The morning call., 1895-01-04
White Mountain Apaches
Arrive.
NINETEEN HARDY BRAVES.
They Were Rounded Up by Troops
in Arizona.
60 TO ALCATRAZ AS PRISONERS.
Good Work of a Famous Officer of
Custer'S Command-SCene at
CIay.Street Wharf.

day evening. and now every small boy
from Meiegs' wharf to the Pacific NJ il
dock is practicing at scalping his COM
panion with wooden scalping-knife.
They were under The care of Lieutenant
Bernard, an accomplished Indian fighter
who followed Custer during many of that
long-haired hero's campaigns. The war
riors were White Mountain Apaches. one
of the fercest of the Apache lribes that
have from time to time bid defiance to the
troops of Uncle Sam and hid themselves
away among the inaccessible canyons and
raviues of that most uninviting range OF
heights in all the country of the Colorado.
Lieutenant Bernard delegated the care
of his charges, or rather prisoners, to a
sergeant. and when the Government boat
Mcdowell steamed up TO Clay street pier
the redskins were hurried on board, then
away to serve out various sentences in the
gloomy dungeons of AlcatraZ.
Bernard rounded up the gang In the
White Mountains last summer after they
had committed number of depredations
and also attempted TO get the peaceable
Indians of the desert to revolt and mas
sacre the settlers of the district. All the
bucks have high-sounding Indian names.
which. by way of Identification, have been
changed into English titles meaning such
things as Happy Fox. Providing Bear, Fire
dance Charlie and Young-man-afraid-of-
his-creditors. The latter savage butchered
several of his too persistent creditors,
thereby establishing a permanent VAIN
Jog to such individuals, but incurred the
enmiLy and revenge of the White Noun
tain cowboys, who helped Bernard run
down the evasive young man and send
him to California to build roads around
the Government prisons.
Eattlesnake Jack is said to be the name
of the big chief OF the Arizona delegation.
He boasts of an Indian cognomen that is
alleged to be who-tried-to-s seal pa
living picture, for it is strongly hin ted that
one night he or ept down on an amateur
theatrical performance in a set ler's cabin
and got away with the wig that the daugh-
ter of the house wore on the occasion.
Later he returned with a band OF his
cutthroats and killed every human being
in the place. Ten bodies. horribly mutt
lated, were found the next day by de-
tachment of United States cavalry. This
occurred number OF years ago, when the
famous White Mountain Apache fiends
Arizona.
Rattlesnake Jack is as desperate a
redman as was ever turned loose on
blind trail He aud his fellow-murderers
came up from the south on the Southern
overland. When several miles the other
side of Fresno Charlie suddenly took a
notion that he would like TO roam about In
the San Joaquin Valley aud round up a
few farmers. He was sitting near the end
of passenger coach looking out of the
window. Opposite him was a corporal of
the regular army and beside him was one
of his braves. Suddenly Charlie pulled
his blanket over his head, rose to his feet
and with a plunge went head first through
the car window. The train was going at
the rate of twenty miles an hour. but that
did not feeZe 1.-THE snake" He lighted on
his feet. like a car. plowed forward and
dug up a few stones with his nose, arose.
blew that organ complacently, then made
for the hills.
The train was stopped Immediately, but
"the snake" had a good start. Two cav
alrymeD, several trainmen and about half
the inha bitants of the neighborho0d put
after the flying savage, but the way "the
snake" flung his heels was a caution. He
was rapidly distancing his pursuers when
a farmer made flank movement and over
hauled him. "The snake" grunted his
disappro baton at recapture, then returned
to the train.
However brave ''the snake" may be on
the battlefield, be qualed when he faced
the gangpIank of the Mcdowell. A
pretty stiff southwest gale was blowing on
the bay all the afternoon, and the little
Government steamer was Jumping about
in lively fashion when the Apaches went
to board her. "The snake" looked yery
He did not want to trust himself on the
moving gengwav.
The sergeant in command lost his
patience and ordered the chief to move
aboard Immediately. Then "the snake"
emulated his namesake, got down on his
stomach and crawled up the boards SLOWLY
and deliberately. The other braves were
persuaded to walk on to the vessel.
The story of the rounding up of the nine
teen warriors is an interesting one They
were not all captured together. but in
small parties of two or three. Some of
them got away from their reservation as
long as five years ago, and since that time
had been killing and stealing cattle and
committing all manner Of lawless deeds.
Several OF the Indians were caplured
after constant trailing after them for six
months. a detachment of cavalry followed
three braves into the mountains and sew
eral times had them surrounded, but the
Apaches always managed to escape.
On one occasion the cavalrymen were
C3mplDR ou a Dldtcdu dIlcI Il QaY march.
It was just at shutdown. 1t was not sns-
pected that there was an Indian anvwhere
within a radius of twenty miles. Looking
across a ravine soldier noticed three
redskins sDeakng along in the sagebrnsh
leading their ponies. The soldiers had
hemmed the three indians in unexpect-
eddy and the reds were trying to slip ont
of the way. Quick as fash the reds saw
that they we're noticed. They jumped on
their ponies and were off like the wind.
But frontier cavalryman is too alert
horseman himself to be fooled very badly,
In less time than it takes to write il
dozen troopers were scurrying after the
warriors at the top Of their horses speed.
The ponies Of the Indians were evidently
tagged out from long journey and grad
ually lost ground In the race. A running
fight took place. The sharp ping. ping
and whiz of bullets mingled with the
clatter of hoofs.
The Indians, seeing that they were
being Overtaken, surrendered. They were
abject in their professions of good fl lend
ship, declaring hat they had never lifted
a scalp during all of their righteous lives.
Evidence against them was too strong.
however, and they were sentenced to Join
Demands rounded-up gang aud GO to
Alcatraz island for few years.
The guardians of the nineteen warriors