Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-02-05
"REMINISCENCES.
why. When. and Now, Fort Apache came so be Es ehlishec. wi'h ner ma, CTS lnciden'al thereio.
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Her mat CTS lnciSen ei theToio.
 BY A.. F. EANTA
 S0en after, Col. Green selected a site ysoat three quarters si mile further east, apeE the mesa. where military post was established and moved Camp Ord" in honor 6: the department com saandsr, General E. 0. c. Ord
 The post, now known Ss Camp Ord, was considered stratsgetically situated. being located in tae heart ei the Apscberia This done, Col Green returned with his command back to Ft. Goiwis. Arriving at Gsod win, tAe Colonel at once set abent the pre para ter ef q series of "eharges and specif- cstieDt" against Capt Barry, alleging ''disosedisnce of erders, the visistion of certain articles of war, and tle inevita- kle winding sp, viz, l" ondaet nnbe- coming aa officer and s gentleman l" This ngEaarsle of charges, etc, etc i, were in dse time sent te General Thomss E pevsn, commanding officer ef tke Seutherx military district of ArizoAs, with headquarters st Camp Mcdowell.
 CRATER III.
 In sursusnce of the agreement with Capt Barry at eur camp er the Carizo, our three selves, socom panied by Chief Es-cah-pah, his brother, Ei Disblo, one AqEaim, the chiefs inter preter, Meguil, and twenty-six bucks, about 10 o'clock on the meraiag of the 3d si August, 1869, started on our journey acrsss the mountains, en route for Camp Mcdowell. This time, on reaching the PiRAl territory we were greeted with the eiiye braneh of peace, sad guide sent ;> us by the chiei. Bs-bao-dscha-Rah, ts guide eur party to certain point in the Pinal country, ct which place the Finals proposed to entertain us with big "peace dance" and welcome This place we named sDeud's D.nce," from the lact that it came deyilish near being ths last act sf eur earthly career Oar party reached the point designated little while before sunset, but not a single Apache was to be seen in the whole country, except our own party and the ere Pinsl who guided us to the spot. However, about dark, the Piusls made & sudden appearance, and in less thsn an hour there were st lezst three hun dred in sight. The Apaches made their camps, in horizontal line, along the base of a small mountain, extending in sR east aud west line ts distance ei quarter of mile Oar camp was located tive hundred yards to the seutk- ward upon more level and open ground. A soon ss It became dark, large fire was made hy the Finals, to make light fer the dancers. Shortly after this the tem-lens were heard and the dancing began, accom- panied st intervals with pesis of laughter, and g general feeling of good AamoI Later on, however. Cooley and Doud being seated at the "dance fire," l backled on my gun, and with large, red blanket over my shoulders, went up to where the dsnc. ing wac in progress, but instead of Equattiag down in the Ere-ligkt, pssse. around te he nsrth side and sat eewn under soras mesquite bushes outside the line of Ere-hght, so that ia this positien 1 could watch, uHob- served, every movement of the Apaehes. l hai perhaps sat there half ar hour when, hearing r1stling noise te Eay right, but no words spoken, looking in that direction saw Pinsl Apaeke grab a rife and, almost at the same instant another Apache perhaps there fer the purpose, caught hold of the same rife, but in less time than to tell il, the gun was discharged and simultaneously Herewith every inierRai Indian, sig and little, SO It seemed from the great up.oSr, began shospins and yelling, ss only the North American red devils know fally bew ;e do.
 Ia less than two minutes after the Erisg Oi the gun, net an Indian fire could be seen anywhere except the t'daRee hre.n With the squaws scream jag st their young ones. and aI of ihsr scattering through the under brush Ike 50 many quails, and this supplemented with the whSps aud ysIis of nearly two hundred desoai- scAi, hidsoasly painted savsges, yelliR for CT against inc blood of our three selFes, was a very interesting paRdemo- mum te see and listen te; more par tieuiarly so perhaps. when you knew yourself to be the object to he roasted rs eslow hce" made Q! green mesquite wosd
 This hell turned loose was kept ur until late heur ikat night, but .oon after il began l caught sight Of Cooley, who was standing near inc outer edge of tbs mob, and said 10 hial, "We had better get out oi this sad back to cur camp where onr rifles are" At the same time enquired fer Dosd, bat Cooley did not know what had become el cur frieAd, nsr wss he anywhere ia sight, However, ve tive slipped quiet y back out of the firs-.igh. into the darkness, and made tracks for eur camp. Alter rssohing camp and securing our shooting irons, Ceeley said, What had ae best de nsw, eur animals ara iR tEs possession of the Indians, sad we ars left Aiootr' ! proposed that we ws:t short tizse 10 zee fl DeGd Heuld Ehow np and, ii ths hswling devils made .Iest. io turn loose st 'en, kill as q ,,. t,assihia abandon fbe os-.st