Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-07-14
A BLOODY FORT,
Old San Carlos, a Historic Fort, to
be Abandoned.
SCENE or MANY INDIAN RAIDS.

when Il compary " the Seventh in
fnntry lcavys Bort San Carlos Arizona.
/ for Fort Logan one % thc historic
! frontier forts VI uhc unitrd states will
/ he abandoned and wan rcvost 10 the
/ management ~ thc Indian agent
Fog many years San Carlus was the
hUtbed 90 Apache troublse when thc
Apaches decasici to leave thsar rc.cr.
vation and swvop down into Old Mes
ico ,hear traii lay close beside the fort
and the result was that soldiers at the
post in the early days suw plenty Of
hghung. Nest ~ thc nghung came
upon the Twcuty unts. the Fourth and
Tenth cavalry rrrimcnta as they
we're stationed thoro durlng the trou
hlcsumc years uf the lndianH 70 was
located at thc Junction OF the Ola ani
san carlos rivers. at the eouthcrn
corner OF the Apache reservation. ami
was known flftevn or twenty years ego
h1 the musi dangerous poai ia the west
10 was the time when che ApAches
were aimosst Continually on the war
path when quiet week or month vas
sure 20 he followed by ratd by the
Indians which called for hard riding
and hand nghting by the soldier
APACHE KID" LIVED THERE.
Army officers say that there was
newer a umc FOR many years when the
officers and men in san CarlOB were
not prepared Tor fighting. 1he Iaits
by The Indians became - frequent
that uhcy came To be- expected Il was
at san Carlos that Apache Kid" az
hrst sergcantof scouts, killed the chief
OF scOuta and then ned 10 hti people
in the mountains and began has carver
of crime aal blood Be YVES the mqst'
desperate Of the Apache iealiefs and
the most bloDithirsty. acUurding toI
army officers, lie was skilled. too. for
be had learned much az the fort. ani
coupled with this knowledge WAS hiss
natural crariness and ludiau traits
and his thorough knowledge OF every
t.ail boo the mountains
Geronimo tuo. gave the SOLDIERS at
Carlos plenty 90 do years bcfor general
then Lieutenant Lawton. ran mm %
earth and clcse-i ms career la tho
eirly eighties san Carlos was in the
midcHt OF it's hardest nEhung and
brushes with the Apaohsss were almost
90 weekly occurivnce. The Indians
trcd more than once 70 take the fort
b. storm.
INDIAN AFFECTION Is FATAL
OF the stories told Of old san carlo.
one H. Of Agent Gushing. Of whom the
Indians We're really fond The govern
mcnt decided TO tfunsfer ham tu an,
other agency The Indians heard Of
'hln. invited Gushing into the noun.
taina 20 hunt and he was never again
seen alive, one story han h that bits
of his body were rc:urncd 70 the fort,
but the ApachcB kept fragments OF
ilcsh and bone. determined that u they
could not have him entire they would
have most Of ham. ana the white men
could do aa they pleased with the rest. |
The gory Is told az an example Of an
Indians idea of trendship.
san Carlos wus known aside from lts |
reputation aa a place OF lighting. a. /,
the hottest post sH the United States. |
The average temperature In summer |
there is 10 degrees In the shade. In |
tho winter il b. extremely c0Al ia hls
book on western forts General McCook |
speaks ~ the post aa tho only one Ia /
America ln which extremes meet.
The fort was constructed roughly al
urst the officers living IN adobe I
hous,s. but the men we're quurtorod ln /
canvas houses During the summer /
the men were virtually confined in
furnaces. some years ago however
the government erected adobe houses
lor the men and in o3hcy ways made
the place more habHablc. but u was
always known as 'the he'll Of Amegiosin
forts"
Five tribes 80 Apaches come under
The luraiicton OF the Indian agent az
san Carlos They number 5.lO2 and
are divided among The CoyOtsro San
Carloa, ronto Moiaye and Yuma
Apachea.