Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-26

Details were received today Of the
killing Of the supposed Apache Kid,
near Pacheco. Mexico, few days ago
which event was heralded IN the dis
patches as an Indian attack on the
Mormon" colony Of Pacheco, In which
four "Mormons' and twelve Indians
were said 70 have been slain. As It is, the
killed comprise three Indians, one OF
them supposed TO be the notorious
Apache Kid, for whom the United
States government has offered a reward
Of S5,vvJ. The other dead are an In
dian squaw and pappoose,' who fell in
the fight, It not being known that the
adult was u woman, and the child was
not seen, till after the fight. The shoot
ing was done by two men whom the
Indians had robbed, and who had fol-
lowed the band, but had decided to let
the robbers 60, only the latter came
forward I'm a trail that made the shoot
ing a necessity. Following is a letter
giving the full story, written by Ap0s-
lie Abraham o. Woodruff TO Presidents
Lorenzo Snow and George Q. Cannon;
Il is written at Colonia Juarez. Chihua-
hua, Mexico, and dated Nov. is, 1900.
START ON THE JOURNEY.
You will by this time, no doubt, have
received various and exaggerated re-
ports about our Apache Indian trouble,
and lnasmuch as | have been over all
the ground and assisted In the burial
OF the Indians who were killed |
thought you would like an account OF
the affair from me. After my arrival
here, Presidents WINS and Pratt. with
myself, started to make complete tour
OF the mountain settlements. We held
a meeting at Pacheco, also one at Car
cia, then went 10 Chuichupa and or
ganized the people there into ward
with George 81. Haws as Bishop, with
Benjamin j. Johnson as his fret and
Samuel j. Brown as his second cOunse-
lors. After holding a number of good
meetings with the Saints OF the Chui-
chupa ward, we drove back to Garcia
and held another meeting. spending the
night there.
The following day, which was last
Tuesday, we drove through Pacheco
and down TO Caves Valley, to the
Thatcher ranch. The same afternoon
we held meeting with the Farr family
and the Allen and Harris families, as
well as some few other people, number
ing about thirty in all. The sacra-
ment was administered and the Saints
addressed by Brothers WINS. Pratt and
myself.
THE ROBBERY,
II was at the close Of this meeting
that Brothers Martin Harris and
Thomas Allen made It known TO US that
they had been robbed the Saturday
night previous OF 1000 pounds Of corn,
800 pounds Of potatoes, bolt Of factory
which had been left out TO bleach, and
a number of other things. The morning
after this took place Sunday morning.
they followed the thieves into the
mountains. thinking, perhaps, they
were Mexicans and could be arrested
and brought back. One of these breth
rem was armed with a shotgun loaded |
with buckshot while the other carried |
a good Winchester rifle. They crossed |
and recrossed the trail OF the thieves a
number of times, following the trail |
over a large mesa until about O'Clock |
y. m.
After having crossed a very deep
canyon about 1000 feet below the sur |
rounding country, they followed up a |
side canyon some quarter OF a mile, |
then climbed up the side Of this canyon |
20 the top OF a ridge that ran out 10 |
the deep canyon they had just crossed. |
This ridge was highest near the deep |
canyon and sloped back toward the |
main ridge. OF which It formed a spur. !
DISCOVERY OF THE INDIANS.
Right on the point OF the spur, or
view Of the surrounding coun- |
try, six Apache Indians |
were camped. The Indians had |
assembled the steeD ridge at the point |
where II runs out and overlOoks the |
canyon below. The brethren by going |
up the side canyon avoided being seen |
by the Indians, as they would have |
been II they had followed the trail. but |
going as they did they cut the enemy |
on IN the'course they were going to at |
tempt to travel The brethren came |
out In plain sight OF the Indian camp |
before they discovered them and were |
forced 10 retrace their steps at least |
100 yards before they We're out Of sight |
from the indian camp and could take |
cover.
WOULD HAVE LET THEM GO.
When they saw that the thieves were I
Apaches instead OF Mexicans they Sc I
creted themselves behind some rocks /
and held a council TO decide as 10 what |
they had better DO. The Indians were /
about 10 break camp. and the brethren !
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