Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-06-20
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Special to the CITIZEN

GLOBE, June l4-General Crook, real
 izing that with seventeen companies i
 the field he was unable to cope with les
 than one hundred Cbiricahuas raidinI
 Tn Arizona and New Mexico. has jus
 completed the enlistment of one hun
 dred and twenty-five additional IndIa
 scouts-Yumas. Mohaves, Tontos, Sal
 Carlos snd White Mountains. Addit
 iCnsl packers were telegrsphed for. an,
 six have gone forward from Globe.
 Petitions have been sent from thi
 place to the Secretaries of War aud In
 terior. protesting against the return O
 the Chiricshus Indians to the reserva
 tion by treaty or otherwise. A publi
 meeting to consider the Indian situation
 will be held here next Wednesday night
 Special to the CITIzEs. .
 DEMING, N. M, June l5-A specia
 train carrying thirty-fve packers an,
 one hundred and six-five mules pssse,
 through here today en route for For
 Bowie. The force consists of three
 fully equipped pack trains. of fit! packs each, which, with the force al
 reEdy in the field, will carry supplies | for three months campaign in Mexico
 Special to the CITIZEN.
 TOMBSTONE, June l5-Not a word hal
 yet been received from the citizens ana
 troops in the Mule mountains. Partie:
 from Sonora deny that any large traIl oI
 Indians is anywhere to be found neal Loncito, as heretofore reported; the!
 also say that the killing of McKurtin 1 Palmer and Huntington, was not the
 work of Indians, and from appearances
 1t must have been some white man's
 crime, as no property was disturbed save coin and guns. The deed was remark
 ably cold -blocded, and the death of one
 of the victims was highly sensational.
 It appears tha, the miner in the shaft
 had placed blast, fired the fuse and was being hauled to the surface when his companion at the winilaCs was killed and his murderer coolly cut [ e rope and let the miner fall to the bottom to be destroyed by the explosion he had sr- ranged.
 Good authority states that couriers were sent out yesterday with orders for all the troops ta come in to refit, presun- ably for campaign in Mexico.
 Special to Jhs CITIZEN.
 CLIFTON, 4. T., June 15-A mass meeting of citizens of this vicinity was held on Saturday night, st which resO- lutions were passed condemning Crooks policy, and asking the governor to call an extra session of the legislature to thoroughly organize the militia; also extolling the action of the Arizona Pio- neers and demanding the removal of all Indians. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the secretary of the society of Arizona Pioneers.
 Special to the CITIZEN.
 TOMBSTONE, June l6-Frauk Leslie. better known as "Buckskin Frank" sharp shooter and scout, returned this from Sonors. He has been act ing as sc1u. for LawtOn's command, consisting of three companies. under LswtOn, Wood and Hatfield. This regi- ment is the same that was reported some days since as charging band of Indians down the east side of the Chiricahuas into the Sierra MadTes. The Indians pursued are the band who killed the five soldiers and destroyed the baggage wagons in Guadalupe canon. The trail was a large one and led through a country impossible for horses. The sol diers were compelled to walk nearly the whole distance. The regiment pene- trAted into Mexico as far south as Bsvispe. The Indians camped in in- accessible places, chosing high elevations from which they could command the country for miles around. The trall of the Indians was strewn with dead horses that succumbed to exhaustion and lack of feed, attendant to their nasty flight. Lawton followed until his horses gave out, and further progress was i'm possible. L'slie says the troops climbed the most impossible gorges and moun- tain heights, and every effort that human exertion could put forth, was made by the troops to overtske the flying Apach- ss, but of no avail, inasmuch as the h. iisns sacrificed animals ruthlessly to expedite their march, while the troops were necessarily obliged to preserve their horses. On their return they found a Mexican ranch, forty miles below San Bernadino ranch, burned and plundered. but not apparently the work of Indians, as no signs were apparent in the neigh borhood. Leslie, who brings the news, has ridden l4S miles today, and leaves on horseback at one a. m., tomorrow, for Huachuca, with military dispatches.
 Tonight also brings return of the citizen soldiers under Captain Jones. They left Bisbee with Lieut.. richards with two days rstIons and fol- lowed the trail into the Sierra Madre for seven deys, experiencing many hardshIps. The trall of the h. iIsns, as in the case of the band pur- sued by Layton, was marked by dead showing the cruelty Of the hos tiles m their haste. All of the citizens speak in the highest terms of Lieut.. who divided rations with them to the last. Upon the last days march 1 he called Captain Jones and Lieutenant into hIs tent and divided his l sst piece of meat equally between | ihem. Upon entering the dangerous ,a1Ons, where ambush was feared, Lieut. | Richards dismounted and joined the scouting party in the lead. ThIs is the testimony of reliable citizen 'olunteers. who heretofore have not hes tated to criticise the regular troops. nd it shows that there is fighting mate isl among the government troops, if rovided proper means of meeting the