The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-23
THEAPAcHE EXCURSION.
Scenes and Celebrities on the Train
that Bore the ExIles to Florida.
s.. Louls Globe-Democrat.

| St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Att o'clock there rolled into the Union
| Depot ten Santa Fe coaches loaded to the
| guards with an aggregation OF murderous
| and natural born cut-thrOats that wouiu
| cause Jesse James to blush for his eompara-
| lively insignificant record and lost opportu-
mites. The aggregation consisted OF SIX
bands of Apaches on their way to Florida 10
remain for good on the Fort Marion keserVa-
tion. near st. Augustine, where 1t is reason
able TO suppose that they will be barred
from doing harm. The six bands were: We
cottlev,s Chiricahuas, numbering 13-men, 50
women and "a children; the infamous Loco
Chiricahua murderers, consisting OF 10
bucks, 27 women and % children; Blsch-
tuay's band of Warm Springs, numbering 10
men, IA women and 16 children; CheVez s,
10 warriors, % squaws and 81 children; the
notorious Chatto's followers, footing up only
bucks, IS women and 25 children; s men,
% women and IS children under Zeleh, the
Warm Spring chief, and Jose's Warm Spring
band of bucks, 25 squaws and 10 papooses,
numbering 3S2 in all.
Guarding them were detachments Of sol
diers from the Sth, 22d and 10th Regiments
of Infantry, consisting of S4 men and Off
GERS. The troops were stationed in the front
and rear cars, and on the platforms, but ne
attempts were made to escape. One buck,
whose name is unknown, attempted to pass
from one coach to another as the train was
running rapidly near Verona, and slipping
upon the wet platform rolled off the train.
1t was rumored that he had been picked up
uninjured by the regular San Francisco pas
senger train, but the officers had heard moth
ing about him, and manifested utter indiffer-
ence as to his fate. The officers in charge of
the troops were: Lieut.. Col Wade, ranking
officer; Capt Dickey, Lieuts. Crittenden,
Jones and Patton of the 22d; Surgeon Cleary
and Quartermaster Ierrell. Inc coaches
containing the Indians were emigrant sleep
ers, and every bunk contained buck and
squaw sometimes two, with children stuffed
in every available space The babies were
strapped rigidly to boards and stood up
against the sides of the car, looking at the
strange scenes without uttering sound.
The stencil in every car was simply fearful,
and beggars description, while the preseaee
of vermin in untold quantities was easily
seen on casual inspection. About nail the
bucks manifested adisregard for convention
alities in the matter of dress, showing that
they were true children OF nature. Inose
in full dress wore pair OF whlte COTTON
drawers and stoicai expression enllVeneu
with streak of red paint, while the half
first mentioned dispensed with the drawers,
and overlooked the situation in very ab-
breyiated army undershirt. They weSN
uDdersized men, 1.-the and sinewy, -
heads so large that they appeared deforh :. ;.
Their features are of the true Indian ty. Q
lips thin, cheek bones high, with the ket
black eyes and eagle nose of the traditional,
red man.
stencil, a Globe-Democrat reporter sought
Jose, chief who has shed enough blood TO
swim in. He sat in lonely dignity with his
bare legs occupying the opposite seats ike
Chicago drummer, while his squaws stood OF
a short distance and awaited his pleasure.
He was in good humor, and, as a special
mark OF favor, permitted the reporter TO
pinch his legs, which were as hard as iron.
Through an Interpreter he spoke freely Oh
himself and people.
"a long while ago. he said, stretching
his right arm towards the West, 1--WE were
very great; now we are hardly so many,
and be opened and closed his hands twice,
denoting twenty. "The white man wanted
our country and he first took away the wa
ter that cured us''-the Warm Springs. "He
put us on a reservation where there were all
rocks and we could raise no corn. Then he
wanted our land again because it had gold
in it. We saw what would come, and we
went out to fight. This Is the end.
''Are you willing to go to Florida?"
I'VE were told It was good water c0un-
try, with trees and grass, and we VIII all be
The gentle but melancholy Jose then re-
lapsed into silence, and no doubt entered IN
to contemplation of the reunion he would
soon hold with his other squaws
A Louisville and Nashville train was
backed alongside the Frisco track, and the
baggage and Indians with the guards trans
ferred by 9 O'Clock. Coffee was procured at
the depot restaurant and served to the troops
and Apaches. who breakfasted on regular
army fare, while the officers enjoyed lunch
sent from the Southern hotel, after which
the train pulled out for the land OF flowers.
The most noted chiefs on board were Che
veZ, an old man now, and Jose. who is still
in his prime. Geronimo and Natchez went
to Florida by the Southern route from San
Antonio, and Chatto and Loco, who went
with the Apache delegation to Washington,
and were arrested at LeayenNorth, were
sent direct from the Military Penitentiary.
Lieut.. Terrett. quartermaSter in charge,
was with Lawton during the entire cam
paign. 1--WE are glad it is all over" he said.
weeks Co. K, of the Sth, marched 500 miles
over continuous mountain chains, and we
are pretty well worn out / have n cataract
in my eye, and am going to ask for gaSatn's
Voluntarily agreed Co 20 to rejoin the seven
ty-eight previously sent, and we have no
more trouble"
One of the celebrities among the prisoners
is ''Dutehy," who was with Crawford when
the MeXicans murdered him. "Dutchy"
drew a bead on the man VITO fired the fatal
shot, and killed him in turn. The soldiers
of the sth, who fought the Apaches, have
great respect for them. They say they are
so tireless that they will run 10 to 100 miles
day over and through the mountains with
out water or food for days at time. The
squaws, carrying the children, and food and
water. make detOurs with their heavy loads,
and meet the bucks at an appointed place.
The bucks are good marksmen at short dis
tance, but very poor at long range. The
boys and squaws fight as well as the bucks,
and the soldiers express unnixed satisfac-
tion at the close of campaign through
which they were compelled to march in un-
dershirts and drawers, and undergo untold
privatiUns.
There was considerable excitement on the
| train after leaving the depot, occasioned by
a stampede among the Indians upon enter
ing the tunnel As soon as the train was
enveloped in darkness the Indians set up a
series of hideous yells, and started out of
their seats, the guards restraining them only
after severe struggle, during which two
braves are said to have been dangerously in
juIed. Whether it was merely fright or an
attempt to break away was not known, and
the guards took no chances. quelltng the
outbreak promptly and severely.