Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-02-05
"REMINISCENCES.
Why. When, and Now. Fort Apache caEoe 10 bo Es abiished. with othev mat CTS incidental ihsve,o.
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 (Coistinued rem fourth pAEsA However, seeing that ho could not
 prevail .pon us to stop over. even with
 the promise of "anothsr dance," the
 chief had our animals brought in, and
 we packed and sadaled up. pulling out
 of that camp shen. 10 o'clock s, N. In
 order to protect us from attack by any
 oi his rowing parties, the chief furnish
 sd as an escort consisting of twelve ef
 his trusiy warriors. under sub-ehiei,
 who were to accompany our party
 through ais territory aud until we
 reached the country of the Tonte
 Apsches.
 Alter arriving in the Tsnte country,
 we were me, by Chief DelshAy, with .
 party of his people, to whom we were
 formally consigned by our Final escort.
 Here the Finals made camp by them.
 selves, and cur party camPed with the
 Tontos Early ,he following morning
 the two camps separated, tho Finals
 returning eastward. and our party in
 company with Delshay and party eoa-
 tinuisg to the north. 1 wish to remark right here, by way of parenthesis. that during the previous days march, Dsad proposed that ws kill the fl rst Indian
 who should meet us with propositions
 to join in a dance.
 During our travels with the rontos, nothing worthy of special note occur
 red until we arrived at the western rim of the Sierra Anohes. Hers we halted perhaps half sn hour, and while, Del shay and his isen were making their peace smokes"--always three in num- bor-which were te notify all bands of Iontss between us and Camp Reno that cur party Sas peace party, aud not te modest 1t, we enjoyed magnificent view ever s vast extent of country. Away to the west across the valley Of tho Tsnte creek, an.l close np to the eastern base of the Maxatlan range, could be dimly seen a small brown or hare spot of earth, which was as the chief teld rs, Camp Rene, "where your people live; cannot so there, as they would kill me and my people; bu. you may now go h safety, ! for have made ,he peace smoke,' and when you get among your people dent ! forget Delshay."
 Al this time, the year 1869, hostile | Tontos were seen almost every day by | the garrison at Reno, and as conse- suence aN were kept in s perpetual suspense.
 About nine o'clock in the morning, we bid gsod bye to Delshsy and his pso- pie, and at once began our descent of the western slope Of the Sierra Anches range; the "psace smoke" in this in- stance, proving eficaoious, fer we en- countsred no hostiles between thsrs and Camp Reno.
 iE this connection. wish te remark. thst shortly afterwards he was decoyed inte Csnp Reno, by the sacred egis of peace--the white iags--and shot by the surgeon of the post, disremem ais narnel after he had failed once or twice to kiIl Dslshay by administering poison. A similar fate met old Man gus Colorado (Red Alex), in Southern Arizona. Mangus. with his young son, Cochise, and four or five n ere of bis people, were aecsyed into camp, then arrested ana confined in tent; after which sll were shot dewn in the tent by the guard, except Cochise, the young sen of old Mangus, who made bis es- cape. Cechise afterwards devoted the { pest part of his fife in the pursuit of and his name became ter TOT throughout all CT Southern Arizona How well be carried out his schsne of sworn vengeance. and his reason or cause therefor, 1 leave so all those sh0 are cogaizsnt of the facts, te de- iuce their own conclusions. The ruth teld at times may be bitter pill l o swallow. particularly .e to seme of 0ur people, but n is never heless the ruth. However, noae but towards ske advantage of helpless prisoners. mobs are bold by reason of superior numbers. but singie-handed 1 I heir members may Do srrant CUTS a. I leart. Ss
 The camp (Reno) was situated about NO miles west of Tonto creek, upon an ,pen mesa running down towards Donio creek. fron the eastern base of lao Mazatlan range. Upon either side ,f the post were two deep rayines rum ling parallel with the mesa, and from me to two hundred yards distant ireE | he military camp. After ascending q he tap oi this mesa from Tontc I reek, we could plainly see Camp Reno, lad onr party continued along in plain t new, apparently unobserved by the q ,eoplc oj the camp, until we had ar T wed within four or five hundred yards Il f the post II must Dc remembered N here were thirty-three people in our n 'arty, and the day before our arrival, ho government herder had been killed, nd a soldier wounded. Suddenly, ome one discovered us, and gave the Q larEl; it being nooutime, and all about he post eeing tt their dinners, sud enly there was general rush here nd there, the company of Infantry fell :, nte line, and s skirm ish line thrown 1. ut, composed of Majsr Collins, com ,' handing the Camp. the First Sergeant, . he citizen blacksmith, and the post r rsdsr. .;
 (Te be continued.) !,