The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-08-05
GEN. Cnoott's CAMPAIGN.


ARLINGTON, August
Crooks report " his campn
the Apuchep III Mexico has be
ut the war department Aft,
the fncts which led him to
Indians, and the support So willingly
offered by the Mexican officials, lac suys.
1--WE moved -outheUs down San Der
uHrdluo, the most nurthcrly branch of
the Iarllm river, IN western Mexico.
For three days We did not see human
being. The whole country had been
laid waste 10y the Apaches, aud much
lnnd, furmcrli cultivated, had grown mp
In tuuglo cane and mesquite. We fol
lowed the trail which our guide,
Peaches, insured me- had been made by
the hostile CmrIcuhua ON the 9Th Of
May. We passed 10y the hamlcts NJ
Buvispc san Miguel, aud Burcancn, whose
inhabitants welcomed us with cXubcrtnt
JOY The authorities uf BHvlslc offered
to come to orr assistance with every
man # needed, aud also offered the ser
wees Of four guides couversaut with the
foot hills Of the Sierra Mtdrcs, These
oilers | did MT accept for want Of tran
purtatiun aud supplies aud not believing
that any guides could ho equal to those
whom we had b ru following On the
18th uf May the scouts discovered camps
and Indians which wuru Hftyrwtrd found
to b. those Of the Chntos and Bluitns
Ia accordance wi h my careful iugtruc-
tuus they wonld have been surrounded,
but Tor the fact that some scout mcau-
tiuusly fired upon buck aud
Bquaw The rurprlso wns com
plotu nui IN the hscVu'ut
light which lasted several hours the IN
dilus were thoroughly beaten. The
camps and their contents were ct Iturcl,
and live Ii lt-gro wu girls and young boys
/ taken prisoners Niue dead Indians were
[ found afterwards. They hd been Killed
/ In the iigh'. The extremely rugged MT
/ tuIC ui the country, the camp being -ltu-
Ntrd han way up urCCipluuu- mountain
/ gushrd with rtvlncs and Chu- ms, pre-
/ vented any exact count being made with
/ out extreme danger from the Indians who
/ might be wounded or hidden In the rocks,
and who could have Xii cd nj their VIII
/ without exposing themselves, There
| was considerable property stolen
/ from the Americans and Mex
| leans, found In the camp, ami
about forty horrcs aud mules. Early
/ ON the lsth thiricthuu entered my camp.
/ lie /, not a chivl, but one OF the most
prominent men IN his uihc, noted Tor in
/ iclligcncc and bravery, He said the coun-
/ try To which we had penetrated was look
ed upon a- imprcgnabIc That Mexican
troops had never succeeded In getting
into II. but hal always been met and
driven back with rocks ~ well ~ bullets
soon ~ they had passed the ipOt
hills. He expected that since
/. the Recurlty was 40 great, "a number
NJ men wore absent on a raid III GOnura
AMI Chhuuhun lie told mo whore Il 7.
ferrut chi N were rHdiug. II was also
stated that with Chatto there wls
small white boy captured III New Mex
icu,und corresponding 80 closely IA ilB-
CriptiOn to Chas. Met Omas that | have
no douht It IL lie. He said that, IN con
sequence Of the attack, the ChirIcuhuas
had scattered to the mountains like 40
many quail aud that h. wUuld 10 back
and gather thom together aud
return, "but," said he, ''yub
have Apache soldier with you and my
people Il not respond to my smoke
signals because they may be sure your
scouts have them" lie went ON To sHy
that the captive boy was alive aud IA
good spirits but had gOuH OIL with the
squaws who had broken away from tho
camp upon discovering that on scouts
were closing ~ upon thom From that
on tine Cniricuhuns came IN rapidly from
all points Of the compass, men, women
and children.
All chiefs surrendered, gave thom
selves up. The chiefs ut last fairly
begged to hr trRcu back 10 San Carlos.
| IrplICd tlHt they were asking u grcut
deal, thnt / had no power To put them
un the reservation, aud that could not
close my eyes tu the atrocities Of winch
they had been guilty, many ot the
Americans wanted their baud routed
out, and that ll took them to San Car.
lns NO doubt cry would br raised for
their blood, they had not