The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-10

off. On hearing the report She with her
husband, started for the rendezvous of
Pat Higgins ranch, but when well on her
way she thought of the chickens that
had been left at home. Nothing would
do but to return and get them, The nus
band said the danger was rapidly inCreas-
ing. but she was determined the Apaches
should not have the chickens, and back
the couple drove and got them. They
drove up the trail again.
M'They had just passed the mouth OF
Apache canyon when Geronimo band
came out and started in chase. 1t was
about three miles from the canyon to the
Higgins ranch. The ranchman heard
them coming, but he had n farm wagon
and less than mile the start. OF all the
scenes in the Tulerosa valley few were
ever more thrilling than that, when
turn in the road revealed to the people at
the Higgins ranch the ranchman leaning
out over the front of his wagon plying
blachsnake whip to the galloping team
while the wagon leapcd and sWayed from
side to side a long cloud of dust rolled
smoking into the air, and a scattered
gangof ill-favored saVages came galloping
behind shooting their rifles and gaining
at every lump. 1t was a hard race but
the ranchman won, his foolish wife lying
in a dead faint in the bottomof the wagon
box beside the coop Of chickens"
Over north Of here a grave is pointed
out as that Of an unknown white man.
After the raid was over a skeleton was
found across a big red ant hill. A man
had been captured and then, by means Of
stakes and cords, bound alive across the
home of a colony Of red ants. There he
lay helpless while the ants by slow de-
grees stripped away his living flesh.
HUNG HER UP BY THE ANKLES.
A ranch over the way has two iron
hooks on the shady wall of the house.
These are pointed out to the stranger.
The rauchman put them there that he
might hang up deer, an elk, or the car
cass Of a steer as fresh meat was needed
by the family. The Apaches came along
and surprised the woman at home alone.
Splitting open her ankles just above her
heels they hung her up alive with those
hooks through the Sits and left her
there. Her husband, with party Of
plainsmen, returned in time to save her
life.
When one talks here of Gen. Hatch Or
Gen. Crooke as an Indian fighter the
plainsmen snort with indignation, says
writer in the New York Sun. They say
that these officers employed Apache
scouts to find the Apache enemy, and did
not see-and would not believe when told
Of it-how they were imposed on The
scouts went out with tulI cartridge DeltS
and came back with belts empty, having
never really fired a shot. They gave
their cartridges, with complete informa-
ton about the troops, to the Apaches who
were on the warpath, but lurking near by
When men who had seen the Apaches in
the valley Of the San Francisco told
Crooke Of it the general said it could not
be so. for his scouts had been there and
found none He would not send soldiers
TO investigate
FEATHER IN GEN. MILES CAP.
Gen. Miles. however, employed Pueblo
scouts and guides, and, moreover did not
90 galloping around the mountains giving
orders with bugle. The most popular
army officer in the Apache region is Miles.
The people here say that tMre IS still
danger from Indians in the ella river re-
zion. The Indians are supposed to be at
Deace. and c0ntented, but there are some
desperadoes among the Apaches as
among mine camp whites. The Apache
Kid. as a wild youth is known, is cited as
an example. He raided his own people
that he might carry of a girl with some
ponies not long ago, and when the girl
eventually was returned home She told
curious story of his having belt with
81 500 in gold, which he wore constantly.
The money was from a white man he had
murdered. He goes to and fro across the
Mexican border, according as wnim or
the proximity Of pursuers dictate. He