The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-29
RIOTOUS REOS.
Apache Devils Killing Miners,
Ranchers and Women and
Stealing Horses.
Uncle SANS Troopers Make
Some of them "GOOd'' aud
Push Them with Crook.
Details of the Sayages' Move
nents nj all Points and of
Their Dreadful Deeds.
A Spider Weaving Her Web in
~. Louis 10 Catch SVninn-
thetic Fool Files.
RAMPANT REDSKINS.


lis To the wall.
Silver City, New Mex, May 2s.-
A report has reached here that
small detachment of the Tenth cav
airy encountered Chief Geronimo and
his band OF Apachcs in Cooks Can
on, through which the Indians were
try ing to escape to Mexico and the
hostilcs were driven back with a loss
of four killed aud twice as many
wound I'd. Two soldiers were wound
ed, and owing to their small number
the Ipdians were not pursued. D..
tachmcnts ere trying to cilec, a jurct.
ion with the two companies of the
Fourth cavalry when an active pur-
suit WI be made. The Apaches
have been Joined by number of
Utcs end Navajos ard the band is
composed of nearly 200 war; iors.
The Indians ratreated towards t,ia-
mond creek where their women num-
bering nearly 100 had proceeded
them.
THE CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
Washing ton, May 2S.-From coTTeE.
pondence transmitted by the war d
partment TO the lndiSI bureau IL ap-
pears that the Apache IndirI out.
break was caused by whisky. The
Indians manufactured large quantities
OF "Tisw inn aud became Intoxicated,
and knowing that punishment would
follow this 'lfraction of the rules,
they abandoned the reservation and
went on the war-path.
GEN. CROOK ON 1PE GROUND.
San Francisco, May 2s.-Gen Crook
has telegraphed from Arizona to the
military department: "No more
troops needed at present. Troops
from Bowie are stationed at Stein
Pass, and those from H. ackua are at
the mouth of Guadalupe canon to in
tercept the hostiles If they should
double back to go into Mesico by the
usus' trail. Major Vrr Vliet, with
eighteen officers, 2l0 men of the Tenth
cavalry, and Capt. Smith with 100 men
of the Fourth cavalry, Capt. Pierce
and Indian scouts from San Carlos, are
al Fort Bayard and east of there CO.
operating with the troops in New
Mexico. Lieut.. Davis " tn sixty In
dian scouts from Apacha, is still ON
the trail iu pursuit into the mountains.
What has made it so difficult to e.
any definite information in regard
the indians is the rapidly of til
march. They made 1870 miles in t !
days over au exceedingly rough
corTtry.
THE PEDs BLOOD I.A
Silver City, May Q The Apache,
are making bloody tre'l through
this section. II is now thought that
three or four different brpds are de
predat'ng eud numbering in as menI
sections of the ter tory.
The hostiles apparently number
about 500, Pld their war chiefs, Ger
onimo, Macticha md Chihuhua ar
with them. I his MOI mug the corpse
of Il MeXicsn, his wife aud three cf''
dren were found five II 'es from here
and another Me, can is know
have been killed IN the same viciu
aud his companion badly wounGcd
Posses of citizens lett here last nigh
aud returned to-day tor II supply o
fr- Ia horses.
II is reported tnat numerous rauchc
on Bear creek have been sacked
horses stolen and cattle killed.. Tn
indians trail was followed from ther
to the Penas Atlas foot hills.
Indians approached to within fou
miles of Fort Bayard, and three troop
OF cavalry are now in pursuit, but il
reported that the Indians are doublin
on the old trail IN the direction {
Bear creek. This brld numbers abor
eighty.
Another band on the ella rive
drove of 100 head of horses.
Two counters are missing, and tire
prosepctors have been killed near Il
south fork of the White Water rive
and one, named Joe Busting, G
Magellen creek. The latter mat
brave fight aud kille
! three Indians, including
chief. TIE fight was witnessed |
Bunting's partner who succeeded
Staying two Apaches and escaping.
News has just been received of az
ditional killing in. the Black Rsni
and families from the surroundil
country have all iiocked into Silv
City, panic-stricken.