The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1894-12-15
YTTMA A RIZONA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is

would have been compelled to
shoot him dead, and thus he would
have avoided the awful torture that
followed. Apaches delivered him
as in their custom, to the tender
mercies of the squaws, and what
agony he was forced to endure be-
fore death released him is fearful
to contemplate.
George Taylor, the 18-year old
son of the Superintendent of Smiths
mill, had been dispatched to Lamb
ley's ranch that morning to attend
to some work on the hume which
delivered water to the mill, and to
turn on the water for the first mill
run. P. W. Smith, the mill owner,
had brought him as far as the ranch
in his buggy and had gone on to
Wickenburg, intending to call for
him on his return that same even
ing. After completing his work on
the fume young Taylor had decid-
ed not to wait for Smith, but to re-
turn on foot, as there still remain
ed several hours of daylight; though |
Lambley, who liked the boy, urged
him strongly to spend the remain
der of the afternoon and the night
at the ranch. That was the last
seen Of him alive.
In due time Smith stopped at
Lambley's in his buggy, and learn
ing that the boy had gone, allowed
himself to be persuaded into spend
ing the night. The next morning
at Smiths mill Mcdonald, one of
the mill men, had to go to Wicken-
burg, and saddled his horse at sun
rise. He never came back. Death
still lurked behind those fatal
boulders, and as he passed opposite
them on his big gray horse there
was a whir of arrows, and he was
sent to meet Gus Swain and George
Tavlor. That must have been
about 7 o'clock in the morning, for
-+--.----o- -..a14AL- Smith came along
In his buggy, and, discovering the
two dead bodies. He did not need
to be told what was wrong, but
turned his horse and hurried back
to Lambley's. That he was un-
molested was proof that the mur.
derers had departed.
The next day party started out
to bury the bodies and to hunt for
young Taylor or his remains; also
to note which way the Indians had
gone and whether they were still
lurking in the vicinity. The party
was a small one, for there were not
many men il the settlement, but
it was not their intention to at
tempt an engagement with so large
a body as this was known to be.
However, a swift courier had been
dispatched at once to the military
post at Date Creek, forty miles from
Wiekenburg. The party, on reach
ing the scene Of the murders, fol-
lowed the well-worn trail leading
to the mountain top, where the In
dians had camped, and there. sur
rounded by the clean-picked bones
of the butchered mule they found
the body Of the unfortunate boy,
stripped and horrible multilatdd.
Their indignation and horror at the
sight were so intense that not a
word was uttered. In order TO
spare his parents the awful sight
the body was buried without delay
before they had been notified that
it had been found.
Another day passed, and then a
dstachement of United States cav
airy arrived from Date Creek, sup
ported by a company Of Indian
scouts, and took up the well-defned
trail. which Eastward owe" unex-
plored mountain ranges. They
found where the renegades at their
next halting place had killed and
eaten the other of SWANS mules,
and as before, had consumed it en-
tire leaving nothing but the clean
picked bones; and the next day
they fell in with a strong scouting
party from Camp Mcdowell, who
had heard from Camp Verde that
some Indians had escaped from the
reservation, and had been sent ont
to intercept them. The two par
ties so opportunely met joined for
ces forthwith, and late that afternoon
the scouts brought in word that
their quarry had gone into camp
short distance ahead Of the column