Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-09-16
KING W0OLSEY.
Characteristic Stories of a
Famous Pioneer.
THE INDIAN TACTICS USED
Against Apaches- The Deadly
Effect of Strychnine Mixed
With Pinole.
THE INDIAN TACTICS USED

1 al tDC Oiu fcSlucntS OI uuld cOuOt
laud ID fact of all Arizona, knew KING
IS. Woolsey, who sett ed at Agu
Caliente long before the the war. Man
of them have fought Apaches side b
aide with him, and have under hi
Leaders hip followed the tbievlng band
with their stolen stock into their Yer,
strongbolds in the canyons of th
northern mountains. Many stories ar
It'd OF his prowers as fighter and hi
,bility as trailer and frontiersman, ant
The case of the "Plnole treaty" will b,
easily recalled to the recollection o
those in the Territory at the time. Tb,
| affair became matter of history
because the Indians We're SO badl,
III wItted, and because It broke forever
| the power OF one Of the most inhumar
branches of the Apache nation. 1t d SC
raIe+ q bowl amung the long haired
| Dhiiar lhrop s's Of the east, because they
Understood ih in that fight men
women and children OF the redskIn-
MT the same fate. Whether or not
Woulsrys men killed women snd
children l am unable 10 say, but it is q
well known fact the women of the
ToLio, handled rife and spear with
as much dexterity as their mo: E
masculine companions and tn, re is not
/ case on record where these ILdian
spared one OF the white race on account
It Il her Sex or age.
At this time do not think thsre is D
man 10 the Teri tory who vas in thai
dsht and there are only two or three
living but Mrs. Wooisey now Mrs.
FRANK Baxter of PLenix, often heard
her hu b nd relate the particulars of
The b tile, and its disastrous end ng 10
The history of that branch of the Indiah
"a on, and from her the facts were
b ain-d.
AL rough the civil war. and in fact
rom The tim. the whites BEGAN I. ndiog
n the nei. hborhood of Weaver and
An elope Hill, the Tonic Apaches
pertist ID In K eping up their stealing
and murderous brut lily. They had
lo' G been at war win the YavoIaIs who
iv-d at that tima in what is now
favapai county, and had almost ex-
erninated the tribe. so they ran across
tl"S County when they pleased, killed
Such paople as they cou d find
unprote't d. and drove all the sloct
Ito thor ca iera ,strOpgholds, nv
cation Of which was then unknown t.
Lhe vh tes.
Fiually Walnut Grove, Weaver, Verde
and al the outlying settlements were
50 haassed that toe inhabitants either
had to leave or drive the Indians out.
PrIuI 10 this time Woolsay had made a
treaty with the Pimas, the hereditary
n-Dies of t e Ap1cbes, by which they
'ers 10 make common warfare agasn st
be ,umm1n enemv.
Woolsey was cal upon to organize
and lead the expedition which was 10 GO
Into the Tonto Basin and either
nnhilata the indians or give them
ucf Is thres' l. g that they would avoid
he white setlleme Is thereafter. With
about sixty white men, eli moun'sd, and
one huodred Pimas on foot they set
Quito 'ollos band that hid raid q
h Verde settlemer the night befor d.
They headed directly for the To to
BAN and of course the white we +
unable to overtake them bef re- they
r. 1a;bed it. though their intention was
20 give them fight In their Own natural
'oriress.
On the morning OF the fourth day
,ut they came near one of the Indians
emorary camps and had some talk with
hen. They denied st aliog stock. said
they did not have it in their poss seiOn
and profassed much friendship for tn.
shltes. 1n uumbe they were so much
stronger than Woolsey's band tf at the
after decided it was best to treat with
mem, think ng that Oy showing much
strength they could obtain better terms
q" big tais" was ar:ang for the nexr
day. Woolsey mistrusted that the
palaver was only to gain time, and
behiod il all lay Indian treachery and
prepared accOrdin. ly.
The rOnto chief was to be accom-
panied by twenty-five of bis tribe, un-
tfm d, and Woosey was to have q
like number. Before it was ligh', on the
morning they were all pested in whitAs
and Pimas Were all posted in ambush
where they could get raki.'g fire over
the pow-wow ground, except ten who
Ser- to accompany WooIsey and q
small number to keep up appearances
o camp.
At ten O'Clock the two parties pro-
ceed, q to the place agreed upon. All
the Indians p esent had weapons
concealed under their garments and
he whites soon discovered about 400
more lying in canyons and arroys rs
back OF the place OF meeting. This
convinced Woolsey of the treachery b..
had suspected before, but he was
-quRlly sure that they wanted to gain
time for some purpose, and be de er-
min d when ready t. ray them back in
their own coin and strike tn b ow fifs
Th, mn who aeon panied him
Ser- aImd also, though they kept
fact concealed, and at signal. from him
Is line of ambushed followers drew
closer and closer. until protected by the
brush and rocks they were with few
yard. All the while be mai been
-lvIi the Indians presents, and ey
nad together been eating OF the meal If
the mesquit bean called pinole. hence
he name of the fight or treaty as it was
supposed to be.
About one o'clock Woolsey saw more
1paches arriving and ,hinking that the
tine TO strike had come he gave them
he signal previously agreed upou. and
from only a few yarcs distant they
noured IN fire that swept every India;
on The bill. AT the first fire the soldier
eft In thu csmp came 10 thu assistance
OF their frieuds, and altogether the
whites with their rifles and the Pimas
With their bows and clubs met the
charge OF the Apaehee, who had to
advance some distance from their
ambush, with such slaughter that the,
turned and fled up the basin seeking
shelter behind rocks and bushes like
band Ut hunted rabbits.
The pursuers kept up the chase uu-
I'll nearly night, killed over 200 A pachee
a d recovered much of the stolen stock.
They then retraced their way to the
settlement, but the power of the Tont ls
was broken, and they never troubled
tnat country again, until the remnast
Joined another band and the Tonto
branch bsc.me thing of the past.
All the while this FIGHT was ooino on