The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-16
THE BRUTE APACHES.
What Superintendent Dorches-
ter Saw in Arizona.
CAMPS or RED aauRpesERs,
Girls Traded Tor Rsales Ctssr1y Cn-
vsrsAy u Trsse-TIsvin. Tie vile
Native whisky.

Native whisky.
DR.. Daniel Dorchester. superintendent
OF Indian schools. il making . tour OF The
reservations in the Southwest for the pur-'
pose Of reporting on the condition Of In
dian schools. Dr. Dorchester belongs TO
the New England school of phiIanthro-
pisfs, who regard the Indian IS . much
abused individual. bat be has had his eyes
opened in regard to them. He has had
quite m exciting time among the Apaches
in Arizona, as be tells in his report He
says:
From the time entered Arizona, vas
entertained with thrilling accounts of the
savage atrocities perpesrated by the terri
bic Apaches- The prevalent sentiment in
regard to this tribe Is sharp and vindic-
tive-scarcely an exception. had known
something of the fearful experiences of
miners and settlers with the chiracahua
band of Apaches, the most nendiike OF all,
but learned much more will not at
tempt to describe the asrocious tortures to
which their victims were subjected. My
heart revolts from the attempt. They ex-
tend through 9 period OF nearly twenty
y
1885: and some little less hkndish have been
perpetrated since that time.
81 was at first inclined to plead that it
was only Geronimo's band which had COM
mitted these blood-eurdiing Outrages, and
felt that the Wholesale denunciation Of the
Indians, or even Of the Apaches. was not
iustlfable, though did not dispute with
any one upon the subject All the Indians
OF Arixona, except the Apaches, are almost
universally held in good repute IS far Is
public order is concerned, though many are
degraded"
When he announced his determination
TO visit the San Carlos reservation, warn
ing stories of oufrages came in from all
sides and . telegram of inquiry to Captain
Bulls. the agent there. brought the follow
ing suggestive reply:
Travel on the roads is probably safe st
present.
He then says:
Invent to Bowie station. the point from
which the stage runs daily to San Carlos,
where found no apprehension of danger
among those who knew the situation.
In the meantime the Apache sssassins
of Herbert, after chase of 25O miles in five
days, had been overtaken-two had been
shot and the others taken prisoners. While
on my way the first day / met Captain
Bulls. who had started for Texas on bus
mess. Sitting on the front seat with the
driver, he held powerful repeating rife
in his hand. / heard that so many ugly
threats had.been made against him that he
never went unarmed.
Starting from Fort Thomas the second
morning found the stage driver also
carrying firearms. At about ten miles we
passed the spot where Herbert was killed,
shot from his wagon while eating lunch.
Taking his team and burning his wagon,
the assassins FASTENED away.
"lhree days before / reached SansCarlos
Captain Bulls had arrested and disArmed
all the disaffected and troublesome Indians
within easy reach, and their families and
all the relatives of the five assassins-
twenty-five bucks and seventy-five in all
and started with them to Fort Union. n.
NJ. under military escort. This secretly
planned and suddenly executed movement
powerfully affected the remaining Indians,
arousing vengeance in some and fear in
others.
ION my way from Fort Thomas to San
Carlos passed the deserted homes of most
of the arrested Indians some of them on
high bluffs. with stone breastworks over
looking the travelled road, and affording
rare facilities for shooting traveller.
I'm my travels through twenty-five other
Indian reservations l never saw Indians
carrying rifles. and only few with hunt
ing guns. But along this road for twenty
miles ] saw Indians with rifles, either in
hand or strapped on their ponies. All
Apaches are well supplied with rifles and
ammunition. sold 70 them by Mexicans
numerous between SolomonsviIle and Fort
Thomas, and sell TO the Apaches corn,
from which they make their tiswin-a fiery,
madGeaing liquor.
II found at the agency . general feeling
of unrest. Four two nights the school
buildings had been guarded against burn
ing by the Indians. A friendly squaw had
Ia IA mi f md NJ
Pretty soon tell Captain Bulls Indian
burn Ill people up Much fire. The
matron said, You 60 tell Captain Bulls
The Indian woman replied: Il 'fraid of
Indians. Apache bucks kill me-
This squaw had before given warning
which proved well founded. In this case
her story was confirmed, for the night
before l arrived six Indian girls whom the
matron knew had gone to bed as usual.
were found in the night up and dressed
When asked why they did so. they said
they had been warned OF danger. The
school buildings were nightly watched by
patrol. and officers OF the school were fur
nished with firearms from the fort.
Constance Bread. Tonic Apache, who
returned from the Carlisle. Penn, school
last July. and was employed as an inter-
prefer, was threatened with death because
he interpreted a death sentence pro-
nounced upon an Apache, So great was
his office.
The evening that Herbert was killed
signal fires communicated the intelligence
beyond the agency before the first white
messenger arrived. The assassins had cut
the telegraph wires.
Eleven Apache renegades are now CON-
hitting depredatious on the borders of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. The military are
in pursuit Another band Of scouts Is on
the trail of Kid, well-known Apache des-
perado.
The story of Mas-se, the only Chiric
ahua now known to be at large, equals the
widest romances. He is one OF Geronimo's
band. carried Last by General Miles. He
escaped from the train in Missouri ana
made his way back 10 Arizona, where bis
record has been that of fiend, killing cat
tie. stealing horses and shooting stage
driver from q rocky bluff. Meeting a souaw
aud her ia-year-old daughter, he killed the
mother and horse and bore away the
daughter. When closely pursued he
killed the horse, took to the rocks and car
ried the girl TO Mexico. After keering her
year be returned as far as tie Bowie
pass, pointed out to her the Apache White
mountains. gave her beef and q horse and
sent her home The girl Is now demented.
About seven weeks ago he stole another
| girl The cattiemen and the government
have both offered rewards for his arres, on
account of his murder. Even the Indians
are afraid of him.
"Es-kim-a-xine 50 or 90 years Old ia ,he