Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-06-11
DEvILIsH DEEDS
Commrt,l by Marauding Apaches in
New Mexico.

A correspondent Of the Detroit Free Press
sends the following from Silver City, A. I.
under date of June 4;
The past week has been one OF I'M
exampled suspense and terror in
Silver City; Never have the Indians
on their bloody raids come so near
the city. The newspaper accounts sent East
are very meager, because OF the fear that Il
will prevent emigration to this section. The
first news Of the proximity Of the Indians was
received on Wednesday Of last week, when
boy riding a horse white with foam dashed into
town from Welfy's rancho on Bear Creek He
brought word that hostile Indians were In the
hills, and that an attack on the rancho, in
which were gathered many women and children,
was expected and help was needed. A volun-
teer company of thirty-four men was soon Or
ganized and went 10 the rescue At 1880
O'Clock the ranch was reached. All the fam
lilies within a radius OF seven miles were col
lected there except one party set
off TO bring them in, while two other
parties started for water hole in the hills
where they expected 10 find the Indians, but
the latter had fed. Returning TO the rancho
larger party was organized To 90 to Juniper
Springs but the Indians had fed from that
spot also Scouts spent two hours in search
ing for the trail which led to Little Walnut
Creek. Along this stream the most horrible
sights were witnessed.
Dead bodies frlghtfully mutilated and
naked, were found ut frequent intervals. The
houses were pillaged, and clothing and house
hold articles were scattered everywhere. At
William Ogden's five dead bodies, all scalped,
Law in a pool of blood. The two women had
been assaulted and their breasts cut off. A s.
year old girl had 10th hands cut OIL. Follow
ing the trail over the hills Gomez ranch was
reached number of children were gathered
here who had escaped death by hiding. Their
parents living in the vicinity had all been kill
ed. Six miles further in the house Of Felix
MARQUEE, five dead bodies were found.
Mrs. Marquee and her 7-year. old daughter
had both suffered at the hands OF the Indians
before being killed. The bodies were slashed
with knives and presented IL sickening spec
tacle. From this point the party proceeded
fifteen hours ride eastward into the Pinos
Mountains without food or sleep, but without
oyertaking the redskins. BIZ this time all but
six or seven of the posse were exhausted and
the horses disabled. telegram was dispatch
I'd to Gen. Bradley asking Tor fresh horses,
but he replied that he had none. The troops
were sent out to take up the trail where the
citizens had left it. The citizens who
followed the Indians must have been
very close on them as eight dead and
three live horses and one mule were
left by the Indians along the trail, all showing
signs of being completely worn out. The
troops proceeded on the trail, but the enemy
was by this time too far in advance and the
chase was given up. On the return trail the
dead were brought in in wagons. The Ameri-
cans were cared for, but the bodies Of the Mex
leans lay for hours before anything was
done to them. Finally "Josen and "Jcnne,n
two well-known women of the town, with the
aid Of a Mexican woman, washed the bodies,
clothed the women with their own Clothes
went about and procured clothing for tAe chill
dren from Others and laid flowers about them.
One of the heroic deeds that occur on such
occasions was performed by little Willie Car
penter. The parents were some distance from
| the house when the Indians appeared. Willie
and his 1-year old sister were playing in the
yard. The boy with wonderful wisdom caught
up his little sister and slipped into the weeds
He crawed a long distance and finally reached
this city, having carried his sister five miles on
| his back. The parents were wild with Joy to
find their children, whom they supposed the
| Indians has carried Off The boy who brought
| the news to town had narrow escape. At one
time he found himself within few hundred
yards of the Indians. He dismounted and hid
| in a pond of water for nearly an hour among
the weeds until they had left, when he again
mounted and road in.
A miner named Clark was working Wednes-
day on a mine not far from Jumper Springs.
| He had just set of a blast and rushed up the
| hill to avoid the falling rock when on reaching
| the top he saw the Indians between him and
| his camp He started for Little Walnut Creek
and warned all the ranchmen, who moved their
| families up TO Stewards rancho. III IL had not
| been for this man every man, woman and child
| in the vicinity would have been murdered.
The authorities claim there are only 13j In
dams off the reservation but IL is believed there
| are a good many more than this. Up to this
time the only fight between the troops and In
dams was brought on by Indians attacking
! Capt. Smiths command while the men were
bathing in Devil creek. Two of the men, a
! trooper and an Indian scout, were wounded
and two horses killed. The wounded scout is
| said 10 be son Of Chief Soco. The Indians
were beaten back, but they managed to carry
of everything with them except quantity Of
| ierked buffalo meat. After the fight the In
| dians went on to Stalworths rancho, on which
| they made an attack, but were driven of after
! wounding Stalworth.