Arizona republican., 1901-09-03

the wagons and behind bark ies, ready 70 resist an attack which the In- dians were about to nake when the dust of the majors command coming up gave tn m notice of his approach and they concluded to take to the mountains.
 The train was in charge of old man Pennington. one of the parties who owned the OK train captured up h the mountains. Thomas Yerkes, brother of thg present Judg Yerkts. of Doyes- town, Pa. was also with the party. He Informed the major that he had been on his way from Santa Cruz in four-horse ambulance. with four men and a Mexican woman; that they had met the hostile Indians nsar the cross ing of the river. but some distance from them; that his men had quickly turned lis team about and started back at full speed to where they had passed thS train, hoping 70 be able to reach that and have their prot ction About Cozen lndians, all of whom were mounted, gave chase, and when they same uncomforta5ly close he and his men wou'd swing about with their shot .S' pNAhtihs1 til tilt iAlAllIIS bul nDII- ing their fire, As they did so the h. dians would swing to che right and left and throw themselves on the sides Of
 their ponies Tn this way they would gain little lime-the driver in the mcantim5 not sparing ths whip--and that he iinal'y made the train in that way. Soon the main body of Indians. numbering about f00, by actual count. came up and seeing the train parked and ready for action, called halt. Tn the meantime an Indian courier arr lived from the river pCsthaste and could be seen reporting to the chief. ostcnsihly that the troops We're ap- preac hing rapidly, At any rate the chief gave ord cs to move to the Isf. towards ths pass to the Patagonia mountain. and the train was not dis tuIbed shortly afterwards. to the great relief of the party. the majors command came in sight and soon redchl d the park. The beleag gured par ty were about az happy a lot of from t!eTsmen as were ever met. and the beanpots were soon being emp,ied hy the hungry cavalTymen.
 A short time D fore the majors com mand arrived one of the men with Yer kes insisted oA going to a fcot-hil near by to s-e which way the Indians were going, or what th5y were doing. Mir. NerE cautioned him no. Co do so. as some of the Indians might be on the lookout but he persisted. and just as he reached the summit q rifle crack q art he Vas seen to roll over. The major and several men went to his aid and found him dead, having been shot tn! ough the brain.
 This EaJr in a.. 2 grand total cf nineteen persons killed by this band Of Indians wnile Cn this rai5. The band w.re Chiricahua Apaches. under the noted chief Cochse-the same band that was afterwards captured by Gen eral Lawtou and sent to Florida. then under Geronimo. tn chief CGCh.sa hay ing in the meantim died. It may not be amiss to rentioa here that the sams Indians were supplied with flour in Arizona by Major Veil after he !.rt jha army.
 Upon being informed cf tn strength Of tha InGisus and taking into con sldsr1tion the pass in O which they had entered the mountains, the major con c'udci l. would be foclhardy to con- thu the pursuit further. and decided ts giv- protection to ,he party he wa5 with and return to the pos,, where he arrives several days later.
 Old man PeaEinG on had been on the frontier all his lif He had d wife and quite larg family of boys and girls and before th5 writer Jeff the Territory himself anl wife and al his boys ani girls. wi;h one exception. aaI be n murder | by, the Indians. Tn eXcep- tlon WAS a Laughter and she. too had been captured by the Indlars at ,ha same point Gt which the OK train mad been attacked and the men burned in th Santa Rita mountains. After b ing outraged she was ;ArOwn from the highest peak of the mountain and lslt for Gead. Rocks had been rolled down the mountain s.4e after her, but af CT l salning consciousness, and knowing Wh re she was and the n5arest point ct which she could reach the wAltes. she struck out for old Fo-t Buchanan. then garriscned by troops Of the Frs Dragons, and where sGe finally ar- rived and was card for This was shortly befCrs the civil war broke out ! he af. wards marr.ed a gentleman in Tucson and was the only survivor Cf the family when tAc writer left the 'ilsrrltCry.