Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-04
INDIANS.
Further Particulars of the Great Bat
 bIe in the Sierra Madres.
Fears That the Prisoners and Their
 Guard Have Been Reeaptured.
Extensive foundations and Great Dis
 tress Near Canton, china.
A Variety Of Interesti-g News From
 All Quarters.
The Fight with the Apaches.


 Special to the CIuzXs.
 TOMBSTONE, July 2-Mr. Penn How land, who, accompanied by Alex. Wight, came in from Sln Bernardino ranch last evening, states that the fight near OPur- to, as reported yesterday, substantially correct. Capt. Crawford, with the maIn body of troops and scouts, went directly toward the Torres mountains, while Lieut.. Davis, with his command, passed around to the east end of the mountains, flanking the Indians. Davis surprised their camp, consisting of IT bucks and II women and children. In the attack two of the renegade bucks were killed and another one wounded and taken prisoner. The women and children were all captured The fourteen re- maining bucks escaped into the noun tains, and it was found impossible to overtake them.
 After the battle Lieut.. Davis sent Lieut.. Hanna with detail of six men in charge of the prisoners and three Indian scouts who had mutinied, to San Der uardino ranch, and at tue same tune despatched a courier to Fort Bowie to inform Crook of the action and request that reiniorcemtnis meet Hanna at the ranch arG relieve Jim. When MT. How land left San Bernardino yesterday morning Hanna had not arrived there. although he had been out with his de- tail SIX days. Lieut.. McGrew, who had been despatched as relief to Hanna, arrived at the ranch Monday, and It was confidently expected that Hanna would meet him at that point Tuesday. Me Grew had an idea that Hanna might have gone into Cloverdsle, but this ap- pears hardly probable, as Davis had said in his report to Crook that Hanna would be ordered t1 report to a relief at San Bernardino. Scouts have been sent out from McGre va commard q to cut the traIls to the east to find cut if possible If Hanna has yet crossed the lIne.
 The theory of those in the vicinity of the ranch is that the l4 bucks who es- capped from the fight, seeing their fam ilies and three able-bodied bucks leave the command guarded by but SIX men, followed their trail, ambushed them, massacred the command and set the prisoners at liberty.
 Indian fires have been seen near Blackwater, and others near C1j1n BOnitas, which are supposed to be tLe guards left by the main body of Indians to gIve information of pursuing parties from thIs side of the line. The trails following the Indians who passed into Sonora are cut every day by these rene Zades, for the purpose of knowing wbo goes in and who comes out. IL IS barely possible that Hanna hrs fallen in with one of these bands, who seeing but a small body of soldiers guarding SO many prisoners, anbushed them and took the command in, or at any events turned them from their course.
 The trail made by NIT. Rowland and Mir. Wight when going into Sonora. they found on returning had been cut twice.
 The report that military authorities had enlisted large numbers of northern Indians, Lieut.. McGrew says IS rot true.
 In the fight at Opurto Lieut.. Davis captured all the horses taken by the Indians at the Guadalupe massacre ex- cepting those killed, and 2,O0O rounds Of ammunition. The loss Of the ammu- milton will be heavy blow to the savag- es, and will have tendency to shorten the campaign.