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pEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. MARCH II. 1900

citizens OF Arizona. and also organized
an effective force 10 pursue maraudlng
bands IN old Mexico. For the COM
nand OF this special column he selected
Captain Henry Ware Lawton Of the
Fourth U. $. cavalry, an officer whose
record during the war and subsequent
~ had been most brilliant, and whose
splendid physique, character and high
attachments as an efficient commander
OF men peculiarly fitted him for this
task. Lawton's command, organized
May itb and supplied with sixty days
rations, marched from Fort Huachuca
May 9Th, TO follow up the trail OF the
Indians.
The Apaches were followed through
the Santa Rita, Milestone, Ricon and
Catalina mountains. In the latter they
mere attacked. and boy who had been
recently captured by them was rescued.
They were then pushed southwark until
at length they crossed the boundary
whose topography they knew wei.
Mounted troops were no longer avail
able In so rough country. Captain
Lawton, with fresh command as
sumed the arduous and almost Impos-
sible task Of pursuing the Apaches
persisiently through the broken coun-
try OF Sonora for nearly three months.
He followed them from one range Of
mountains to another, over peaks which
were ten or twelve thousand feet above
the level Of the sea. and frequently In
the depths Of canyons where the heat
In July was OF tropical Intensity. Be-
cause 81 this heat the men could not
bear their hands on the metal parts
Of their rifles, nor on the rocks
SO Injured had the Apaches become TO
the thin, dry air that In passing from
one 10 another OF these almost parallel
ranges their movements were almost
as rapid as the native Rocky mountain
sheep. and their disappearance from
the peaks was as magical. AS the men
climbed upward the great exertion In
this rarehed atmosphere caused them
10 fall backward exhausted and bleed
Ing al the lungs. while the cruel, Jagged
rocks tore their clothing and rasped
their fllmsy boots into shreds.
During this time Lieutenant Gate
wood, Sixth cavalry. with two Chlrica-
hua Indians, who had been charged
with a commission TO enter the Indian
camp and demand their surrender.
Joined Lawton. On August l3 Lawton
received information that the Apaches
were moving toward the Terras noun
tains. He marched Immediately to
head them Off By making forced
marches he arrived near Fronteras on
the Goth, and, learning that the Indians
had expressed to the Mexicans a desire
to surrender, Lieutenant Gatewood
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Chiricahuas 10 communicate with them.
but found the Mexican authorities al
ready trying 10 negotiate terms. Gate
wood however. sent his Indians for
ward, and soon learned that the Indians
had moved their camp, This fact he
communicated TO Lawton.
On the evening Of the oath Lawton
came UP with Gatewood. and found
him in communication with the fugi-
tiyes; but on his return from their
camp he reported that they declined to
make an unconditional surrender. and
wished him to bear certain messages
to General Miles. Lawton persuaded
Gatewood 10 remain with him, believing
that the Indians would yet come to
terms. The following morning Gero-
nimo came into Lawton's camp and in
timated his desire 10 make peace but
wished to talk with General Miles. In
the course Of the talk Geronimo. after
looking Lawton over, grunted out the
remark You are the only white man
that ever tired me OUT" Quickly came
Lawton's reply, In his usual terse man.
ner: We'll, that is Just what ! came
to do"
When General Miles returned to Fort |
Bowie. sixty-hve miles distant, he took |
with him Geronimo, Natchez, and four
other Indians. Lawton, with the main |
body OF Apaches, started, and, by max !
Ing slow marches, reached Fort Bowie |
on the morning OF September s, Thus,
the campaign, beginning on May 5. had |
continued five months, during which the |
column had marched and secuted a to- |