The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-11
RANCHERS vs.. REDSKINS.
COWBOYS AND APAcHEs FIGHT,
Tho Savages worsted-A Papoose Pris-
oner-War Department Reports on
the Campaign - Seventeen
Whites Killed Thus Far.

SAN SIMON, n. NJ, June 6.-Twenty
four cattlemen, led by Parks and
Fisher, of Duncan, who arrived here
last night, had an encounter with 9
| band OF about 25 Indians night before
,st at the mouth of Doubtful Canyon.
One hundred rounds OF ammunition
were exchanged. Two Indians are be-
lieved to have been killed. The cattle
men brought with them a papoose,
whose mother is supposed 10 baye been
killed in the encounter. Eighteen head
of stock were also captured.
REPORTS FROM THE FRONT.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Assistant
Acknowledgement Barber telegraphs the
that General Crook has reports the In
dams are that again moving
south. Roach, who has been
with scouts on the Mexican
border' for the past month to find
Indian women and children freed from
captivity In Mexico, has been directed
to report for duty to the commanding
officers of troops from Hunchia, now at
Guadalupe canyon.
Lieutenant Walch reports that tele-
gram from Globe indicates That the In
dians are stealing stock 10 that vicinity.
He will send also 10 ascertain, and also
orde; the Indians in again tor another
count.
General Crooks states that up to last
night the following number of people
had been killed by the Indians:
Seven in the Blue Mountains and
around Alma; near Silver City; near
Ola Camp and near Crotton-a total
OF II. There may have been others
killed, but there no reliable data to be
obtained.
LATEST OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
The following dispatch, dated Whip
pie, Barracks, Arizona, June 2, has been
received at the war department from
General Pope:
uear Sapitto, May go, that the Indians
are III very rough mountains north of
the Sioux, with 40 OF his
men, had struck their rear guard and
wan after them. In another dispatch OF
the 3lst, from the same place, he says
the min body of Indians, women
aud children, are scattering through the
mountains, east of Buck Creek and
scouts are hunting the II ; tn at he remains
ia Lhe vicI atty until ht lears from Chatta
and that the day befor' Chatta got thor
ponies saddles from the Indians. He
says 9 party is raiding east of him.
A dispatch from General Crook, at
Fort Rayard, yesterday, says they have
no definite news from the scouting par
ties or Indians.
In another dispatch to General Drum,
dated San Francisco, June 3, General
Pope says:
"Everything possible is being
done to put stop to the
Indian trouble in Arizona and
New Mexico. Only "a men of
the Apaches have gone off
with their women and children
and are trying to get into Mexico,
killing aud taking everything that
happens to fall in their way.
The difficulty is To overcome or
head them off, but there
is large force Of cavalry after them
from various directions, and
it would seom thai they
must be caught. General
Crook, who knows more about
these Indians than any other
man, is in the field, and
he says he needs no more
troops. Ofcoursa the newspaper reports
are sensational and exaggerated and Gre
ate unnecessary alarm. No other Indians
have left the San Carlos reservation ex-
cept the party we have Indicated"