The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-05
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
The Cap1tulatiOn of the Hostile
 ChiricahuaS.
The killing of Capt. Enlmet CraWfOrd---A Chance of
 War With Mexico,
With Powder. and Ball OF a Democratic Back Down
 and a War on Paper.

EDIToR DAILY TOMBSTONE: - A courier has just arrived bringing news from the south on the Dist inst. Capt. Crawford attacked the hostile Chiri- cahua rancheria about a hundred miles south of Nacori, and after a sharp fight, captured the camp and everything in the way of plunder, blankets. dried meats (about six tons), horses, burros and in fact everything they had. The hostiles fled to the rocks about six or seven miles away. Then Capt. Crawford and his whole command camped on the ground where the hostiles had their rancheria. That afternoon the bronchos sent in 8 couple of squaws saying they wanted to surrender, and later during the afternoon Name, Chihuahua, and eight bucks came in for talk. They said they were willing to surrender uncon- ditionally to Gen Crook. According to their account they had some sixty odd people. Geronimo had been wounded and had gone off, and was no longer Chief. That night they were allowed to go back to their own camp in the mountains. The next morning before they returned the scouts saw some Mexican soldiers creeping around among the rocks and bushes near Capt. Crawford's camp, and they told him that they were afraid the Mexicans would fire on the camp. The Captain assured them that there was no danger, as the United States and Mexico were both after the Chirica4uas; I9t hardly had he ceased to speak when the firing began. Crawford immediately took q packer and ran up onto q small hill, and called out to them 60 stop shoot ing as they were American troops, friendly to Mexi99 and after tho hos tiles, and were down there under treaty They answered that they didn't know ary thing aboat the treaty anu they didn't care for any treaty. The next moment Captain Crawford fell with ball through his head The scouts then opened on the Mexicans and killed their Captain and six others, and drove them from the field Lieut.. Maus who was left in command by the death of Capt. Craw- ford, stopped the firing of the scouts as soon as he could, thinking that the attack must have been made under a misaprehensiop of the situation and by mistake, the Mexicans taking the scouts for the hostiles. After he got things quieted down in his own camp, he visited. the Mexicans to see if things could not be explained. He was immediately arrested, and could not effect his own release until. he turned over to the Mexican officers, part of his pack train. He then sent an account of the whole affair to Gen. Crook and is now resting on the ground where the affair occurred. It is very evident that the whole affair was premeditated and that there was no mistake about it. Their seIing Lieut.. Mause and demanding pack train, before they would release him, aud giving TO explanation or apology, shows ooncIusiyely that they meant business.
 This trouble may yet end in an in ternational trouble, which Is bound to come sooner or later. I had the pleasure of campaigning with Capt. Crawford last October in the Chirica- hua mountains and crossing and re- crossing the Sulphur Springs Valley with him. My personal relations with Capt Emmet Crawford were of the pleasantest character. He was quiet, almost to reserve, but kindly for all that, cool, persevering and brave. He began his military career as 9 private in the list Pennsylvania volunteers, May 9th, 1861, was made 1st Lieuten- ant 18th U. s. Infantry, May 18th, 1 1SeJ 1ro,-o+ 1O.l