The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-01-25


ward.
Automatically he took up again his
quest for buried treasure. That which
In the flush of youthful enthusiasm
and roseate prospects Of life and love
had seized him as a passion was now
a settled habit, and fortunately so, for
1t kept him from going mad. He had
no thought of gain, only the achieve
ment Of a fixed purpose, monOmania.
With this impulse was conjoined a
more volitional motive-he wished to
revenge himself upon the Apaches and
chiefly upon the renegade Mckee
whom he supposed still to be with
them Somehow he blamed him rather
than Jack Payson as being the chief
cause of his miseries. eff he had not
stolen the buried gold / would have
returned in time" he muttered. 'He
is at the bottom of all this. AS / walk
ed away from Jack in the garden
felt as if it was Mckee that was fol-
lowing me with his black, snaky eyes"
Accordingly Dick directed his way
to a region reputed TO be both rich in
tile Indians. He wandered westward
TO Tularosa, then down to Fort Grant
and toward the lava beds of south
western Arizona. In all that arid land
there was nothing so witlered as his
soul.
Jack. well mounted. with a pack
mule carrying supplies. had picked u
T4f.I-f.. f.1fI n lnfE FT-4Iopo fro
Il scout cat &C Fort Grant
clin Hoover headed for Fort Grant
IL lis search for Jack. Although the
rarchmGn had only brief start Of
Lin, Slim lost the track at the river
ford. knowing Dick had gone into the
desert, Jack headed eastward, while
Slim. supposing that Jack WAS break
Ing f." the border to escape into for
Ci-n country. turned southwark.
Frc:l the scout who had met Jack
and Dicl, the sheriff learned that the
5v'N r.cG were headed for the lava
bees. which were occupied by hostile
AT.acheT.
DetachInents OF the Third cavalry
wore stationed at the fort. with Colo
rel Tardie in command of the famous
i troop, band OF Indian fighters
never eGualed.
In turn they chased Cochise, Victo-
ria ard Geronimo with their Apache
warriors up and down and across the
Rio Grandc. Hard pressed. each chief
tain in turn would fee with his band
first TO the lava beds and then across
the border into Mexico where the
United Statss soIulers could not roI-
low. Hardie fooled Victoria, however.
Texas rangers had met the Apache
chief in an engagement on the banks
Of the Rio Grande. Only eight Ameri-
cans returned from the encounter.
Hardie took up bis pursuit and fol
lowed Victoria across the river. The
Indians had relaxed their vigilance,
not expecting pursuit and deSpising
the Mexican rurales. Troop Il caught
them off guard in the mountains. The
fight was one to determination. Veto
ria and his entire band were slain.
This was the troop which was await
ing orders to go after the Apaches.
Colonel Hardie told Slim that the
Indians were bound to head for the
lava beds. If the men for whom he
was looking We're In the desert the
troop would find them more quickly
than Slim and his posse.
Slim waited at Fort Grant for orders,
writing back to Sagebrush telling him
OF his plans.
Fort Grant followed the usual plan
of all frontier posts. A row of officers
houses faced the parade grounds. Di
rectly opposite were the cavalry bar
racks fort. On one side of the quad
rangle We're the stables, and the fourth
line consisted of the Quartermaster' S
buildings and the post traders store
Small ranchmen had gathered near the
fort for protection and because of the
desire of the white man for company
In days of peace garrison life was mo
notonous. But the Apaches needed
constant watching.
AS a soldier the Apache was crUeI
and cowardly. He fought Nfsmounted
never making an attack Thless at his
own advantage AS infA1tryman he
was unequaled. Veteran army officers
adonted the Apache tactics and in
stalled in the army the plan of mount
ed infantry. soldiers who move OF
horseback. but fight on foot. detailing
one man of every four to guard thu
horses.
Mounted on why ponies Injured t(
hardships, TO picking up Il living or
the scanty heritage of the plains. rid
inr without saddles and carrying nc
eauipment, the Indians had little trou
Bile in avoiding the soldiers. Leaving
the reservation. the Apaches would
commit some outrage and then, swing
Ing on the arc of great circle, would
be back to camp and settled long be
fore the soldiers could overtake them
Hampered by orders from the war de
partment. which in turn was moiestec
by the sentimental friends OF the In
dams, the soldiers never succeeded II
tanning the Apache until Crook cut on