Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-13

PapDgO vilages notifying them that on the 2Slh day of April We want them to be at San Xavier early in the morning with jdl the force they can muster for a cam p1ign against our common enemy the Apaches. Francisco to be prepared to give them a good breakfast, on their ar- rival and send messengers to me at once; this matter being satisfactory we return to Tucson. ] will see all the Mexicans who may desire to participate in the cam paign and have them all ready to move on the day fixed. You make arrangements with the Americans you can trust eltherto take active part in the campaign or ren- dersuch assistance in supplies, arms, am munition and horses as will be required tu carry out the expedition. and on the day fixed April 25th) news of the arrival or the Papagoes at San Xavier having first been received all who were to be ac- tive participants in the campaign to leave town quietly and singly to avoid giving alarm and rendezvous on the RIlito opposite San Xavier where the papag0os will be advised to meet us, and where us per arrangement the arms, am muuitiOu and provisions will be delivered and distributed All hands having arrived Ht tEc rendezvous the command to be fsIy organized by the election of a com maBder who all shall be pledged to obey implicitly, when thus organized the com muud to march up the Rilhto until the trNl of the Indians whO had committed the recent depreciation at San Xavier was struck. which was to be followed where ever it might lead, and all Indians found Ol it killed if possible" Here you have the whole plan of the Camp Grant cam puru as proposed by Mir. Ehas and con- cured in by the writer.
 For its successful fulfiIlment we both vent towork with ali our hearts, he with his cou1tymen the Mexicans) with mine
 Che Americausl and both together with our GuXilaries the Papagoes: and early in the morning of April 2Sth, 1871, we re- cciycl the welcome news of the arrival of the Papagoes at San Xavier, and that af- ter short rest and feed they would march to the general rendezvous on the Eilht0. Soon after Elias informed that the Mexican contingent was quietly and singlv leaving town for the same destina- ton. and soon after the writer having given proper directions to the extremely small contingent of his own c0untrymen, silently and alone took up the line of march tO the common rendezvous. By g p. li. all the command had arrived, also that which was still more essential to the successful issue of the campaign. to-wit: the wagon with the arms, ammunition and grab-thanks to our old companion the Adiutant General of the Territory, whose name it might not be discreet to give in this connection, but is well known to almost every member of the Society of Arizona Pioneers. As soon as the writer was convinced that no furthur increase |. .4.s1I l.. A., A,1-o account of stock with the following re- suit: Papagoes g, Mexieans IS, Ameri- cans 6. in all llG men good and true
 During our short stay at the general rendezvous number of pleasantries were indulged in by the different members of the party upon the molly appearance of the troop, and your historian got n blow ssuareiy iD the right eve from an old neighbor who quietly said to him: Don
 Guillermo your countrymen are grand on resoluting and speechifying, but when it comes 10 action they show up exceedingly
 thin, which in view of the fact that g. Americans had solemnly pledged them- selves to be ready at any moment for the campaign and only six finally showed up WIS. to say the least, rather humiEating. However everything Was taken pleasantly. j jn3Us Aia. ElIas Was elected commander of the expedition and at P. NJ. the com mani was lip the saddle ready for the
 march. Just here it seemed to me thal
 we had neglected a very important pre-
 cautiOnary measure and ] peneiled the
 following note to H. S Stevens, Esq.,
 Tucson, 'send a party to the Canada del
 Gro on the main road from Tucson to
 Camp Grant with orders 10 stop any and
 all persons going towards Camp Grant
 until [ o'clock A. NJ. of April 30th 1S71'
 This note l gave to the teamster who had
 not yet left our camp who delivered il
 promptly and it was as promptly attend
 ed to by Mr. Stevens but for this pre-
 caution our campaign would have re
 suited m complete failure. from the fact
 that the absence of so many men from SC
 small population as Tucson then con
 tained was noted by person of large in
 iiIence in the community, and at whose
 urgent demand the military commando
 sent an express of two soldiers with dis
 patches to Camp Grant who were quietly
 detained at Canada del Gro and did no
 reach that post until it was too late tc
 harm us. After writing and dispatchin!
 ,he note above referred to the orde
 forward was given aqd the command
 moved gdily and confidently on it's mis
 sion; about r. NJ. the trail was strucl
 which we proposed to follow and tn
 march continued through the Cebedil
 Pass and down the slopes of the Sal
 Peiro to the point where the San Xavie { party had killed the Indian above referre;
 to, when the order to camp was given Q
 it was about midnight, the moon goin
 down, and the trail could not be wei
 followed in the dark Just at break c
 day of the morning of April 29th, WI , marched down into the San Pedro bot
 tom where our commander determined t remain until night-fall lest our commanl
 should be discovered by rowing Indian
 and alarm given at the ranoAeria "
 had followed all this time the trail of tn Q Indians who had raided San Xavier. an every man in the command was no' , fully satisfied that it would lead US t the reservation and arrangements mad e accordingly. Commander Elias gay orders to march as soon as 1t was dar and believing that we were much neare - the rancheria than we really were an . that We would reach its neighborhood b l midnight. detailed three men as seoul whose whole duty it was when the con , mand arrived conveniently near thei ] rancheria to go ahead and ascertain tt - exact locality and report to hlm the rt , suit of their reconnaissance, in order e have no guess-Work about their actu l. position, and our attack consequently | hap-hazard affair Everything bein a now ready for the final march we move y ont of the San Pedro bottom just at darl = t soon became evident that our capta r and ail ih0so wlo thought they knew u 7 distance had made a grave miscalcul D ton, and that instead of it's being ahol e l6 miles as estimated, it was nearer 8 { e that after continuous march throus g the whole night it was near daybrei If before we reached the Aravaipa canon, if that when We did reach it there was y time left to make the proposed reconno o ance to ascertain the exact location a the Indian camp, which involved t IF necessity Of change of our plan of ; y- tack. We knew that the rancheria W l. in the Arayaipa caGOn somewhere abe TO the post, but the exact distance hobo le knew-we were in a critical position y were in sight of the post, day was [ e preaching and 1t was plain that in ve C. short time we would be discovered eitl o. by the Indians or the people at the pa m in either case our expedetion would "a an absolute failure, but our gallant ci .e tain was equal to the emergency; promp af. he e6ge order tO divide the command ed two wings, tho one to comprise the Pa ye goes, the other the MeXicans 8 ch Americans, and to skirmish up the CIT da uHtil we struck the.rancheria. When