among the
properly captured were 100 ponies and
mules. forty being loaded with plumber
saddles, girdles, clothes, gold
and silver watches and sew
eral thousand dollars in gold, silver and
greenbacks, showing that they had beer
, very successful IN their raids. After
the fight the most of those who escaped
came in, Altogether 3S3 prisoners wer'
taken. The chiefs captured were Ohato
Bonite, Gernomimo, Nachez, Loco ant
Mana. The two latter were long re
ported dead. The chiefs say an Ameri
can boy, six years old, captured u montl
ago in New Mexico, is with the squawI
!, in the mountains. He is. no doubt
CHARLIE M'COMAs
Runners were sent out and he is ex
pected in hourly. After the fight Til
command, with the prisoners, marche
| n 10 th.a cfH "a ar
tire command, with the prisoners, ARE nol
: encamped on Silver creek, about sixt
miles south of Tombstone. Not one G
Crooks command was lost during tn
campaign. The courier states that th
reason why Crook remains at SilvG
creek is that he is awaiting news iron
! the secretary OF war as to the dispOsi
e tibn to be made of the Indians. as Wilco.
:. the agent of the San Carlos, refuse
To receive them, and that he will c
D back t. the Sierra Madres after the rel
d of the hostIles if they do not come il
r In conversation with the courier
:, stated that the hostilcs had plenty {
money. One old squaw, who was Il
l. possessor of three $50 bills, made ii
a quiry of some at Colonel Biddle's as
r the value of her possessions. Upon b
IN ing informed that the notes We're for
each, she gEunted and decided to neg
IL tate, and
g POINTED WITH HER SKINNY FINGERS
Of to the Raught after the five on each not
h Quite a number of bucks had siIv
stars and other ornaments beaten out
Mexican dollars on their heads, and sc
z eral of them American double eagl
4 made into necklaces. a rough estima
of the amount of wealth among them
. fully So 600 and probably more II
OF troops and packers of the command sta
he that the place where the capture OccI
m red Is the prettiest spot ON earth and
!; road TO it rougher than mort
i man ever trod. Large numbt
II OF the hostiles seemed pleas
k with the situation, evidently eXpectl
er an immediate return to their "1e
=, pots" at San Carlos. The only complai
8 comes from some of the squaws who
~ bucks are among those who escape
it. The officers who were with the expeC
of ton, state that Crook had surround
- the Indians before they knew of
presence, and that if he had not done
" 1t would have taken six months and
nd the men III Arizona to have gotten the
Ms As an illustration of
- CROOKS MODEsTY
and total absence of fuss a
ed feathers in his makeup. 1t may be st
~ ed that although the fight and captI
ed occurred on the 1Ith OF last mOntDs
10 leisurely Tetraced his steps 10 Car
nc Supply at Silver creek l
IN even sending courier abe
SO tn signalize his movemen
oh The frat intimatiOn had of Crooks
=. turn was the arrival of lieutenant
nv Colonel Biddle's headquarters at a.
OF Sunday, with dispatches for Car
Bowie, the nearest army telegraph S
of ton. Upon making inquiry cOnce
ing the General, who was supposed to
100 miles distant, in the Sierra madI
Ter IMAGINE THE SURPRISE
AZ that awaited the camp when INFORM
ed that Crook was only two hours behi
with the captured Apaches. About
o'clock the General rode into camp W
he an escort, and greeted Col. Biddle "
10 "Nice morning, Colonel" and straIg
rd way struck out for wash-basin VIII
OF he had spfed, and was soon engaged
ur performing his ablutions, of
IN which he threw himself
Try to camp stool and
an gagged in conversation about his CO
ate peign in an OF hand way, as if hunt
an the cruelest and fiercest foe on the C.
lis tipent, in the widest and most mace
ed sible country to be found, was mat
of every day occurrence. 4 lieutens
Ter whose name is unknown, was the o.
Ir person wounded in Crooks comma
and he but slightly.