Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-09

hostiles disappeared up the sides of tba csion as the scouts rode down the tr,il to meet the returning soldiers. pr Maddox died in Burke's arms Lsfo-a the cavalry returned to the scene of tb. ambuscsde.
 NUMBER OF THE HOsTILEs.
 In speaking of the number of the hos tiles. these gentlemen though that ts.,, were greatly underestimated by the mi itary: that instead of there being on forty or fifty there were at DO tine I--s than 100 in the field, and that much Gftbs raidipg attributed to the few who never come to the reservation Is done by the San Carlos Indians who go out On shgrr raids. Roll call at the San Carlos ay-r. cy takes place only once a week. No account of any If the Indians Is kept in the interim. This gives these savages s chance to get out on a raid Of a hundred miles. rob aud ill, and return Co tba reservation ID time to answer Co th-i- names Gt the next roil-call. l. Was such a raidiDg party that Lleut,uau. Fountain as following and which in turn routed his force.
 As illustrating he bOldness of tiss- Indians in making theIr attacks, Colon el Lucas tells Cf a scene that cane uu- der his own eyes-the rueT If the f.u. ily at the time ne found the bloody ..c. ture. A family of five were killed v.,f. in five miles of SIlver City, town Of 35OO people. aud within three miles (. the military post of Bayard. be I,vs of the attack reached Silver City aaC-. II o'cl, ok at night, and Colonel Lucas at C nee organized force tO iOll V t-- trail A troop of cavalry under L-gl. Evans of tee Sixth wUs at that tia. camped on the outskirts or ;Et q... and En aypenl from the c...z.Ls that he should go cut with ,ls troop, met with positive refusal,
 PITIABLE SIGHT.
 In the woods four miles north oftov1 the party found the bodies of five per. sons, the father, mother, and two y5urr children of one family and enc littIs cll of another family. One ot the hJue ones. a child 3 months old. was stI.i iiv ing when found, but had its head crush d in. It attracted the attention as ,-e party by its cries. Itwas 8 Pit,ou- -Ll. MT. Lucas said; one that drew tUa-s f-r4 strong mems eyes.
 The father of the family, Felix N-. aues, was a woOdchCTPtr aud s..L s.s brother Pedro, had lIved m 8 ;gut F.. dro escaped when the others were killed. and hastened to town to get ls- -.sy.rce, The rescuing party first came upon t-. body of child, about three years o.d, who had been shot. About Juu garl further on, across a creek, was tEe ten, in which the Marques family had 7g,.- ded. The bloody scene there Uato.tgt almost bafilsd description The mDtLs. lay near the door, her back against t-s side of the canvas wall, with a .gJ.t daughter lying across her breast Both had been shot, and the mother had besl stabbed several times in tEe breast. tle poor woman had doubtless been t-yl-- to protect her child. In one ot ie. hands she held the picture meUtlou.t above. She had probably Geeu uray ing to them to save beIselc and faE.l.! at the moment she TaS struck down. In tho other end of tre tent was soEsd the almost lifsless body Of tbe you- < baby. The little infant wGs wrapped un and laid by the side of Iis dead mrtl-r, and n few moments it's spirit also had! passed away. A search was then b5EU for the body Cf Felix Marques, the ia'sr- Is gus about 2n hour before # wss s'v--.
 lie hai evidently just caught s horse, as be had a pair of hobbies lu ' hand He had been shot through ,-e heart, and vas lying on ms face lu ll open glade. Tho bodies ot the i've i-- fortunate beings WSro taken tC Ss.gs. City the next murDIng, where th5 spe, g- cle of their iIhUman mGtIlatiOn arCus-i the deepest indignation and resS Sutmou!
 LITTLE HERO.
 In the vicinity of the MarqUes mG7- der was tia. night enacted a most hero ic deed. A Mexican family of five or s'Z persons heard the Indians firing and the father gathered his little band around him and fled tO the woods. The l2-year old son discovered that Q little baby SIX weeks old, had been forgotten in the flight. Without word h q re- irirnad ia .l-~ s~.at al s-... ss ti.ys ohtt'i He then heard shots, and supPOsIus < that the family was being murdered, tled in another direction. The Indians coming up saw blIn and fired, but tie brave little fellow, still ciingibg tO his charge, crept into the bushes and go: away. Shivcring with cold, with clothes torn 70 tatters and with bars feet, the little fellow reached town, end hls frs; inquiry was, not for something for hIm- self, but something for the baby to eat.