Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-23

eral Crooks campagn in the Sierra Ma
 dres, but 1t was so iHii ot evident errors
 that the CITIZEN to-day publishes the ! dIary of one of the officers of General ! Crook, Lieutenant W. W. Forsyth, 0f l She Sixth Cavalry, who was present dur | ing Jhe whole march, and made an item | ut each interesting occurrence as It took ! place. Our readers can depend upun Ij i as authority.
 ! The command left Wilcox April 23d, 1 at l0:lO 6. n., and went via Dos ClbeZa,, 1 White range, and Mud Springs to San 1 BerHardino, where Lieutenant Furs, Jii'- ! account begins.
 HE DIARY.
 | May This morning bri.E. ola ! early General Crooks expedition eater ! ed Mexico by way oI San BeruaraIuu | Creek. IL consists of Brigadier Gener- | al Crook, Captain J. C. Bourke, Thiri | Cavalry, acting Assistant Adiutant Gen ! eral: Lieutenaut G. J. Fiebeger. eu- | gineer officer and acting side-de-camp | Captain Adna +. Chaffee, Sixth Cavalry, l commanding troop | of r. men; and hIs | Lleutenants Frank West and W. W. For | syth; Captain Emmet Crawford. Third | Cavalry: Lieutenant C B. GatewoOd, | Sixth Cavalry, commanding Indian | scouts; Lieutenant J. c. Mackey, Third | Cavalry, and Dr. George F. Andrews, | acting assistant surgeon; ly3 Indian scouts. consisting of 23 White Mountain ! Apachos, and the remainder made up of | San Carlos, Tonto, Yuma, and Apache | mojave Indians; five pack trains of about
 J2 males each, and 76 packers. There were also with the expedition Al Sleber, | guide ahd scout; Archie Mcintosh, Su-
 viena and Mickey Free, interpreters. and | Mir. Randall, g photographer We left at San BernardinO Major James BIGdle
 III command of four troops [ the Sixth | Cavalry, and one of the IhIrd Cavalry ! as reserve.
 | We have with us supplies Cor sixty | days, and all officers, including General | Crook, are messing with the pucE r;sIus. Aftsra march ot sixteen mies almost ! due suuth we encaiupeI uu rhe rlgat | bank cf the EilIs Creek, about 50 mile | above the ruins of the old ranch called | tine Lower San Berngrdluo ranch. Our camp ls Tn sage grass. which ls from ! three to iOur feet ngh. There Is plenty of wood and water. Game is plentiful
 and our mess Is supplied with yenisOn
 and wild turkey.
 Tine order of march k first the Indian scouts, with General Crook and staff.
 and Captain Crawford. Lieurenants Gatewood and Mackey, and the guide, | Al Siebcr. Then the pack trains, and | finally Captain Chaifee and Lieutenants West snd Forsyth bringing up the rear with troop I. The cavalry was used to
 guard the pack-trains while on the march.
 May 2-After a march of sixteen miles still south the army of the Sierra | Madres encamped on San BernardinO | Creek, a pretty little stream of clear. ] good water. Wood IS plentiful. The ! trail was a little rough owing to its l crossing numerous ravines. and neces- 1 sitated some dIsmOunted marching on
 the part of the cavalry.
 May 3.-We marched twenty-two miles, the longest single days march We
 made, and camped on the Bavisps river, a stream at thIs point nearly as large as the Verde river at Fort Mcdowell. and clear as crystal Wood Is plentiful. May Ave marched fifteen miles, and am camped on the Bayispe river. The
 trailis rather rough, but passes through
 some pretty little glens ans valleys
 along the river. This k the best camp
 ing ground that We have had yet. The
 shade k good, and the breeze ls laden
 with the fragrance Ot flowers and the
 songs of birds. The mesquite has vel.
 low blossoms that sheds perfume very
 much like that from orange groves
 There Is a great abundance of humming
 birds.
 May j.--We marched eighteen miles,
 and camped near the town of BasaTaca,
 having passed along the outskirts of
 Bayispe and through Basaracl, and our
 camp Is about a mile beyond the latter
 place, and is again on the Bayispe river
 The town Of Bsvispe is built on d table
 land in the valley of the Bavispe river,
 and with an immense church dome ID
 the center of town. presents striking
 appearance at a distance. As We march,
 ed along, the entire population of i've
 hundred turned out Ou the bluffs, on
 which the town is built, to see the army
 of the Sierra Madres file by. Mescal IS
 sold here for fifty cents per pound,
 which soon advanced after our arrival
 to S35O and Si per pound. caused by
 the increased demand by our Mexican
 packers.
 The trail ran mostly all day along the
 Bavispe valley. It was rough for the first three miles, and afterwards was all that could be desired.
 May 6.-Marched fifteen miles and camped near the ruins Of all old Mexl- ' can ranch called Teserebobi, pretty i place. It had been in ruins before 1872 l
 Passed through a small town called |
 Huachinera.
 May Laid in camp at Teserebobi ] all day, and marched ten miles at night, l
 getting into camp at 10 p. h. Down to | this point We had marched southerly m 1 a general direction parallel with the | Sierra Madres without entering them, ] but our course was here changed Co al- 1 most due east, and We entered the . mouu.air- The trail became very | rough, and finally surpassed anything l We had yet. Fms ia by all odds the . worst camp we have yet had.
 May S.-Lost Or s,rayed pack-mulez delayed us at last nights camp until |. noon. We marched twelve miles, and . camped on d pretty little mountain stream, clear and cold, with an altitude of about j,0OO feet. The trail Is the worst yet. The country IS very noun tainous. One packsRuie just III front of me tumbled from Ae trail, and rolled down the mountain side, and wa, killed. There is more endurance and vinegar in pack-mule than in any other creature. Several others lost their balance and rolled down the mountain side, but were unhurt. Such mishaps were of occa- sional occurrence throughout our march. This as evidently been an old Indian or Mexican camp. as there are some fri- Inles and old woru-0ut mOccasins scat tered around.
 May 9.-Marched niue miles dis mounted the whole way, and camped on the mountain side near clear running stream The place Is very wild and rough, and there are many slgns of Chir- icahuas. there being several deserted rancherias m the immediate neighbor- hood of our camp.
 May l0.-Marched seven miles dis mounted all the way. and camped n 6 deserted Chiricahua rancheria, near the place where they fought the Mexicaus last spring and killed several of them. There were thre, MeIical graves here. We passed through several deserted Chiricahua raucherias to-day, all of them being fortified. At the beginning of our march to-day two packers were sent ahead with axes to clear the trail, and these men not having come in if IS supposed they are lost. or that the in- dians have gobbled them up. The trail all the way has been irightfully rough, and the cavalry atoOt all the time. There IS an abundance ot clear, soft. cold water in almost every canyon.
 May 1L.-Remsiued ID camp at this point all day. Captain Crawford, with Lieutenants GatewOoi and Mackey, and Al Sieber, the guide. went ahead on scout The two lost packers came in to- day Up to this time fifteen ponies be- longing to the ChIricahuas had beer :