Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-08
FROM MORALES.

A Frontiersnan Notes some OminOus
 >igns-New Facts Never Before Record
 cd In Indian Warfare.
 NoeALzs, April 30 1886.
 ED. CITIzES:-I will try to give you. hs near ss Il can, the most important points in the Indian raid ss l believe it may save a great many lives. You know that the Apaehes are out killing, steal ing ravlshi1g. rnd destroying property. Within thirty miles of here they have killed twenty-iour persons that We know of, and it IS safe to say they have killed many more of the prospeetO.s now out trying 10 find stTeaks ot ore 10 chloride on, so 70 be on hand waen the smelter starts up. Many Of these poor men are to-day lying dead CT being tor tured. The Indiana are still within 90 miles of here. They seem to be in three parties one in Sonora, near the Casitas; one on the upper Santa Cruz, and the other between the Santa Rita mountains and the PromOn;aFio.
 Il have been acquainted with, and among Ithe Apaches and NGvsios, eff md on, for twenty-six years, ani l know little of their movements and their intentions by the past. Now then, let the people of Southern Arizona and New Mexico, prepare for one of the greatest dangers that We have ever had. Arm yourselves with guns and have them always in good order, no matter If you have to sell two or three COWS to get one gun. Get it before it is too late; let everybody be we'll armed and stay so until General Miles has the Apacbes we'll whipped, and out Of Arizona.
 will now tell you what signs go by. All mountain men and Indians have signs. The present one is the s;rangest one l have ever seen ID Arizona and here 1t Is: The Apaches commenced kliilng about lO days ago, at or near the CasitAs in Sonora, 10 order that they might draw our troops from Hsrshsw, the WhetstOne mountains, Mescsl Springs, etc., and sure enough, last Sunday along came the coloTed troops through here, crossed the line and went to Agua SarcR station on the railroad. The Indians on Mon day, passed within three Liles of this station, south; then over Co the Santa Cruz, thence down the river to Calabas- as, thence towards the Santa Ri,as, thence across the Santo Cruz again west into Bear Valley, killing ss they went. Now all of this section ot country raided was we'll stocked with hOrses and sad des. They have got all of the horses and they have not left saddle of any kind.
 THIS Is THE TRUE SIGN
 That when they get well supplied, others are going to leave the rssryation 300 or ! 400 strong. The Indians Ont now are Gen. CrOok's scouts, about 10 strong They are not GerOBimo's Indians, be- cause there is no trail coming from the east or south. IL Is not necessary for | them to take the horses aud saddles tO san Carlos: they can have them in the | Sierra Madre mountains, and be ready to strike terror through the same settle ! ments they did year ago, and lot all Ot | the Indians of the reservation who want | to go out Oh the picnic. l call is pie nic tor them, because they don't lose | anything and have lots of fun. They ! pack off all the neEspapers they get. | They have Indians who have been edu % cated to read and write, a-d all speak ! English. They ne ell yOuug ! men. Geronimo is ln old man. The | Indian who killed Mir. Feck's vile Gud child was young Indian, and spoke | good English, and every one of them | had the governTen. needle gun and p!s- tOl and two belts of cartridges.
 Mir. Peck and Mir. Owen were tYing a steer when the Indians came upon them | and Owen jumped on bis horse and went about 80 yards, when be was killed. NIT. Peek was too far from hls horse tO get on. The Indians tied him; be begged them not to kill hls wife and child, but they had already done 1t. They took hIm to the house picked up hIs ten mOnths-old child by the feet, and beat it's brains out against the floor; then up- set the dinner table on tbe corpse. They then forbid him saying a word to bis neice, l2 years old. They took her with them. They told Peck to got flying and | he did SO. They fired after him but did not hit him. He was bare footed and tore his feet to pieces. The mother and child were put ID one casket, and NIT. Owen and they were buried yesterday, at 3 p. ID.
 To the people: IT the agent at San Carlos says he has counted his Indians, and all are present or accounted for, ! don't you believe him; because he Is ss much in the dark as we are, in regard | to the Apschs's presence.
 Gen. Miles k here. He came in on ! last nights train. A company of Mex
 ican volunteers passed through here to- day for the Santa Cruz, above Gala ' basas.
 Another thing, the Indians have men among them who have their hair cut so
 they can go into any town and buy Gm-
 intuition and you would not know them
 to be Apaches. J.B. II.