Arizona silver belt., 1885-11-07
The sSirmish EIne

The distance from this city to Qua dalupe canyon IS 75 miles.
 The man trail of the Apaches from Sonora to the ohirioahua mountains is between the Guadalupe canyon and the San Bernardino ranch.
 The American eeuriera now have their headquarters Ut Lang's ranch, at which two troops of cayal-y are sta tioned,
 A large number of the men at Gua- dalupe canyon are affected with a peculiar kind ofdysentery, There are now ten men in the hospital, taken there by that trouble, and there are many in the camp prostrated by the same disease.
 There are five troops of cavalry sta toned along the line, which forms the cordon that barrieades the hostiles returning to Arizona from Sonora. These troops all belong to the 4th cav airy. Troop 'E" is at Mud Springs under command of Lieutenant Wheel eri troop "A" under Captain Smith is at Silver Creek; troop 'K'' under Captain Dorst is at the old Mexican stone fert near San Bernadino ranch and troop "G' under Lieutenant Wilder and Fl under Captain Martin, in the Guadalupe canyon.
 Captain Dorst's troop is camped two miles northeast of San Bernardiuo ranch, at what is known as the old Mexican stone fort. The old stone fort is q sort of circular corral, built up solidly ofstone and cement, with convenient port holes and is supposed to have been built by the Spanish troops more than a hundred years ago.
 While Capt. Dorsts troop was en- camped at San Bernardino ranch one Of tte soldiers found in the old ruins there a coin dated 176o
 The distance from thls city to the different camp and watering places along the line arc as follows: To Jones ranch, g miles; thence to Mud Springs, 15 miles; thence to Silver Greek, Smiles; thence to San Bernardo no ranch, If miles; thence to Guada- lupe canyon, 14 miles.
 All the cavalry cadets from West Point who have graduated arc being sent into the field against the Apaehes.
 The true report of the massacre of the soldiers in Guadalupe canyon has never been published. The facts are these: There wal but one troop in the canyon. A picket line was estab- lished and regular picket duty was i'm posed upon the men, One morning one of the men on picket saw band of hostiles crossing the mountains some distance to the southeast. He reported at once to the captain and that officer, knowing where they would attempt to cross to reach tho Chirica- huas, took his troop, all but one ser geant ard seven men, who were left toguard the camp, and started to. head them of. Tue hostiles, withtheir field glasses commodity of which they are well supplied sighted the movements of the troop and, see ing their intentions, at once wheeled, and retarning to the camp, erept along small ravins, and fired upon the eight men whi3a they were at din ner. Over sixty shots were fired at close range, and, althought the soldiers were anarned, the Indians were great y excited and shot wildly Two men and the sergeant was killed, and their graves, covered with stones and fenced in with poles, arc in front of tho quar- ters of "G' troop
 The prospect now is that the cam paian will De extended through the winter, and preparations gre being made by the men in contemplation Of this fact.
 General Crook has sent Co his super intendent of transportation to Missouri to buy mules, and Chs intention is to mount tho cavalry troops an mules, for inc purpose of pursuing the hoss tiles ia the mountains iil a fo0rc rapid SaaRneE Record EpiGaph.