The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-28
MURDEROUS APACHES.
The Red Devils Continue Their
Depredations.
PoUNDMAKER AS A PRISONER.
News Notes From the Capital-The
Halt Breeds Arrive at OF
tawa-No Strike.
Murderous Apaches.

DENVER, Col, May 27.-TriJune Re-
pubIican's Santa Fe: A detachment
from the Fourth Cavalry, in command
of Captain Chaffee. to-day is securing
the San Mates Mountains, in hot pur-
suit of the Indians. The troops are not
more than ten or twelve hours behind.
A fight Is expected tomorrow. The
killing of Frank Adams is confirmed by
finding his body about half a. mile frsm
where Stevenson and Moreland were
killed.
A Silver City special says: Parties
from Alma came through last night,
bringing news of additional killings by
Chief Geronimo's band of Apaches as
Benton, two Suffer brothers. Peter An
derson. Jas. Montgomery, w. E. Lyon,
man named Baxter and another
named Smith. 1t says there is bad bus
mess here. Twenty-four men are
known to have been killed within
radius of twenty-four miles. Seven were
buried by troops, and seventeen by cit
liens. We intercepted Indians who
had commenced raid on a settlement
on ella river, and are driving them
back into the mountains. Governor
Sheldons has ordered out four COM
panies of mounted militia to cooperate
with the regulars, two from Sacorro,
under Colonel Eaton. and two from La
guiana, under Colonel Marmon. The
latter companies are composed of Pueblo
Indians.
A Neps' Silver City special says: The
Indian scouts are reported deserving to
the hostiles.
A Fort Bayard special says: The In
dams are leaving the reservation daily.
The number of Indians doing the killing
of the last ten days is SAID by military
authorities to have been only 134, thirty
four bucks, eight half-grown boys and
ninety-two squaws. Outside reports in
dictate many more.
News from the north says that several
men were killed in the Black Range
country and Indian outbreaks from
Mescatero Agency are threatened.
Captain Smith, of the Fourth
Cavalry, who followed the Indians from
the reservation, passed through Silver
City to-day, for Fort Bayard. In
fight at DEVILS Park, one Indian was
killed, one soldier and one Indian scout
were wounded. Captain Smith routed
the Indians, capturing 1000 rounds
of government ammunition, and nine
ponies. General Bradley, now at Fort
Bayard, has ordered two troops of the
Tenth cavalry after the Indians who
are reported on the Upper ella river.
Later-The Indians are reported
breaking into small parties and scatter
ing through the country this
five armed men left here this even
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surrounded on Bear Creek. A courier
from Juniper Springs, ten miles from
here, states that thirty Indians, includ-
ing squaws and children. are camped
there. One ranch was taken in. A
man just in from the ranch near Negro
Creek, four miles from here, reports
fighting there. and man and one child
killed and one man wounded. Parties
are organizing to go out. Arms are
scarce.
A courier from Captain Madden's
command is just in, with request for
supplies. He reports finding the bodies
of two M ore murdered prospectors and
a hot trail. ef f{l
Tucson, Ariz., May 27.-Star's Deming
special: The Indians are scattered in
small bands in different parts of south
ern New Mexico, mostly in the vicinity
of Black Range. More than thirty citl-
zens are reported killed, many mangled
beyond recognition. This even
ing the Indians were reported
in the vicinity of Cooks Peak, fifteen
miles northwest of Deming. The great
est excitement arevails in the settle
ment of ella. No Indians have been
killed or captured since the outbreak.
General Crook is on the way here to
relieve General Bradley. He is expected
Saturday morning. Miners and ranch
men are coming in from all directions.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed con-
corning the action of the troops.
A. Lordsburg special reports from
Lake Valley that band of about forty
Indians came in sight of the settlement.
The citizens armed themselves and
went out to hold them in check. The
Indians moved in the direction of
Cooks Canon.