Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-10-09

Not an instant too soOc,, although he
has ridden hard since earliest dawn, has
Lane reached the ROCKY r.3s. North
and south the PeloGcillo5 ar shrOUded
in the gloom of coming n;.;2t, and all
over the arid plain to the eastward dark
ress has settled down. In previous
scouts he has learned the country we'll,
and he knows just where to t,1rI for
tanks of cool water " horses, mules
and men--the cavalry order of prece-
dence when creature comforts are II be
doled out. He knows just where to con-
ceal his little force in the recesSes of the
rocks and let them build tiny fires and
make their coffee and thea get such rest
as is possible before the coming day; but
there is no rest for him. Taking two
veteran soldiers with him, and leaving
the troop to the command of his Geuten-
ant, an enthusiastic young soldier only
a year out of the cadet gray, the captain
rides westward through the cleaning
He must determine at once whether the
Indians are coming toward the pass by
which the San Simon makes its burst
through the range, or whether, having
made wide detour around the little post
at Bowie among the Chiricahua noun
tains, they are now heading southwark
again and taking the shortest line to the
border before seeking to regain once
more their old trail along the San Ber-
nardino. How often have their war
parties gone TO and fro along those rocky
banks. unmolested, unpursued!
And now, secure in the belief that
tkey have thrown all the cavalry far to
tie rear in the ''stera chase" which 10
Apache breads, well knowing how easily
ht can distance his hampared pursuers,
she zen gades, joined by gang of the
utterly ''unreconstructed" Chiricahaus,
are taking things easily and making
raids on the helpless ranches that lie to
the right or left of their line of march.
Fortunately for the records these are
few in number; had there been dozens
more they would only have served to
swell the list of butchered men, of plum
dered ranches, of burning stacks and
corrals, of women and children borne of
to be the sport of their leisure hours
when once secure in the fastnessesof the
Sierra Madres far south Of the line
Death could not come too soon to the re-
lief Of these poor creatures, and Lane
and all his men had been spurred TO the
utmost effort by the story Of the railway
hands that they had plainly seen several
women and children bound to the spare |
animals the renegades drove along across |
the iron track.
Among the passengers in the pillaged |
stage coach were the wife and daughter |
of am Indian agent, who had only recent
ly come to this arid territory and knew
little of the ways of its indigenous peo-
pie. Nothing had since been seen or
heard of them. Capt. Rawlins and two |
soldiers, going up as witnesses before a
court martial at Grant, were found
hacked almost beyond recognition, and
the driver, too, who seemed to have
crawled out among the rocks to die.
Verify the Apaches had good reason to
reyel IN their SUGGEST They had hood
winked the bureau, lodged the cavalry,
plundered right and left until they were
rich with spoil, and now, well to the
south of the railway, with choice Of
either east or west side of the range,
their main body and prisoners are halted
TO rest the animals, while miles TO the
rear their faithful vedettes keep watch
against pursuers, and miles out TO the |,
west the most active young warriors are
crying havoc at the ranch of Tres Her
menos. L Is the red glare Of the Haps