The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-04
CAMP NEAR NAcoRI,

..;-- sQgoR1, Mexico, Jan. 2l; 1SS6.}
 Captain c. s Roberts, 4. D. C., Fort Bowie. A. T-sIR; I have the honor tp report that this command, under Captain Crawford, Third Cav airy, after march of eighteen hours gtEuck, on Sunday, the. 10th, inst, the hostile camp, about fifty miles to the southwest of Nacori and ope mile north of the Asa River, or Rio Gran de. The hostiles, evidently fearing an attack, had placed their camp among the rocks-a commanding pc sition, where few men could success- fully resist large forge. The four companies of this post were so dis posed as to nearly surround the hos tile camp. The attack was to com mence at daylight. A company was assigned to each officer, and one scout.
 The camp was situated in a coun- try so broken that with difficulty the command was able to move at night, the ground being covered with broken rock. Every one in the command was told to avoid making noise, in- cluding officers and others. How ever, some burros belonging to the Indian herd about four hundred yards from their camp, hearing our ap- proach, commenced praying and alarmed some of the hostiles, three in number, who came out to the herd and ran near to the company in com .mand of Lieutenant Shipp, Tenth Cavalry. Some shuts were fired, and firing soon became general from all ne command. The Indians fled, leaving their entire camp ou:it aud herd, with the exception Of few horses WEich they were obliged to s,byi .,don under our fire. A running fight ensueI, which Was kept upfor about two hours. None of the men were secured. The only evidence that any of them were hit was blood left in two places on the ground. SoQac of the scouts 7etuTped, saying the hos ties wished b send in woman to talk. This Captain Crawford assented to and had talk, agreeing to see Natchez and another the next day. The interpreter (Mr. Hoag) and my self were directed to be present. The hostiles were without any food or camp outfit and had no animals. Had this talk taken place I believe most of the band would have surrendered. Our ten packs, left about eight miles distant, were sent for, but did not az rive that night. We went into camp about one hundred yards above t4e Indian camp, in the same lin9 of rocks.
 At daylight the next morning, the 10th, Monday, the camp was alarmed by loud cries from some of the scouts, followed immediately by shower of bullets into our camp. I, with Lieu tenant Shipp and MT, Horn, ran for ward to stop it, as it was supposed to be an attack by Captain Davis scouts thrOugA mistake, However, it was soon discovered that the attacking party was large force of Mexican soldiers from Chihuahua, numbering as 1 afterWard ascertained from them, l54. They wore no uniforms, but I supposed they were Nationals. AL though We tried in every way by way ing handkerchiefs and by calling out in Spanish who we were, they con tinued sharp fire for bout fifteen minutes. Then it seems we had made them understand that we were Amer ican soldiers and friends.
 A party of them approached ana Captain Crawford and I went out about fifty yards from our position in the open and talked with them. They did not step moving. I told them in Spanish We were American soldiers, called attention to our dress and said we would not fire. They answered they would not fire, but all the time moved toward a hill short distance