The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-21
CROOKS VICTORY.
A Modest Dispatch from the General
Announcing HE Success.
The March to the Stronghold Of the
Chiricahuas In the Sierra Madres
Excellent Work Done BY the Apache
Scouts Under Capt. Crawford.

Under date Of Silver Creek, Arizona, Gen.
Crook furnishes the following brief and
modest account Of his successful campaign
against the Apache hostles:
| left here May With laa Apache scouts
under Crawford and Wood Mackey, with
Chatiee's company Of forty two men of the
Sixth cavalry and rationf for two months
on mules We followed the hostile Chraca.
hnas to country Of indescfibabe rough
ness A number OF mulas lost their footing.
stepping from tho trail, fell down the prec.
fpices and were killed The stronghold of
the Chiricahuas was I'm the very heart of tho
sierra Madies The position Is finely
and plenty of grass. they hid been
camped for months near the head Of
Bayispe, occupying prominent elevated
peaks affording fine lookout for miles.
rendering surprise almost impossible, and
making their retreats secure through the
rough adjacent canyons Capt Crawford
with the Indian scouts. early on the morn
Ing Of May i surprised the village OF Chata,
the chief who led the recent raid into Arr
IONA and New Mexico. The fight lasted all
day, and the village was wiped out The
damage done cannot be estimated A num-
Der Of dead bod es were found, but the in
vented count being made The entire
camp, with the stock and everything belong
ing to It, was captured It was leorned from
the prisoners that the Chiribahuas were unan-
imous for peace and had already sent two
messengers to try to reach San Carlos On
the l7th they began to surrender. They
said their people were much frightened BY
had scattered like quail. They asked me to
remain until they could gather all the bands
together when they would 20 back TO the
reservation. By the terms OF tho treaty my
operations were limited to the time az tho
fight, and told the Chiricahuas to gather
They answered that they could not get them
to respond to signals, the fngttives fearing
they might be set by our Apache scoats to
ontrap them. They told us they
had > white boy, who was in tho
village jumped by our scouts He
had run of with the squaMs who escaped
and who had not vet been heard from They
assured me every one Of the band should
come In II would remain short time The
terms OF the treaty embarrassed me greatly,
and, being In that rough region and rations
rapidly disappearing-there being between
SOO and 400 Chiricahuas to feed was COM
PEELED to return with the Chiricahuas We
one child, taken in chihuahua early in May.
They are now with the Command These
women say they were captured near the
Mexican Central Railroad, at a place
called Carmen. They further state
that when the Chiricahuas discovered
the Apache scouts were in the country they
became greatly alarmed and abandoned on
tho trail the 500 head of cattle they were
driving away from points In Western Chi
huahuA The cattle were afterward picked
up and driven off by q body Of Mexicana
We marched back as rapidly rs the condi-
ton of the stock and the strength Of tho
women and children would permit, and
found the country depopulated for dis
lance Of Loo miles from the Apache strong
hold The Chi, icahuas insist that they have
always lived in the Sierra Madres; that even
when the main body went on the reservation
some remained behind in the mountains
OF these now out there are number who
they state have never been on the reserva-
ton have strong hopes Of being able to
clear tho mountains Of the last Of these.
Now with us are Loco and Mana, so often
reported killed, and the families OF other
prominent chiefs saw no Mexican troops,
and after leaving the settlements in North
east Sonora did not see Mexican other
than the captives rescued have suck as
surances from the Indians that the white
boy will be brought back alive that am
looking for him every moment. and will In
form you by courier.