Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-05
A VERY ANCIENT FAMILY.
rs THAT OF rHn APACHE CHIEF,
NATCni'z.
Hereditary Heads OF the Great De-
scrt Tribe for More Than Four
Hundred Ycnrr--now They Were
Finally subducd by GEN. Miles.

Finally subdued by gen. Miles.
II Ia not generally known that
Natehez and not Geronimo is heredi-
tary CHIEF OF the tribe OF Apaohes who
bear the lattcrs name on account Of
the fact that he was their war chief at
the time Of the campaign with General
Miles In 1886 which made him fnmous'
This old chief. Natohez. dates his de-
scent back farther. It Is said. than some
OF the royal familles OF Europe. lie
and his ancestors have ruled In the des-
ert. II IN claimed, for a wen authenti-
Gated period 81 four hundred years and
the record OF their reigns ia lost In the
dim traditions Of misty agoa reaching
far back OF the discovery o. America
by the spaniards in 1902. Natohez and
his folks nre therefore entitled to
place among the oldest families In
Amot "a and New YorlrB -Four hundred,
which 10 so proud Of medieval human
brio-a-brac aud these would do woll to
enter into correspondence with
the old CHIEF lin. He and his
people have certainly proved them
solvoB poaseared OF g~oa; mill
tary genius In all tho succeedlnr
generations since they have been known
TO the whites rho tribe have kept their
blood pGsc from intcrmixture With any
othor race, and altogether this REM
nnlt oftho Worm springs Apache 10
unique and interesting band OF IN
diana. Tbcy wore masters OF tn far
southwestern country for hundreds of
ychrs. diaputing sway with the Co
manches, who roam.d In Texas and
New Mexico. Frequent inourRlons were
made by them into Mexico. and they
had not c.Aacd to torrori2e the inhablt-
ants OF the sister Republic whom they
were finally rounded up by General
Miles In 1856 iho manner In which
their nndl discontinue and capture was
accomplished furnishes IN interesting
chapter OF tho history OF the warfnrn
OF the whites aud Indians. ~ 80 DARING
band OF HnvuRcs had absolutely dcncd
the federal government In ther houn-
tain faaucgaeH up to thnt time
No troops Ind ever been able 10 over
take thom. The difficulties OF tho sltu-
alton were much Increased by tho thct
that tho troops wore generally directed
by order, from headquarters AZ WaNh-
inFtuu which uniformly called them OFT
from purHuit whenever they would get
on "a hot triu and attempted to follow
tho Indians into tho mountains. Hut
General MllcH changed all TINS when
no took the nold, for he sent small
force Of cavalry nttor them ana Kept
pressing them with this detachment
uutI ne drove them into n close place
and surrounded them with tho cp-operu-
ton of other forces. Up 20 that unc 1t
had been "a common saying that no
white man had the physical endurance
tO kecp up with them and undergo the
hnrdahips which were incident 10
campaign In that region Of sandy plains
and barron mountain ranges whore wa
ter was scarce and the heat WIN oyer
towering But THIS detachment stuck
TO tho trnA until they ran Geronimo
down nn stated, Much OF tho success
81 the cumpnlgn wuA due to the unr OF
that singular instrument, the hello
graph tho practical advantages "
which wore thoroughly Illustrated ~
the test which Il was given Mt that
time This instrument, nu inFculuuH
combination OF mirrors su urrnurpd Uu
20 flash mrGHtgcs az long diHtouces,
was placed Ia The hands OF ouch CONE
many OF the troops engaged In the
pursuit NJ the willy foe. who would up.
pear aud disappear 800 suddenly 40 dl-
vera points that he could newer be To-
Gated FOR any considerable lrnwth uf
time Ia the ruTKCd country whore hc
had Hlwnl boon go auccoaHful ir dodg-
iur the regulars, The dlrcrCnt CONE
pnnics would now, whenever they saw
him, instantly aigunl other companies
and thus while he continued to paa7
suddenly and myHtoHouHly from one
place to another they wore able to set
q general Idea of his movements, thus
gradually 10 draw an Irresistible and
imuregunble Gordon around him
II " snld that when finally surround
Cd the chief motive wldoh liupellcl CO
roninO to surrender was the fupt that
refusal would have boon followed by
desperate hnttlO In wnich he believed
that the women aud children would an
be alnughtered. ltla hrnvps wore rcndr
to nght 10 the death Va defense ni fher
tribe and were nrrd hy tur SPIRIT which
Had made them unconGunrshi' ior Tn
many generations but the spectacle of
the women ana uhlldrpr around them
nortcncd the hearts ~ the uEvd couu-
rellors until ne last oven tho heart Of
the storm old war CHIEF VIVA moved 20
tcuacuoas believing that tho tribe
would De wiped root amt branch In the
cnrnnen which must FOLLOW amy hose
flie demonstration on thor part, the
chlcf finally Huhmltted ana began 10
ncFotlute thc terms of "A surrender. Old
Geronimo, Napoleon IKE, was ua good
NJ the art Of diplomacy rs that OF war
and stipulated conditions which made
his people safc IN the hands OF tho
whites They did not wish to be re-
moved from their native country aud
then authorities nj WnshmRton were
disposed TO favor thom, Il la said 40
matter Of inolde history TINT positive
ordcrl were aont out from Washington
absolutely forhlddlng the removal. But
General AIllca continued IN some In
een'ous way to cvade them. much the
eaWe way. It sHeing, aa that In which