The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-28


 had lost some relative or friend through | the Apaches. The Indians always l chose this section of country when en- ! deavorlng to make their escape from l the United States troops, and pursuit ! was especially difficult from the fact
 that the region was entirely unknown ] to us and almost impossible. The h. 1 dians would purposely lead us into | places where there was no water, and i sometimes all of that liquid that We | had to drink would be as thick as jelly stuff that had stood in rock tanks for 1 months At other times they would set ! fire to the grass and bushes Although l the men for this expedition were picked l with the greatest care, only about one | third of them endured the long fatigue.
 and we had practically three sets of of ! ficers. Only Lawton and l of the whole | command went through the entire cam | paign from beginning to end. 1 One who does not know this country cannot realize what this kind of service means-marching every day in the in- tense heat the rocks and earth being so torrid that the feet are blistered and rifle-b barrels and everything metallic be- ing so hot that the hand cannot touch them without getting burnt. It is a country rough beyond description, cov-
 cred everywhere with cactus, and full of rattlesnakes and other undesirable
 companions of that sort. The rain, when it does come. comes as a tropical
 tempest. transforming dry canyons into
 raging torrents in an instant. The
 small whitehall deer abounded and
 served us well as meat ration. It
 was no unusual sight to see half doz-
 en brought into camp and disposed of
 in as many minutes. Meat and lots of
 it,' that was the cry while we were do-
 ing our hardest work and it seemed to
 be required to make good the waste.
 We had no tents and little or no bag
 gage of any kind except ratons and
 ammunition. Suits of underclothins formed our uniform and mocassins cov-
 cred our feet.
 Lieutenant Gatewood who had joined
 Captain Lawton's command about ten
 days before on the Yaqui river, two In
 dians his escort, interpreters packers, etc, were sent to the hostile camp to discover the state of mind of the hos tile camp One stayed all night, but the other returned and said that Ge- ronomo wanted to meet Lieutenant Gatewood in the open and unattended. for a talk. Gatewood had this talk
 with him. found his tone friendly, and afterWcod with his party went into their camp Lawton was with his scouts in advance of his main command and near the Indians camp. Gatewood, after his visit to the Indians. returned to Lawton's camp very much discour- aged, saying that the Indians had de- clined to recognize him, and that he had no faith in their surrendering. Lawton replied that the Indians were not waiting there for nothing, and that he believed they meant to surrender.
 The next morning at daybreak Geron- imo, Natchez and twelve or thirteen other Indians came into our camp, and Geronimo rushed up to Lawton, threw his arms around him, and giving him a hug. said
 You are the man I want to talk with"
 They had a short conversation, and as result the entire body of Indians came down and camped within two miles of us and later in the day moved St1ll nearer, so that they agreed to ac- company Lawton to where they could meet General Miles and formally sur render.
 But what a change had come over the brave fellows who had run them down! When I had last seen Lawton he was in full form, but with grave aspect of Now he was gaunt and lean, having lost forty pounds in weight but his face was lighted mp with the sparkle and joy of the con- scious victor, as much as to say, 'I pre- sent you the trophies of the hard, though fairly won chase" His coun terpart in transformation was Captain Wood his faithful and true assistant through it all, who had lost nearly thirty pounds in weight.-Springfield