Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-29
THE INDIAN CITADEL.
GuayCanOpo was Where the
AQaCheS Had RatChed Their
Many Horrors,
Gen. Crook Has ut 1 asst Driven
Them from their Favorite
Mouutsin Asylum.
Tbs Fiepds sro Now Corraloa
NStthin ~ Small Extent ~
Country.
~ ecial to the Cri ego Tribune.

~ cNisl 'ho VI ~ 'iiuuio'
III pAso, lex Msy 26. Toe Tines
has received to- following dispatch
from It's SOCIAL correeponden IN
Cnlnuahua b, courier To San jose, on
inc Mexican Central road, and thence
to ih,s ppic q;
"CUnRALIrus, Mag "a News has
st reaUnSd here that Gen. Crook
Engaged a strong torce of Indians,
aupp1sed TO be- composed of Jdh's
aud L3cys' b,rd, togstner with stray
renesaAea auo husttlep, last wosk ~
G~daycSuops, on the Sonora slope Of
tho Siseras, IN the Ieighoorhood OF
U,sS do JsuoS.
Tlers 10 great uncertainty as to The
date when t1o fight took place."
COMMENT At I'll PAso.
The mount ia spQrs ~ the point
Indicated arc .he tAvorlte resort If tho
Ap,olea, and srs peculiarly insocet-
stole, which for the In
trsnehod position of the hostiies aud
the CT, fl teEcs which tnoy exhibited,
holding tho,r geouad until thirty If
their rumoer had fallen, wnen they
broks and a,j, closely followed BY
the Victorious American tr.ops.
They arc supposed 60 hsye made
1he,r way toward Carco2, In ,he
Casa de JAnps, on .he Chihuahus
sloys If the mountains, whe,s they
viii probably mSke q lsst etsnd.
1h. A,aratknpu zrnpnI Naaa In
JSnos viii oa cxtr,n ,ly difficult, ~
the country 10 be traversvt 10 ~i.eraliy
Without ro.ds or eyea good trails, and
tho mouDtain pasaes are Admirably
sd"osed for surplisgs.
The town of Stanarips, whloh lies
IA y norths.sterly dircc ion, seventy
fi,H miles from Gu,ycsnops, contains
1 COO Inhabitants, aud is tbs largest
t,wn ou the Sonora slope of tho Ser.
al M.dres.
A wagon hiss never been ssen to on
ter l., nor wheeled vehicle of sny
description Z; m the outside world.
All god, .rs br usht up thu almost
psrpecd'Gu'ar mountain sides on pack
maies aid bu-ros, Sad the psoplo lave
Wv ua'iy De Arn'7d by gigantic naiurai
,~arIia's from tn ,,r fellow nun.
TIA @ Jrk viz e.deavor 10 pene.
trars iGp' hts almost unknown rs,
Qion thsre in, doubt, aud - no ad-
vances tbs M~xicAn troop. will drsN
closer th,ir Gordon 90 III, Sonora side
and Mexican c>Iupns OF this I'D,
s~.a,laEed at Cka Grsudas 9 DTa
vrntnra, spd J.no5 will Keep w
oonulete liDe If Communication, 10 a
~ prevent the n,s,iles from e,cspinI
from the mountains in which they ar
midi, x fe,m ths v G 'rous pursuit o
Goa Oro k AMI Ci Torres on Sr,
sids of ,hs III 'unta,us and of Oil. Col
lsrio on 'hts side.
Crork can, II he de,ires to do 80
as'ahti-h C intimidation With tn
M-xi'au ,o'oss cooperating on thi
,ide Of the S,srras by sending courier
through ths pass ou the Mu too rad
aud then heading for the Santa MARI
river.
From hers, In less than two days
San jose s's'ion, about seventy .fou
miles FROM El Paoo, on the line Of III
MeIic.n C,ntra', can be reached An,
The general plscsd in communication
by wire with his government.
Everyone here land our little tow
has n large American cslonl is de
lighted with the neWs, for it mean
hat the hn tile Ap,ches are at la
doomed to total extinction and tha
Tho S erras and their vast miners
treasures are about to DO opened
the world of enterprise and capita
HINTON.
!. DESPERATE n AGEhENT.
Special o The Chicago Times.
TOMBSTONE ARENA, May 26. =
The news # Crooks fight with tn
Apaches Ia the Sierra M,dres brougf
from the custom house by a Mexioa
courier Fsiday night has as yet r,
oeived no confirmation. The battle
bel we'd to hive occurred on the IL
8 ~ 10 h inst. Cro,k s,rlck the ira
of tre hos,iles Tresoasttllo'. ~hel
OBJ. Garcia had q fight the 46ih al
|, Tie trail led in a s%ou.hesst d r o.ioi
anroGgh q oauntry almost impassabi
, When within two days march of "
Rio ~Tspsgoch', which heads In Oh
nuahus aod f,ws westerly through
:, psss la the Sierra M.dres emp;yit
,nto tn S sonora river, Crooks advan'
; skirmi.h line WAS lmped b. the no
liies. Five Apache scou'H were lil'
= ~ the trst gre, and the eff SCR In CO
: maud wounded The name oil Il
: iii ,er is not given, but lie believed
= ~ Capt. C,af o. The scouts TIT
fell back upon the main cDlum
: After accommodating a general sdvan
vas ordered. Tle hostiles ocoupi
Doth sides OF nsrrow c,nyo
aud awaited the coming of Ceooi
forces Tne fight c mmepocd
y 10 o'clock a. IN. aud lasted uuti dur
rns hostiies fought with great bra
sry aud o1e o. the chiefs, believed
y. b Lpoo, VINO lsfl S,n y rios a We
- ago last Maroh, Ia reported XII
duinp the progress ot the hgl
!. C-ook h,uksG with 6fty scouts I
= Indians on The EAST side of the ca
yon, who, being driven from GOV
charged down the side of the mot
tLiu scrogs the canyon and ioiued I
r-nngsdes bshind the rocks ON ell
aide of the canyon. IL WISE dnri
Ia thih