The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-18
THE WORK OF THE APACHES
The Massacre by These Bloodthirsty
Indians at Hermosillo.
geventy-Eisht Whites Murdered, the Ma
Jority Being Women-The fortunes
Inflicted on the Victims.
Colonel F. A. Burr in Philadelphia Press.

co,oro,F Burr in PHILADELPHIA Press.
Tbo sickanino details of the savaoes, work
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at Palmos rahch nave just oeeh received
The number of whites killed at Hermosillo
is seyenty-eieht. so far as known. but a larger
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General crook ana the Mexican general,
Teneres, have been in consultation for several
do,,s l.; A. ,;o;,;., 90 Nooo1as NTaxioo Tho
country Is russeu' anu tne "ar-lihe Apac"eS
are scattered over hundreds of miles of terri
tory. Their number probably does not ex-
oooJ 400 oil told NJ 1-,,o,,s +l,air avoot
'ee0 wv az ~ ~ oiie A'iO"' '-e', 0A''O'
strength, and the mountainous country IS very
Dad 10 penetrate with troops. Inc attack on
Hermosliio was made by maraudlng oand,
Fhnch tortured ana murdered men, suolect-
ing thelr Dodles TO lndescroaoie lndlgnltles.
The women Jared worse. Juh's renegades,
Generai crook tells me- are the most ueVll-
lsh TO their captlves But the MeXicans nave
always been the worst sufferers Inc Indians
nave rarely gone as lar north as the Arizona
oorqer' -,
hermosll!c IS an ola, ola city, lett from
the Gays OF the Spanlards, three centuries
ago. over IL hahg clear uhchanglnS, copper
c0lorea skies; around IL stretches vast PLAIN
giittering In the tropic sun-glare. On the
north and northwest horizon are mountain
masses, wnlch look like piles OF summer
thunder-clouds Among the mesas, or
taoie,ianus, winch at distance seem to
piehu WIN the plans, though IN reality
rising above them, flows living stream, a
rarity IN me southern country: Along It's
banks grow groups OF palms and cactus, the
guava and the Indian flg. In this little spot
OF vegetation was the Palmos ranch, where
Cne massacre neean last TUESDAY. NO soldiers
wlthln hundreds OF miles, and more women
IMAM men Tor victims. One OF the two who
escaped ana ionnd General Carlo at Chihua-
hua say that All tne rest were murdered. Men
were suspended by the wrists over ground
nres, ana women, stripped OF their clothing,
were Vieu 10 stakes ana made witnesses to the
tortures OF husbands and fathers The
Apache chief, Jun, did not take part in the
Daroaritles, but seems to have witnessed the
atroclIles OF at least permitted them to go on.
General George Crook, commanding the
department OF Arizona arrived here to-day
from his conference with the Mexican gen.
erals in Sonora, and left at once for Chihua-
hua Tor consultation with civil and military
autnoriues OF that State, and to observe
mexican military operations along the bor-
der with reference to the cooperation
OF the American troops with the Mexican
army now moving against the Indians. Your
correspondent spent an hour with him, and
secured the following explanation of the
present SITUATION IN Arizona and the West
ern part OF New Mexico:
bucks, with their families, ESCAPED into the
Slerre Modere IN northern Mexico. From
this hiding place they have made frequent
excursions into the surrounding country,
numbering and pillaging. Some time
since, General Carlo OF Chihuahua, moved
on the region infested by these renegades
with Z0oO Mexican soldiers. The Indians,
under Jan and Loco, to divert attention, re-
Gently raided Arizona with twenty eight
braves, striking the neighborhood OF Tomb
stone, and then reappearng in several places,
evidently Tor the purpose OF drawing recruits
from the San Carlos reservation, but without
success. Judge McComas and Others were
slam IN this movement, and the Indians then
returned into the mountain fastness of
Mexico losing one killed and one captured.
All the depredatlons came from these In
nlans; put tine irontlersmen made pretext
Tor charging the peaceable Indians on the
san Carlos reservation with being guilty of
the outrages
miners ana COWBOYS, stimulated by inter
ested parties VINO want an Indian war to get
possession oil rich pasturage and mining
lands on the san carlos reservation, threat,
ened to attack 1t and Kill the peaceable red