Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-13
Gen. Crook Sketches the Mon
grel Mob Of Hair LiftorS
Taken in the Mountains.
The Bloodthirsty Chiefs, Mana
and Loco, Among the Dap
tured Crowd.
The Village Of the Hostiles
Wiped Out in a Day With
out LOGS to the Victors.
Tho Flying Huofs Anxious fOr
Psaoe and Grub.
Special Dispatch TO The BKn.

Special Dispatch to The BKH.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-The fol.
lowing dispatch from Gen. Crook was
received at the military headquarters
this Afternoon:
SILVER CREEK, A T., IL miles
north of the boundary, via Tombstone
LEFT Tombstone May LIST with 1913
Apache scouts under Crawford, Gov.
Wood Mackcy with the Chaffee com
pany of AZ men and the Sixth cavalry,
and rations for two months on mules.
Followed tho hostiles to Chiracahua.
The country IL of indescribable rough.
nesB. A number of mules lost their
footing stepping from the trail, fell
down the preclpices and were killed.
The stronghold of the Chiracahuas Is
in the very heart of the Sierre Madres.
The position Is finely water.
ed, q dense growth of timber
and plenty of grass. They had been
cnmped for miles near the head of the
Bavispe, occupying prominent elevated
peaks,
AFFoRDING A FINE LOOKOUT
for miles, rendering surprise almost
impossible, and making retreat secure
through adjacent canons. Captain
Crawford, with the Indian scouts,
early on the morning of May 10th,
surprised the village of Chata, the
chief who led the recent raid into
Arizona and New Mexico. The fight
lasted oil day. The village was wiped
out. The damage done cannot be es.
timsted. A number of dead bodies
were found, but the ind~escribable
roughness OF the country prevented q
count being made. The entire camp,
with stock and everything else belong.
Ing to 1t, wac captured 1t vas learned
from the prisoners taken that the Chira.
cshuas were unanimous for peace aud
had already sent two mesaengers to
try to resca San Carlos. On the 9Th
they began to surrender. They said
their people were much frightened by
our sudden appearance In their fast
nesseu, and had
SCATTERED LIKE QUAIL
They asked nae to remain until they
could gather ali the bands together,
when they would 90 back to the reser-
walton. By the terms of the treaty
my operations were limited to the
time of the fight. 1 told the Chir-
acahuas to gather up their women and
children without delay. They an
swered they could not get them to
respond to signals, the fugitives fear
ing they might DO set by our Apache
scouts to entrap them, They told us
\ they had a white boy who Vas in the
Village jumped by our scouts. He
had ran off with the squsws who Cd
capped, and who had not yet been
heard from. They assured me every
one of the band should come in If ]
would remain a short time. The terms
IF the treaty embarrassed me greatly,
and being in that rough region with
RATIoNs RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING,
there being between three aud four
hundred Chiracahuss to feed, I waf
compelled to return with the ChIrsc.
aheus. We found six Mexican cap
tivee, five women and one child, taken
In by Chiracahaus early In May. They
are now with the command. These
women say they were captured near
the Mexican Central railroad, at 9
place called Carrnsn. They further
state when the Chiracshuas discovered
the Apache SCOUTS we're 10 the country
they became greatly alarmed snd
abondoned the trail. The 800
head of cattle were driver
away from points in weaterr
Chihuahua. The cattle we're after
wards picked up and driven off By 6
body OF Mexlcans. We marched
back as rapidly as the condition o.
the stock and the strength of the
women and children would permit
I found the country depopulate1 fo'
q distance of leo miles from the
Apaches. The Chihuahuss insist that
they have always lived In the Sierra
MADRAS; that even when the MAR
body went on the reservation som
remained bekind In the mountain
and have never been on q reservation
/ have strong hopes of being able
TO CLEAN IL MOUNTAINS
of the last Apache. OF these nov
with us are Loco and Mana, 30 otter
reported killed, and the families o
other prominent chiefs. l saw NJ
Mexican troops after leaving the set
Element In northeast Sonora. / hav'
such assurances that the white boy
will be brought back alive that I an
looking for him every moment.
Ill I.E1un, non hu noHpiaH