Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-13
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BLOODY GERONIMO.
AAvssfsrss Of . Bsd Indian WHO Ls.a /
- Defudsa the United States Arsr.
United States Indian Commissioner
Atkins speaking of Geronimo, the gucr- I
rilla Apache Indian Chief. who recently
surrendered to General Miles said:
There has not been such Warrior as |
Geronimo since the days OF Rob Roy. |
He has subsisted on the roots of the
desert and the serpents Of the mountains
for neatly two years He has been bis
own commissary and chef of Transport
tation; he has worn out an army. and he
has kept vast region Of country in ter
ror. Part Of his time he has been
wounded and sict. His barbarious hero
ism and endurance are unsurpassed b.
any thing In, history.
There are q good many points about
this wonderful campaign that the public
ut large are not famil ar with. The re-
volt that has just been broughtto close
by this capture was started by woman.
the wife of Chief Mangus. She is a
woman Of great force of character
and strikingly intellectual for a
squaw. She planned the escape and
urged the band to desperate deeds
She was the Joan Of Arc OF the
Apache race. The escape of Geronimo
from Fort Apache took place on May
II, 1885. With him he took "a bucks.
boys and 81 women. They travelled
100 miles before camping. and their
pursuers we're hot upon their tracks.
but thew didn't get in sight of the In
dams. For hundreds of miles this chase
was kept up until Geronimo was in the
fastness of the mountains. Finally. af-
ter desperate Campaign. be was can
turcd by General Crook. but was held
only one night, when he escaped again.
A few DAYS after this escape he return
ed into the fort with four bucks. and,
Selling q white woman, told her that il
|. she did not tell him where his wife i
tent WA he would kill her. The woman
pointed ont the souaw's tent GeronI-
mo to0k mis- wife, and was acriu at
I large, having accomplished one Of the
I most daring and heroic deeds ever re-.
corded, Now that he is captured after
such A desperate chase. General Miles
will take rood care thata he does moi
again escape. 1t would be a reflection
upos the general that he viii take good
! care not to have il occur if this dcy..
{ pcrado should again get at large
At the Indian Office the history OF
this Notorious Indian was fully looked
up. His name, spelled Eronemo. first
occurs in Agent Clum's report of the
San Carlos Agency in 1876. Mr.. Clum
writes at length IN that year Of the re.
moval of the Chiricahua Apaches. In
| April . band of these Indians attacked
SULPHUR Springs Station and killed two
men, Messrs. Rogers and Spence The
same band attacked the ranches Of the
Rio San Pedro, killed one mar, and
I very badly wounded another. A co M
panv of cavalry went from Fort Bowie
to punish these murderers. They pur.
sued them sixty. miles and. had a fight.
They killed no Indians and returned in
Nav. Six of the Chiricahua Apaches
were removed to San Carlos.
The name of the Chiricahua Indians
had been a terror to Arizona and So
nora for MANY years previous to this.
MANY graves in Arizona marked the
resting places of their victims. and their
raids for plumber and murder were con.
tinued until the very day of their re
moval. The reason for their. remova
was that they could be managed better
n the San Carlos agency than in the
mountain Businesses.
| At this time the tribe numbered five
hundred able warriors, well armed
brave and experienced. They had de
fed the army, and had invariably beer
successful in all engagements with our
troops. General Kautz, who was ther
in command of the Department of Ar
iona, sent twelve companies of tn,
| >tOutS duU y company OI lHQid0 pO