Arizona republican., 1891-04-07
DICK HUYL

not exactly of gratitude, as the story will demonstrate, which she, by writing his biography, seeks to discharge. Dick guyrs history will never be written by me, nor by any one else who knew him, p adorn Q Sunday school library; he was not that kind of boy. Dick was ,D Apache Indian, with all the character stics of total depravity that the word Apache conveys or suggests. We were children together, Dick and l. We lived, fought and played together for two years in the same army post. On one memor- able occasion, Dick, instigated by the devil-for firmly believe in the devil, if only for Apaches-dropped down the neck of my frock live toad. It was inc cause of my first fit of mysteries, and determined, if ever grew old enough, would tell the whole world how bad a young Apache could be.
 In 1873, if remember rightly, Gen. Crook had succeeded, after years of bloody war and the loss of hundreds of good men, in subduing most of the bands composing the Apache nation of New Mexico and Arizona. They had dwelt ID the strongholds of mountain and desert, from which they frequently emerged to rob and murder all miners or emigrants that they could ambush, leaving nothing for the human mind to conceive of in the way of cruelty when -... q, ,,.h;,o ,,,a, fall into tha,r ,,nxvar
 At the reservation, although they were well fed and quite decently treated, it was necessary to watch them constant y, and large bodies of troops were de- tailed for that purpose. Nevertheless, scarcely a week passed but small squad of Apaches, usually led by some attract i've squaw, would slip quietly past the guards and escape through the darkness into their beloved cactus plains and mountain barrens. Roll call nearly every morning developed these absentees, and next day would come news of murder, apine and horrors generally. A favorite Apache mode of disposing of the unsus- pecting freighter, miner or emigrant whose camp they had succeeded in raid ing, was to tie the victim by the four limbs to stakes. and then to build fire on that portion of his body designated iH the old fashioned almanacs as "virgo." !"
 There seemed to be something par. tcularly fascinating to the Apache tenn perament in this form of torture. Death being long in coming, it gave the squaws and pappooses plenty of chance to invent small tOrments, on the side, as it were. The women and children emigrants- but enough. Suffice it to say that the absolute hatred entertained by these In. dians for the whites was fully recipro- cated, especially by the soldiers. It was DO easy matter to track and successfully follow the runaways through the cactus and mesquit thickets, over the barren deserts and desolate mountains that make up the topography of Arizona But in that parched country water is only to be found at certain springs and water holes." between which days of travel often intervene, but which are equally well known to soldiers and to Indians.
 So when the morning report showed to Gen. Crook that so many warriors, squaws and pappooses were missing, the grim old warrior would make no sign of pursuit. but on the night following, or perhaps the next one, squadron of mounted men would file silently out of the reservation bearing orders to move as rapidly as possible to the water hole Of Palo Pinto. or to Agna Grande Spring, or to some other place where the presence of the precious fluid favored scamping place for the renegades. The troops were always positively instructed 10 bring back no prisoners, all matters Of detail being left to the officers in com mand One June morning there was re- ported missing eight Indians, eleven squaws and pappooses, including Wah. nemo than whom more depraved and cruel Indian never existed, even in Ari- EOnA s-
 Two nights afterward squad of the Twenty-third infantry. Crooks own reg iment, under Lieut. Huyl, splendid young fellow. who has since left the service. was sent out on 8 scout with the usual orders. No trace of the renegades was found, but burned ranch and stage station and cremated cowboy gave suf- hcient evidence of Indians at large. The next night, or rather just at dawn, after along and fatiguing march, the' scouts reached natural rock basin at the foot Of one of the steepest and most inacces- sble knobs to be found in desolate Ari- lona.. This basin had often collected a supply of acrid water, which, however, vas drinkable enough in that country. thin vapor of smoke from nearly spent fire convinced the troopers that their nights march had not been in vain, and on creeping up as close as possible lhe hOstiles were outlined against the locks, fast asleep.
 The little squadron silently deployed out so as to avoid missing single shot, and at the word of command fired, kill Ing nearly every one of the Indians. The others jumped up only to be cut down by the reserve fire The only two unhurt were Wahnemo and his 4-year- old pappoose. Grasping the child, he 'pFang for the mountain side, scaling the rOcks like chamois, amid shower of bullets, soon distancing his pursuers and sstting ont of range of their rifles, Halt lug on q shelf of rock, he set the child d0prn ard v.~rnaada1 to tp1t,l0a In avnrv