The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-05
THE RAIDING APACnES.
Dispatches from Schofeld and Creek Giving
Details Of the Pursuit by the Troops.

WASHINGTON, June 4-The following dis
patches from General Sehofeld to Adjutans-
general Drum, relative to the Indian troubles.
have beer received at the War Department.
I'm reply to your dispatch of this date, please
inform tie Secretary of War that / don't believe
1t PRACTICAL TO do anything more at this time than
has been done to give protection to the settlers
IN Arizona and New Mexico from marauding 10
dians 1t is not possible to actually guard all
the frontier settlemenrs-that would require a
force many times larger than the United States
army; besides, the damage has already peen
done IN Arizona and New Mexico The
settlers who have escaped have taken
refuge at the military posts and
large settlements. General Crook and Colonel
Brady have all the troops they can use in pur-
suit or the Indians but will send more il they
can use them. In my opinion, the only way to
protect the scattered settlers from marauding
Indians Is to keep the savage Indians under mil
itary control and not permit tLem to roam at
Will over large reservation"
General Crook, under date Of June 2, tele-
graphs as follows from FIT Bayard:
1.-THE Indians, shortly after crossing the New
Mexican line, evidently divided into small
parties, which raided in widely separated loeali-
ties, while the women and children were hid
away In the mountains. The troops have been
following round the different raiding parties
without other result than breaking down their
stock"
A dispatch from Captain Smith, dated Tapi1-
10 creek, June l, states that Indian women and
children are scattered through the mountains
east of Duck creek and the upper ella, and
that Lieutenant Davis and sixty Apache scouts
were on trails hunting them. The following is
the present disposition of the troops: The Tenth
Cavalry and thirty Apache scouts are moving
north from Fort Bayard; Captain Chaffee, with
one troop of the Sixth Cavalry is in the vicinity
of Caehillo-N Negro; Major VanHorn, with the
cavalry from Fort Stanton, and NJ B. Calerato,
with scouts are scouting on the east bank Of the
Rio Grande, to prevent the Indians crossing:
Captain Madden with two troops OF the Sixth
Cavalry, west of the Barrow mountains Cap
tain Lee, with three troops of the Tenth Cavalry,
is moving across Black ridge, between Smith
and Van Vliet; Major Bordale has followed the
trail of ten fifteen Indians to the rear of Flor
ida Pass There is no definite information of
any other Indians crossing the railroad. The
troops are now moving into positions near all
known water holes between the railroad and
Mexico to intercept Indians going south. Capt.
Lawton with three troops of the Fourth Caval-
rs. is in Guadaloupe canyon; Major Beaumont,
with two troops of the Fourth Cavalry. is at
Steins's Pass. No citizens have been reported
killed since the 18th ultimo. 1t will be impossi-
bic for the Indians to keep their animals in the
country with my scouts after them, and l shall
endeavor to have the troops in position to inter
cept them"
An Ell Paso dispatch says: 1.-THE latest news
received here concerning the raidIne by the
Apaches comes from the neighborhood of Hills
boro, N. NJ Fifteen armed men, under the
leadership of one Jackson, left Hilsboro on
Tuesday morning and before noon had re-
covered twenty eight horses They continued
on the trail. which before night became very
fresh. and the men concluded to go into camp
and send for reihforeements. jackson accord
ingly sent swift courier back to Hillsboro, and
120 men, mostly Territorial militia, left at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon to assist Jackson's
band. The Indians apparently are driving large
lot of captured stock Jackson is certain to
overtake and capture them"