Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-22
AL sTREErER, THE WHITE ArAcAE
Onco . Gallant Soldier, a Quarrel and
Duel Drive Him to Join the Cruel


Onoo q Gallant Soldier, a Quarrel and
Duel Drive Him to Join tho Cruel
savages.
With the recent outbreak Of Apaches in
New Mexico and Arizona, notice the story
OF "The White Apache" has been revived,
writes . correspondent Of The Ne~ Yo.k STR.
Every Indian raid brings this celebrated from.
tier character into undesirable prominence as
q leader OF hostile savages, or at least one
who gives aid and comfort 20 the merciless
enemy Of the southwestern fronticrsmen. AL
Streeter, the white Apache, has been killed
oftcner In Mexican aud Arizona newspapers
than any man ] know Of; yet only . few
months ago I saw letter from him dated
Oposura, Mexico, anil, although to my own
knowledge he had been reported rs killed by
the press while leading Apachcs three differ
ent times, he was most lively corpse.
Whether his COOL luck would attend him on
the American side OF the line 10 open to the
gravest kind of doubt.
The history Of Streeter is a genuine bit Of
frontier romance, full Of weird dramatic in
tcrcst He was an arab on the streets OF San
Francisco. full OF the Will hoodlum spirit
which the glorious climate Of California In.
time Mexico had been completely knocked out
by Macmillan anl his French allies. The
triple bars only foated over Paso del Norte,
and hardly would have foated there had II
not been that Franklin (now FL Paso) lay
right across the river, with the Americans
there In full force. While things looked thus
unpromlsng for Ju ,rcz anl the Mexican re-
pub!icans some daring American officers con-
ceved the idea Of raising troops for him In
the United States. Col. George Green was
one OF the first to raise a company In Cali
fornla and one OF the first to Join the f1libus.
tiers was young Streeter then only IL years O{
age. What the company accomplished did
not amount tomuch. as before 1t was well In
the field came the fall OF Macmillan and tho
restoration Of the republic.
Young streeter, however, had required .
taste for soldering, and Joined the regular
Spanish language, anu, being a magnificent
horsemsn as we'll as thorough soldier. he
rose up step by step until he found himself the
major Of a regiment Of cavalry. About this
time he was stationed at the little mountain
town Of Casas Grandes, In the state Of
chihuahua. In one OF the companies was .
young lieutenant namcl Jose Girclay Garcia
Streetcr and Garcia were Ia the habit Of at
tending the Thursday night 'b ,iles," or pub
lie Dances that made the only life TO be found
In the quaint oil town, outside OF hanging
round the 'tcu la' drinking mcscal, Or
American lager at 81 a bottle.
Among the mountain towns Of the Sierra
Madre none has higher reputation Tor the
beauty Of Its woman than Casas Grandes and
the belle OF the canton anl Of the "baile"
vas va, Ju..a.ita Gandara, the only daughter Of
the fefe polltico of the town This Office,
which has no equivalent IN English,N
which combines in itself tho offices Of mayor
and sheriff, is one Of great distinction In
= Mexican town. As Gandara was, after tho
pastoral fashion, wealth In docks and herds
aud said to have tidy little sum to his credit
IN McManus' bank at chihuahua, his dnu III
ter had many admirers among the youth of
the Surrounding country.
Among the officers OF the garrison who were
., her feet were Mai. Streetcr and Lieut.
Care a, and the rivalry between the Two soon
resulted in enlargement. The girl smiled
upon the Young Lieutenant and, although his
superior officer was allowed to dance with and
Occas onaly say soft nuthngs to the nut
-
der the w"tchful eye OF one Of those care:u
old senOras In whose bio ID passion Is cold and
wits upon the jndSmcnt. The padre thought
that the girl should not marry II ''gringn,"
and old Gapdara, who haI memories Of time
when the hated Tejonos Cre1ans) oyerran his
fair chihuahua, shared In his f.ciugs Aud
SO Ii happened that when tho ma jur called to
see the fefe politco the girl, after the manner
Of her country In such cases was always ab-
seut, but when 1t WAS the Young lieutenant
who c1lled, She appeared NJ once, AMI In that
language which, ike the Italian, was made to
sing, accompanied herself upon the guitar rs
she sang some one Of those dc ightful Cuban
airs 80 popular in Mexico.
Insane with jealousy, the story goes that
one evening the maj accused his subordinate
Of having msrrprcS:nied and slaudered him
to obtain an Hsccn icncy over thc girl. Hot
words followed, the insu that blood alone
ran atone was passed and the following morn
ing the NOVng lieutenant an'. his com naIdiug
officer faced one another IN grove OF cottolf
wood on the banks Of the Crsas Grandcs river
At the first fire Young Garcia fell dead, shot
thrOu ID the heart. His antagonist, fearing
arrest aud the fury of the Mcxicans, mounted
his horse and fed toward the American lines.
StrectcI next turned up Mt the San Carlos
reservation II ARENA, where he obtained
situation AS clerk unlcr Capt Jcirreys at that
time the Indian agent there, aud remained
with him for several years, or until the out
break Of Nctoria's Ind al war IN 1879 81
During this prrod lie stu lied anl became
master Of the APACHE tongu', sprakng 1t Ike
native and brcane so Thoroughly acquainted
with the habits and GU toms al the Ind aus
that he was lonkrd UP 10 by them with the 70.
vcrance due chief. Those nho knew him
best On the reservation say that with each
rear that passed. he iilspla "c,l growing dis
gust with civil zcd lie and a greater DISPOSE
ton to consOrt with the savages. There also
comes the story OF another unfortunate low:
Hufr han A fr,,n S.p
Carlos, and n number of AI,ac;irs disappear
aud lake the war-path about lhe same time.
|. During the long lnlian campaign, which
iasicd ffom the fall u 1879 to ting sllmrlcr 9f
1882 there were floating AROUND Wild, weird
stories Of white man who II al been seen lea,l-
Ing on tho bands Of VicIor.a aud then Of Mana
In their raids on Amer can aud Mexican
ranches Then some herd rs who escaped
from Mana brought word That III: white man
was Strecter, ami the man, strange conduct
gained ready credencc for the story. The
ariZuna press then denounced Strcctcr As .
hhonster to whom Benedict ArBo! wns sp
angel pure as the driven snow. Then eaMe
the MeIicans In the frontier towns on the
Sonora and Chihuahua slopes OF the 81, IRA
Madre to join in the chorus. The proof Of
6trecter's action WAS quite strong enough for
= lynclIing party, but not strong enough for q
regular cigf. court
This, no doubt was partly owing 10 a yets
unpleasant habit thc'Apachcs have of'iestroy%
ing testimony by killing the witnesses. Be
this as it may, ssrceter was not heard OF as
Until Ecu. Crook hal eif.'cluary disposed az
The Apsches In June, 1851 Then LETTERS weEs
received from him at La Novia, on the fronticf
Of Arizona and Mexico stating that he had
peyer been with the Apachrs, and that he
gould retqrn from Mexico 70 the United
States.
The Cycle For Military Purposes
Mounted infantry suffer IN any case under