Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
THE "GRAY FOx,s. COYOTES.
A Specimen of Their Work in sonora. as Told by Ben Scott, of Tombstone, Which is but One Of Many
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From the hepubllcau.I
 We left Fronteras December lst with a four-horse team loaded with mining supplies, and camped tine first ten miles out, having had bad luck. During the night we supposed We had lost horse by drowning ID the river, which would necessitate us going back Co the ranch and thereby delaying us a day, but we found the horse on the opposite bank n the morning. We got an early start from our first camp, and made about eleven miles at noon, when we camped in a mar row canyon by the river for lunch. At this point Bennett requested me to take a scout up the hill and look up the val ley, while he unhltched the team. l cid 90, and travelled about one-fourth of a mile on the mesa, but saw nothing UT u- sual and retur rned. After lunch we pulled out of the canyon and around a very rocky point into narrow rlyer bottom. We had travelled about an hour, and had made about three or four miles, when, upon turning narrow point of the mesa, which came very abruptly to the river, l glanced to the left to a bunch of rocks about thirty feet distant, and saw the head, neck and shoulders of an Indian. In his hand he held gun resting upon a rock, which he was aiming at me. I exclaimed to Bennett, Here they are :" and threw my gun to my shoulder. be- fore I could fire shot struck my right arm. Bennett and I then jumped off the wagon, and two more shots were fired from the rocks little further 10 the left both taking effect in Bennett. Ahgh.- ing upon the ground. Bonnet exclaimed,
 BEEN, THEY HAVE GOT MEr'
 And asked me if could reach the can teen from the wagon seat. I told h-m No, that l could not, having but one ariD, but that l could cover the Indians with rifle ID my left hand, If he could do 70. Pulling his pistol from his scabbard, and with one foot on the hub and one hand on the seat, he raised himself and fired into the rocks, thus securing the c6nteen. After taking a very long drink, he sat down on the ground behind me, where, unbuttoning bis clothes, be disclosed to me his wounds. Shaking his head in a mournful way, he asked, What shat we do now?" h the meantime the Indians behind the rocks had been hallooing to others some distance of. We were afraid that the other party would slip into the brush of the r'ver bottom to our right, and concluded to abandon the wagon and 10 do so l covered the Indians, rest ing my rifle over the foot-board of the wagon, while Bennett erawled to the brush. Resting every few feet, he managed to reach the brush in about twenty minutes, when he yelled to me, "I am here; make a dash for it." Wait ing for favorable moment did make the dash. When half way across the sv,N aE. .N from the branches of tree on the rlvar bottom, three hundred yards north of us, where l suppose two Indians were se- creted. Reaching the brush in safety We concluded to go further into the brush. When reaching place Of security about l6O feet from the wagon, We lad down and waited for the next event. Presently We heard an unearthly yell from Indians gathering around the wagon; then wheelbarrows, shoveis and other mining tools were heard falling 70 the ground. Meanwhile We heard them talking in the Indian dialect, and mal..ug their peculiar grunts of satisfaction. For an hour after they were breaking open boxes. Then there was a calm of about twenty minutes, not a sound being heard. Suddenly there was
 A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
 Which lifted us from the ground. The air was filled with parts of the wagon and debris of every kind. We had ID tine wagon 500 pounds of Hercules pow der and loo pounds Of black powder, which the sayages had ignited to cause the explosion. Soon after 1 raised my sell to my feet and looked on the bill beyond the wagon, where ] saw the h. dians with our animals, riding one and driving the others. That was the last that We saw of them. From this tune on until about dusk Va laid quietly in tle brush and rested; Bennett was in terri ble condition and helpmust be obtained. Consulting together, We decided that 1t was best that l should go to Fronteras Help might be had sooner from NacOsari but l was not familiar about tue road, and 1t was little better than trail any, way. 1 started for Fronteras ai dark and reached Don SilyRs' ranch three miles from Fronteras. at o'clock m the morn- ing He assured mo that twenty men would Ieavo at daylight, but it was 9:30 before they were under way. Messrs. Jackson and Brown with a team from NacOsarl were on their way to meet IL, and on the night succeeding the attack camped three miles from the scene. They arrived at the place at : o'clock the fol- lowing morning, and noting the effects of the explosion and concluding that 1t was accidental, and that we had fallen victims to the accident,
 THEY STOPPED THEIR TEAM.
 Bennett lying in the brush heard ther voices, and not being able to speak fired a gun, whereupon they proceeded to the brush and found him, and thence con veyed him to Fronteras, reaching that place about f o'clock in :he afternoon. One of the shots entered Bennett's hip and the other in his loin. He died at S:30 p. m. the same day he reached From teras.
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