Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24
XII INDIAN TROUBLES.

Settlers In Colorado, Fearful Of Massacre,
Appeal to the Military for Assistance
Details of the Recent Battle Betwcen
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
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 their families massacred. The
citizens are not sufficiently armed, neither
have they. ammunition Yesterday Il detail
two miles Of the valley, The people have no
confidence in the United States military. We
demand State protection, arms ana amlnunl-
ton. was instructed by citizens OF MancOs
to make this demand.
(Signed) NJ. L. MORRIS"
Some days ago Governor Eaton sent III
spector-General Reardon and Adjutant-
General Taylor to the scene of trouble to
investigate and report. Yesterday morning
the Governor received the following tele-
grams:
DURANGO. Col, July 2n1e:1o a. MO tn;
IbtClHOf o. COtOTUuO IHllh you ought 10
send tomorrow by express to Durango two
hundred 45-caliber rifles; also ammunition.
iiave just got in from Rico, where they have
three thousand ROUNDS ana i ii,i rifles,
lay, if called. Thorc are all indi-
cations of war. 1 think the city company
o orders. 10 p Il ei Rieo eom NO mS'a viii is hav tes to eo lop
ounted Have seen the agent. He is afraid
of trouble. Quick, decided action may save
the Statc large expense and many lives. Sig
nal firas N,.n rrnNrtaA nn tho mountains an
the Dolores and Mancos. The bucks are alone
and u II with spare animals and are of
the reservation.
lSigned) F. w. REARDON.
Inspector General"
"DURANGo, July 81 n. INFO Governor
Eaton: Just arrived at midnight. Find trou.
Immediately to President. Will write you in
morning. (Signed.) +. A. TAYLOR,
Adit. General"
The Governor says he will make further
investigations before telegraphing to the
President.
SAN Francisco. July 3.-The Bulletins
Tombstone "a. IT, special says: William
Penn Rowland, who arrived Wednesday
night from the San Bernardino ranch,
gives the following account of
tls fight previously reported be-
tween the whites and Indians
at Oputo. Captain Crawford, with the
AAoAA O0NJ VI GOOpo ullN oCOuGS, WCllU IL
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 a
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 60 to San Bernardino
would beta6en from him and killed. There
is great Indignation against the Indians, the
squaws not excepted. They torture the dy-
ing and mutilate the dead. The capture of
a large Quantity Of ammunition at the battle
of Oput0 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 from Sonora confirms the
death at General Garcia, commander of the
Mexican forces, in the recent battle with
the Yaqui Indians, and the killing of four
hundred MeXicans. There are no de-
tails The Yaquis have repeatedly de-
feattd the soldiers, but the Mexican
officials suppressed the facts. The
Sonora hospitals are full of wounded SOL
diers. The Yaquis are we'll armed, and
have been preparing for war for seven
Yeas. After firing one or two volleys they
cllaged the troops, using short, heavy
clubs. The majority Of the people Of So
morn are said to be in sympathy with the
Indians.
1t 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 Carlo. Garcia commanded
the left wing and Carlo the right. The
latter had arranged for a simultaneous at
tack. At the time agreed upon, General
Topete advanced from the center, but Car
DO ordered Garcia's division to JON his,
and then held it back. The consequence
was that Topete's division was al
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 Mazatlan, whence the
latter telegraphed the particulars of the oc-
curence to the Government at the capital.
Iii reply he received a dispatch appointing
him Commander OF the Department of Ma.
zatlan. 1t is probable that Carlo will be
court-lnartialed.