The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-06-19
KILLED AT DINNER
Hoc Fsss Sei2s~s Reris&sd is Guadalupe
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AUS sseeS3 utoo to1 sooS O 0Uo0or lupe canyon by the Indians has been con- 6rmed. and the particulars e gathered from J. R. Dean, ono of the scouts under Captain Layton, ase d follo~s:
 Captain Lavtonis eoumand Aad been scouting in the vicinity of Guadalupe can yon for the past three veek.; in the
 meantime the sui ply train q the com
 nand had be- n statioued sear the mouth of Guadalupe canyon; . saSssuard and
 seven men were left in cdarge of the sup
 ply train. On Monday last, about noon
 while the small guard were eating their
 frugal meal they were surprised by .
 band of aboat % ATaches, and hve of the eight men were killed. A single shos
 was the 6rst intimaiion had that Indians
 wers in the vicinity. The Indian who
 6red the shot had evidently picked his
 ground and pickei his man also, as oue of the boys feii dead by the campfire
 piercei through the heart by the Apache
 bullet
 The remainder of the guard caught up their guns and ran to the wagons. where
 upon . general firing commenced, and
 the rocks in every direction seemed to conceal Indiana Another man vas shot dead as he run to~ad the wagons The canvas on tho wagons caught fire from the 6,ing. Just at that point Sergeant
 Manuel, who had charge of the camp.
 was severely wounded, and the boys re- maining dec,ded to take to the hills. Pri- vate Slitzer took Sergeant Manuel in his arms and ran up Q hill with him among the trees, but just as he reached the sum- init bullet from an Apache rife struck the Sergeant in che head, instantly kill ing him, whereupon Private Slitzer drop ped the lifeless form of his sergeant, and kneelins by 1t tired four shots in rapid succession at the Indians who were then approaching she wagona and then took to the hills m the hopes of reaching the The other boys before leav- ing the wagons cut the mules and horses .oose and started them off on run. Al brisk wind wes blowing and no attempt was made to schsck the fire, as it was deemed better to destroy the supplies than to allow them to fall into the hands of the Indiana Among the supplies were : 900 rounds of cartridges, which by their rapid explosion did much towards has'ening the Indians in leaving the camp, by which means the bodies of the dead were saved from being mutilated.
 On the evening of the sth Capt. Law tons command was campsd on Silver Greek, soveral miles iron the scene of he attack. On the morning of the 9th, however, be started for his supply camp for supplies. and at San BernArdino ranch vas intercepted by Captain Hss6sld's which had been scouting along he Sonora line. The two commands proceeded ct once toward the supply amp. bu. had not proceeeed far before 'hey met several government mules drag ging their ropes This excited their sus- ,icion that something was wrong, and hey rode on to the camp, . distance of 'everal miles, as fast as their horses could | ;arry chem. On reaching the camp they ound two men lying dead near the camp ire, one of which had some bread and aeon in his left hand and bite of bacon | D his mouth, showing that he had been hot dead when in tho act of eating his linner. mother lay little nearer the harred remains of the wagons, and . tird was found among the smsuldering uins of another of the wagons, the flesh turned from tbs bones. Sergeant Man 'el's body vas found at the top of the lttle hill The fifth vas not found, bat 'uzzards lowering over . certain spot lead he men to believe 1t would be found there
 On an examination of the premises it fas found that the Indians had ridden heir horses into . canyon some 400 ards from the camp, and tying them here, had crept up to within 50 yards of he camp before they began firing.
 ~enty government cartridge shells were 'und where one Indian had knelt be- ind . rock, less than ten yards from the lmp.
 Before the four dead bodies were dis. osed of. Capt. Woods' command with xof Lieut.. Roachs's-I Indian scouts ar. we'd on the scene, having trailed the ,jians in from the Swisshelm noun 'ins. The three companies camped lat night on the trail, and at daybreak
 the morning of the 10th took up the ', all in pursuit of the renegad.s, the '. all leading towards Mexico. Mir. Dean 'rorts the troops as nearly barefooted, any having cut of their boot tops and ! d them on the bottom of their feet in l, otec,ion from the rocks. Their clothes c
 many instances torn into shreds from . cir contact with. brush on their forced l. arches. They gre living upon salt ba- q n and hard tack, not stopping to cook "