El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-28
LIVELY EXPERIENCE
PARTY OF HUNTERS IN The
SIERRA MADRE.
Shocks Staiked Abroad, and Nor
mons Shook With Fear. While FL
paso Boys Stood Their Ground.

The friends of the hunting party
who left Ell Paso on November ID and
were near the scene of the Indian
trouble in Mexico are relieved from
great anxiety as the boys have return
ed unframed
The party was composed OF John J.
Sullivan Will Mitchell. Henry Heap
Rob Cole. Bert Erwin and Mr.. Walker
In describing their trip this morning
John T. Sullivan said: We left Ill
Paso on the morning of the 18th ana
went to Casas Grandes where we hired
n wagon and two horses and went Oh
miles southwest of Casas Grandes near
Colonia Pacheco. We we're within four
miles of the place where the two In
dams were killed They were killed
on the I4th by a Mormon named Al
ZEN One was a buck about % years
old and had a big scar on his fore
head. The other was his squaw. about
80 years of age. and she had scar on
her leg where she had been shot. the
bullet having passed clear through her
leg
The buck was supposed TO nave
been the famous Apache Kid but at the
time we left the country he had not
been positively identified
After spending a day or so in that
section of the country we went TWEEN
ty-fiye miles farther southwest ana
there the Indians were making lie
miserable for the Mormons by killing
their horses. They have been killing
one on an average every two days. The
Hormons are considerably worked up
over the matter and more trouble may
he looked for at any time.
..On last Monday night three Nor
mons came TO our camp at about eight
O'Clock: they had been sent out from
Colonia Pacheco to scout the country
and see Just what the Indians were
doing. They were almost scared TO
death and by their stories got some
of our party pretty. well scared.
On Wednesday night a Mexican
hunter with his son. who was about
fifteen years old came to our camp and
told us that there were thirty-six In
dians in the mountains above us and
that they had run them away from a
claim that they were prospecting in.
That same night We heard an awful
noise up in the mountains and all of us
got our guns thinking that the Indians
were coming GOWN after us. The noise
continued for some time and seemed to
be getting closer until we could finally
tell that it was a wagon and that the
horses were making very fast time. At
about ten o'clock the wagon came up
10 camp and tnere was Mormon In
il who was SO scared that he could not
speak for about fifteen minutes.
He finally explained that he was
going to Colonia Pacheco after a load
of shingles and had stopped about
eight miles from our camp to spend
the night He had dog with him and
when he stopped it was dusk and he
built a fire the first thing and then
went to get in the wagon to get some
feed for his horses. The dog began to
bark and he looked around and saw
three Indians coming at him and he
just whipped his horses into n gallup
and drove them that way to our camp
o. which he could see at times by our
fire
We gave him some supper and
Mitchell loaned him his gun for the
night and he lay down TO sleep but
did not get much sleep for every few
minutes he would jump up with a start
thinking that the Indians were after
him.
We left for home Thursday morn
ing after ten days OF fine hunting.
For four days We were in rain and
snow with no tent but we did not
mind that We killed seven deer and
FIVE turkeys"