The Daily Tombstone., 1885-12-01
From WillcOx.


 lished in yesterday arrived to late for publication last evening, so knowing tine state of feeling with the public we handed them to John w. Dunbar, publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph, for publication, and republish tho let ter again this evening".
 WILCOX, Nov. BOA dispatch dated San Carlos, Nov. go, says that the hos tiles were in want of a few squaws this | winter and made an attack upon the res. ervation [" supply themselves with full | crop, and to which the reservation ln> dIans made some objections, aud fight was at once commenced, in which four of the hostiles lost their lives and nIne reservation Indians bIt the dust. Four and ninr makes thirteen good Indians that we can feel assured we will not be molested w,in again. H. | Hooker stated few days ago that he came tu this country Tn 1876, and that 10 the best of his knowledge he has had ,hirty>five men killed on his ranch by the S,n Carlos In. diaus MT. II, okcr deeply regrets the death of Mir. I,-rrisjn. ani says that it seems to hIm this small band of Indians | should be captured.
 | Just this moment uews of another bru- tai mur,ier has been dispatched TO Mrs. ! Clark, of this place. Her twelve-year- | old son was murdered few moments ago | d., Clark is a widow la'y f our toxn and ] had hirtd her oldest SJL 'o GeoIee Gra, ham, who is freighter from Wilcox 10 Globe to do his herdIng on his trip to three miles of the agency they turned out their stock, had q lunch and sent the lit- tie b"y out 10 look aii,r the stock He was mounted on little pony of which he was very proud, and was more so to think that he was earning something for his poor widowed mother. He had been gone some time and Mir. Graham think ing that he had been away too long went ont to look for him. After search of an hour or two, he came upon the unfor- tunate little fellow, who had but an hour or two before left the camp full of lite and happiness. He was iyIng upon his back with his head SD beaten to a jelly with large stones tha! he could scarcely be recognized. MT. G. was so horri6ed ct the sight that he could not Lelp weep ing over the dead child. After the lapse of few minutes he took up the lifeless boy in Els arms and proceeded to he camp. On his arrival there he laid the body on the bed which had hean pre- pared for the night, and at once jumped on hIs best horse and vent to the nearest telegraph office ] - ne sad news to the hoy's moihc W lei she received tine sad news sLG geve way to her feel ings and the scene was more than human tongue can express.
 l. is now reported that the hostile Indi ans are coming through the Dragon mountains. We expect to hear of more being killed to-day.
 People from the country are beginning to come to Wilcox for protection It does look hard to see people abandon their homes and flee for their lives.
 Mrs. Clark, whose son was killed yester- day, is raging maniac.
 People in Aravaipa canyon live in dam ger. The hostiles crossed over the Trum- ble mountains to-day at o'clock and went down in the Aravaipa canyon, and it is feared that the settlers of the valley will all be massacred, as the Indians are all on the warpath, or will be as soon as they get ready to make a general break. They gay that they do not fear the soldiers At S:30 a. m. news was received here, and confirmed that man by the name of i William Johnson, who lived at Black Rock. was killed by Indians, and his wife is supposed to have also been killed, as nothing has been heard of her at this writing. Indians are supposed to be in the neghborhood of Cedar Springs. Couriers have been sent out in all direc> | tioHs to warn the settlers.
 m.-The Indians were seen near a gen,lemau's ranch by the name of Frank Story, who lives eight miles southeast of ! Cedar Springs.
 1O:3O A. m.-Indisns were seen at Un- derwood's ranch, rear Cedar Springs. They are taking alll the horses and stock that are in that neighborhood, and no soldiers are out after them. They seem to be taking their time, AS they pass through the country.
 11:15 a. mt is reported that Frank Story and another man have been Killed, as no word has been heard from them since morning. That country is now full of Indians and the ranchmen will have to stand their chances, which are very poor.
 LArER-11 25 a m.-Col. Shafter, the commanding officer at Fort Grant, tele> graohed NJ. W. Stewart that the Indians