Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-23

cumstances unless compelled to do co
 To. their own personal safety.
 One party. which comprised the great
 CT portion of the outfit, under charge of
 officer Brady, followed up a deep ar- royo, with 6 view of keeping the Indians from their ponies should they attempt
 to escape, while Paul took the other and
 proceeded directly towards the center
 of the town. On becoming apprised of what was going on the Indians stsm-
 peded to the broken ground west of
 town, the women and children first, the
 men following sullenly behind. On
 reachit 2 the opposite side of a deep
 brushy arroyo they took stand and made
 many threats to shoot, and dared the
 posse to follow them into the hills. At
 this Iuncture several shots were heard at
 the upper end ot the town, about one
 quarter of a mile distant from where
 Paul and posse were standing, but foi-
 tunstely no harm was done. As to the
 cause the statements were contradictory,
 other than that 1t had been done iu re-
 taliRtion 10 the threats of the Indians.
 During the retreat of the Indians Dep
 uty Appel ran the entire length of the
 town, calling upon them to a stop and
 talk, as the whites had not come against
 them as enemies, but as friends. They,
 however, gave DO heed until they had
 taken their stand, as above stated. After
 much psrleying they were induced to
 listen to peaceful Overtures that were continually being made to them. Their chief orator was a naked-limbed individ
 usi, who stood, Winchester Tn hand, and held himself as good as all corners. He said that his people in their present &C.,
 ton were influenced by Dr. Hart, sub-
 agent at San Xavier, who had previous ly notified them Of Paurs coming, and
 had advised them to take to the hills and avoid arrest. They accused Dobbs of having appropriated their we'll and refused for a while to believe that no injury was intended them. Deputy Ap- pei and Tom Burke approached to with m a few yards of the Indians, but could get nothing but criminations and bravado from them. Mir. c. T. Etchslls then tried it but they were not Tn a listening humor. However after much talk and patience the Indians were induced to negotiate for the com ing of several of their leaders to town. | This they agreed to do provided that | Paul would withdraw his force to the | station and would promise not to iron them. This he at once promised and left as per agreement. O. T. Etchells, Deputy Appel, Tom Burke, H. Van Curin and Herbert Brown, remained be- hind to see if possible that the agree. ment on the part of the Indians was likewise fulfilled. At given signal the entire band returned to their towns, when they appeared soon to forget their newly made promises. However after about two hours they were gotten to- gethe:, an interpreter secured and every effort made to induce them to come in, but this they refused to do. The party thrD returned to the station and report'd their failure. The writer and MT. Etch- els then returned home. These were the formal happenings of the day without into particulars. It will be i'm possible to take the Indians without iniuring them unless an additional force of men be used to keep them from getting into the broken ground, but as the matter now promises fair to be ami cably adjusted none will be needed.