Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-28
INDIAN TROUBLES.
The Indians Devastating the Country
Quiet at st. Carlos.

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A tombstone dispatch dated Saturday says
the news came from the custom house that
]. d. James and C. n. Thorndike were saie
at that place. although they have passed
through the country overrun with nostiies.
This afternoon they arrived here and report
having over twenty men killed. Great eX-
citemeEt prevails. They. confirm the Killing
of George Woodward and William Hobes-
todt. Indians were seen Yesterday at SWISS
h. lm, forty miles from here, and IT Is sup
posed they will concentrate there Ihey
have set fire to the grass, and the country
for miles around is in blaze.
Tucson, Mar %.
The Star has the following f.om San Car
The Indians were routed up this morning.
None here have left the reservation. Inc
bes. of fighting was displayed. All express
a desire to fight the renegades should they
come here (Signed) P. p. WILCOX,
Commanding.
PORTLAND, Oregon, Mar %.
Rumors of an outbreak of the Umatilia In
dians. One report says 400 left the reserva-
ton and refused to return Another says
thew have gathered at the river for their an
nual salmon fishing. Special dispatches re-
port numbers crossing the river into Wash
lngton. The object is not known. No hos
| titles thus far.
LArER-Adyices from Richmond. n. NJ
state: Indians attacked the camp of Palmer
& limerick. ten miles east of York's rancho,
| at 3 o'clock yesterday. Jack Haynes and
| a stranger were killed. John limerick Is
| missing and is supposed to have been killed
Other men in camp escaped to York's rancho
The military line between this point and
Fort Bayard and Fort Cummings have been
abandoned 1t is reported that large band
| of Indians are secreted in the mountains
north of York's ranch.
| RICHMOND, n. NJ, Mar %, l0.30 A. n.
| George Parks has just arrived and reports
that the Indians attacked Irvings Station,
seven miles south of York's, killing five men.
| WASHINGTON, Mar q.
| The following telegram was received
today
WHIpPLE BARRACKS, A. T, Mar 21
Secretary Teller, Washington.
| An outrage just reported has been commit
ted bv small party of Chiricahue apaches,
while coming back from Mexico, where they
have been living since they left here year
ago. Up to the present moment, seven per
sons are known to have been killed on our
side of the boundary. Troops are in pursuit.
| So far as the threats made by the people OF
Tombstone are concerned, am in full SYM
| patny Win tntti anu sHOulu Ue sldu W ledil
that the last of the Chiricahues was under
ground. They are an incoraigable lot Ten
years ago, when the other Apache bands were
whipped on to reservation, the Chiricapuas
were specially exempted by the government
from this same subjugation. Since them i,
is believed that they have killed not less than
| 1000 persons in this country and in Mexico.
They are constantly trying to stir up the mis-
chief among the agency Indians, and so long
as they can run back and forth across the
border This territory and Mexico must look
out for trouble They are the worst band Of
Indians in America. The agency Indians
are behaving well and not one has left San
Carlos, and their assistance can be relied
upon in case the Chiricahuas return, as they
may do if pressed by the Mexican troops, Of
a desire for plunder.
| (Signed) GEORGE CROOK.
| Brigadier General.
Secretary Tellar in reply, telegraphed:
Your telegram received. for which accept
my thanks. l agree with you that the rene
gade band must be subjugated or destroyed
The interest of whites and peacable Indian.
alike demand it.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 81
| A Tombstone dispatch SAYS: Yesterday
Capt Charles Young arrived from Swiss
helm and repoi ted fight between five Apache
Indians and himself and Frank Leslie on
Sunday last. The Indians hid near the
house and kept up steady fire from behind
the rocks all the afternoon. They set fire to
the country in order to burn them out. but
not succeeding they attempted to shell them
out. Capt. Young is positive several Indians
were killed. The next morning a detach
ment of the sixth cavalry arrived. Young
heard number of shots in the Sulphur
Springs Valley and thinks the ranches were
attacked. The country for miles has beer
burned and the cattle run of.