Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-13
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Cen. Crook. Account os ru vnrsar,
HOW rug s.v.eKs wERx srR,,askp

HOW Tug sAvasEs wERy SURPASSED.
There was published in ye>i.rIay'. STAR a So
tailed account received by t.lscFarh %. he 81 :
cess OF Gen. Crook Ia Surpti>in- anl capturing lie
hostile Indians The to,oNlry spstra from Gen
Crook was received at the VA department last
n ight:
boundary VIA ToNss1 oSr-l,it hsr,. Win In
l9S Apache scouts, unle- Iart C-aWtors Gu
iAeuts> Wooi and MacAey, VITA Cart Chanss,s
company OF fefty-tgo mea oI the 6ih caNTlrN md
rations for two months, on mules, ana toilSwed
the hOSttleS
The Chiraeahua country Is a IN lcscr,la,as
roushneSs, mi a number OF mu,es 10; ther foot
Ing, and stepping from the trsil. feI down pre-
piees and were killed The stronghold OF the Clli-
racahuas Is In the very heart OF the Sierra is
The position is finely watered, and there Is nsa
growth OF timber and plenty OF grass They hai
been camped near the head OF the Bavisge, O.,u-
plying prominent elevated peaks, affori ng rae
outlook Tor miles. and rendering surprise almost
Impossible, and their retreats were made -, ure
through the rough adjacent canons Capt. Craw-
lord, with Indian scouts, early on the morning OF
Nay 10 surprised the village OF Chata, the chlef
who led the recent raid into Arizona ard New
Mexico The fight lasted all day, ana the Village
was wiped out The damage CANNOT be es;inq;SI
number OF dead bodies were rouni but thr inea.
scribsble roughness OF the country prevented a
count being made. The entire cams with the
stock and everything belonging 70 II was cap
tured.
TWAS learned from the prisoners taken that the
Chiracahuas were unanimous for peace. and that
reach San Carlos on the 18th they began To
surrender They said their people Were much
frightened by our sudden appearance II their fast
nesSes, and had scattered Ike quail. They asked
me 10 remain until they could gather all their
bands together when they would go back TO their
reservation. by the terms OF the treaty lay
operations were limited TO the time OF the night.
told the Chiracahuas 10 gather up their women
ana children without delay. They answered that
they could not get them 90 respond Go The signal
the 1ugftlves fearing they might be sent by orr
Apache scouts 10 enrap them. They told US they
nad white boy who as IA the village and
Jumped by our scouts He had run OF with the
SquaWs VINO escaped and had not yet been heard
from They assured me every one OF the band
should come In II / would remain a short time
out the terms OF the treaty embarrassed me
greatly ana being In that rough region with
rations rapidly disappearing, there be- ne between
three ana four hundred Chiracahuas TO feed I was
compelled 10 return with the Chlracahuas Wa
found SIX Mexican captives-five women and one
chiid-taken In Chihuahua early In MAY They
are now with the command: These women
say they were captured near the Mexican Central
AT place called Carmen. They further state
that when the Chiracahuas discovered that the
Apache scouts were in the country, they became
greatly alarmed, ana abandoned on the trail the
800 head OF cattle they were driving AWAY frnnn
points In western Chihuahua. The cattle vera
aiterward picked up and driven on by body O,
MekcanS We marched back as rapidly as the
condition or the stock and the strength OF the
women and children would permit We found the
country depopulated for distance OF one hundred
miles from the Apache stronghold. The Chiraca-
nuas Insist that they have always lived In me
SIERRA Madres, and that even when the main body
went on the reservation some remained behind IN
lhe mountains OF these who now went out there
are number who state that they have never
oeen on the reservation. L have strong hopes OF
nelhg able TO clean the mountains OF The last OF
these There are now with Us Loco and Nanawho
were SO OFTEN reported killed, aud the families OF
other prominent chiefs Saw no Mexican troons
anu aiur leaving The settlements In northeast So
nora uld not see Mexican other than the can
yves rescued L have such assurances that the
white boy Will be brought back alive that I am
looking lor lim every minute, and Will inform you