The Daily Tombstone., 1886-04-29
ARIzONA's CURSE.
The APaeheS Raid CalnbasRs nnd Vicinity and XIII Thir. teen Men and WORssd Several Women and
 Chfldren.


 spectoF, we are enabled to publish a portion of letter received by him last evening from Deputy Collector J. ". Magofin, of Nogales, which ia as follows:
 "Indians are playing sad havoc with the settlers about fifteen miles from here, having killed thirteen men and wounded several women and children"
 CIBUTA, Sonora, ApFil S.-1O p. nj. -The regular train Saturday night brought down fifteen Nogales Me1i- cans, under the command of the chief of police, and myself as vol- unteer, all bent on armed interview with the Apaches. At Agua Zarca Station we left the train, and the whole command was placed under Ygnacio Andrade, of the Agua Zaroa ranch. About ona o'clock Sunday morning a rapid march YVES made to San Jose, where we biyopReked until 4:15 q. m., when we foll owed down the railroad. to this place At 5;3Q. we struck the Apache trail about one
 
 mile and half aboye the fist water hole from which the Cibuto arises. we followed the trail with difficulty until 6 o'clock, but lost it among the confusion of tracks of hundreds of horses and cattle leading to and FTadi.; ating from the first water as you de- scend the valley from San Jose. After passing the water hole we came upon 2 portion of earcass ot horse, shot under T Mexican the day before. Arriving at Cibuta. we were hospiitably received Py ST. Jose Pier: son, who furnished the command with several days rations, and invited Capt. Andrade and myself to break fast. after which MT. Piersop kindly furnished me xiii! 2 horse, horse, and eg1 himz selfEoined the eommand, with two of his men, mounted, and at S:30 a. m. we started on the return trip in search of the trail, and three miles ! above this place found it, and at Il d. m. drove in the Apache pickets, cap turing half-cooked beef, still on the fire. FYytAer up the ridge pnr adE- vance guard came up or another abandoned camp, finding fat young COW just killed, and only portion of one hind quarter being skinned. The pursuit now became intensely excit. Ing for our little band, only nineteen, we being informed from reliable sources that the Indians numbered thirty-seven. and WeSe rather extrsg- agant in their expenditure of ammu- milton. A few minutes later quite an excitement was raised by our party seeing two Apaches dashing on horse back alOug the ridge oi 2 mountain before Us, and four others on foot. making for 8 {ery high, rugged noun. tain peak. known as the Las Encom- bradas. There is water in both can. yons along the base of this great lancc-like peak. Ike trail from Ran cho Bueno Vista runs through one Qf thege canyons into this valley and west across the CiOFta range. Here was natural fertilization as stsang as eyer man took refuge in, and which the Indians held.
 The first fourteen men sent from Nogales, Friday RigAt, had passed on to Imuris, but we ware informed that fifteen men wero ambuscaded near Cesitg, teH niles distant, and three were killed. We at once dispatched 8 courier to request them to join us, and while we were holding twoalofty tables facing the Apache stronghold, our Casita courier returned across the rough bench l.!' land west of the val ley of the Casita, having loped his horse fer sixteen miles with but q single break. Through some mis- take the company decliped to join Us. We concluded not to attempt to dis lodge the Indians at present, our party not being sufficiently strong. Captain Andrade then returned with his men tO San JoSn yhiIa Mir Piar.