Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-06-13
SPECIMEN BRICK.
The Story of a Military exploit that Win
 Not Appear in tn. ofheiAl Report.

strong, of Armstrong Bros, paints Cap tain Chaffee, of the Fourth cavalry in rather forbiddIng colors:
 ESGLE, \. M.. May 31-Ed. Journal Mir. Edward Fest, a citizen of Cuchillo, than whom DO more reliable man can be found ID the country, hearing that troops had reached IiillsbOro, sent 8 message to them, stating that the Indians were
 then n the Cuchillo mountains, and urging the mp rtsnce of marching im- n4edIsteIH against tn, m. company Of
 tue n cavaIr., numbering romr nifty
 meu, unurr the cOmu.nd ot CapIalL Cn. hs1, was dispatched, Dus instead of
 proc, edIbg duect to CuonilI'', d dIstabce of 33 macs nUIt1, tLis z ,llaut capt an,
 VI hO svv ms la souc uE man
 neI 70 have scQuired Ihe r-puiatsou of
 D-ILs an lnsIau fighter, Iui Led hIs com
 m..n nrsI4 due east aud m .rched 50
 m les 10 tho VII ot PaLDmas, on tbe
 R.O GIaDdr, ~heIe there Was no
 even d Tumor Uf tne presence oi Indians.
 CampIns st tLls pretty Little MexicaL
 vllIas-, aud presumably | lshlns the
 Oraes buttons oI uss faull.e.s uDlfOrm in
 the ryr- "i Ine senurltas, whU that nlght
 assembled m tue fauusuRU, Le had
 abdDoaLt slue 10 Fest the laIed borseS
 that Lad ue. h cODpeIled to walk 3J
 m.les Iu an entire day. Next moTnius
 Le prOceed-d up the western bank oI
 the rasILg kIo Grande, a distance Of
 elghIee1 miles north, to the ferry to old
 Fort McRea, evidently prepared 10 cross
 over and destroy the boat after him If
 any hostlles had appeared in his front or on tne left flank. No report of war. however, reHcbiug him, he mustered courage to turn west from the ferry and
 arrived at Guchlllo, fourteen miles dis
 tsnt, that night, having travelled G miles
 ln 4S hours. when be should have reach ed the ssme point oy march of s miles Ill five or SIX hours. Camping at Gu culilo another night, he was told of the murders that had been committed near Grafton three day s before, and was in- lormed that band of Indians were iu
 camp st Walnut Springs, twenty miles
 away tO the northwest and SIX miles oil the road to FaIrvIew. Starting from Gu chIilo toward FaIryiew, by the stage road,
 the troops passed Willow Springs, the
 home of Mir. J. r. Armstrong, who tried in
 vaIn to induce the captain to turn of
 the road at that point and march direct
 to the Indian camping ground at Wal
 nut Springs, slI miles away assuring
 him that the Indians were there at that
 tune. Mir. A stands as we'll as any man
 ID New MexlcO and is an old hand al
 following Indian trails, and yet tbls
 brass buttoned holiday soldier chose
 not to believe him and continued along the main Toad to FaIrview. That the
 In iians camped at Walnut Springs for two days Is now an admitted fact. At
 the very time that Chsffee marched hls company past Willow Springs the scouts O, tue hOstIles were watching him from
 the surrounding hills. and after the troops tad passed they came into the Toad aud followed It some distance, and thea went back to camp to report the number ana condition of the men sent out tO fight them. Mir. Armstrong l. authority for this statement, hAvIDg h msrit traIied tue redskins after tEe troops had passed.
 ArnvIus st Falrvlew, within seventeen miles Ut the scene Uf tue murder Of Stev ensuu, Adams and Moreiaud, and alter the bUdIes of the three victims had been Junvd, th9 f esh grave of one of them staring hIs men right ID the face l but few hundred yards from the camp. | thIs mau, CaUtaIu Chatfee, 1 h cavalry, | repu eI ludlsn hg ter, cUully informed | the pt-upIe that Ls Was & nt tn proteci, 1 and thaI be did Lot believe tn, re b .0 | bee any IudIaus in that country. Mir A Armsi rOuY "g-lu D. esen ed blnself ana oderru 10 put the great Indian annIhI- latUr uu h uut traIl WIthIb twenty bouIs lf nt would hgr.e t t1 follow It: but th, raptsIu'z Tepl! to tLis pro usI.ion War tiIaI he had Do rat ous abd no ord. rs Ue ut lOugrr, aud Ih t be would g Ia to h-PuquarItrs- Next day Lt started On tue back tra:k tI HillsDur, q.
 kIug car,- tnIr IIuIe to make tI.e jour-
 ey from FairvIew 10 h.llsbHo ~ .,iad OH.! g. miles although be traveIeF o7 To get trUus HiI-bur, to Fai VI p hen turIe Was H prospect of encOuntrr lug h' s ll,r.
 From the foregoing narrative ihe pub he can u'dersIahd why It Was that th'
 1prc.,d u iSut byt~e -u he troUps an, ,he nUstiles ou tns 27 q dij not come OL a-c rdl.S to pro-ra" ne.
 r, ,ople are Do longer di posed to wal
 h troops 10 help ihem m this emerg,n ~. A Saver Cit!, HIll-borU aud Cblu nd,, and IhTuug hJut the disirIct Una u u4S bc 1ii bs Nuo rdfHk nut
 tsrIux- lUUg sn deep gre beIu. heard and u Is not improbable that the uu ragged ctiZens aIay y-t march upon th San Carlos rest rsaiiOn and VI, e 1t Ou sf ex stence If these mdiderlng Alp che are allowed again tO escape back ther, To plan new raids while eating govern meut ratlODs.
 IL there Is on the part of the govern h.@ ta question which is hinted at Tn the dis patches of the secretary of war to the va rious commanders of the military divls. ions of tue Missouri and the Pacific, why are not five or SIX more regiments of troops dispatched to the territory ai once? Not one of the mountain ranges west of the Rio GraDde continues in sD unbroken line toward old MeIIco. All break up into detached spurs north Oi the railroad between Rincon and the Aiizons border and no Indian can possibly escape across the Mexican lorder without crossing eIten- siye plans separstiDg the different spurs. A strong force of troops station ed clear across the southern border. while another strong force is thrown around the hostiles ID the mountains
 
 on them, would Inevetably result ID the | snnihIlation of every savage now upo0 the wsrpath, if the troops can Tn any possible manner be taught to under stand that they are expected to fight. No lasting peace can be even hoped for If a single one of the red rascals Is al lowed to escape. They should be fol- lowed even upon the reservation and no prisoners should be taken. Mexico, too. chat assisted so effectusliy in wiping ont old VictOris's band in 1879, should be invited to cooperate now with the United States by having her troops so stationed as to be ready to receive 6Dy of the hostIles that might manage to ger across the line. If the policy here ont | lined be pursued this war can be ended | ID a short time and tbis be made the finai hlondy chapter ID the history of this territory. If something of this kind l be not done, and at on q, 1t will not be surprising if the outraged people Of soutbe.-iern AriZons should arise ID | theIr rage aud take upon themselves l the solution of the bloody problem; and | woe be to ''the noble red man, to his | squaw and to ht pspoose, If such an