Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-30
HOgDEROUS APACHES'
,.,l,,p eelouisls Arc About TO Pre-
mare for a Serious Time
go officers REPORTED KILLED.
....,,eo called Upon to Gunrd Women
aud CHILDREN an Their W"
TO Church.

r.. allowing Is special to the
o.asu standard, from colonia JuareH,
T,,IcO. bearing date November 2s'h'
-. naming Head Lt0h. contains m
Inv AZ the killing Of two Mexican
s,ssrs by the Apaches. Inc accouu'
wv. that fidy Mexican soidiefs w.t.
ont from ralomis to Intercept
f,.ln Kid and his band Of thifteeh
lsf',"r, on their way bnck TO the
vs.. Nadre mountains. While trsV'
ssn .ion, the foot hills about sixty.
ahs miles southwest from Palomis
~" .oidiers were smbuehed by tue
wy .osnnd the two officers In charge
W. were travelling in advance Of
Wy ns,ty were shot through the head
w M. s1luiers completely routed, the
a ,pi,,ns tetreaiing into the mountain.
IT," rfiiceta killed were sent TO Chi.
shua for burial, anu the govern
- was notified; whereupoD, an
pr was irsutd for i've hundred men
w. dispstcned immedipiely 10 the
.,,ntaIn.. To be stationed near the
Ss'te. of pochecO aud Juarez.
last saturday hclompn Pratt and
,out correspondent started Tor the
rsnn,Ain col inle' for the purnosv Of
s.si,,irg in locating loris anu plans IL
,r,,eelioi Ia times Of danger wh,r;
,bs iamilies ol the colOnisis could he
.s,b,rcI aud guarded by few men,
ms leaving others 10 assist IN repell.
,ns attacks. Leaving mere abOu.
,irlook we soon reached the noun
'.,n. anu tegan the ascent, uGveling
.n uight Though iOrestA aud pines,
ssp Canyons and beautiful little
valleys -.
ne arrived ut ~ checo at O'Clock
-,xt morning. Aher n few huurs' rest
=, h. house OF Bishop Jesse N.Smitb,
It.. Nj. mot win The people At their
nam services. As the hour OF meat
inc arrived I was very fOrcibly re-
n'niltd OF pictures | have seen OF the
ANY settler. of America Attending
church. Zach family A. they came
out l,f their mes was suafdei 10y
Inc male m,mb ~. armed with Win
chester lies anu pistols, aud when the
congregation hau nil gathered, each
. rs.r OF tue little church was stacked
with rifes.
After insulting with the people II
was Unanimously decided 10 erect a
a oekade fence vi pine trees win stone
/ .stisra on each corner around th-
scho lhvusr, thus maxim. n fort
lGDxls5 feet. In the evening IN
company with Bishop smith auu
plsbop Henry Luni, late Of Ceunr
City. Titan, We went TO Cosraler, md
Inc people there decided TO build fort
on a little hill overlooking all The
houses. Monday morning Bishop
smlih accompanied US over TO Gave
valley, the headquarters OF the Apachts
when In The Sierra MudIo mountains.
Here tn. oJple decided TO iortiiy im.
mediat,ly aud bring In Ill scattered
families.
The mountain settlements and the
coloni,s VI Juat.z each now have
military organization Of well armed
men with complete outfits divided into
companies OF tons with captain over
each ten, aud are called out twice
month for drill and target practice
After meeting with the people Of
Cave Valley, Helen AZ Ptatt aud 1 rode
over 10 visit tho celebrated caves.
Hi,rhing our horses In little clump
Of cherry trees near tn. river, with rife
10 hand We began climbing the noun.
tain just below one " the principal
caves. Trsill leading up the mountain
are worn into the solid rock over foo,
deep. This cave II about fitetn feet
high. In the mouth IL n large ola
built for holding grain, Just back OF
which the cave 10 divided of Into com.
with port holes AMI win.
dows. Thee rooms extend back hun
dteds Of feet, and IL Is said that one
Of them contains large Ola OF
several thousands OF gallons capacity,
nicely sealed aud IT, contents are IA
n mystery 10 all Visitors but On account
" the lateuess OF the evening anu rot
ka9wilg II Captain KID intended re-
cuitlng up Ia these caves for few
days we concluded "a walt I'LL more
favorable time for visiting the Interior.
In the mouth OF this cave IL "a pool con.
tsinlng about ten gallons Of clear cold
water supplied By little spring
coming out OF the rocks Immediately
above. On the opposite side Of the
canyon are other large caves located
higher up ia the mountains and from
Whlch u large mummy whb taken n
lew years ago by a company OF hcienti.
hc men from the Unileu States.
Next morning we visited another
large cave, riding our horses into the
mouth OF II. This cave He the other
one Is well ioIteu up inside and In no
auSuged that this entire canyon lead
iDgup 10 1t can he covered with few
fhesliom the forts interior. A small
body Of vol armed men with supplies
III these caves could defy the entire
Mexican army.
DR.. Mm.er Of the II. Y. Academy
made Us visit last week and organ
lied Church schools. In JuaIez he
was surprised 10 Gnd we'll graded
fee school supported entirely by
The people. JosErn q, BENTLEY.