, 1897-03-19
AN APACHE CAPTIVE.
The TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE or LIT,
TIE ANlCETA CHAVEZ.

TIE ANlCETA CHAVEZ
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""'" I" '"' Na'nf'' '''""dy work
"r"'"''S '''s''" ny tm' >u"a"-.
"Duuiur ,ir las, Ar,,h, war .u,o,
ton yrors ,rn ,br,r Wv, ,,.n r,s,'
wirr,, within children xyc-r ,,l,u ,,,;s
mr,s Iv thn Indians mud ,,t,,n,,l
were rrcartur.d and restored IN ,,nir
friends " said , sou.bwc.,e,r r,;r;r,,
engineer.
''Thr first of ,bc children c,r,u,d
and rescued in 1hr last Ar,rh. w,r was
Santiago NIcKiu I'll, ,tL,r v,s, i'm,
IO-y,,r.rll Nux;c,r rirI Ar;cot, ~,
ycz. On limo 90 5 , l.t,rbr,,r,
of Mexican moons surnrjscd Chief Grron.
imo's buud 40 miles s,ptb,,,, ,f NJ,
dolcuo in Soror, So sudl,r u.,s ,Ln;,
atturk that the Indians A,d Sco,,,r;r,
TO cover and ut last making tb~r;rc.c,nn
As IN, s,Lji... so,,,L.,l ,L,,nruna, r..
foht for fine vynrudod ,rd ,hn nl,uIar
they conc man = littI, GIRL ,,rnoI ,rI
Lo,,foo,rd IiGi,, ,,rrur H. ,,,I.,
She WINS , child 81 N,xic,r h1,,,1 aud
when sbc was m,dc oyv,,,n ,h,t ,Lnsa
alou, b., yyoro or hnr owr raoa aua
frirudlv sb. to1l ,bo,, bor nna
story
..SLr wos Anic,t, f1,ovov who ,od
boon odontod i,to,L, f,r,i1v nf r.,"L
man u,uod pool Er;rr ron, C,In,n
sos 4 r On tLc mr.v;nrs All ~
whom Gorouiro ,u,,Io his hlodau ,,;L
info tho S,r,, C,,y ,.,1l,,. L., I;lIol
Mrs p,cl and L,, vnr,,n aha 49,,
carried Arirrt, into c,r,i,itr Ti',, h.
should do :, sur,i.iur q ,Lirr ~, 10
.r,ro L,r Hr, ,-,, ,l,un ,,IoII. 49,
fact that in cr,r ~ Intimately I,ir.
cor,rrlv,J +, sur,rd,r ,n tha rr;,aI
St,t,s t,,rrs lao ,,i,L, oo,, ,',,..
FERNS hv ~i,ryirp , r~ri.nu,r ,o d,Eyor
mn tn rho whites So tho uirI ,.,s h,,,
,ird ul,rr with l,r c,,,,,. and nnm
ucllcd to witness thr II murders ,hn,
thry committed oft,r ,brir sI,urht,r, -,
the Peck ranch
elf wus hard vo,E for Lrr,o loor ~,
with her co,tnrs lint b,r l;fn dc,ordrd
on il. Several times that d,v IN srno,ys
wouId hayr killed L,r INIT Gorouiu,
vould not suffer it ,houch no ,llo,vn,,
them to abuse and heat her tn ,h,i,
L,ort,' cout,ut Eut slr v,s nuIv q,
the ~lcuiuuiur Of Lrr. trou,Ios JS,,r,
the Santa rruz valley ,b, Indian.
SWINE l,,ck tn tbn Story, N,dr, and
their long irurn,v tLronrb u,,nr,,ins
and dessert wos , ,nuyh and c,u.l ono
The Indians, ,ursurd cr,.cIess]v nv
troous ON 10th sides If ,Lr N,xic,m hnr.
dor. trovpIad all dov ncvcr ,,n,,,;r,
for two ripbts in fine s,n,c rloco Ih,;r
ono meal n dov which thrv ,t. -, ri,bt
consisted usrnllv of borS,trsh Inf II
this were lacking and they were no,
too closely followed the hand scattered
the bucks in search of small pn,u, and
the women To rnthrr snakes lizards
cruls and ,diblc roofs and rlorts viii
which IN mako out , s,,;.fvirr r,,,
Their only bar,royc. handled ,Iv,vs Iv
tbe sruo,vs consisted ,f h,,uLotS ,rl
nonoosos in hoskots to,c,bor v;,h ,n,
n1nudor thov dcsirod T., ,,lo ,l,ro ~,
bucks c,,rind tboir rihoc and t.,o ,oItS
of c,rtridgcs cocb rrr,1lv thc Indians
had n1cutv of horses IN lido lint ,Lo,.
did their fighting on foot. They had cx-
ccllcnt ticldglassos, captured from the
whites, and these they used constantly.
In travelling, one Indian rode in advance
of the band. exploring fer dangers
ahead, while another, mounted on a
specially good horse. rode far i'll the
real to signal to the others information
of any signs he might see Of pursuit
and ready at the right time to spur for
ward and warn them.