Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-07-22
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Two children Taken hy indians From
 the Streets of Prescott.

 
 This community was startled from circumference to center this morn ing by the daring deeds of q rowing band of Indians. It has been notice able for several days that a large number of Indians have been arriy- ing daily. An Indian is an Indian and but little attention Is paid to them here as to what particular tribe they belong to, as the Nalla- pals, a lazy, worthless but harmless tribe, together with an occasional Supai, also friendly tribe, are the principal ones that visit Prescott. To see an Indian on the street Is to say to ones self it is only Walla- pal and the subject Is dismissed. Those who have arrived during the past few days however, 1t seems, are Nayaioes and their visit here has not altogether been of friendly nature, as their subsequent actions and their sudden departure migh; indicate. This morning about ten o'clock a band of them numbering probably forty or fifty bucks and perhaps from a dozen to twenty sQuaws congre- gated on the plaza and soon after wards took up their line of march towards west Prescott. When near the O. K. store they were heard to give a wild whoop and their pace was immediately increased into a regular Indian trot towards the pine clad mountains with their inacceS- sible canyons and gorges, lying i'm. mediately west of town. The word was soon given out that they had taken two small children up iron the sidewalk and had carried then away with them. The news spread like wild firevover the town and II less than half an hour an armed posse under the command of Sheriff Lowry with Chief of Police And rews as first lieutenant, mounted on the best horses to be found in the town. might have been seen m pur suit of the daring red devils, had not the Indians taken to the fast nesses of the mountains above men tioned where the probability of be ing able to overtake them seemed tC be almost hopeless. The greatest excitement prevailed over the event until 1t was learned that the childrer belonged to squaw who was S member of the band of Indians.
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 The editor of this paper was ac costed this morning by a meek man nered but rather keen eyed young man, who stated that he was news paper reporter and wanted a job to help him to get to Tombstone, where he had been promised the position as Indian news reporter of q San Francisco daily. Owing to the in. tense heat prevailing the editor wa: only too glad to find some one who was willing to swelter in the sun in search of items while he kept cool iu Martin Matters ice house. About four o'clock the responsible man oi the paper put m an appearance to look over the proof sheets of the day. and about the first to confront his gaze was the above highly sen sational bit of news. It is needless to add that there is not word oi truth in it and inquiry in regard to the brilliant young man who wrote it disclosed the fact that he had just arrived from Flagstaff after success fully closing the Navajo campaign there. He stated that for four days and five nights he had slept on his lead pencil there. momentarily ex- pecting that an attack would he made on the town. He did not wait until the paper went to press until he drew his salary for his days work and Is now on his way to Tomb stone, from where exciting Indian news may be expected in few days.