Graham guardian., 1902-04-18
J. E GOLDING.

, I O!\ ~
pondingly increased.
We had also the Mexican and
the Indian, only the later mostly
Invisible. Their work, however,
was most p,inlulIy visible when
the mutilated corpse Of some $50
lated settler or me team 'ttr was
! brought in for barial by som p SIS
/ ing traveller, the vicIm hIv.n
been amhushed while Ell route ra
and from his ranch to and from
some town with supple fpr his
family His team would be either
killed or carried of, harness cut
to pieces and wagon burned invari
ably. At times when the Apache
was on bis periodical raids no one
felt safe to g outside the settle,
ments even for q iold Of wood OF
10 market, and anxi"tN was on
| tip toe for all concerned, whcncv,
such journeys had to b. made. la
the summer Of 1877 he U. 5. gov.
crnmcnt moved the bands of Vic
torio and Geronimo from their
hereditary hauntS to the San Car.
los Indian RcSc vaiion by military
fore Isaw them and those noted
chiefs rs they passed oar place en-
routc. | can not in this paper so
into details of their bloody work
in Arizona and New Mexico rs the
sequel to that removal. Bu; some
o the events may he mentioned
In the following year few miles
to the ca of us at As Sprin $, a
wagon train was captured, several
men killed and the amin It's carried
of, wagons burncd and the mcr
chandise, with which they were
loaded en- route for Globe minin =
camp was destroyed. Frequent
raids were made thereafter on
mines near Clifton and many
killed
In 1882 Geronimo who had left
the reservation with his men some
time before going t. S nora, NJ Xxi.
co, returned in order to get his
women from the reservation.
They swept through the Upper
ella valley, murdtri and DIS
troying, and just Il few miles to the
north Of us mastered twelve men
and women in ch ,rgc of sh ep
herd. a friendly squaw escaped,
and carrying IA Mcxicn child,
travelled all night and hroug ght the
news to u. Our men wert out
and buried The unfortunate The
Indians secured their women and
passing To the south of us killed
several settlers AMI at Cedar Pass
captured II large wagon train, l0
wagons think, and ITO mlies,
and continuing their course to ward
Mexico, fought the U. ) Cavalry
force sent against them in the 5 Il
phur Spring valley, and finally
IN de good their escape b Msxi1p
with all their women and plunder.
For several years thereafter mach
uneasiness existed in all our
neighborhood Once raid WIS
reported and the killing WAS near
by. All the settlers for miles
around concentrated at an adds
corral and building in SIif,rd for
defense, and guards pltroled the
nearby country fvr trails or other
notice of the approach Of the red
skins and this Dntinu ID 6r yer.
ii days. SO was our lif. vari d
with alarms unit! Con. Miles aad
Capt. Lawton, who WIS killed in
the Philippines last year, inll!y
ran the host,lss t. earth il N Xi %;
captured Geronimo AMI b nisheI
him to Fioridl ab0lt 1888 SiHct
that time desultory raids have been
made by small parties; some of my
neighbors have been killed on be
road. Now peace and quiet reign;
be Apache is attending sch Dol and
being taught the arts of peace.
During all thcs. years the Ari
zona pioneer has carried him; .lf
nobly and vindiclted the high
cha acter of the American race, for
constancy and high courage ex.
hibited in winning lis WY from
Plymouth L bck and jamestown TO
the Pacific shores and overcoming
every obstacle j winning t. civil.
ization this, the last POST of stv,
agery in the great West. Il this
work of evolution the wom5n have
done their full part.
In addition to the evils wo en-
countcrod heretofore presented
another was the lick IF so,.i.l life.
This was 70 some extent offset by
Il more earnest and possibly m IRE
enj yahle home life. The new
comers were largely single mn,
who had no home in lis true sense
TO enjoy Hcace Grim S and many