Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-07

erias in a hollow between two high mountains cliffs near spring or small stream whence they could have a good lookout upon the plains. From afar off they would espy the the tired, thirsty caravan of travellers, pursuing their weary way upon the sandy road, the grazing herd and the primitive Mexican OK carts laden with flour or grain Quickly they would descend and from we'll selected am. buscade attack their victims; a fiutter of arrows, a whirring of lances, perhaps a few shots from old muskets or carbines, and all was over. It is almost incredible with what innate talent for the assim- ilation of colors the savages are gifted. With the help of an old blanket, some punches of cut grass, some clay smeared upon their bodies, thorny leaves and leafy branches, they will initiate to perfection the appearance of natural rocks, bushes, cacti or other objects suitable to their purpose. When they have decided upon an at tack, agreed upon the time and place, they will proceed to the rendezvous in small parties of or ,, make their dispositions and wait for their prey in absolute immobility and with the greatest perseverance. They will generally allow their victims to pass by them 8 few steps and then with a sudden jump and fearful yells fall upon them from behind. Rare indeed are the instances where a man escaped their murderous aim; as a rule all spot while women and children are car riedinto captivity; when however they
 are threatened by immediate pursuit, they will not hesitate in lancing to the last survivor. If they feel them
 selves secure and the attacked party is but small and defenseless they will also carry off man alive Woe to him. He is destined to suffer such torments as only Torquemada could invent. A favorite manner of tortur- ing their prisoners to death consists of suspending them by their feet on the branch of tree and maintaining 8 slow fire under their heads. We found once two soldiers in the San Simon valley, who had gone estray from their comrades while hunting, hanging thus dead, their noses, ears and genitalis had been cut off. A scalped victim of Apache Indians I have neither seen or ever heard of
 Our Indian guide Marigildo who had in his early youth been a prisoner in the hands of the Chiricahuas under Cacheese for the period of seven years, related that the latter quite frequent ly turned over their male captives 10 the squaws to be dealt by at their pleasure; they would generally whip them with the exceedingly thorny hraachss qf the s!lvery cactus and then torture them slowly to death by heated pointed sticks, process which at times las ted for several days. One single case has come to my personal knowledge where male prisoner was given his freedom-after suffering castration. This operation had been performed upon him in very singu- lar manner; by inserting d long needle or awl where the thighs join onto the belly and giving it a downward direction towards and into the testiculi. When our scouting party found him wander ing ip the desert, he was in q pitiahle condition, half dead and nearly in sane. One who has not seen it would hardly believe with what degree of force, quickness and accuracy the Apache manages his bow which is about four feet long and consists of bois d' arc, ash or peculiar kInd of willow that grows along some noun tain streams to improve its strength it is frequently wrapped over in some parts with the sinews of the black tail deer which also furnish bow string, although when qbtaipable, the gut of the wildcat is pFeferred fQr this purpose. On the left wFist the Apache usually carries broad leather or Faw-hide band as protection against the force of the bow-strin E
 His arrows are made from g to 3 feet in length and consist of two pieces
 the first and by far the longer is g
 tapering reed into whose smaller enc
 is inserted piece of some heavy wood
 carrying in it's point the arrowhead qf iron fled or whetted down to {
 very sharp edge. have never known
 the Apaches to use poisoned arrows
 but still they produce with these prim
 itive missiles, if not necessarily fatal
 always dangerous and very painful
 wounds, because the delicate vegetabl,
 fibIes which hold the arrowhead il
 its place, become loose through tn
 oQEtaqt Eith bl6Gd, Gnd Shen sn af
 row is pulled from the wound its heq'
 generally remains therein. Tn,
 Apaches carry their arrows in a quive
 of some skin, sometimes adorned a
 the lower end by the hanging tails c
 foxes or polecat, and in such a man
 ner that the feathered ends of the al
 rows pFotrude behind and over tn | left sltQHiqef, go tR4t Ky HgAGh,hg Gye
 with the right hand, they can seiz
 and place the arrow upon the bo'
 with great rapidity. In this manne
 an Apache whose leg was shattered b
 a musket ball and who was thus prs
 vented from making good his escape
 wounded two Oldiers and three horl es before " succeeded in quietin
 him ' ct is true Be rad 10 'breecf leaders then). The feathers ppo the arrow, for the most part take from seme species of hawk CT fslcol gre 4 to 5 inches long. with the e, , ception of the Tontos who use fou ell the other Apaches use three arTo feathers. The degree of penetratio , attsiRed by these Projectiles had flu
 opportunity of ascertaining in 4st g while aCccnpa4!i yttf5g thss RFegon. tfai , Qf 2 merchant through the San GFqz valley. is4aNiHg that ths ApaaoI |, es very seldom made an attack durir n the night time, and then only | moonlight, we travelled generally l :, night and herded the animals durir yI the day while they grazed. In eros ' ins F dSE aa4dY Rsd where CUT pr 7 gtess was necessarily slew we were : 7 9f4 F sudden 4ttacEsd.' TheFs #as T. very bright Mooniight; the 4ndiar
 contrary to custom, gave fOpLii AOl