The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-06-05
INDIAN DEvILTRY.

I'll. Indian Rising in New Mexico Assum"
ing Alarming Proportions-Nearly Seven
ty-five Victims Already Reconciliation
eral Crook Again at the Front--A Proba-
BILE Fight. &ssJ
DEMINc, N. NJ, May 29.-The Indians
SO far have it, as usual, all their own
way. Close on to seventy people have
been killed on the Gila and in and around
Silver City. So far the troops have had :
only one fight with the Indians. 1t oc-
curred at Devils Park, twenty miles
north of Alma on the Gifa on the 23d.
The Indians were struck following the
old trail at Victoria. Some of the troops
were wounded, but none killed. The loss
Of the Indians is unknown. Hudson sta.
tion OH the Narrow Gauge Line, between
here and Silver City, has been abandon
ed. Hudson's Hot Springs, favorite
health resort, is strongly guarded and
fortified, and all the southwestern towns
6ave formed volunteer companies for
their own protection. General Crook has
relieved Bradley in command OF the
troops in the field, but this has not re-
stored confidence, as the manner In which
| Crook petted the Indians and insulted
the frontiersmen two years ago still
rankles. For the short time the Apaches
have been out, they have inflicted more
damage than on any raid for the last five
years. The number of regular troops ut
Crooks disposal in this district IS about
500-twelve companies in all.
The indications are that there Will be
general INDIAN war. The settlers
throughout the country are gathering to-
gether in the towns and in trenches, and
ttf1 1nlyo Il r,.f,, apa haT a.
ported that 100 Indians yesterday crossed
the railroad track near Mutt Station, CO.
ing south toward the Florida Mountains
If this raid is to be ended soon, 1000
more troops should be sent to the Terri
tory at once.
DEMING, N. NJ, May 29.-Thirty-flve
Charicahuas rode up to an adobe build
Ing five miles north of Silver City last
evening and killed the occupants-a Mex
ican, his wife and three children. Their
they came on to within two miles of Sill
yer City to another Mexican hut, and
after shooting the Mexican inmate, tool
his two-year-old child by the feet ant
striking its head against the wall of the
house, hung the little. one on meat hool
in the we'll. The Mexican was badl.
wounded, but not dead, and walked tc
town and gave the alarm. A whit
family named Phillips, consisting of sevel
persons, were also killed, seven mile
from Silver City last night.
band of thirty five sfndians, with ,
large number of squaws, attempted tt
raid Camp Fleming about nine o'clock
ALI the women and children OF the CAM
were removed into shaft of the "Ol,
Man, Mine, and the entrance was wei
barricaded. The Indians, as shown b.
their signal flashes, remained in the vi
cinity until near morning, and then wen
: south, and were seen next mornin
; rounding up all the horses in the neigh
: borhood.
Two bands of Indians, one numbering
fifteen and the other twenty, were see
going south this afternoon near Hudson
! Springs, twenty-four miles from here.
, large force OF men are guarding Hudso
: tonight.
ENGLE, N. M, May ga fight pro-
, ably occurred yesterday between q cor
, pany of troops under Captain Chaffee,
the Fourth Cavalry, and thirty-fve no
5 tiles, about forty miles northwest
here. The Indians were seen at dayligl
r by Mexican scout, making for Willo
e Springs, to which point the troops wei
e hurrying to intercept them. The Indisl
1 did not know of the approach of tt
Q troops from this quarter, and hopes 81
n entertained that the entire band has bee
killed or captured. Reports say a lars
0 number of the Navajoes have alreae
g taken the war-path.