Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-29
eureka Uailp Sentinel.
THE DEVLIsH APACHE.

Again the fiendish Apaches Of South.
ern Arizona are on the w~arpath, and
again is there a wholesale slaughter OF
settlers in that section of the West.
Why it is these outrages are allowed by
the Government to continue year after
year is something that is beyond our ken.
Numerically speaking. the Apache tribe
is not large, and a fair sized force Of
military, properly distributed, ought to
be able to wipe them but of existence in
a seasons campaign. Were these blood
thirsty Indians to deliberately fire settle
ments and shoot down settlers the in.
dignation in the South would not be so
great. But that is not the aim of the
Apache. It is rather his pleasure to
capture these inoffensive men, women
and children that dare to brave the hard
ships of the West, and infict on them
tortures that are Undesirable, and of
the most brutal and fendish character.
While these tortures are being admin
istered to some of the victims others of
them are relieved in order to prolong
their sufferings. and then painful
affections are again applied, until finally
death to all of them ensues. Once in a
while captives are taken to serve as
ransoms, and if such designs are not &C.
complished death is meted out to these
u~nfortunates in a way unknown even
among the savage Sioux Of the North.
west.
The writer had occasion to travel
through portions Of Southern New Mex
leo during the Summer of 1881. While
riding in a stage coach ne noticed that it
was rifed with balls that had penetrated
in places an eighth.inch sheet.iron lining
OF the covering OF the conveyance. 1t had
been repainted, bat notwithstanding the
damage done was readily seen. He
naturally inquired under what circum
stances the coach had been thus riddled
and was informed by the driver that i
had been attacked by a band of Apache'
on the same route only a month previous
At the time of the attack the coach con
tanned besides the driver two men anC
their wives. In order to stop it tn
horses were first shot down, and in al
instant afterwards the driver received
fatal shot. The four passengers wer
taken from the conveyance by the hos
tiles and obliged to lay off every articl
of clothing on their persons. That sec
ton Of New Mexico is a barren waste o
sand that becomes hot under the intens
rays of the sun. The victims, with som
OF the fiendish devils dancing in gle
about them, as was evidenced after
wards, had the soles of their feet Gu
with sharp knives and were then CON
PEELED to walk over the hot sand unit
they almost sank from exhaustion. l
order to prolong life their sufferings wer
for a few moments relieved, when tn
men had cut from them portions of thei
persons. The lynch.pin of the coac
was driven into one of the women, Will
into the other was thrust a sharpene
stick Of wood. Under these torture
the two men and women doubtless 500
sank from exhaustion, and a few houl
later their dead and mutilated bodit
were discovered by some travellers owe
the same road.
The foregoing is a fair statement
one of the many murderous attacks G
Apaches that have actually occurred
Prior to that time these outrages ha
been carried on for years. and since the
not a Spring has passed without q recu
renee of the barbarities. We hear no
and then Of the capture of q chief an
his murderous band, and then we lear
of a pow.wow at Washington or a mil
tary post as to what disposition shall
made of the savages. As a rule befol
any result is determined upon a telegraI
along that informs US of the escaI
Of said chief and his band, or of a nun
Der of captives being missed from tn
reservation. It is certainly high tim
that some decisive step is taken by tn
Government authorities to forever SUI
press these Internal savages; else it wi
appear to many who know some of tn
circumstances as they exist that "thei
is something rotten in Denmark"
1t is said that gold is becoming plainl
scarce in Europe, and that it will nc