The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-10
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.


Settlers in Colorado, Fearful of Massacre,
Appeal to the Military for Assistance
Details of the Recent Battle Between
Yaqui Indians and MISUNDERSTANDING
with Clubs.
DENVER, Col, July 3.-Governor Eaton
received the following telegram yesterday
morning from a ranchman living near
Durango:
The settlements on the Mancos and
Dolores are threatened by the Indians and
the people are very much alarmed
Some of the people are moving their
families out for greater safety and others
who are unable to move are sleeping
in the sage brush, fearing their houses would
be burned and thor antilles massacred. The
citizens are not sufficiently armed neither
have they ammunition. Yesterday detail
guarding horses saw an Indian scout within
Two miles of the valley. The people have no
confidence in the United States military. We
demand State protection, arms and ammun-
ton. was instructed by citizens of Mancos
to make this demand.
tsignedD NJ. t NORRIS"
Some days ago Governor Eaton sent In
spector General Reardon and Adiutant-
General Taylor to the scene of trouble to
investigate and report. Yesterday morning
the Governor received the following tele
grams:
COhANUOs 1Oi"s v III H. IH-IU Tic
G0pe17Or of C0lOrGd1. Think you ought to
send tomorrow by express to Durango two
hundred 45-caliber rifles; also ammunition.
Have Just goS in from Rico, where they have
lay, # csiiea. There Taf' are s'n ali in aH
cations of war. | think the city company
| ought to be directed to hold itself ready for
orders. The Rico company will have to come
mounted. Have seen the agent. He is afraid
of trouble. Quick, decided action may save
n ~ OnDH 1HvA
nal hres are reported on the mountains ON
the Dolores and Mancos. The bucks are alone
and mounted with spare animals and are off
the reservation.
(Signed) F. w. REARDoN.
Inspector General"
DURANGO, July 2-1 a. MO Governor
Eaton: Just arrived at midnight Find trou.
| BILE may occur at any moment. Telegraph
| Immediately to President. Will write you in
morning. tSigned) f. A. TAYLOR,
Adjt. General
The Governor says he will make further
investigations before telegraphing to the
President.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-The Bulletins
Tombstone "a. T.) special says: William
Penn Rowland, who arrived Wednesday
| night from the San Bernardino ranch
gives the following account of
the fight previously reported be-
| tween the whites and Indians
| at Oputo. Captain Crawford, with the
main body of troops and scouts, went di-
rectly toward Torres Mountain, while
| Lieutenant Davis command passed round
| to the east end of the mountains, flank
| ing the Indians. Davis surprised
their camp, comprising seventeen bucks
and fourteen women and children. In the
attack two bucks were killed and another
wounded. The women and children and
wounded Indian were made prisoners.
| The fourteen remaining bucks eS-
capped into the mountains, where
it was found impossible to overtake
them. Lieutenant Davis sent Henry with
detail of six men in charge of the prisoners
and three mutinOus Indian scouts to San
Bernardino ranch, and at the same time sent
a courier to Fort Bowie asking General
Crook for reinforcements to meet Henry at
San Bernardino to relieve him.
| FORT BOWIE, A. T., July 3.-Lieutenant
Hanna, with his prisoners, arrived here yes
terday. He did not go to San Bernardino
owing to rumors that if he did his prisoners
| would be taken from him and killed. There
| is great Indignation against the Indians, the
Squaws not excepted. They torture the dy-
ing and mutlate the dead. The capture of
| a large quantity of ammunition at the battle
of Oputo will tend to shorten the campaign.
There are now only about sixty bucks in
| the Sierra Madre.
Tucson, A. T., July 3.-A correspondent
just returned frein Sonora confirms the
death of General Garcia, commander of the
Mexican forces, in the recent battle with
the Yaqui Indians, and the killing of four
hundred Mexcans. There are no de-
tails. The Yaquis have repeatedly de-
feated the soldiers, but the Mexican
officials suppressed the facts. The
Sonora hospitals are full of wounded sol
diers The Yaquis are well armed, and
have been preparing for war for seven
years. After firing one OF two volleys they
charged the troops, using short, heavy
clubs. The majority of the people of So
nora are said to be in sympathy with the
| Indians
At the battle previous to the one in which
General Garcia was killed, the heavy loss
OF MeXicanS is attributed to treachery on
part of General Carbo Garcia commanded
the left wing and Carlo the right The
latter had arranged for simultaneous at
tack. At the time agreed upon, General
Topete advanced from the center, but Car
DO ordered Garcia's division to join his,
and then held it back. The consequence
most annihilated. When Topete re-
turned to camp he attempted to kill Carlo,
and was only prevented by the soldiers
standing near. Carlo then, as the superior
officer, sent Topete to MazatIan, whence the
latter telegraphed the particulars of the oc-
curence to the Government at the capital.
In reply he received a dispatch appointing
him Commander of the Department of Ma
zatlan 1t is probable that Carlo will be
court-martialed.
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| Mutilated Currency.