Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-19
HOPES FOR
SETTLE n
Of CLAIMS
Man Who Suffered
From Indian DepredationS in.
Early Days Has Hopes Of.
Reimbursement


urgent telegram pertaining 70 ms IN
dian claims against the government
Samuel c. Miller VIII leave to-day for
Los Angeles, saying that his presence
* desired there at once on this mat
ter. He states that his attorneys arc
in that city at the present time. and
he believes that representatives of the
Indian claims bureau are likewise
there.
II is the opinion ~ MI. Miller that
the question OF the payment due him
= at last TO be adjusted. and he fecls
somewhat elated over the receipt Of
the news. and confidently believes
that the matter Viii soon be disposed
Of. The sum agreed upon by Mr.. Mil
Ter and the government aggregate
over $20.000. This amount was oris-
inally placed before the Indian deprc-
dation bureau as long as Twenty-Five
years ago. TIL. loss of that sum was
incurred through the Indian wars
Wagcd in this section from 1868 TO
1873. in which time Mr Miller had
much property destroyed by fire bS
the Apaches. They also stole hum
dreds OF head of stock belonging to
Clustered around this transaction
there are reminisceuces of the past
which take one back to the early
DAYS of the sixties. when the Apache
contested the right of the white man
" every men OF ''' S'ou'u III tn'
9eN''""' anu irtseot' va iAeiuueu D"
. tho y,,4a 90 III. T..fff-H. 1,ffara .F. chat
the N"he 81 'ne Hs''Sh u''iks 81 ih''
UNIV IN maj tIHl' MI Miilc' was
'iie lr'Niest ~lr'lsh'eI III Nri~o''' nav
'lh q stilhE "l ven 'iaiIls' avn ~
sixteen mules. tie employed many
men ana ms rout' was from llafdS
Fili'' on the colorado RIVER TO res
colt On ina hne me- was q prey OF
tne Apaehe' ana ne lost many ahlih'is
ana much freight OF "a Valdapi' ma
lure win hces-ani iaIds ON ms
ireighting stock ne also had ms hanl'
lerdS run OF ahe nus nome burned
ms nome was located on the ldehu-
cal spot OF ms present mousse on th'
putslrts OF the citS' ms coffals pelhE
ldJacent
In the past of this man ME there
are tales OF a lhiillihs DAY a d'N. ll
short. of which tine average resident
the present time cannot form the
conception. Being the
boss freighter Of that time Mr.
Miller was the victim OF many ralds
in that line Of Apache dotnRs
me vivid chapter VIII again Toe men
lored To brlng l." the surface aEAlh
/ story in which an "stlmable Pres
'ott lady VIII De linked I" " d'ed ina'
vii thrill every one. II was thaI
heroic act on the part OF Mt Mlllef
he sent a bullet crashing
through "A ravinc and asked to make
var chief " the Nallapais. He was
to Prescott with nv trains
# freight wagons and WhiIe ~
Scale Springs, in Mohave county now"
his Nallapai chief came down
through a ravtne and ased to make
treaty. That significd that the
hiof wanted something, ana he asked
Or several animals and all the flour
. the train. AS quick as "a flash Mr.
lillcr reached for his Hawkins FHI'
nd sent a bullot crashing through
he heart of the Indian. ON the adja-
range there was tfom seventy
We TO a hundred Indians AN WAITING
II the signal to come and massacre
ne party. Waube Vba l"l dead 1n
is tracks and the Indians around Z
ron began To %dispersc. believing
rat the party was to be ombushcd, a
,uricr was sent to H~ardyNilIc and :
force of ten men was sent forward
81 fast as their horses would carry !
They were c|aptaiucd by Thos 9
Saunders. who is alive today and l
resident of Prescott. l,c1ching the
,mp OF Miller a consultation was q
Il WAS decided to go ON to
and the rescue party began q
comb the ravines and mountains 8
liacrnt They came upon One band q
ten lurking around and Killed every 7
tc Thcy then went back to tho ID
yer and Mr.. Miller came ON to Pres
1T From That time he had NO fur q
Ter trouble. /
Freight was not the only article
,ndlcd by this pioneer. he had =
.mpartmcnt for passengers, known /
the trail wagon. which served tho
Communications of the Pullman of
lis day =,
In camp 80 the springs at hat time "
"a choir r,,r rhtp waiting for ~