The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-02
IMPALED ALIVE BY INDIANS.
Men, Women and Children Subjected to
the Most Cruel Atrocities.
Families Butchered by Fleeing Apaches-How
the Phillips Family Met Their Death-The
Daughter Hanged Upon Meat-HOOk.
Silver City IN. M Special.

reservation, OF the 18th inst, it is estimated
that sixty per sons have been killed. Not only
have they taken the lives of the whites they cap
; tured, but they have tortured and mutilated
then bodies in a horrible manner, especially
| those of won,nn. Among those known to have
been killed during rnca raid are the following
| settlers, prospectors and Scouts: Nat LUXE,
scout and his partner Calvin Orwig; Robert
Benson, Kentuckian, twenty years old; Thomas
Walsh, George Montgomery, Christian Luther
| and brother both Swedes; Suffer brothers,
Peter Anderson, one Smith, w. E. Lyon,
Baxter Mckinney, Charles Stevenson, foreman
| of Alley & Ingersolrs ranch; Frank Adams.
and whole Mexican family, name unknown.
The children were Drained. Harvey Moreland,
who, when found, was lying on his back with
an iron rod through his head, pirning him to
| the ground
| The mosthorrible butchery was that of the Phil
/ lips family, consisting of old man Phillips, his
son, General Phillips wife and three children, the
| former fifty-three years old; General Phillips,
| aged twentysix, and the children, one three and
| five years DID, General Phillipss family were
killed their cattle ranch, within three miles of
Fort Bayard, where they had been living for
| seven years. Last year he had added blooded
stock to his herd, worth 100000, much of which
was killed by the Indians 1t is believed the
family made hard fight. Phillips would fight
! fifty Apaches singlehanded, if. necessary The
| fact that the bodies are horribly mutlated is
| evidence that some Indians had been killed or
| wounded, as the mutilation of bodies is done by
| squaws to revenge the death of braves. Both
| General Phillips and his father were
horribly mutilated. One little girl had
/ fak hu nd
| her brains dashed out against the trees. little
boy was bruised and mutilated and the four
year-old girl had been hung on meat hook and
| was found some four hours afterward by the
| rescuing party still hanging and alive. She was
! unconscious and died few hours after being
| rescued. One of the rescuing posse says ne
| never beheld such fright and agony in human
face as was shown by the little girl Mrs.
Phillips was most horrible mutiated She had
been assaulted, then her body mangled in
| most indecent and indescrible manner. Her
! breasts cut off and great holes gouged in
| her ears; the nose was cut off and the eyes
| gouged ont.
This blood tide of Apaches was never before
| equalled in Arizona and New Mexico. for cruel
| ty Many bodies have been found. the names
being unknown. and many others are mutilated
| beyond recognition Where resistance was
| made multilation followed.
| special from Deming, N. NJ, says that nine
| of Geronimo's band left on eight horses for the
Black Tanks, on the south side of the Floridas
| stop at the Tanks to camp, but for water. The
band had nine horses when they started, but,
| having no provisions, they killed one and ate it
| on the way. They are straining every nerve to
| reach Sierra Madres, in Mexico, ahead of the
soldiers. At Fort Cummings the band was three
| hours ahead of the soldiers, but the troops
| camped The Indians left Black Tanks fifteen
| hours ahead. The Indian horses are reported in
an exhausted condition, the bucks being without
provisions 1t is barely possible that the troops
| may overtake the Indians, but not unless other
measures are adopted than those now followed.
The band probably reached Mexico yes
terday, coming out possibly near Casa
| trande. Three companies of cavalry and
sixty scouts comprise the military on the trail.
| Twenty five Indians crossed the South Pae at
| Stems Pass, the old trail over which the Indians
have passed on their raids to Mexico for years.
| The soldiers were camped seven miles from this
trail. They had been there several days. and
knew if the Indians crossed at all they would
cross by that trail, and had the soldiers camped
| near it or guarded the pass they could have
! killed or captured the whole band. The Indians
crossed STEMS Pass at different points 125 miles
apart, and will probable meet at Casa Grande,
| thirty miles south of Demng. There is no
foundation for the report that the Navajoes Mes
| caeros are on the warpath This practically
| ends tle Indian fight on this side of the line
The depredations will probably be continued in
Mexico. The troops are pushing forward to Lake
! Guzman, in Sonora. If they get there before
| the Indians the latter all be bagged, as they
| must 60 that way for water.
| Such excitement has not existed here since
| Judge and Mrs. McComas were killed in the
| Burro mountains two years ago. and their son
| Charlie carried away into captivity. At the time
| of this massacre, Judge McComas was one of the
| most prominent lawyers in the territory and a
! county commissioner. He had not heard of the
outbreak, and was driving to Shakespeare to see
| about some of his mining property, and his five
| year-od boy was with him. When the news
reached here posse left to bring in the rem aims
| and the bodies were found naked and blistering
1 in hn hat <hn Ty6I
| stolen all that their victims wore. The poor lady
had been subjected to the most brutal indignites
| before she had died, and had been shockingly
mutilated. The horrors of that campaign are
are once more talking of organizing body and
! wiping all the Indians Of the White Mountain
reservation from the face of the earth.
| General Crooks ability as an Indian fighter is
| not appreciated here. It will be remembered
| that the General was put in charge of the Ari-
IONA division for two years, and came with a
| brilliant record as an Indian fighter, won in the
Northwest, and people believed he would be able
to suppress the Apache outbreaks, but things are
| going from bad to worse. The people of Silver
| City have always complained of the military
| and a few years ago General Hatch was hanged
| i'll effigy here and violent demonstrations were
made against him. Lieut. Mcdonald, who hap
| pened to be in town at the time, objected to
some OF the epithets applied to the general officer
| and came near being mobbed.
Mr.. Oliver Sumner Teall, vice-president of the
| Lyons and Campbell Ranch and Cattle Company,
of Grant county N. NJ, visited Washington this
week to try to induce the authorities to make
| special effort to suppress the present outbreak
| He said yesterday to a reporter
The real trouble in the Southwest is the Qua,
| authority brought to bear against the Indians
| from the War and Interior Departments. The
| agent of the reservation has complete charge of
| the Indians while they are on their own terri
| tory, the enormous White Mountain reservation.
| He deals with them most leniently and they feel
assured of being able to return at any time after
having been on raid. The military authorities
are called upon as soon as an outbreak is dis
powerless, as they cannot well catch up with the
Indians. The Apaches are scattered all over the