The argus., 1896-01-09

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before sun-down of the same day,
and report the steamer due there
that evening. The distance across
the country from Yuma to Port Ysa-
bel is little over ninety miles. This
statement can be readily verified by
any one of the old-timers now living
in Yuma city.
To resume: Chief Es-cah-pah, on
receiving the last report, came to
our wickiup and requested Cooley
and myself to accompany him to the
soldiers camp, thirty-five miles dis
tant, to have 'peace talk" with the
commander of the expedition. To
this proposition we agreed but Dodd
objected to being left alone with the
Apaches, for the reason as he stated,
''the soldiers have been killing all
Indians possible and destroying
their grain crops, and the Indians
might retaliate by killing me-" To
solve this difficulty I agreed to re-
main at the camp with the Apaches,
to look after our mutual plunder,
and Cooley and Dodd to go with
the chiefs party, consisting of him
self, his brother Ell Diablo and the
chiefs interpreter, the Indian cap
tive, Miguel.
This being arranged the 'peace
party" pulled out, reaching Colonel
Green's camp early in the afternoon;
but instead of being received with
open arms and crowned with peace
offerings, they were surrounded by
the troops, disarmed and placed
under strong guard, who had orders
to shoot down either one or all
should an attempt be made to escape.
Here again was another "pretty ket-
tie of fish," but 1 in the Indian
camp was totally ignorant of this
mishap to our ''peace party" Huero
the sub-chief however who was left
in charge of our camp on the Carlo
sent out spies to note all movements
in the camp of the soldiers. These
spies would return at intervals and
some of them reported all our "peace
party had been killed by the troops
as they could nowhere be seen in or
about the military encampment, and
that the soldiers continued to shoot
at every Apache that came into view.
This situation of affairs placed me
in a somewhat precarious position,
but the Sub-chief Huero had always
heretofore exhibited particular
friendship for me, and this fact had
tendency to inspire me with conf
dence. 1 reasoned with the Indians
and told them it was not probable
that the troops had murdered the
"peace party" and that all would be
we'll in the end. A little before sun
set of the third day after the de-
parture of our peace party" Huero
came to me and said "a large party
of soldiers and tame Apaches were
then about two miles off but his eye
sight was not sufficiently keen to
recognize either Cooley, Dodd, or
any of his people among the troops"
and desired my advice as to the
proper course to take under the ex-
isting circumstances. / gave him to
understand that in my opinion we
had better abide where we were.
The Indians relying upon my judge
ment made no effort to escape as
they could easily have done, but re-
manned in camp with the single ex-
ception of one squaw. As the
troops approached and when within
about quarter of mile, this squaw
grabbed her baskets and baby, and
made for high precipitous noun
tain over against our camp ON the
west side of the Carlo. 1t is we'll
to note here that for the troops to
gain the sumit of this mountain it
was necessary they should travel
seven miles up stream, or to ascend
at another point, four miles below
our camp. The Apaches invariably
make their camp in such localities
when practicable, for obvious rea-
sons, as the reader can readily un-
stand.
CONTINUED.
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