Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-29
CHASING THE INDIANS.

the RincoDs. One of the first to start
 was a party of fourteen men, under
 charge of Nj. G. Samsniego. Messrs.
 F. x. LaatherWOOd and Pedro J. Aguirre
 were among these volunteers. Now,
 both Mr. Samaniego and MT. Agulrre
 have long score of grievances to settle
 with tine Apache Indians-srievances
 written ID the blood Of their martyred
 kinsmen. which nothing but blood with
 usurious interest compounded, cIn
 adeq aately satisfy. Like sleuthhouDds
 on a track were they determined to
 avenge their wrongs and hunt down, if
 possible. the raidIng wretches to the
 death they deserve.
 The Indians. when they revealed them
 selves to the occupants of the Ielles
 ranch early Saturday morning, little
 dreamed of the hornets nest they had
 disturbed. They were bold and defiant and evidently wanted to display a feat
 of extraordinary daung to attract others from the reservation and to add greater
 terror to the name of Apache. They
 bruised the poor mother If the child
 they stole, but did not kill her. strange
 10 relate. The news came to the city
 less than two hours later, aud shortly
 after noon on Saturday, about SIX hours
 after the iauch was attacked, the party | of fourteen determined avengers were at
 the scene ready to take the trail.
 | They followed the Indians, be expeT- l fenced Mexican trailers pointing out
 their tracks with unerTing certainty and | travelling as fast as the horses could go,
 and 1t was close on to five o'clock Sat
 nrday evening when they came upon a | freshly killed beef from which the blood
 was still running where the hostiles had
 cut enough meA. for their supper. The | pursuers helped themselves hastily to a few shoes and pushed on, and hardly | had they gone tRo miles further when
 they came suddenly upon the hostile camp The Indians were up on the
 mouptain side some distance, preparing
 their meal. and their stock was grazing below, and near the trail, being heTded | by the captured Mexican lad. At the | first approach Of the Samaniego party, |
 the hostiles dashed excitediy up the side | of the rugged mountain, and from the |
 barricRde of its rough rocks they ex- changed shots with their pursuers. In | the meantime a cool headed individual | rushed to the herd and secured the | bell horse. and all the other animals st | Onc ce followed the lead, eight beng cap tured, together with few saddles, car trIdge belts, one or two guns and the | captive boy. Deatherwood's horse was shot ID the skirmish. The Indians num- bered fourteen men, three nearly grown boys and two squaws. TEey had every possible ady8nsHge Of position over the laf-r. n ss. \ | of rocks so high above, :heIr opportunity to do mischief was excellent, while Sam anlegO'. bapd had DO guns that would reach to their position. It was thought that one Iuaian fell from a shot by Leatherwood, but as tine full number We're seen afterwards, this was probably incorrect.
 The approach of darkness prevented pursuit over the rough mountains. but early on Sunday morning the trail Was taken up for several miles, when tt e party Jve down to the Martinez ranch at Tangue Verde for fresh horses. The, | again resumed the pursuit and al h i 2oIat ROOut ten n1es from Tangue Yer [ de, on Sunday forenoon, they again encountered the hostlles at the ItalIsn's ranch near the San Pedro, and , a skirmish Rt long range WAS in progress , uatll dark, the Indians being kept from the rIver. Quite a number of I tlge horses gave out and several of the ultn returned to town, being unable to gvt fresh mounts. The Samaniego par t-, were pushing close on to the Indians, iispIng endorsements might arrive in { ts:ne to capture or kill them all.
 .The party under w. J. White went out t,. tuller's ranch, aud thence probably ui, shed on over to Bullook's and Mor- C sin's ranches to intercept the hostiles, c .sould they break that way.
 The prOmptness of Lieut.. l.. P q ]. ant, commanding at Fort Lowell, ID ! ,hding out his fragment6ry command, S Ito be commended. They were cavalry j.Sn without horses, and Lt. Erwin ten tered bis private team and a span of con- . l. lcmned mules and started two ambu- = ances out with the handful of soldiers = n camp, at once upon receiving informa- ion concerning the whereabouts of the Indians. Lient. J. E. Erwin forgot his 2 Illness and went with the men towards ! rangne Verde. The hostiles probably q sw this movement and felt thRt as it l Fas the only pursuit being made. they " ould take time to prepare a meal and l yere actually engaged at 1t when t' Samaniego's company surprised them. s' They also changed their intended purse and avoided the settlement at q, lanque Verde, going around 70 the n uuth. I, Yesterday forenoon Lieut.. Brant tele- ., 'honed to the city from Lowell, the fol- h "wing report to be forwarded toy tele- o ,raph to Department headquarters: n, Fort Lowell, May 23d.-Cspt. Thomp- h ! 21 inst, at six o'clock, the Indians at h, acked a ranch twelve miles east of Low n, li; carried off one boy and some stock. IT .ieut. Erwin, with Dr. Hopkins and fif- SI cen cavalry started in ambulances to In- -rceDt the Indians, as soon as tbe news las received, and to protect the ranch rg All along the foothills. party of lsxicRns left Tucson and took up the h, -ail of the Indians from the ranch, fol- 3ed the trail to point six miles east ea s Tanque Verde, where they had a go tnt. The MexIcaDs, fourteen in nun ge 2, with Mir. Samaniego, recsptured the VI r. they had taken in inc morning and SC ictured eight horses of the Indians. \, r2 saddles and one carbine. The h. its 'Uns consisting of fourteen bucks, tuo to !aaws and three hRlf-groWn bows, fled ge 1T the mountains in the direction of ga ie San Pedro. It IS believed the Indi- ac i~ came from the south, and are head th ic for the San Pedro. There has been uI Q one killed and no damage done. mi
 l.. r. BRANT. th
 Lieut., Commanding Post ot Last night. in response to s request uu IT arms and men, Lieut. Brant sent ou; rNs' N teen men, under command of Sergeant .S' ~ lnckler, by ambulance to Martinez's 1n nch, with three days rations. These Ie gre to protect the ranchers in that sec. ,u' Dn and, If au emergency required their Ios rvices, to assist the volunteer forces. DN The track walker between PApago and tn' lntano was not killed Saturday morn. c11 2, as reported. He is safe and sound. we ing his duty with his usual vigilance I]S d fidelity. He saw their trail across VII g track early Saturday morning, just , st ot PspagO station, but saw no h. ans coI Track Walker Lynch 10 tLe west of dfs cson reports that on Saturday fore res ,1, on, about ten o'clock, be stopped for a iua le under n tree hy inc track x-hara ITO