The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20

Charlton's dramatic announcement OF
the discovery of the slaughtered pony
Half an hour later while the old SER
geant was bending over and examining
the stiffened carcass of his pet broncho,
Turner's best scouts, afoot, were scour-
ing every square yard OF those jagged,
bowlder strewn flanks of the butte in
search of Icons trail or that Of his In
dian foes. Others were examining the
signs in the timber and along the Sandy,
and the more they found the more they
were mystifed. Apaches, as rule, in
those days were foot warriors. The
Tontos, Sierra Blancas, Hualpais,
Apache Mohaves and Apache Yumas
had small use for horse or mule, yet
there were more hoof than moccasin
prints in the timber and around Kelly's
| corral What was more, both mules
and horses were shod. That meant
that they had run off good deal OF
stock and were riding instead of walk
ing, said Turner's men, but Kelly,
growing graver and less disposed to
talk with everyn moment, continued
searching on his own account, and
neglecting many a chance to snub
some callow young trooper hazarding
theories as to the numbers and move
ments of the Indians.
Mai. Thornton contenting himself
with sending platoon on the trail OF
Cranes party, had ridden up to Kellys
ranch to pencil some instructions for
Raymond. 1t was now seven o'clock,
and neither he nor his men had seen
single Indian; neither had he news OF
Foster, nor tidings of any kind, yet
with the events of the night still fresh
in his mind, with the death of Ruclel
and Rafferty, and Kelly's Mexican as
sistant and the loss of Leon to mourn
the major felt convinced the Indians
had swooped in force upon the valley
and would have killed, burned and dc
stroyed everything in sight but for hi
prompt answer to the signal which hi
forethought had caused to be provided
at the top of the butte. The Apache
had desisted from their attempt only q
his approach, and had fled into tn,
Mills, whittier his men were now pur
suing. Such, at least, was his theory
This, too, was to be the tenor of his re
port to department headquarters, to b
sent forward by detachment tina
. day. Already he was framing his die
: ton, and after few penciled words t
Raymond, bidding him hold the fort
' as he wasn't coming-for the present
. at least, the major had borrowed a bi
:. sheet of the ordnance sergeant's officia
:, paper, and began:
"KELLY's RANCH, South of Apach
Canyon, June 2, 1877 Assistant At
!. jutant General, Headquarters Depar
ment of Arizona:
"Sir-I have the honor to report thf
on receipt of your dispatch notifyin
me of the Apache outbreak, and diree
ing me to guard well my working pa
,, ties at old Fort Retribution and til
! road connecting it with the new pos
:, l detached Lieut.. Crane, with twent
>; of Capt. Raymond's troop, and sent hi
: to camp temporarily at the abandone
= corral, and also took steps to notify Il
settlers north and south of the post
!, the new danger. Deeming it possib
= that the Indians might attempt to pa
around us and raid the ranches, hs
caused a beacon to be built on the sur
: NIT Of Signal Bntte, and lnstructt
Lieut.. Crane to fire y If he learned Il
|; Apaches were in the valley.
:. Last evening my sentrles reports
firing on the Prescott road, north
the new post, and Capt. Foster, wi
: his troop, was sent to investigate.
:. reported by courier that he had COZ
= upon two Mexicans, who claimed tn
:. the Apaches had attacked them a
, run off their mules, they themselv
= escaping by hiding in q dark ravir
= They also reported a large party
= = prospectors, etc, at Ration Springs, a
- represented them as being in peril
i i similar attack, so Foster pushed on
- = once to their succor, expecting to rea
: them at midnight At two-thirty a.
! Trooper Ruckel, sentry on post Nc
- y in the low ground to the north of I
: post, was found dead, pierced by S
- eral Apache arrows, and Capt. r.
- mond with his men made seal
70 m thw;ugh the chapparal as far as