New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
FOUR MORE WHITES KILLED
FURTHER INDIAN OUTRAGEs REPORTED
IN ARIZONA.


THE OFFICIALS OF THE INDIAN BUREAU AND The
ARMY. HOWEVER, ARE CONFIDENT THAT
THE MURDERS ARE THE WORK OF
RENEGADEs AND THAT NO GEN
ERAL APACHE OUTBREAK
NEED BE FEARED
Phoenix. Ariz. Dec 7.-Following the discovery
Of the bodies Of Merrill ard his daughter who
murdered by Apaches. comes an alarming
report from the lower Ga Valley, near San
Carlos Reservation. that the bodies OF four more
murdered whites have been found. j. 3 Bush
commission merchant of this city, says that on
Thursday morning he was In Lordsburg. ~ M'
sixteen miles from STEMS Pass, and that he read
there a telegram saying that four bodies had
been found in the valley in the immediate neigh
borhood Of Fort Thomas which had been aban-
doned not long since by order OF the War De-
partment against the most earnest entreaties
and remonstrances of the people of that section
1t Is fully forty-five miles from Ash Springs to
Fort Thomas in a westerly direction. This fact
precludes any presumption that the band that
killed the Merrills the ones that murdered
the four men. Mr. Bush says people in that sec
tion are flying to arms and are much wrought up
Large bodies of men securing the San simon
and Bas valleys. The troops from the posts or
Grant, Huachuca and Bayard have taken the
field.
Fort Grant, Ariz, Dec. IA report has been
received here that White Mountain Apaches have
been caught In the act of killing cattle belonging
to settlers in Cibiqu Creek. about eighteen miles
west of Fort Apache. A fight took place between
the Indians and cowboys. in which one indian
was killed. Troops and Indian police from Fort
Apache started for the scene OF the trouoIe dt
once.
Washington Dec. THE War Department to-
day received dispatches concerning the Apache
Indian troubles in Arizona. One of these was
from the commanding officer at Fort Grant, ana
il said that at the periodical round up at the
san Carlos reservation on December >, IT was
discovered that five Indian braves Of Nosey's
band Of Apaches were aosent captain Bell
was sent after them Immediately, with instruc-
tions to bring them In without delay ,
According to a dispatch from the commanding
officer at Fort Apache. "Old George, a chlef
who camps Turkey Creek. on the ROAD TO
Sullivansvllle, is suspected Of killing Mr. Mer-
rill and his daughter, and a detachment Of troops
was sent to Georges habitation The Indian
police have also been sent out to ascertain II
any strangers are on the reservation
A late dispatch from the same oincer salc
that an Indian had teen reported killed near
C.buqu on December by a party OF five armed
white men, who left pack mule, by which the
party may be identified, in the hands OF the
Indians A troop from the 7th Cavalry has been
sent to investigate the case. According to war
Department officials. there need be no appre-
henslon that these occurrences will lead to a
general Indian outbreak in Arizona
Indian Commissioner Browning to-day re-
ceived the following telegram from acting Agent
Cheesman al the San Carlos Indian Reserva-
tiOn:
The six Indians from Nosey's camp, rumored
to have done the killing. now at the agency,
brought in by Tuttle and the police Their
ponies were loaded down with nine deer. Will
take description of ponies and arms for future
reference, but am satisfied that Indians are all
right"
Agent Myer Of the San Carlos reservation. was
in Washington and he started for the agency as
soon as he heard of the trouble there. Com
missioner Browning says he is confident that. II
the settlers were killed by Indians 1t was done
by Apache renegades, and that there will be no
uprising of the Indiars.