Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-28
INDIAN STRATAGEM.
NOW GERONIMO FOOLED A SQUAD OF
UNCLE SANS cAvALRYMeN.

A Band Of Apaohcs Burrow.d Into tho
plisterins sand and Lay In wait Until
the soldiers Came up-They Are the
only Indians That Can DO II.
1 saw Geronimo and dozen Of his
Apachos do something in Arizona in
1857 which never would have believed
possible had not witnessed it with my
own eyes.
The Apachos are unquestionably the
most dreaded tribe Of Indians ON the
continent. They are tougher. more en-
during aud more unconquerable than
any other Of their race. An Apache can
lore up the side Of mountain with the
thermometer marking 100 dogs. aud
when he reaches the top ho won't show
drop Of extra perspiration, nor will he
breathe whit faster than when he
started.
He will go for days without a morsel
Of food or II drop Of water; ho will live
on snakes. mice and refuse. or. IL TIE
WORT comes to the worst, will shoot his
horse and eat what he wants Of him raw.
Set out TO pursue band Of Apache raid
els. and II they are hard pressed they
will separate, each for himself, so that
tho only way to keep up tho pursuit is
10 follow them individually. In which
case the Apache Is sure 20 have the best
end Of the contract. When the hunt Is
over tho dusky miscroan,s will come to-
go,hor at some point twenty Or thirty Or
more miles away.
There were twenty-five Of us cavalry
men returning from ono Of our fruitloss
pursuits 4 tho terrible Geronimo. Our
horses were worn out, and 80 wcro we.
1t was ono Of tho hottest days | have
ever known In that thrubbing furnace
Of n country. We had several miles OF
baked alkali plain still to traverse before
reaching tho fort, whore we could secure
shade and water, and what We needed
most Of all--rcsi.
Whowl but It was hotl Had not tho
mir been perfectly dry mother man nor
beast could have stood IL. Tho metal
work on our guns was so heated that no
one could bear 10 touch II with the
naked hand. Tho air shimmercd and
throbbcd rs \ does over newly plowod
field at noontidc OF summer day.
North, east, south and west was ono
level stretch Of plain, on which not a
tree, shrub or even blade OF grass grew.
Far TO the westward could DO seen the
outlines Of the fort, oddly distorted
through tho quivcfing atmosphere, bu.
IN every other direction was the naked.
burning desert.
We Were strung along for distance Of
several hundred yards. In fact there was
squad of i've horsemcn much farther
than that IN The rear. All tho animals
were plodding slowly through the sand,
which 1t seemed to rae was hot enough
10 roast eggs, their heads dropping
whilo We were simply enduring IT, grim
ly closing our teeth, holding out TO reach
tho post.
Was there anything TO be approhended
from Geronimo, Could We old cam.
paigners be cntrHppod: Low, level sands
on every hand. VOL, right there In the
midst OF that flaming plain, with its
horrible sandy waste, IN which no spear
of grass could find root. that frightful
chieftain and his Apaches ambuscaGcd
rs. II sounds incredible, but IL Is fact.
Suddenly heard rifle firing ut the
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was eiVso ~ manu- unu az Suthou IN
snv ."uu'o suw 'i'"s 'ho .quuu iar,hes,
with IA party Of Indians, who were on
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w instantly Whcelya anu hurried
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nun any 10 wh'ch we could force our