Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29


 the name of Pattie, farther and son. They were Kentuckians, immigrants from Virginia, of adventurous stock. The father of the elder Pattie had served in the revolutionary war and himself had served in the war of 1872. and had been present at the defense af Bryant's Station in Kentucky. st the time it was attacked by British and Indians. The name of this fight CT was Sylvester Pattie and the son, James Ohio Pattie. Tn 1924 they
 were given permission to trap on the Gila and it's tributaries by the then Governor of the Country. While somewhere in the neighborhood of
 Santa Fe at the head of party of trappers. they attacked and defeated large party of Apache Indians and rescued the daughter of the Governor who had been taken prisiner by them. They had, however, at that time, al ready been through Arizona from one end to the other and had trapped on
 the Gila and all it's tributaries. Some times the Indians were friendly with
 them, but more generally it was through the medium of powder and
 lead that ali business was done with the aborignes. The latter had suf-
 fered at the hands of the Spaniards and everything with a white skin was considered to be of that people. In
 1924 while the elder Pattie was en- gagged in working the Santa Rita mines in New Mexico, a party of French trappers arrived in Santa Fe. As they were to trap throuNh Arizona young Pattie decided to accompany them. They met with varying sue cess and had accumulated large amount of pelts when they reached
 the junction of the Black (Salt) river
 with the Giia. At this place they found large village of Papawar
 (Pagago) Indians against whom they had previously been warned. Before
 reaching the village they looked well to their arms On seeing them the Indians ran to meet them armed with
 bows, clubs and spears. Before com ing in conflict with thme they stop ped threw down their weapons and
 said they were friends. This appar- ent cordiality threw the trappers off their guard. All entered the village
 together. As this was the first time these French trappers had come in
 contact with the Papagoes they were delighted with their apparent friend ship and scattered themselves in every direction This did not suit young Pattie. He had been among the them before and knew that no good
 was to be expected from them He so told the Captain of the trappers. This angered the latter and he ac- cused Pattie of cowardice and trouble hs,4x fl7xx tRr averted. The result was that Pattie left the town and in company with a Frenehnan, whom he had known for many years in Missouri. he establish ed camp some distance away. The main body of the trappers had stack ed their guns around tree that stood in the village, and under pre- tense of preventing them being stolen the willy old chief took one of the saddle ropes and bound them all tight ly against the tree To this Pattie strenuously objected, and refused to be party to it as did his companion. This provoked fresh quarrels. so that Pattie and his companion kept to themselves. So bitter had the feel ing become that Pattie refused to eat supper with them although the chief and the captain of the trappers ur- gently pressed them to do so. The old chief, backed by the confidence blinded captain then insisted that as the night was cold some of the In- dians should be allowed to share their blankets with them This was not to be tolerated and the refusal renewed the quarrel. As soon as dark Pattie and his companion saddled and pack ed their animals and waited for what they felt was sure to occur. About
 midnight they heard sharp whistle and almost immediately they could hear the thugging blows of clubs and men screaming. They knew the work of destruction was then in In a few moments they heard some Indians | running towards them. AS soon as | they were close enough both men | fired into them. The Indians then turned and ran back into the town.
 As the two intrepid men were ready to move they lost no time in getting away They travelled north and about | daybreak they reached high mount ain on the south side of the Salt Tiv- l CT, probably what is nov known as Hayden's Butte, and here they made camp. Thep took turns on the hili watching to see if they were being pursued by Indians After his com panion had been in the hill about an hour he reported to Pattie that some | black obect was approaching from be- | low It was at first thought to be a bear and by it's actions looking for i food They saw it climb tree, and this further convinced them that it
 was bear. but as 1t approached clos CT they saw 1t was a man. and 1 thought it was an Indian. They
 made ready to shoot him as soon as | he got within proper distance. While
 intently watching him they saw the | sun glint on some brass buttons and
 recognized in the wanderer the
 French captain whom they had thought dead. He was wildly over joyed at seeing them. He was fear fully wounded about the head and
 face and stated that unknown to the i Indians he had retained a pistol in his shirt and that when the attack com.
 menced he had killed an Indian with l 1t and then had succeeded in getting
 away. The poor fellow tainted with exhaustion when he met his deliver
 CTS. They bound ap his wounds and
 made his comfortable as possible. Al | the time he killed the Indian the shot was heard in the Pattie camp, but il
 was thought the gun had been fired ! by an Indian That night they saw Ia ar.-