The National tribune., 1903-01-15
TROPHIES OF THE RAID.

A sufficient picket was placed to guard
against any further surprise or attack
from the Indians, and we now began 10
examine into the contents of the captured
temporary rancheria. 1t consisted OF anont
n dozen hints put together very indiner-
emily with dry sticks of decayed giant cnc-
tus. the thorny branches of the candle
wood (FOuquiera spinosal. some scrub-oaR
and willow branches. all covered IN
slouchy manner with the long. coarse
bunch grass called here "sacatOu grass:
i We found two small hollows excavated
from the hillside in which we discovered
quite lot of jerked deer meat. cut in long
strips and tied into bundles, several dried
hut untanned deer and antelope skins. and
several nets or bags woven from the fiber
of the agnve plant. containing roasted
agave heads (roasted mescaD, dried hard
for future use as we dry apples or
peaches. The men picked up two old
blankets. two lances. four bows. eight ar
rows. several baskets of very crude make.
and the head of a deer with antlers pre-
pared for hunting purposes. All these
things had that peculiar. indefnable odor
which I can only call the "Apache smell.
as it does not compare even approximate
~ with any other odOr known. The stores
of food were destroyed by fire upon the
spot. while the other articles were carried
off as trophies of war.
l. After the return to Wallen, which was
effectnatpd without any occurrence worthy
of record, a man brought me very old
and much-used bnckskin bag, about the
size of haversack, which he had found
in the Apache camp. In it ! found sever
nj arrnwheads. two how strings. one
wristlet of rawhide (worn by the Apaches
| upon their left wrist as n guard against
the stroke of the bow string,. several ank-
let's made of number of bell-shaped tin
p;n CT 1onca1y fnuafhar a hohv r1f
tie made of small gonrd followed out
and partly filled with pebbles. and several
| tablets of what appeared to he whitish
baked clay. Irpon them there were en-
gravad. apparently before baking. as the
raised edges of the designs showed. repre-
sensations of hears. deer. raccoons. trees.
acorns. bows. arrows, ETC., in varying ar
rapgements.
These Marigiido Mt once pronounced to
he playing cards in general use with the
Apnches. He remembered the games
| played with themfvery well. and explained
me one or two. hnt ! have forgotten them
and only remember that these games
seemed to me more intricate than one
would suppose savage people to indulge
| in.
The Indians. with the exception Of the
| few squaws who wore skirt and what
| seemed to he short chemisette. were
| without clothing wearing only the usual
cloth around their loins fastened around
the body with a. string. I do not think
they wnnId wear this. were it not that
they carry either In its base or tied up In
. corner the small trifies of daily use
There were only three firearms among
them that we could see. and the small nse
| they make Of them was not Mt all alarm
ing. Probably they had but few car
1 tridges. Some of them had bows and ar
rows. bnt made no attempt 70 use them
during the fight. If our Iaborious uphill
pursuit may he called so. Two had lances
| As 70 the head dresses. jngling anklpts
| and other finery so frequently seen in pic
lures of Aparhes. he it understood that
they exist indeed. hut are only worn at
home while irdnlging in dancing festi-
| val of ceremony, and not infrequently Mt
n tiswin spree, hut never by Apaches who
are cont for business" when they carry
or wear nothing superfluous. Some of
| them. when out on an expedition. tie n
| strip of red or white cloth tightly across
the forehead. to prevent their long hair
from falling over their eyes and obstruct-
ing their eyesight.
SNOW BOUND AT CAMP WALLEN.
Towards the end of each month / had
TO prepare the monthly ration for our
picket post of 10 men who guarded the
mail station and stock at the San Pedro
Crossing. about 81 miles to the north of
Camp Wallen. whence Corp'l A. Buttner
had deserted during the early Summer. To
these men | generally sent more and more
fresh meat as the season advanced. and
generally also n live sheep. The rations
were taken to their destination on camp
| wagon accompanied by an escort of six
men under Corporal. When the party
that he'd taken the rations for the month
of January, 1867, returned. they could
Iaur w n..h
snow, which had fallen in usual quantities
during that season. All the surrounding
mountains were clad in spotIess white
from top to bottom. and by the time the
wagon returned there were from two to
three feet of snow all around us on the
immediate tablelands. The pass leading
through the MILESTONE Mountains to The
son was blocked with snow, as well as
the passage through the long and tortu-
Gus Davis Canyon. lying about halfway
between Tucson ard Wallen Of this we
were Informed by our mail rider, who
came in with frozen toes. and lost two of
them by amputatnn. He also said that
the wagons loaded with Commissary
stores for our camp had been obliged to
turn back to Tucson, as they found the
road in the canyon impenetrable and that
they could in all probn blity not reach us
! before two weeks, and not then, if more
snow were to fall. This would not have
mattered so much, as We were still well
supplied with articles of food; but the
Commissary Department, as well as the
| Suffer store, had completely exhausted
| their stock of burning-Oil and candles, Ry
Jan. ] there were Just three candles left
in the whole camp; the sweet oil issued as
horse medicine hid been exhausted in the
| few lamps and lanterns we possessed; on
| account of the severe season the sheen
and horned cattley deprived by the snow
of their usual pasture, had become SO poor
and feeble that no tallow could be ex-
| tracted from their en- rcasses; II head died
of sheer exhaustion and exposure | had
begun to use t'Tpentine in my little tin
lamp for the time necessary to dress and
undress, although it gave but very un-
satisfactory light, smelled bad and flared
away rapidly BS 6 o'clock D. m. the
camp would have been in utter darkness
had it not been for the bright fires shining
through the walls of the officers and First
Sergeant's tents.nim which adobe hearths
had been constructed.
When the escort returned from San Pc
dro they reported that Indians had been
seen providing about that mail station, and
had nearly succeeded in driving off the
grazing stock. Lieut.. Harrington asked
10 be sent in that direction with a scout
ing party, perhaps less with the expecta-
ton of finding Indians than with the de-
sire of nterrupting the monOtony of camp
life and to give his surplus vitality an op-
portunity of expanding itself, which he
allied ito let off the surplus steam." Mar
gildo gave it as his opinion that perhaps
| , few Indialis from the Ariyajna tribe of