Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-23

He Runs the Gauntlet Of His Enemies'
and Departs with His wives.

He Runs the Gauntlet OF His Enemies
and Departs with His Wives.
A telegram from Tombstone, Ari.. Oct.
3, says: The depredations of the sayages
in this Territory and New Mexico have
alarmed the whole country as it was never
alarmed before. TIE Indians are in small
parties, and they move With such celerlty
that il has been found almost impossible
to detect or capture them. Ihey are
everywhere, and life in exposed settle
menrs rs one uneuding round II alarms.
GerOnimO's recent exploit at fort
Apache is on every tongue. few weeks
agO ne was known to be in the Sierra
Madre mountains in old Mexico, but ne
left his fastness and moved down INTO he
valley. The troops and settlers VINO are
pickcted all along the border made ready
for him, but they saw uothtn1 OF atm. lie
moved by night, and long before thr pick
cts were aware Of it he WA across The
border, making straight f)T Fort Apache.
IL is now believed that be sent spy
ahead discussed as a Mexican peon. and
that when ibis runner found the coast
cloHr ne -ignal. cd 20 mis- friends 10 follow.
The Indians have very ingenious c1ae
OF signals. and 1t would not be difficult
for them 30 advance m hosule country
by their use. Once across The line Gero-
nimO made for the Mogollou mountains,
an after hiding there until ne had sent
his SPY into Fort Apache he made his de-
scent.
When the hostiles left the fort for the
war-pAth IN the spring, they took very
ieW women with them, Geronimo himsc
lelviu- both OF his wives behind. Having
made mis- escape 10 Ola Mexico, and wish
ing 10 remain there hereafter, be laid his
plans 10 secure his women. Reaching tho
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sent "A spy 10 the fort. who notified MIA
wives that at a certain hour their chief
would he there tn rescue them, and that
they must be ready. Geronimo waited in
his mountain retreat until the nignt was
favorable, and then moved sly ly toward
the reservation. He had TO pass the Off
GERS quarters on his way 10 the place
where il was agreed that the women
should be waiting, but ne stole BY unOb-
served. and finding his wives, made off
with them 70 the mountains The next
dav it was discovered at the fort that two
squaws mad left during tue night. and
that Anaches had been near the fort, but
not until week had elapsed was it known
that the women were GerOnimO's wives,
and that that doughty brave himself had
been within the enclosure.
After gaining possession Of the women
Geronimo moved slowly toward the south,
ana, preceded III this case rs before by
trusted spy he ran the pickets on the Dor
der and reached his Mexican eyrie in
safety. HIS achievement is regarded as
one of the smaryest tricks ever PLAYED by
savage. and the skill with which IT was
executed shows how difficult is h be tue
task OF eubdumg these raiders. T5ey are
reported in all directions in parties Of
from three to ten, but they move 80 rapid
lv, know the country so well and have so
many hiding places that il Is all but i'm
possible for white men to corner them.
The troops which have been on the trail
for months are worn out with exposure,
hardship, and disgust at their inability to
find anything to fight.