El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-24
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we're, on the old Fort Bowie road. At
2 40 the command was in the saddle |
and on the road to the trail. My scouts
informed me that the hostiles had
worked along the crest OF the Stems
Peak range, towards San Simon sta |
ion. and crossed over the mountains,
out new and terribly rough |
rail down the side of rugged noun
ain. only possible to be used by In
iians who fully realized that their :
lives depended upon crossing the range
without delay.
After the trail reached the San
Simon Valley, instead of crossing the
railroad at once, it led east among the
for eight miles. then crossed
the railway and made directly across
the valley for the Chiricahua range.
II was well-defined trail, and was
easily, follow ed, until $50 p. NJ, when
it scattered in every direction, and my
scouts not being able to pick it up be-
tween the base of the range and where
we were, concluded 1t would be found
leading southwes along the base OF the
range, and having heard
that hostile Indians had been seen
day before, and knowing that the only
water to be had was in q stream-Tur-
kew Creek-near that place, pushed
irectly for that spot. We reached
Turkey Creek at ten O'Clock at night,
and went into camp, having marched
forty miles since noon. Half an hour
later Captain Chsffee of the Sixth
Cavalry with his troop, aud Lieutenant
Vests company of Indian scouts. came
up, also in pursuit OF the same oooy OF
Indians-his command appertatning to
the Military Department. OF Arizona,
while mine was under the authority OF
the commanding officer of the District
of New Mexico. Information having
reached me that the hostiles had killed
some whites in the Pineries, spot
twelve miles from Galeyville, the pre-
ceediug day, sent an officer to Galley
vile, about two miles from my camp,
to ascertain it's truth and get me
couple of guides. At daylight we were
off. leaving Captain Chaffee's COM
mand in camp, and the guides put US
on the trail, the Indians having pushed
through the foot hills of the Chirica-
hua range, and then out into the San
Simon Valley again. We followed 1t
across the valley in q southeasterly
direction, stopping to water the COM
mand at Cave Creek. Thence we NOV
ed to White Water Canyon, where the
stream was dry, and rested an hour.
and again took up the trail, which lea
directly over q range OF mountains
which is really an extension OF the
Stems Peak range. It was $3.50 p. m.
when we reached the crest of the
range, and as both the men and horses
were pretty we'll exhausted, made a
dry camp. The day had been trying
one, and the command had been with
-rrwater since 10 q. m, we having
| u.arched forty miles over q very rough
trail, which led down the mountain
and out into the valley for some miles,
where it suddenly disappeared.
careful search showed that the Indians
had here scattered in every direction
and probably arranged to work back tt
the foothills individually, to throw
any pursuing party off their trail. We
moved back at once, but failed to fine
the trail again, even after long and
been over thirty hours without cooked
food and without water for over TWEEN
ty-four, moved down into the valley
and found q marshy place called Glow
erdale Cienagas, with q small stream
of good water flowing out of it, an.
went into camp. l sent my chief o
scouts out to look for the main trail
At five O'Clock in the afternoon Lieu
tenant Hall with his Indian scouts
who had been chasing me up for sever
al days. reached my camp and told M
that he had struck the trail ten mile
distant. leading towards Guadalup
Pass. I was already aware that CAP
tain Upper of the Sixth Cavalry, will
two troops of his regiment and som
Indian scouts, was ahead OF me on tina
trail, as had met q courier of his tn
preceding day with an open despatc
statir g that, in his opinion. the Indian
were beading for the pass Guadalupe
and that he, Upper, would soon b
| IN 10
The 9th inst, we moved down tn
Animas Valley towards Guadalup
Fass. When near Cloverdale two Cit
zeps met US who told us that Capital
Topper passed in pursuit of the Indian
the preceding day: that the Indian
had moved toward Guadalupe Pas'
and then, instead of going through ii
had turned back: and moving aimos
east around the foothills of the mOur
tains, had crossed directly over tn
range about midway between the Sa
Luis and Guadalupe passes. The
willingly guided US to the trail, savin
us q ten-mile march by cutting direc
ly across the valley to a point that the
knew the hostiles had passed, and W
pushed on across the Mexican line an
over the range on one OF the wors
trails that L have ever seen or hear
Of. We reached the base about DARK
and near the mouth of the canyon W
found Captain Upper and his cou
mand. He had been hot on the ira
of the hostiles the preceding day. an
reached his present location withou
the Indians being aware of his AZ
proach. His scouts located their cam
that night eight miles distant in tn
valley, near small cienaga, or swamp
and before daylight he csutiousl
moved out and attacked them, hopin
to surprise them, and did succeed i
capturing part of their herd and Kill
ing some of them; but they managed t
fall back and get into q mass of grea
rocky crags near the swamp, and hi