Arizona republican., 1896-05-19
 WAS 4 GALLANT FIGHT Lieutenant AVeriIl Raids
 the Hostiles. Betrayed by CowardIy White
 Soldiers. Indian Scouts Fought With Greatest Bravery and Carried Off the Honors.

who was m tUWu Uu lueSudy, 1ue Ouu learns the following concerning the Indian fight which took place in the Sierra Madras about thirty miles east of the San Banard:no ranch and about three miles south of the Hot Springs, near a small stream called the Cajon Bonita, in which he was one of the in terested parties.
 Early last week while, hunting horses in the mountains he ran upon ia de- serted Indian village. of ten or more wigwams in a small canyon. The camp had but recently been deserted, on account of the water having dried up. I
 Word was then sent to Lieutenant Averiii. who was i'm command of sew eral Indian scouts. who were in the vii cinity of old Camp Fucker. He at once went to the ranoh. and in company with J. H. Slaughter. the weI-hnown csttleman and ex-slneriff, left for the moumtafms. After shard days ride they came up 10 where Fiher awaited them. The scouts were sent ahead next morning to locaiserthe camp if pos sible. They returned about dusk that evening and reported that they coul1 not find the camp, but had located a band of horses which belonged to ,he Indians. A start was at once made for this point, which was about ten miles farther into the mountains The scouts led them upon a ridge, from which they had seem the horses the day before. It being nearly daybreak, the scouts were sent ahead again and re- turned in a short time with the report that the camp was located on small plateau across the rayine in which the horses were located. A plan was agreed upon fo surround the camp, and at a given s.gnas to c.ose"dn. The few soldiers of Rioe,s command were left on the ridge to prevent the Indians from escaping in this direction While the scouts went wi h Slaughter, l. eu- tenant Averill with Arthur and Jesse Fisher began ito encircle the camp, di- viding up into parties of two at differ ent points.
 At this point of procedure and be- fore the scouts had time to reach a point of vantage ground behind the Indians, the soldiers back on the ridge exposed themselves to view and were discovered by the Indians, who at once broke for the side hill which the scouts were mak. ng for The attack; ing party which was then within about 250 yards of the camp, opened fire on the Indians A hot fight was kept up for some little time, and the Indians, fifteen in mum ber, were driven to the side hill One Indian was badly wounded, and was heard to scream when hit, and has no doubt gone to the happy hunting ground ere this, as large pool of blood was where he stood when shot.
 As soon as the Indians left camp, Slaughter and Arthur Fisher entered. Upon going into one of the wigwams Slaughter foalnd a girl pappoose of about ? years of age which he brought out. In crossing from the wigwam to cover the Indians from the rocks above opened fire on him and the bullets cut the dust on either side of him. The h.
 dians made good their escape in the rocks
 The camp was then raided and all sorts Of curios, such as bows and ar rows, etc, were secured A buckskil bag containing a small amount of gold l dust and nuggets was picked up in one of the wickyups, and $40 in Mexican silver was secured. Nine horses were captured, four of which belonged to the | Slaughter ranch. Nine good American l saddles were also taken The party after footing the camp of all they de- sired burned the balance The party
 then, With their spo'ls, mounted their
 captive ponies and started for the zl- 1oo,
 without food of any sort. The soldiers, however, were not permitted to ride, 1 the Indian scouts receiving this dis
 function in recognition of their con- stancy and bravery, Lieutenant Averill 1 aittributing his failure to capture the entire band of Indians ito the ind scre- tion of the bluecolats who, it would ap- pear, let their presence be known pur- pose,y to avert a fight The plan of at
 tack adopted by the lieutenant, if or
 ders ad been obeyed, would have re- i suited in the capture or fl1e emfre band
 or, much better still, the complete am-
 initiation of the renegades, as ith 2
 scouts are said to have become fren-
 zied with rage and fought desperately
 evidencing that if hand to hand con-
 fiict should have occurred, one clean
 bright page of Indian h lnstory would
 have been written. Lieutenant Av-
 erill is a graduate of West Point and
 although but a young man, displayed
 great va.or in this affair, dispensing
 with red tape and going to the iron
 in person with determination to win
 Those ill the party with ishe lieut8nan
 speak very highly of the bravery shown by him, and the citizens of Coch.s