The Clifton clarion., 1886-07-07
With Crawford in MeXIcO.

fedO With muCn interest the account of the pursult of Geroni- mo in the April number of the Overland, as it was my fortrtue to accompany the command of Cap tain Emmet Crawford, who contin- ued the pursuit of thls band into the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico.
 After hard chase after a DOT ton of the hostiles as far as Lake Palomas, in Mexico, the command to which 1 belonged was ordered to go to Deming and report to Captain Crawford. We found Crawford awaiting us with train of stock cars, all ready to pull out as soon as some Indian scouts should arrive on the train from the East.
 The main body of the hostiles were reported as making their way south, to the west of us, and tele grams reporting their position were coming all day long; but the train from the East was late, and we did not get away until after noon. It soon discharged its mot ley load of Indian scouts, whose appearance bore evidence of the long,. hard chase they had just con cluded; for they had been follow ing the hostiles from the north, and were put on the cars, in the Rio Grande valley, to endeavor to nkead them of to the west of Dem
 afare they got to the railroad.
 qeasloaded and of, and [afl X kaxked at Separ,
 fhsl Esse, and unloading ei n an open freight platforms hlt in the extreme. The cries of the scouts, the tranpling of loose animals, and the efforts of the mon to find their belongings in the darkness, created an indescribable confusion; while the resemblance to pande- moniHn was, if anything, increas- ed by the little fires the scouts had lighted, which illuminated the somber darkness in places, and showed the savage faces and al most naked forms of the Indian scouts gathered around them.
 It was midnight before the tired men got to rest, and at daybreak the camp was astir, and we were soon marching away over the gray looking plain stretching off to the south west. Crawford had receiy, ed telegrams that the hostiles had crossed the railroad to the south of us, and we were going south west to find the trail. We learn ed afterwards that the hostiles had gone off to the west, and thus we missed seing ther trail till long afterward.
 We continued to the southwest, to Skeleton Canyon, where we were joined by the Chiricahua scouts under Chatto, and our trans portatioE increased by another pack train. Chatto was a chief of the same tribe as the hosti1es, the Chiricahuas, and 1t was said that he was desirous of killing Geroni- mo and the other chiefs of the hos tile band, in order to become head chief, and that we were indebted to this ambition for the company of himself and braves on our ex- pedition against his brethren.
 fn the course of interviews with Crawford, Chatto said that he knew just where the hostiles intended to rendezvous in Mexico; and 1t was finally determined to proceed directly to the spot, instead of wasting time in following trails; which is necessarily slow process. We went to Lang's Ranch, o1 the Mexican line, the next day, and on the following day went though the San Luis Pass, and turned south along the eastern base of the Sierra Madre, and a. round the Mexican line. To the west of us were the mountains; and off to the east stretched the great Janos plain, and to the south could be seen the blue outlines of high mountains in Mexico. The scouts could be seen outlined a. gainst the sky as they crossed the ridges of the foothills ahead of us, while behind us followed the long line of cavalry, followed in turn by the white, pack covered mules; each train led by it's bell horse with his tinkling bell.
 Our command consisted of near