Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-04
IN SONORA.
The Apaches Being Pursued by a Com
 pany or Cavalry and Indian Scouts.


 A letter from OpCsura, Sonora, dated
 June 22d, gIves to the Eecord-Epitaph tbe following news: Benevlr z that tue
 movements of the 'iHIt1less' Apache
 wards of General Crook, who recently
 escsDed from San Carlos and committed
 SD many murders In your territory, ana
 then made theIr escape luiOt thIs country, and of the AmrTIcan tr and Apache scouts who were dis el Om Ar,ZO-
 na m their pursuit, i'll ba interest to eitZeHs, 1 send you he. -wlng ID con
 neclIOn with their Ut .Ons.
 On the 18th Inst, reaching the prefec-
 tura here a courier from the small town of Bivlspe, with the intelligence that on the l5th arTved at that place a IVerza Oi hfty AmerIcIu drsgoUns, hccJmpanieC bs l5O Indian scout, hunting alter the tr..Il 0. tIc escaped tudIaus. Alter ex Dlor!ng the country ID tuut vicinity m ali directions bnd not nnliug the trall or signs of Indians, tEe tro Do with theu Indian allies took up tAeir march thruuSL the mountains -n a southwest erly direction, and urrive.l two day later ] At a small raucI urlr tLs Iowa Ct C u;ISa las on the rver Aa4Il, some twelve leagues tO the east Ot tLI, place. After stopping some few hours there the
 column agaIu proceeded on their march in the direction c. the tll l u.OuLtGIus l!IaG tetSeru the furnei and thIs place, Iu search Of the ludlaUs. Ihe last news we have had Ot the troop
 was that they were encamped about sI2 leagues to the east of tEIs place un Sun day last. h the meantime large band of the escaped renegade Indians appear
 ed in close prCXmIty tO the town oi OpertO, some nine leagues to the nortL
 Ot iiuEsaias, and drove the people iron theIr mi pas, helped themseives Co wha
 they wauiei and stole what stock the.
 cOuli find and then leit before the peo
 pie Of the place could organize and arm
 themselves. tO gsye them fight. I'm
 mediGt-ly the president of OperiO sen
 a courier tJ tLe town of GuGsalas, stat
 ing the direction the Indians had taken.
 which -ss Co the uOrthwHrds along th,
 rIver, and a small body Of men tO the
 number Of thirty was soon organized,
 aud taking a short cut through the
 mountains, succeeded III coming up L.
 the Indians who were encamped gt e
 point called ArrOya HOndo, some iv,
 leagues to the north Ut OpurtO. The
 MtA4tGls EI oltt tEtAEtl tue GlLA
 ground and opened ire upon the Iu digns, whom they found entreuched be
 hind hastily thrown up stone parapets. aud after fighting for some two hours.
 when finding their ammunition givInl out, retreatet, leaving the Indians mas ters Ul the Lold. None Oi the Mexlcaus were either killed or wounded. but, they ! report ss having killed several ludIaus l N N n men arrived Et Gugs.las from the fight. | swift express was iiumoGIalely for | varded tO the cpiumauder Uf the AmrrI- ! can troops. giving IafUImation of the | light and stating tEs whereabouts Of tue Indians Of whom they we're III pursuIt, and offering to guide and put them on tht trail winch headed 10 theIr old fastIe.s e, GuaynOpO, m the Sierra MadIe- We are ignorant here of the dejermIua- tiOa of the American COmmaudeT, but { ! he wishes he has now Ga opp IrtuuIty Ot acquiring the glory and honor m mak- IUg campaign Go this classic battle ground Of hIs ll.ustr.1us general, and let Us hope, with far happier and mUfc -ubsJRu;Ial results than the former: that hereafter the mountains, pi-ius and valleys oi ArlLJna and S0Lora vI.I ! blood Ot then inhabitants hy taesr ill., human fends and murivrers. These troops carry with them forty odd mules l oaded with provisions and ore abun- iantiy able Go make tlls campaign if l uey do go desire.
 An unfortunate misiasc occurred af- CT these troops leit the small ranch z ar Gu4sbld-. George Woodward, au | all | h- lasi hair on ils head, Iu coming rom his rauch alone Co Guasala-, en- , two of tue Apache scouts ! q ringing with them a sick cJmr4de. and E naturally taking them Co be wIld h hans dism0uuted from his Luls and 4 peued fire upon them, killing one out T lght and badly wouudIng tho other , he sick Indian managing tO make his q scape. Ihe-e lniiaus were lag.iug l |, ehInd the main cOluun for consider 4 be distance owing GO tLe sickness uf l l lelr companion. A- soon as Wood ' 'ard arrivei at Gua-ilts and .OIHt Uui l- mistake h- dI-patchld au expIess (, n ne American commander detailing th, J On learning the Eews the death of their companion the cOuts became very indignant. Tn, l T ficer ID command informed them that ., lelr companions We're fred upon by au l !, merIcan through a mistake and not by | lexIcaus, but the scouts would not b, !, scitied with this explanation and | ireGtened Co wreak vengeance upon | IT .e town of Guasalas The officer Wa. Ten told by the scouts to "dry up." A e have heard nothing further from thIs n Hair it is presumed nothing further s rev out Of 1t. T This region cf country is m n great ate of excitement and BI trm owing to le entrance again of this murderOus md of blood thirsty and theiving Iu. ans let loose amongst us. Ranches ld mInes are being fastly depopu.a:ed ld tbe people preparing for defence hat this "humau.tsrian policy of en. Crooks wall cost us m tue shape
 human hie and loss of property, nc le can fOretel.