Arizona silver belt., 1886-05-22
UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN TROOPS
 MARKING ET HOT F8R GERONIMO.

ANhNED NNAAEN AND MEAtNAN tAtN0FH ! MAKING FT HOT FSR GERONIMO,
 Recent accounts from the front show that ohr troops, when properly com handed, are effective and disposed to do their whole duty, Now that they have something moro to do than guard stagnant water-hol9s they seem as lively as crickets and on the alert to have a brush with Geronimo. The last notice of their movements is con- tained in a Nogales special to the Citizen, wherein it is mentioned that Captain Hatfield struck Geronimo a heavy blow on the morning of the 18th, ten miles southeast of Santa Cruz, and in return few hours Inter, Geronimo struck Hatfield heavy blow. Hatfield $ victory was only a partial one, resulting in Stampeding the hostiles, capturing their camp and horses, and in return, shortly after wards, Geronimo captured several of Hatfeld's horses and stampeded the pack mules. The casualties on the part of the troop are two killed and three wounded. Many Indians are reported as seen to fall, but no one is named as having seen a dead Indian. Captain Lebo's troops are on the trail and pursuing. Captain Lawton was also in pursuit but fourteen miles in tho rgar of Lebo, making forced marches. These troops, tits supposed, were joined by Dorst's troop, Cook in command, Major Ruiz, with a large Mexican force joined in the pu suit on tue 10th.
 Gen, Miles, Captain Lebo, Lt. Davis, Governor Torres and Prefect Rivera, of Sonora, were in Nogales on the 18th, devising how to catch Geronimo. The Indians fought by Hatfield on the 18th, have spread themselves out thln over the face of the country. Twenty of the seventy have doubled back" in the direction of Santa Barbara ranch. Eighteen more of the same band were seen on Q hill five miles east of Mo- gales. The twenty are being pursued by Mexican troops, and the eighteen are being looked after by fifteen men of troop "L" 10th cavalry.
 On the 18th, 125 Mexican cavalry are reported as having had five hour engagement with the Chiricahuas a short distance from Altar, in which two Mexican were killed and three wound ed. The MeHicans report several of their horses killed and forty horses and saddles lost which were recovered next day. No Indians reported killed or wounded.
 At 5:3O on the 10th, six Indians were seen going east crossing Sulphur Spring Valley. On the same day an Indian was seen in the south pass of the Dragoon mountain. He fled upon being discovered.
 People of southwestern New Mexico are now manifesting alarm over the prospect of another disastrous raid.
 MORALES, A. T., May 19th.-The Is Indians of the 70 who fought Captain Hatfield and who doubled on their track, killed two sons of Captain An. drade, within seven miles of NogaleS on the 18th. The following day three horses ran into PIancha del Plata bearing bloody saddles. The riders Sullivan, Moore and a Mexican courier from Barnett's ranch, are supposed to have been killed Captain Lawton is reported on the trail without rations At middle pass of the Dragoon noun. tans, May 10th, wood.packer came into camp shot through the neck by Indians. Frank Webb reports trail of twenty-five Indian horses south ot the Silver Cloud mine.
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