Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-14

neen reard from. They assured me
every one of the band should COME
al ii would remain a short time. The
terms or tee treaty embarrassed ma
2rs%tIy, ana being in taat rough re-
gion with Tations rapidly Disappearing.
ana soere being between three and four
| hundred Chiracshuas TO feed. | vas
compelled to return with the Chirass-
NUS We toGnd SIX Mexican captlyes
five women and enc chiid-taken
| from Chihuahua early in Nav. Ihev
are now with the command. Tbss.
women say that they were captu-a1
near the Mexican Central Railway. AZ a
place called Carmen. They further
state that when the Chiracahuas dis
| covered that the Apache scouts were In
the country, they became greatly
alarmed, and abanioned on the trail
tue three hundred head of cattle whlch
tney We're dfiying away from points in
western chihuahua. These cattle were
AFTERWARDS picked up and driven of hy
q body of Acxlcans. We marched hsek
rs RAPIDLY as the condition of tie stock
| and the strength of the women ana
| children would permit. | faand tie
| country d-populated tor distance of a
| hundred miles FROM the ApAeha stronc-
Rold. The Chiracahuas insist that the,
| cave always lived In The Sierra Madres.
| taat, even when tie main body went on
tue reservation. SONS remained behind
| IN the mountalss. Or those now win
US there are number who state tina:
| they have never been on the reserva
| non. 1 have strong hops of bainc
able TO clean the mountains of the last
Of those now with us are Loco ana
Names, 50 often reported killed. aud the
families OF other prominent chiefs
saw no Mexican troops. and, after leav-
ing tue settlement IN Sonora, did not
| see Mexican other than the captain
| rescued. have such assurances irons
| the Indians that the white boy will be
| brought back if alive, that am looking
for him every moment, and Will inform
you By courier.
| Another story or Crooks Campaign.
TOMBSTONE, June I3.-A special to the
Chronicle states that since the last re-
| port no news has been received from
General Crooks command until TO-DAY
upon the arrival OF a courier sent uut by /
tbs CAroHfcie. The courier left here on
Monday evening and after a night hide |
OF 10 miles over a rough country. |
reached Silver Greek about sunrise. lie |
remained IN camp through the DAY col !
iecting news, ana starting again AT |
night, reached hers this morning. The |
following Is full account OF Crooks |
campaign from the day he crossed the |
aexlcan boundary until his return !
crowned with victory on Sunday last. L. |
is from the diary of member Of the |
command and can be relied on as cor |
rect in every particular
May The command left San Ber- |
nardIno ranch. Ii consisted of General |
Crook and escort. as follows: Capt. j. +. |
Burke. Lieut.. w. Febig. Capt. T.. Craw- !
ford, Lieut.. A. Il. Chaffee, Lieut. Frank |
West. Lieut.. w. Forsyth, Lieut.. G. b. |
Gatewood. Lieut.. w. q. Mickey, and |
Surgeon q. +. Address. All of the above |
officers, with the exception of Mickey |
and Febig, who belong to the 3rd Caval- |
ry, are attached to the 9th Cavalry, /
mostly TO troop j. Accompanying them /
we're l33 Indian scouts and about 40 /
white men, employed as packers, etc. |
The first day the command marched |
Is miles i'll a southerly direction. camp /
ing at night on Elias Creek. Nothing |
occurred on the march worth mention. |
The entire command felt il WIS going /
on a perilous expedition, but had faith |
i'll its commander. From this on the !
cam paien will be given by dates.
May 2-Broke camp and marched |
twenty miles, camping GA the pa
vispe river about thirty miles cas-, |
of the town of the same n:me: |
country began to grow rough; Capt. !
Crawford and scouts i'll the lead.
May 3rd, marched twenty miles. fol- |
lowing the course of the Bavispe river, |
again camped near it; no signs of lndi- |
ans as yet.
May itb, made about the same dis
tance and camped at night about five
| miles from the town of Baylspe, still
nothing to indicate the preseLce of hos
tiles.
May 5-Marohed through the towns
Of Bavispe and Bacearaco, where We
| were greeted by the inhabitants with
every demonstration of welcome. 40
complished about ~ miles this day.
| Here it was determined to change our
| course, and the following morning the
| command struck due east for the heart
of the Sierra Madres, where Nado XII, or
| Peaches" informs Crook the main
! Dody of the hos tiles are to be found.
May 7.-Camped during the day and
made night ride of ten miles over ii
very rough trail, the country getting
rougher and apparently more inaccessi-
BILE AS we penetrate the Sierras.
| May S.-Continue east about IL miles
over trail SO rough that the entire
command, including Gen. Crook, were
Obliged TO dismount aud proceed on
foot. Camped at night on a plateau
mountain ON the crest, 1000 feet above
the sea level. The country is grand and
gloomy. The whole face of nature Is
cut by inimenses gorges, aad noun
tains are apparently piled one on top of
another.
May 9.-Broke camp at IA. m. and
continued the march Jour general
courss was east. Made damp at night
on small tributary of the Bavlspe
river. Here it was discovered that the
Indians had set fire to the grass, burn
ing it off to such an extent Ms to afford
no feed for animals, and forced march
of ten miles was necessary before reach
ing feed and water. Twelve hours were
taken mp IL making this ten miles, and
causing the loss of five pack animals.
which, by missing their footing, were
hurled hundreds of feet into chasms
below.
May i0.-Country almost in-passable.
Looks as if the passage of man had
been barred by the hand of the Al
mighty. But nine miles we're made
during the day. Marched about ten
hours.
! May lt.-Capt. Crawford ard Lieut..
Gatewood and Mackey take one hun
drsd and fifty scouts and provisions for
foot scout of three days. Peaches
having informed Gen. Crook that the
command were nearing the stronghold
of the Apaches. Late the same day a
scout from Crawford returned with
notice to bring the command about fit
teen miles further up, where better
camp could be found on tributary of
the Bavispe river.
| May 12.-Made for the new camp
over rocky and precipitous country.
May l3.-Remained IN camp to take
needed rest. Crawford, with the tire
less scouts, and himself as tireless, still
ahead.
May IA Received another message
By scout from Crawford to move nearer
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