Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-08
INDIANS AT BEAR VALLEY.
Details of the woundinE of Nank Bartlett and Shanahan-Thc Bravery of the
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ARIyAcA, Aprll 30. 1886.

from the scene of the depreciation by 1 the Apaches, at the ranch ct Tank eight miles from Gro Bisnco. We started yesterday. the 29;h, ct t9 o'clock, fscr. Gro Blsnco with ten men, well armed and rnounted. After hard travelling through the most horrid you could imagine, VIC reach- ed. the ranch at o'clock in'the afternoon with horses and men worn out. At the house was old man ShsDahan, shot twice through the body and not expected to live. told you in my last letter it was Miuks who wbs shot; lt IS not go. ls IS youug Bartlett himself who 10 shot l wiu give you the correct account of the affair. On the 2Sth of April, about o'clock ID the afternoon, M-. Bartlett, who was not very well, was lylng on his he'd. Mir. ShanhEan had started about fen minutes before from Bartlett's ranch with some provisions packed on a burro. Su .deuly, the hitls boy of Mir. Bart lett. who was with bim at the ranch ran 10 his room and told him papa, heard three shots down the way towards Shah abau. think the Indians may have shot the old man." Why, Johnny you are foolish 10 think of Indians being down tbis way: DO Indians about here, boy" He didn't fini-h saying this, for he heard NIT. Shapahan call 10 him. He vent out immediately. without rife or anything and saw Mir. ShanEhan com lng.down tbe bIlI. about ope hundred and fifty yards from the house. He run to him
 a~nA HalUaA Hfm fn fIa house. ShanahaD told him the Indians had shot him and they were after hIm. Mir. Bartlett grabbed bis rife and II was not too soon, ss when he showed nm self at the door, s bullet whis;led by his head. IL was bad place to fight 10 sn advantage; IL IS an open porch house like the Mexican houses. There were only three Apaches, but they placed themselves with such advantage that Mir. Bartlett could hardly go outside without exposing himself to full view. He placed himself against the wall ciose ss be could and fired. After that he ran to the other end. He could not prevent his little boy. brave little fellow, from following hIm eve w here he went for shooting position without exposing him self to the full view. He was close 10 the wall, showing only little of hlshead and shoulder, but hIs little boy came back of him to see, when the bullet struck hun in the shoulder, iDtiIcting only flesh wound, passing over the boy s head, Wb1 vas behind him, and struck the adobe wall, binding the little fellow with dirt. It was narrow es- cape for both. One inch tower or 10 tbe left would have killed both father and son at the same time. loung Bart lett alore, with his little boy and q wounded man n the house, who begged him for water every five minutes, kept the three Indians at bay until dark. Another attempt was made to rsach the house. and st one time one Indian wGs very near, when the little boy warned hrs father of the danger tbe nearest Apache found out he was discovered and be started to run. BsTtlett shot him on the run and thinks he wounded him. but he IS not sure. Wounded like be was, be had to fight all the afternoon and keep 0 close wC;ch ali night, RLd WAS afraid of B new attack the next day but they did not come back. When the fight was in progress, '. Bartlett sent the little boy oi ShanBhan's who came to the ranch that morning to play with his schoOlmsie, |" warn his mother and two sisters who were home, of the danger they were Tn, and 10 tell them to lake Co the bill, immediately, and hide until dark, but me way or other they got lost on the hill and did not come to the ranch be fore SIX o'clock the next morning. as sure YOU, It was Sn agreeable suTpriss to see them arrive, for It was thought they all were murdered. The poor woman passed with her children all the night in the hill, and wBs almos. perished from cold. II was none too soon for her Co leave her house, for when We went there yesterday with her to remove her bed ding and provisions, every thing was smashed, or taken away. They left nothing they could carry. They took IOO pounds of four, and all the other priyisicna, besides one rifle and all the blankets they had. This leaves the poor family n an entirely destitute condi- tion.
 Here is Mir. Shanaban's story ofmeet- l ing the Indians: was about one hall a mile from Bartlett's ranch, pushine my burro befoIe me. when l heard ashot and bullet struck me. At the same time ' saw the sn Oke and one painted Indian, about thirty feet from me. l had no arms with me, l just picked out e couple of good sized rocks, and went for the Indian. He ran before me a. fast as be could. but l did not go far when a second bullet bit me from be hind, and knocked me down; hut soon was up again and made for BHrtletts ranch, when NIT. Bartlett came 10 help me to reach the ranch. It l had had the rifle would have killed the two CUTS. They are towards; they run tefOre me with "nlyia rock iu ny hand. hat IS the truth oiImy meeting with item.
 Now 1 have tu tell you Of the most daring feat you ever heard, about young Bartlett. The lad is about r. years old, but don't look to be more than 9 years old. After dark came his father said to hm: "Jobny, nm wounded; the old man also, and he may die through need of relief. You must go tO Gro Blanco." Al right, papa the lad sad. He asked his father what be should do, if he saw fire from the Indians. ou pull of your boots, and go around them. You must reach Gro Blanco and send the doctor End some men arm. ed to relieve us" The little fellow started at S o'clock in the evening, and | arrived at half past two o'clock the next morning at Gro Blancc, travelling alone on foot over inc most arid country you ever saw. with precipices all along the way. ThGt little boy had done the mos; daring feat. I ever heard of, from boy of his age. Besides the Indi9ns the country Is full of wild animals. On his way to Gro Blanco. he warned every cab ID on the ronte, and every family moved that same night to Gro Blsnco. Only for this brave little fellow you would have to-day, to chronicle more people having been uassscred They broke in to Mir. Smiths cabin, taking every thing he had, provisions. rifle and blankets. to the amount Of ST5 co. Fortunately for him, he was out prospecting. Thls is the full account of what l saw and heard at the scene of the shooting.
 Four men Of our company remained at the rsrch last night with the wound ed men, and will helD them to reach Gro BlGnco. They have to carry Mir. Shgnahan on theIr shoulders, as q IS impossible to set there with a wagon.
 Yours truly
 O. RoULLIER.