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THE INDIAN WAR.
Gen. Cook Returns from Mexico with sss Prlsoa'
srs, Including Several Chiefs. Aiso' W
Ponies and other valuabies.

Ponies and other yaluabiss.
Tucson, A. T., June IA oour'
Ter who arrived at Tombstone last
night, from Gen. Crooks headquarters
at Silver Creek, Arizona, brings the
first official information of Crooks ex'
petition. 1t left the American soil
on the Sd day of May, marching zoo
miles southwest from San Bernandino,
on the boundry line of the chihuahua
and Sonora, and following the trail OF
the hostiles. Gen. Crook was guided
by an Apache named Madiski' who
was captured near San Carlos Just
previous to the expedition. Leaving
at a point about 200 miles south of
the line, the command crossed the
Sierra Madres range and advanced
fifty miles over an indescribably rough
road, eight men being killed by fall.
ing over the precipices, and pressed
on without delay. The men were
rendered nearly barefooted by the
sharp rocks. After fourteen days of
hard marching, night and day, the
Indian camps of Chata and Bonite
were discovered in the heart of the
Sierra Madres, in an almost impreg-
nable position. The Apaches did not
dream of an attack, for the entrance
to their stronghold was next to i'm
POSSIBLE and the warriors were princi-
ppally out on raid under Juh, only
twenty-three bucks being in camp with
the women and children. The San
Carlos scouts under Cap. Crawford
and Lieutenants Atwood and Mackey,
with AL Sebrae Mcintosh and Mickey,
three chiefs of scouts, surroun.
ded the camp before the hos
tiles were aware of their proximity,
and advanced from different points
and were near them before they were
discovered. The scouts secreted them.
selves behind rocks and commenced
firing upon the camp, creating panic.
A number succeeded in escaping,
though nearly all surrendered. Seven
were found dead in camp; five Next
can women and little girl were re-
captured.
They were taken from Oarman in
chihuahua, and are now with Crook,
in good health. Everything in camp
was burned or carried off by the scouts.
Among the property captured were
100 ponies and mules, forty being
loaded with plumber, saddles, Critics,
clothes, gold and silver watches and
several thousand dollars in gold, sill
yer and greenbacks, showing they had
been very successful in their raids.
After the fight, most of those who
escaped came in. Altogether, 1873
prisoners were taken. The chiefs
captured were Chato, Bonite, Geroni-
mo, Nachese, Loco and Mana. The
two latter were long reported dead.
The chiefs say that an American boy,
six years old, captured one month
ago in New Mexico, is with the squaws
in the mountains. There is no doubt
but what he is Charlie McComas.
Runners were sent out and he is ex.
pected in hourly. After the fight,
the command with the prisoners,
marched leisurely back to American
soil. The entire command with the
prisoners, are now encamped on Sill.
yer creek, about 60 miles south of
Tombstone.
Crook remains at Silver creek
awaiting news from the secretary of
war as to the deposition of Indians,
as Wilcox, the agent of San Carlos,
refuses to receive them. Crook will
90 back to the Sierra Madres after the
rest of the hostiles if they don't come
in. In conversation with a courier
he stated the hostiles had plenty of
money. One old squaw, who was the
possessor of three $50 bills, made en-
quiry of some one at Colonel Riddles
as to the value of her possessions.
Upon being told that the notes were
for So each she grunted and pointed
to the nought after the 5 on each
note. Quite a number of bucks had
silver stars and other ornaments beat
en- out of Mexican dollars on their
head gear, and several of them Amer
lean eagles made into necklaces. A
rough estimate of the amount of
wealth found with them is fully $4,000,