Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-31
THE CASE or An APACHE.
TWO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
ARE DIsCt ssING HIM.
ne war Department Says He fs a.
Had Indian and the Interior De-
pnrtment Says He is Not MS Dad nv
He Is Painted.

" 49, ~'N
us prisoner Oh war ut MOUNT vernon
barracks, Alabama, Is the subject OF
CORES pondenca between the iuterior
o,a III, 49,, da,ar,,,ants rha No., T.,
~, 49,, %
an interesting one. Inc war depart
ment alleges that Es-kim-in-zln is a
treacherous, cruel and bad Indian
v,htIo no ,artisa,s cs rs.t,,,,-t, -.,,,,
-, -. - -.
as9rit 'lae these ehui bes are iaise' anu
that the Indian has been sentenced and
exiled without trial and without the
nlinp ~ .nsctoo obarg.., ,,,.
80 ~
'ioH LOT tne reiease OF hs-kiin-in-zin
was made 10 the interior department
four years ago. and nv the 1naia,
hureau u.s rot.rrod "a ~, 49,. 4.
-" va
partiheht, Whleh reported adversely to
the indian. Recently the case was
brought 10 the attention Of Mr.. Sims,
irst assistant secretary of the interior.
by Mr.. John p. Clum at present post
once inspector but formerly agent at
the San Carlos reservation, Arizona,
says the washington Star
me case has been referred by Mr..
SIMS TO Daniel M. Browning, commits
s!oher OF indian affairs, and In turn
ieleIreu py MN 10 the war depart
i nlent; Ihere the case rests but an
~ ~ pronlse9' zen How
~, y. .. A. is lrlenu OF the eNiled
, apaene, anu pet"ten that ne should
,"rd tGitds i II Is elalIned by those IN
naliiny M, ~, ' ~, eNiig anae the order ex-
peiIIS MN from Arizona was, at best.
eo,,id i'i lay p pre-, ana certainly
r,,iita,.,, ,,,,is nI peel ItsaV1vu as
srnnn oo,,,,,a sssi,g' t"pt, "Vrther-
~, r,a,t,, ~ az mount vernon
Inc imnrtsanod ~, WIN
states Ia tbo a,,,tn,i,to,' ~ ~ giSer
In-zin was Tho tirst fniia,a Nc ,,'
came into the miIIta,v rost VI" iJ
Camp Grant. Arl2onn in the sn,,no ~
1871. and asked ia he allouye5 10 IT,, ~
in peace. 1t is asserted that while
American flag and assurad Ia, tho
army officers that he and his people
could sleep in their camp in MS per
feet security as the soldiprs could in
theirs. they were in the early dawn
set upon by a band OF assn ssins. ln-
der the leadership Of Americans. and
IFS OF his tribe. his family. relatives
and friends, old men, women and chill
dren, were brutally murdered and their
bodies mutllated
Es-kim-in-zin saved only one member
Of hts family from the slaughter, and
this was n little girl, two and a half
years old, whom he caught In his arms
as he He'd. Es-liim-in-Zin. the day after
the massacre. returned to Camp Grant,
where the commanding officer assured
him that no soldier had any part In
or sympathy with this brutal butchery.
With this assurance he returned with
the survivors Of his band, and once
more placed themselves under the pro-
lection OF the troops. Within six weeks
HIS camp Uos cbart.ed 10 troon ~
white soldiers. his people assaulted and
driven into the mountains. 1t was
stated in extenuatinn by the anthorI-
ties that this was a very unfortInate
blunder. II appeared to ps-lsin,sin.@i,
like trickery ana he became enraped
He was stirred In reven,se ava iatar
either he or ono of HE 9rie,,is Ina
a Willie man ''''''us' N'''so
IT,a frisoJ. ,a,,,,tu u,.4 4,
vconderfui fba+ W. st,,,,a, at , M,ts
Of on1v ono % orps ,'.t,t a. w Ieu ~,
mad sorn,syiy at NM WIN when tl ne
rernot,.i ~, nan la, 'atheu reiutloIs OF
- ~ ~, va el,u VINO SINCE a. truce
iIa a. ,'ee''.,eg nuu exercised ag ne be-
49,. 49, nNu reason 10 beleYt 20
i, iucn SrS ,,e ana cruelty toward
"l NJ anu ms people
Ine enemies OF ts-kim-in-zin em-
pnaslHe ms crime BY saying that the
man man VINO was Killed had befrlended