Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-08
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News from the Front,

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 Special to the CITIZEN.
 ToMBsToSE, May 6-Last evening, a
 midnight. a soldier arrived in Ncgalei
 for medicine for the wounded soldiers
 He reported tha. the hostiles had brokt
 camp and divided up into two bands
 one going in northeasteriy direction towards CutGca Canon, in the South Can
 aneas, while the other went Tn the direc-
 tion of the Blue Mountains, with the
 troops iD hot pursuit. The troops undel
 command of Captain Leoo, who had tho | fight with the hostiles, took the trai
 leading to Cutaca Canon and Lieuis
 Benson md Davis took the trail leading
 toward the Rlue Mountains. In addi
 tiUn to the United States troops in hot
 pursuit, are three companies of Mexican
 troops, consisting of one hundred men,
 under command O Captains Henry
 R bhnstudt and Fernando Reius. Couri-
 CTS were sent 10 Capt. Hatfield in the
 Cananea Mountains, night before last,
 and to the White Horse Cavalry. at Oio do Agua, recommending them tO head of the Indians which were heading south of the Cananeas on the BRcsnuchi road and the mountains north of the CananeRs, making for the Sierra
 Msdres. Companies D and K, of the Eighth Infantry, under command of Lieuts. Johnston and Herbert, on the way to Nogsles, have large pack train with them loaded with supplies which will be forwarded to the different con- paEies in the field. These companies will be employed as skirmishers and will thoroughly scoHt the mountains, being enabled to go where horsemen cannO. go. Captain Lawton of company B. Fourth Cavalry, is also on the way to SoGales with 25 men, the balance, under a Lieutenant, being already in the field. Captain. Lawton will push right on and join hIs command. Company K. 4th Cavalry, under Captain Dorsi, will leave Fort Huachuca tomorrow morning for the front.
 O. D. Crocker, president of the Cop per King mining O., who sent couriers to Hatfield and the White Horse Cav airy, arrived in Tombstone to-day from the CsnsnesS, having made the trip 10 Nogsles by night time. He received letter by courier from Capt, Iebo, while on the trail toward Copper King yesterday morning, stating that "the Indians are making for the Cananca mountains; am in hot pursuit" Hatfield has command of 42 men in position to ambush Indians on the south side of the Cananeas, in which direction Lsbo is driving them. The White Horse Caval- ", @ men, have position ten miles north, guarding the only other pass to the Sierra Madres. The Indians it IS supposed are not aware of any troops ID the CananeB mountains end Capt. LebO in pursuit, heard with surprise from Mir. Crocker that hs was driving the In iiaIs into two companies of U. :. troops. The distance from the scene of Lebo's fight with the Apaches, to ;he Cansneas, where Hatfield awaits them, Is about fifty six miles. Crocker further said that Lebo reported that three Apaches fell and he believes three were killed outright. instead of two, and sev- eral were wounded. The fight wns so spirited that Lsbo had DO opportunity to carry on his dead, but from blood left on the field of battle, i; iS an assured fact thst several Apaches were wounded; certainly five or six Indians. Checkers party, before meeting Lebo south of AOgnles, saw six camp fires on the mesa near the foothills, and is con. fideat they were Apaches.
 The whereabouts O; Mangus. which has been such mystery for some time, is explained by MT. Crocker, who says the celebrated chief is not farming in Chi hushua, as reported to Crook by Ge- ronimO, but has been dead. scalped and cremsted seven weeks ago, at Hostead's ranch, in Gueguipe mouatains, sixty four miles southeast of Cananea, six teen miles from the Sonora rIver. In February the United States troops lost the hostile trail in Gueguipe mountains, through light fall Of snow. The fol- lowing month the same hosliles raided several ranches Un the Sonora river, taking all the suDplies they could find. Thence they went to Hostead's lower ranch and rRided that. driving the in- mates to the mountains. A few days laGer at HOstesd's upper ranch, at five a. m, the Indians were seen coming ID a c.nOn ny vaquero. who alarmed the household. Hossead aDd four compan- ions singly repaired to the corral from the house. The Indians shortly after made break from cover, toward the cor rsl. Arriving ct some trees near the cor rsl, Mangus raised pair of pearl opera | glasses to his eyes and while in the act | of scrutinizing the surroundings. was shot dead by Hostead. The shot was | by a volley from Hostead's l The Indians endesvored | to retain the body, but were unsuc- cessful and dscamped. Msngus wss six feet one inch in height; advanced in years. wore spects cles and was we'll clad An accurate de- was taken of the body; the apparel preserved, the scalp and ears preserved and The body burned. The trophies have since been identified. Ihirty-eight dollars and fifty cents in American money was found wound in his hair Tn a knot on top of the head. Capt, Hatfield said Mangus' wife is enc of the captives sentio Florida; sbe did not know of her husbands death. Crock ar saw all the clothing. which was orna- nented with hattened silver ornament in the right breast, the same as worn by Geronimo. This important information $ regarded as reliable and solves the T !