Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-25

and smuggle it into the neighborhood
of Janos, with the adroit secrecy which
he knew well how to employ.
But his well-laid plans were fated to
fail Soon after his arrival at Janos he
succeeded in finding an Apache squaw
who had done little trading ON the sly
and was about returning to the hostile
camp. He asked her if she would carry
message from friendly white man to
Chief Ju. ''Why," she replied, "Chiei
Ju has been dead for over year. Didn't
YOU know that" "No," responded
Shaw Eady, ''we never heard of it. How
did he get killed." she didn't get
killed. He was drowned in the Casas
Grandes River" ''How is that possible
when he was such strong, athletic, ro-
bust warrior, who knew how to swim,
and was afraid of neither fire nor water ~
"Ah, ;" chuckled the squaw, 'neither fire
nor water could have conquered him,
but fire-water did. The chief had left
camp on horseback early one morning
to 90 to Mexican mescal ranch in the
Casas Grandes Valley and lay in a sup
ply of the fiery liquid, of which he was
very fond. He had a jug with him,
strapped to the saddle, which lie intend
ed to get filled. While at the mescal
ranch, and before starting on his return
trip, he drank more than he could stand,
and had to be helped ON his horse. The
Mexicans saw him safely off, with the
jug of mescal, as well as his rifle, strapped
to the saddle.
''They saw him heading fol the ford
across the Cases Grandes River, through
which he had come, but also noticed
that he was very unsteady in his seat,
and that he could not sit straight. They
had seen him, however, often in this
condition, and attributed no particular
importance to it. That evening, con-
tinued the squaw, "the Chiefs horse
came into camp without its rider, with
the rifle and jug tied to the saddle, but
the hitter half empty. We could easily
guess what had happened. and we re-
covered his body couple of days after
several miles below the ford" The
squaw did not, of course, give this mar
rative in the concise form in which the
writer has reproduced it, but Shaw Eady
had to get the statement from her almost
in monosyllables, and from the odds and
ends of her talk he elected the connected
tale.
"Who is your Chief now, then ?"
asked he. 81 want to see him, for
have an important talk to make to
him."
"The new Chief" she replied sis
Na-ches, but if there is any talking to
be done it is Geronimo whom you want
to see. He is the medicine man, and
Na-ches agrees to all that he says.
After some persistant coaxing, Sydney
Shaw-Eady obtained the squaw's prom
Use that she would tell Geronimo chat
friendly white man wanted to see him,
and to appoint place of meeting. She
returned two days after and said Ger
onimo was willing to hear what Shaw
Eady had to say, and that he would
meet him at place some ten or twelve
miles from Janos, to which she was to
guide him. They set out early next
morning, on foot, as the squaw declared
it was no use to try to go on horseback,
as the country was too rough and broken.
This proved to be fact, for Shaw Eady
declared on his return that he had
never seen worse country to travel
through. In craggy gulch, TO which
the foot of no white man had prob
ably ever before penetrated, the adyen-
furious Englishman at last came face to
face with the willy savage.
He said he had never seen rs ugly and
repellanta face as that Of Geronimo, and
that the remembrance of it afterward
pursued him like a nightmare. The
negotiation that ensued was lengthy
and tedious one, but led to no tangible
results. Geronimo was evidently very
anxious to obtain large lot of ammuni-
ton, but he would not commit himself
in any way about Charley McComas. He
would not say whether he was alive or
dead-whether he was in the Indian
camp or not. He evidently knew well
enough that the boy had already been
killed, but he would not acknowledge
it. However, Shaw ady told him
plainly that the boy would have TO be
delivered before any ammunition could
be handed over, and thus Geronimo was
completely cornered, but still hated to
give up all chance of obtaining the COW
eted cartridges. He said he would re-
turn to the camp and inquire about what
could be done, and if the other Indians
We're willing toglve up the little captive,
leaving it to be inferred that he was
still alive. He further said that he
would send message into Janos to
w-Eady next day in regard to the
matter. The latter remained in the
quaint old Mexican town for nearly a
week. but no message came, and he
learned from outside sources, which he
entitled to credence, that lit /
tie Charley was no longer alive, and
that his Grand was in vain.
1t afterward transpired, when the hos
tiles under Geronimo were captured by |
Captain Lawtons command at the old
ranch of Badesi, in Sonora, that on the
third day after the murder Of his pa
rents, while his captors were on their
rapid retreat to Chihuahua, Charley be-
came very noisy and FESTIVE, and was
crying for hismother. The 4
Indians had to stop frequently to either
pacify or terrify him, 50 as to keep him I
quite. Ore of them mt last got impa 4
tent at the little fellows constant lam
citations. and brained him with heavy 1