The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-11-23
INDIAN SCOUTS

tHRA'N s@HNNN ~ - tsta ANFNA
10 isc', 10 o.npsisoias ss.losi eeris
tribe. q the Nsi,srn plains and not
tsib tribes oi TIE Westsrn piAins 81
noattslss. said 40 srmy cfiser uho b
seeh stfriee 81 al9bs The Western ifoDti
from CAnads - the Mfxieaa lice sI
seros IL oar regular soldiers .
Zoe Gshlen. ss good ~ any 10 the vol
patient, brave snd enduring apd Tbs
have DO ir5ablt 10 disposibs oi Iodial
asdef s6y i.ii ODDS Ouos ihty eau brit
them % bsttle. bai iSst bore Is The irt
ole, 10 c. CD thea Ihs l0aisns. boz
and bred 10 The oourity, kuowing evti
loot Of il socastome1 10 wsifare aud
moving ssihly over vide spaces, 80
hsnpered by 90 baggage train or oih'
in pedineIt Gao keep swsy from sre'
ly superior pnr,uing force Of cisilizsd u
diefs ior long time II they decide
Gsni they sre Sbie usually to choose ibti
own place and time Tor giving battle
This /, especially true OF the npsohes, h
have been the most inyeterstely hottil
aud the hardest TO deal with OF all ID
Western tribes. IL IL 10 the blood OF o
Apsche 10 live ty ppine and plunder
sud be is physically ofgspizsd aud iruiuet
TO that end ii can run siIiy miles
day over couniry, open or rough. takiDl
Il rs he fuds II, Tor. week on stretch
dndiba bis subsistence as be goes, cal
hide blmseli snywhere almost that 1
ground lizard csp, aud knows every triol
oil dodsins or following or getting away
from 30 enemy.
OF ell our Indians the ApDcbes have
been employed the most as scouts for Tbs
Tor the regular army, and without then
services 10 this way the government might
have failed TO this day 10 making the
Southw west territories. New Mexico and
Ariz1ns, safely bsbitsble for the white
settlers
II was about the time that General
Crook wound up his famous csmpsig Us
against the ApSches that came with my
heR lieulensnt's commission to Camp
Bowie, Ari.
II was IN early autumn a, | go, my
fret orders to so out with detail OF
Apaches to scout the Ohiricahus noun
tsins sou,hwsrd as i.r AS the Mexican line
and retutn by way Of The San Simon
plain. 1t ives difficult country. wholly
new to me, as 1t WAS 10 mos. men then,
and, TO mske the thing worse. there had
utt been shilling OF scouts at the post,
aud there ~ss not a man 10 my command
hat knew except Cashmere Grijilbs.
who acted as interpreter But
of course | took my assignment thankful
y, made my relnisitions for ten days
rip, and rode cut OF the post the next
morning into the southwest opening OF
Apache psss. sitting very straight on my
horse. with Gai 'lbs riding by my side
md twenty Apache sceuts ttringipg along
~ foot behind,
We camped that night on the San Pedro
md tle next morning took iuto the noun
ains. The country after passing the foot
nils was horribly rough, and there was
'ply one man 10 my command who owned
O having been in the mountains before,
ie was hall Mexican Apache called Dor
ugo, the least to be trusted CT ony, |
new ioo much by this time to show q
ign OF hesitsncy. and, helped by Grilalba.
q admirable and trustworthy man, l
licked ou, my route, good or bad, riding
bead into oil torts OF placeR, tcsnping
be ground and sky for Indian signs, aud
enerally making grand bluff OF know
u every thing about everything for effect
pom my men. Perhaps overdid the
lipg, for on the third day | began to
office chsnge 10 the behavior OF the
,ouis Cussimiro Grijslbs, who under
ood the Apache tongue and character
lttr than any other white man living,
as quietly tertive to what went on 10
ID on trail, but said nothing TO me OF
bat be be heard aud saw. When | DO
ced shade OF snIiety appearing in bis
ce, took the first chance TO ssk bim
bat was wrong With the scouts | put
= auet tions TO him on the morning Of
e fourth day as We two rode up a grassy
,ley, hen med in by steep mountain
fl, pnd dotted With pine and osk treee,
ke park.
What is the matter with the scouts,
asiu,iro? s,ked. They seem to have
-own unwillIpg and snlky.
DE shrugged bis shoulders snd nodded.
es, senor, be said. They sc. that way
metmes. 1t is their nature.
Bot this won't do, saia. The way they
el now. | csu't trust them 10 report suy
idisn signs they ind, much less TO take
. trail aud follow 1t. And how much
Inld depend on them II we fell in with
lie bos.ilesy They would leave us In the
rcb. il they did not join them outright.
e nodded again. 1t is bad, very bad, be
id grsyely. II 10 the talk Of Durango
a, makes the other Indians hearts bad.
g tbiuks himself medicine man and be
lis them ihs, ii uesns I'll luck il they
llov yon sssipst their own psople -,hst !
% ore yonng aud know nothing Of war,
a ihs, your heart will quske when dan
. comes.
Well, ~hst lie to be donei said.
O see DO way but TO shoot Dursn o, and !.
8 quicker The better. /, will make
ines no uorse. aud will bring mai,ers TO
ies1.
% may hsveto do II, OF |. IL you sive