Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-12

broke off his reservation, December /.
1888" said Mr.. Green. He left the
San Carlos reservation on the first If
the month and, with his warriors.
skirted Fort Thomas and the Indian
hot springs. He reached Leighton on
December 3. to find almost every in
h%abitant absent from the village. eth
err attending TO farm duties or at the
mill.
Took All the Horses.
IAN the horses were taken and
when the Mormons returned and found
their animals missing, they thought
that a rang of renegade MeXicans had
committed the theft. never dreaming
that the old Indian chief was on the
~warpath. They took the trdil. which
led by ~Solomonvllle, and in the latter
place We're joined by a large body Of
white men, myself included.
"As we reached the mesa which
runs back of SolOmonville and where
the eye has an uninterrupted sweep
OF hfteen or twenty miles. we could
see the dust raised by the Indian tribe
n their drove of horses. The In
dams also saw US and stampeded the
horses, taking cover themselves In a
gorge which led back into the mouy>
tains at the end of the mesa.
Trail Easily Followed.
was very uiN ana their tran
was easily followed. They ambushed
themselves behind rocks in the gorge
and as we rode into their trap they
opened fire upon us from every direc-
ton. h two Wright brothers. who
were of the Leighton colony. were in
the lead and 10Th fell at the first vol
ley. W. attempted to get out Of the
trap and another man, whose name I
do moi remember. was Wounded. hut
we managed to get him II and he
later recovered.
After this. after the old chief had
once seen blood, he started upon q
campaign of pillage and murder which
terrorized the entire territory and only
ended when the wife of Geronimo was
killed and the papoose which was on
her back was captured and many Of
his tribesmen fell before the guns of
States cavalry.
Son Of Geronimo Now In Solomonville.
"Geronimo's son. who was taken
from the back of his dead mother aft
err she fell, is living in Solomonville
now. A man named Adams was the
one who took the little fellow and he
the babe over to a Mexican
woman who was living neal where
this battle occurred and continued the
pursuit after old Geronimo. He was
rounded up the following day and cap.
tured- This vas the old fellows last
The boy was at that time an infant
of is months. He is now grown to a
manhood, peaceful. industrious
and fond of his foster parent. Mr..
returned and got the little fell
after Geronimo had been cap
He Is called Doubtful Adams,
and has been well educated by his
adopted parent"
Ar. 49,. a
and bears upon his scanned face the
imprint of the stenuOus times he has
passed through in the civiliZing of the
West, With his iron gray mustache
and weatherbeaten and sun tanned
face, he Is withal, in spite of his full
years, still a magnificent specimen
IF manhood.
Blames Government Agents.
~ believe. and always will believe,
hat whatever murder and robbery
committed. he was forced
10 do 1t by the United States govern
continued Mr.. Green. His
pwn reservation was south of the
southern Pacific railroad in the San
Simon valley. Cochise county. Arizona.
When Il was decided to place all the
Indians under the direct supervision
IF Indian agents. Geronimo delivered
himself and his tribe over with the
understanding that he was to be left
IN a reservation 10 be created where
ne had long lived.
after he was in charge this provi-