Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-04-03

required more assurance than his ovr
 word to convince me that he was tellinl
 the truth and acting in good faith. told him that I would accept nothing
 short of an unconditional surrender, and
 then told him to go and think over the
 matter and lot me know the next day.
 Then We mad to manipulate tbem tC
 get them to surrender. I had sent 6
 spy into their camp and he reported to
 me that Geronimo had told his people to
 keep well m hand and be ready to shoot
 at a moments notice. All the men
 were armed with Wiuchesters and lad two belts of cartridges each. I took
 Alches8y, tue chief Of tue White Noun
 tains, and his friend katena, and told
 them what l wanted done. They prom
 lsed to do whatever I wished and they
 were sent into the hostile camp and car
 ried out my plans They reported that
 the Indians were SO excited and wild that
 they could not reason and If they had
 been found making R proposition to
 them to surrender they were liable to
 he shot. told them tO get their con
 tdeDce and not to make any pr0pOsi-
 ton until they had secured their cOi-
 hdence. They went into the hostile
 camp and stayed there all night and
 carried out my instructions. The next
 morning they reported the Indians feel.
 Ing q good deal better. I was satisfied, however, that Geronimo would not ac-
 cspt my terms, 50 I instructed the spies
 to dlslntegrate them, and get them di-
 vided as much as possible. They went
 back and m the course of an hour or
 SO they returned and said the h.
 dlans were all right and wanted
 to talk with me. Geronimo, Naches
 and ChIhuahua came down to my camp l Chihuahua had been out on a raid and
 was out when l got to camp He had
 just got ID with about l5 or 20 horses
 Chihuahua and Matches said they would
 surrender and Geronimo said if they
 surrendered he would not stay out in
 the mountains alone, but would surren- der also. They said they wan'ed to go
 back and talk to their people and on the
 next day would have a final talk. The next day they came in and agreed to surrender.
 There never wac, at any One' time more than ten of :he hOstIles in camp and If We had attempted to take the ten, many people would have been killed and tho balsOce out would have been as bad as all of :hem. did not see all the h. dians while there. They will not, even on the reserya'IOn, trust all their eggs in one basket. Lieut.. Maus did not | even see them all, but 1t was understood | that they were all to come in. On | the march they usually scatter | over ihe country and nothing escapes | their observation. In camp, rations | were issued for 92. When they sur rendered they did not do it either from | fear or privatiOns. as they looked fat | md were we'll supplied with everything. | When they rode into camp equipped in | the finest saddles, seTapes and horses | they could steal, with plenty of money, they presented great contrast with my | scouts that are getting but Sl3.OO per month.
 DId Geronimo really escape?
 Well, they had starIed to march back and were near the line at San Bernsr- dino ranch, sbont twenty miles from the place of surrender. It was on the sec ond night ont, when Geronimo, Matches, twenty bucks and thirteen squaws left and were not missed until next morning. They left their h1rses, saddle and all their stock, but took their arms. Pro vislODs: no; an Indian would rather leave his mouth back than bis arms Ia the remainder of the party now being brought back tbere are some thirteen men and half-erown boys, the balaLce women and children. All of the entire crowd left the reservation when they first broke out. None have left since. The Indians have at no time gone out of their way to kill people, for had they done SO they would have almost depop- ulated the country through which they passed.
 There was boy found among the Chiricahuas. He is 10 Or l2 years old, slIm in build hut wIry; very much freck led, reddish hair. He says his name is Santiago McKinn, his father Irish and mother Mexican. He was stolen from the MiSnbres. He would only answer in Fly hEs photographed him, He wss half naked when found, and although he was playing happily with the Apache boys he could noE { speak their language.
 Matches is a son of old COchise. and is l the head chief of the Uhiricahuas. He I is about N or 2S years of age. or may | be couple of years older. He stands t feet 10 inches high and weighs about l69 pounds. He IS a rather negative [ lazy sort of fellow He claims not to have killed any one on the raid, and this fully belleve.
 Chihuahua is a sub-chief or the in- [ Iluentisl man of Matches. He is about I r. or 43 years old: feet 6 or inches [ lIgh and weighs about 40 pounds.
 Geronimo Is not hereditary chief, 8 bu, is the leading spirit among them. [ and he is what be has made himself. ] he IS vindictive, cruel and crafty. Age, [ sbOu. 50, IS , feet inches high and a weighs probably leo pounds.
 The report that the Mexican troops . were pursuing the hostiles, is, SO far as l eau learn, false in every particular. [ Signs of but two people had been seen [ abolt 40 miles below, and since the h. ' Hans have been in tbat country no troops have been seen.
 The country over which the Indians q -oam IS about ss large as half of Europe, It comprises Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua and Duran 20. They have raided down as far as he coast over 500 miles from tbe line.
 l have come m contact with almost I ,yery tribe of Indians, but have never ' ieen the equal to these Apscbes. espec- . ally the OhIrIcshuas. They are abso- utely indefatigable and don't seem f 70 tire. They live on food {; hat we would starve on. When f hey go into camp they will leave scouts i md outposts SIX or seven miles behind. h They will travel hundred miles day ,ver the toughest country imaginable. The country is SO immense that If they sre ever caught it will be by the merest 'ccident. million men cannot take l hem. Their little camp at Funnel i ,ailon could rot have been captured by q . thousand men. Whan I left Omaha I ! Inew what the task was before me. For | nerly, when the Indians were poorly V srmed. they were more easily suOdued; 2 put now thst they have breech-loading i ,uas. every rock 's a fortress, and ten 1, nsn would be killed in trying to kill f ,ne of them. This was Casters mis- ake: he failed to calculate the differ | .ncs ID the arms with which the Indians [ were supplied. Old Indian fighters n pack east fail tO realize this same fact.
 But could not cordon Of troops | ,lOng the Mex'can boundary line pre- | ien: their return, General! I
 HOwevor close the cordon of troops f nay be, the Indians soon locate their I position and then pass through in the a