El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-26
LIFE In MESILLA VALLEY
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cut slit In the curtain 30 bnat we
could see what was going on.
"sLook at the dead bodies" yelled
Font, cursing at the horses and at him.
self, and changing over into Spanish
when his stock of Euglish ouss words
gave out Look at the dead dodies.'
I'VE looked out, frightened half to
death, and saw what appeared to be
two or three dead men lying along
side the road. By that time the hor-
SEES had become frightened at old Fonts
swearing, and were plunging around.
Old Font whipped them up a. hard as
he could, and for the next ten or twelve
miles we fairly flew over the ground.
''After we had gotten about that
far, Font stopped, and the manager
and got out and looked around. It
was a reckless and a foolish thing to
do, but We wanted to see.
st was long about daylight, and we
could see plainly. Not . hundred yards
down the road, and right in our way,
was q bull hitched to an OK team,
grazing along side the road and drag
cling his dead mate with him as he
went Sitting up in the wagon was q
man, lying back against the seat
dead, with the whip still in his
hands, and brown caked blood all over
his face and body. After that we saw
the rest of the work the Indians had
done. It was Q bull train out of Silver
City, and had been loaded with mer-
chandise for the trading posts further
A. T. I'D LIT
scattered over the road In all directions.
The bull train had been struggling
along, and the Indians had surprised
every body and killed them all.
1--WE finally got bscLto Mesills, and |
told about what we had seen. The |
next day walked down to the saloon |
that served as the headquarters for |
the coach line, and stopped to talk
with Font who was in his accustomed |
place. He talked, for . wonder, and
stranger yet, he didn't swear. AZ
that was something remarkable 1 WAS
surprised, and asked him what the
trouble vas.
"Well, said Font, I've spent Q life
time out here on this old stage box, and
Il VC5SCA 0OOus sh2h8 saCt . o. ~
see in the way OF fighting, and never
bothered much about 1t. But this 'lset
time 1 was so frightened that 1 never
was SO scared before in my life. A
mans too near death all the time to be
q swearing around all the time. I'm
going to stop It,
He went out again in less than a
III -,
when he came back 1 saw him leaning
up in front of the saloon. The trip had
been quiet. No Indians had bothered
the stage, and Old Font was cursing
and swearing as hard as ever.
However, the Apaches began to get
worse and worse. Tie first thing they
did when they were moved to San Car
los, after they went on the warpsth,
was to burn and murder between Silver
City and Mesilla,
SAT the very outset Eve or six minors
who were going to Hillsboro, New
Mexico, from Socorro, on foot, were
captured by the Indians. They were not
armed, and that is tho only thing that
saved them, for If they had had guns
they would have fought the Indians and +
there were too many Apaohes for them
TO have whipped. Tho miners didn't
have anything but their blankets and
tools. The Indians took away their
hats and tobacco, and let them 60.
'tA few days after thst the Apsohes
killed . colored mail carrier and left
him lying where he was shot, after :
scattering the contents Of the mail bag
Ill around. ALI the time the Indians =
we're gaining strength, and the troops |
rom Fort Cummings we're ordered
,ut. The campaign was long one.
General Hatch, commanding the
district of New Mexico, was in COM c
nand. He had the Ninth cavalry and
he Fifteenth infantry, with Lieuten-
mt Colonel N. A. M. Dudley in COM
nand of the cavalry, and Colonel Buell.
t the head of the deughboys.
''At one time, after he had been fol- Il
owed around everywhere without be-
ng caught, old Viotorio went right up
D Fort Cummings, and they thought 4
hey had him that time sure, but b e :,
'os away again and crossed the border
nto Mexico. Buell. followed right af-
er him, and the trail was hot, when
he Mexican troops came up, and
Touldn't let him 60 any further. Then
he Mexicans took the trail and fol- n
owed The Apaches. They came up
nth them and there was . battle.
Tictorio was killed, and that ended
be war, but Buell., though he deserved