Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-29
GaayCanOpa was Where the
AQaCheS Had RatCbed TteIr
Many Horrors,
Gen. Crook Has at 1 ast Driven
Them from their Favorite
Mouutsin Asylum.
Tbs Fiepds sro Now CorraloS
NStthin ~ small ExtenT .f
Country.
~ ccial to the Cri ego Tribune.

~ cNisi W 'ho SNi ~ y 'iiuuho'
III pAso, lex M.y 26 -The Tines
has received tho following dispatch
from It's BDcc,al correspondent III
Cnlnuahua b, courier to San jose, on
the Mexican Central road, and thence
to ih,s ppic
"CUnRALIrus, Mag "a - Nsws has
st reaOnsd here that Gen. Crook
inGasod strong torce of indians,
auppsed TO be- composed of Jdh's
aud L3c,s' b,rd, togstner with stray
renesaAea auo husttlea. last wask s'
GdaycSuops, on the Sonora slope Of
tho Siscras, IN the Ieighoorhood OF
U,sS do JsuoS.
Tiers 10 great uncertainty as to The
date when toe fight took place"
COMMENT At Ill PAso.
The mount ia spQrs ~ the point
ind,o.ied arc .he tAvorlte resort If tho
Ap,olea, and srs peculiarly insocet-
stole, wRich a,oJun,s for the In
'renehod position of the hostiies auo
the CO, fl teIcs Shioh tnoy exhibited, +,
holdirg thoir geouad until thirty If
their rumoer had fallen, wnen the
broks sud h,j, closely followed by
tne victorlc ui American tr,ops.
They arc supoosed 60 hsye made
1he,r way toward C.,co2, In ,he
C,aa de JAnps, on Ghe Chihuahus
slove If thc mountains, where they
viii probably inske d lsst etshd.
1lh.. Anaratknnu xrnttnI Naaa ID
Jynos viii oa cx.r,nlly difficult, ~
the country 10 be traversvt in i,.eraliy
Without ro.ds or eyen good trails, and
tho mountain passes are Admirably
d"osed for surprises.
The town of S,anarips, whloh lies
IA northsssterly dircc ion, seventy
ti,N miles from Gu,ycsnops, contains
COO inhab:tsntr, aud Is tbs latgeat
t,wn on the Sonora slope Of tho Ser.
al M.dres.
A wagon hiss never been ssen to on
ter l., nors 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
naies aid bu-ros, Sad the psoplo lave
wy ualy eet Arnr I'd by gigantic na;urai
rarlia's from tn .,r fellow mlp.
TIA O Jrk viz esdeavor 10 pene
tr..rs iiJp his almost unknown RS,
qi1Si thnre in, doubt, aud - no ad-
vances tbs n xicAn troop. will drsN
closer their Gordon oH h, Sonora side
and Mexican c>,upns on this I'D,
ssa,ianed at Casa Grsudas 9 Dra
vrntnra, spd J.no5 will Keep Up
oou, ulete hDe IF c,mmuutca.ion, 40 a
~ pr.vsnt the n,s,iles from e,cspin
from the mountsins in which they ar
midi, x fe,m ths v G ,rous pursuit o
Goa O>o k sni C,i Torres on Sn
sids of ,hs III ,unta,us and OF CJl. Col
lsrio on 'his side.
Crnrk can, II he de,ires to do so
as'ahi-h ,mmunication With tn
M-xi'an ,o'oss cooperating on thi
side Of the SerrAs by sending courier
through ths psss ou the Mu tos road
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 and our little tow
has n large American cslony is de
iignted with the news, for it mean
hat the hr tile Ap,ches are at La
doomed to total extinction and tha
Tho s erras and their vast miner,
treasures are about to DO opened t
the world of enterprise and capita
HINTON.
DESPERATE ENC GAGEhENT.
, Special i'be Chicago Times.
TOMBSTONE Ariz,ns, May 70. =
the news # Crooks fight with th
A paches Ia the Sierra NJ sdres brougf
from the custom house by Mexioa
courier Fsiday night has as yet r,
oeived no GOD firmstion. The battle
be,i we'd to have occurred on the IL
8 pr 18 h inst. Cro,k sIrlck the ira
of tre hos,iles Tresoastillo'. ~hei
Oh. Garcia had fight the 46ih al
|, Tie trail led in a sou .hesst d r o.iol
anroGgh o untry almost impassabi
, When within two days march of "
Rio Tapsgoch, which heads In Oh
:, nuahus aod h,ws westerly through
= psss la the Sierra M.1res emp;yit
,nro tn Sonora river, Crooks advan'
skirmi-b line WAS J imped by the hp
liies Five Apache scou "a were Ii IL
NJ the trst gre, and the offi ;sr in CO
maud wounded The name oil Il
: iii ,er is not given, but is believed
= ne Capt. Caaf o. The scouts th'
te,l back upon the main cDlum
After recannoiteriug a general sdvan
vas ordered. Tle hostiles ocoupi
Doth sides OF narrow c,nyo
= aud awaited the coming of Ceool
~ frrces Tne 6gnt mmepocd
y 10 o'clock a. IN. aud lasted uui dur
" rhs hostiles fought will great bra
" sry. aud oae o. the chiefs, believed
70 b Looo, VINO lsfi S,n y rios We
;. ago last M,roh, Ia reported XII
W duinp the progress ot the hgl
u Cook f,uksG with 6fty scouts I
= Indians on The east side of the ca
y yon, who, being driven from GOV
charged down the side of the mot
tLiu scroqs the canyon and joiued
r-nngsdes bshipd the rocks on ell
AIDE of the canyon. IL wss duri
Ia this