The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-08
SAD STORY OF COCHITA.
The Fate of a Pretty Spanish Girl
Reared AnOnJ Indians.
Fort Worth Gazette. !

FOIb NOIbn NdLelle'l
A few days ago group Of men
were sitting around a fire in a wait
ing room Of one Of the cable roads
in Kansas City, Mo-, and the con-
versation turned upon the recent
heavy floods of the ella and Color
ado rivers. One of the men, who
had a soldierly appearance, was
deeply interested listenerto thecon-
versaticn, and he began to shift un-
easily as the talk proceeded, as if he,
too, had a story to tell. He was
John Lawler, and was formerly a
trooper in the Sixth Cavalry, hav-
ing served several years in the dis
trict of Arizona At last he told
the following story:
"Your reference to Yuma and the
troubles in the Southwest has re-
minded me Of very singular and
romantic incident of the war with
the renegade bands that fed from
the agencies, and, for a long time,
subsisted on the cattle Of the de-
fenceless settlers, in spite of all our
efforts to subdue them. My troop,
part of the Sixth Cavalry, under
Col. Eugene A. Carr, was then sta
toned at Fort Thomas, a post on
the ella River, the stream which
= has been doing SO much damage Of
late. We were within the limits OF
the great San Carlos agency, and in
a good position to obtain immediate
: and reliable information of the In
, dams. Yet, inspite of ourdiligence
they stole away and began the ter.
rible depredations that cost somany
lives and such a vast amount Of
I property.
;, "Under the skillful guidance Of
1 Juh and Geronimo they scattered
, all over the territory and laid waste
L many well-stocked ranches, killing
L everything that had life and burn
: ing the rest We were sent ou
5 after them, and..tor many weeks ex
: perienced all the horrors and hard
ships of predatory warfare. Colo
: mel Carr, at the head of his regi
/ ment, followed one band across tn,
q territory into the forests, over The
L swollen streams, and to the law
l. beds Of the northwestern portion o
$ that broken country where the vol
,. canic rocks formed almost impreg
W nable forts for the savages.
1t "The incident | mentioned aros
/ from one Of the fights we had in til
g heart of the volcanic country, til
II Indians having taken to the hills t
avoid our persistent pursuit. On
4 day we learned from our scouts tina
t. small band of 100 bucks were Ell
ID camped at the outer edge Of the fol-
al est, and that we might possibly tax
4 them by surprise, a thing very dit
id ficult to do. A 9kt@hment unde
T. Captain Whitesiae, consisting {
s. three troops, were detailed to max
ii the attempt, and, if possible, get i
I'd the rear, while the main commanC
n under the Colonel, would advanC
ut from the front. We got away abor
IS daybreak, and for the first day sa
no trace Of the enemy, but as W
I'd were about to go into camp on til
at evening Of the second, the advanC
l. guard came in and reported a bod
ty of Indians at no great distance. {
es course all idea of rest for the trool
e. ers was abandoned, and steps take
n at once to ascertain the exact loci
It. ton and strength of the band.
n 81 was assigned to duty with
he small detachment, who were il
ut structed to develop the position
h, the Indians, but in no case bring {
ed an engagement until it was defnit
n ly known how many there were
lg them. We were under the imm