The National tribune., 1903-07-16

agreement; one party took our team, the
other the saddle horse. The buggy they
left standing in the road
Notwithstanding the very cold weather,
none of the Indians wore any clothing to
speak of; several of them had upon their
shoulders pieces of old army blankets, two
had Mexican Zarapes,' and one the cape
of an army overcoat. All Of them were
bare-headed, while few had tied around
their fOreheads a strip of some cloth,
which kept the profuse long hair away
from their eyes. Bows and arrows were
in everyone's hands; but of firearms /
saw only a rifle and two pistols. One had
lance.
"After their departure l waited about
half an hour, drank some more water, and
picked up few biscuits that lay scattered
around the buggy. Then l made a bee-line
towards our ranch. where / found our
wagons just arrived. With the wagon
master and two teamsters | returned to
the scene of the attack. We found that
Tapie's body was still lying where he fell;
there were about half a dozen arrows
sticking out of it., a favorite way with the
Otherwise he had but the one bullet
wound, that penetrated the heart and
| caused his immediate death. We buried
him preliminarily upon the spot, and then
began the search for the body of Capt.
Catterson. This was an easy task, as we
ilslu Only u 1OilOW lHe DdChWdlu
of bis horse from the spot where the at
tack was made. We found his body about
100 yards to the rear of the buggy and
few yards to the left of the road. His
spine was broken by bullet, and four
arrows stuck out from his back. In his
breast and throat there were n few deep
gashes, evidently made by a lance. We
buried him temporarily where we found
him. / met Wooster and party to-day as
| was coming through the SOnoita; they
were preparing a deep grave for the two
bodies"
Thus ran the story of Mr.. Goldtree, who
| was still very much unnerved. He had
picked up his hat, that had been shot off
at the first fire; it showed two holes made
| by the arrows that carried it off. The
back of his coat showed two more arrow
holes, and his wrist which had held the
reins, was badly powder-burned, showing
that the Indians fired their first voley al
most within arms reach. The exceedingly
poor craftsmanship displayed on this oc-
casion can only be accounted for by the
circumstance that the Indians aim was
disturbed by the very dense bushes in
which they were hidden, and from which
they fired.
MURDER AT NoGALEs.
After Wooster had fulfilled the oblga-
tions of his contract in the Sonoita, which
and part of February, 1863, he returned
to Tubac, after having delivered the bor-
rOwed or hired animals and wagons to Mr..
Warner, who had recovered in the mean
time from his sickness and was again re-
siding at Santa Cruz. Our stock of mer-
chandise in the store, the greater part of
which had been trusted out on crops that
| we're yet to grow, was at a very low ebb.
News of Apache depredations, quite fire.
quently accompanied by murder, were
reaching us almost daily from the sur
rounding country.
/ In the month of February all Tubac
was stirred up one morning early by a
Mexican, who came riding furiously into
town upon a saddle dripping with blood,
and begged assistance from whomsoever
he met, in burying party of his cOun-
trymen that had fallen victims to the willy
Apaches at Los Nogales (the walnut trees).
Alexander Mckay, just returned from the
Legislature, of which he was a member;
Ramon Romano, one Jose Ortiz and the
writer saddled up forthwith. Old Henry
) Glassman was very willing to accompany
|, US, but, as he was then in his honey
: moon, other influences were brought to
bear upon him. A sharp ride of about two
hours, towards the close of which we
rode through the present site of the town
of Nogales, brought US to the scene of
: Apache atrocity.
The road from Sonora here made a
, sharp turn around projecting rock bulg-
ing out from rocky hill on tile right side
of the road. All along tho left side of the
, road there was, hidden from it by dense
| growth Of bunch grass (sacaton), q natural
| ditch made in course of time by the water
running down from the road during the
vert was about Three feet deep, and af.
forded fine hiding place for Indians ly.
ing in ambush, as it was dry during at
, least 10 months in the year. Here there
was q group of, think, seven walnut
trees, from which the present town OF
NogaIes received its name, and here we
found II victims of the Apaches, all, with
one exception only, killed by arrows and
lances shot and thrust into the travellers
. backs as soon as they had rounded the
! projecting rock. A woman that accom-.
panied the party was carried off; the only
nfhor rnruiuor uhn rnided us to the MIA ca