Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-22
FRUITFUL INDIAN CAMPAIGN
"en. crook Relates in a Modest Way
MS right with and Capture of 400
hostile Apac h es-The Apaches Now
Most Submissive in Disnos;ti,r

issiSe tn disposition.
en'ef creek. Ar'z, twelve miles north of the
oon"uary' 'oa via Iombstone.-Left here May l with
NO NO Apache scouts under Crawford Got word to
So, WIN eha1fees $ company of forty-two men,
o'1th cavalry, and rations for two months on
mules. Followed the hostile Chiracahuas Tho
country Is OF indescribable roughness number
Oh mules lost their footing, stennine
from the trail, fell down the preci
nlces and were killed. The stronghold of the
Uhiracahuas is the very heart of the Sierra
maores. The position is widely watered with
nshse m' growth OF timber, and plenty of grass
Ihey had been camped near the head of the
baVispe, occupying prominent elevated peaks,
snord'ng fine lookout for miles, rendering sur
PRISE almost impossible. and making
retreat retreat secure through adjacent canyons.
SnPs sar1; ~ crawford, ,s with the. Indian scouts,
ho sary rso pn me s IN morning % Of May is surprised
into Arizona aud New Mexico. The fight lasted all
uay ana she village was wiped out The damages
cannot cam s,o 90 estimated Numbers of dead bodies
were found, but the ndescribable roughness of the
country prevented a count being made The entire
camp.wth stock and everything belonging to it, was
captured. 1t is learned from prisoners taken that
The Chiracahuas were
UNANIMOUS FOR PEACE,
and dispatched two messengers to try to reach San
Carlos Ga the 17th they began to surrender They
said their people were much frightened by our sud.
den appearance in their fastnosses and had scat
tered like quail They asked me to remain until
YOU'D 50 back TO the reservation. By the terms Of
the treaty my operations were limited to the time
OF the fight. told tire Chihuahnas to gather up
their women and children without deay They an
swered they could not get them 10 respond to the
signals, the fuCitves fearing they might he beset
6y our Apache scouts aud entrapped. They told US
thew had u white boy who was in a village
umped by our scouts. He had run off with sGuaws
who escaped and who had not yet been heard from.
They assured me that every one of the band should
come in If ! would remain short time. The terms
OF tue treaty embarrassed greatly, being
that rough region with ratons rapidly disappearing
there being between 800 ard 400 Chihuahuas to
huas. We found six Mexican captives--fve women
and one chi!d-taken by the Chhuahuas early in
May. They are now with the command. These
women say they were captured near the Mexican
Cen,ra! railroad at a place called Carmen. They
further state that when the Chihuahuas discovered
Apache scouts were IN the county they
BECAME GREATLY ALARMED
and abandoned on the trail 800 head OF cattle
which were driven away from points in Western
Oh nad T. but picked up and driven
Idly as the condition OF our stock and the strength
of the women and children would permit. We
found the country depopulated for a distance OF
100 miles from the Apache stronghold. The Chi
hnahuas Insist that they have always lived in the
Sierra Madres; that even when the main body
mountains. OF these who went out, there are a
number who state that thoy have never been on
areservation. have strong hopes of being able to
with US are the chiefs Loco aud Mana, SC often re-
ported killed by other prominent chiefs. We saw
no Mexican troops, and after leaving the settlements
in Nesorira did not Mexican other than cap
tives rescued ] have such assurances from the In
dians that the white boy will be brought back alive
that am looking for him every moment, and will
inform you by courier
CROOKS NoSCHALANCE.
AS an illustration of Crooks modesty anG
total absence of fuss and feathers in his make
up it may be stated that, although the tigh
aud capture occurred the 17th of last month
he leisurely retreated his steps to Camp Sup
ply, at Silver Creek, not sending courier
ahead TO signal his movements. The first in
timation had OF Crooks return was the arriva
of a leutenaul at Col Biddle's headquarters a
a m. Sunday, with dispatches for Cam1
Bowie, the nearest army telegraph station
Upon making inquiry 70: Gen Crook, whit
was supposed to be a hundred miles distan
in the Sierra Madres, one can imagine thu
surprise that awaited the camp when Informed
that Crook was only two hours behind WITH III.
captured Apsches. About 10 O'Clock Gen
Crook rode in with his escort, and greeted
Col Bid9le with "a nice morning, Colonel,
and straigh!way struck ont for washbasn
which be had snied, and was coon engaged il
performing his abluiions, after whicL he threw
himself INTO camp stool and engaged in con
versation about his campaign iii an off hant
way a. if hunting the cruelest aud tiercest fot
on the continent in the widest and most mac
cessiblo country to be found was a matter o
everyday occurrence. a lieutenant, name ur
known, was The only person injured il Crooks
command and he but slightly