The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-25

giving Cudse 30 MIN ana his Dan0, 20
say nothing OF the hundreds OF lives
he destroyed.
At Fort Sill he drew S35 month
from the government as a scout,
which was equally as great TO him as
being a chieftain.
Is was to Captain Henry W. Law
ton, afterwsrd general, who was
killed In the Philippine campaign,
that Geronimo surrendered In the
campaign against the Apaches, con.
Quoted by General Miles. General
Miles, an Indian fighter himself, was
In command, and he selected Captain
Lswton for the task that was set be-
fore them. He started with two
troops OF veterans, taking trail
that at its beginning was broad and
plainly marked. Then followed the
most remarkable pursuit. In the his
tory Of Indian warfare.
Day after day the cesseless toll
continued, The men speedily found
themselves in u country where horses
without claws we're OF worse than no
account. Their officer dismounted
them. "We will walk them down,
Lawton said. The walk began. 1t
was white pluck and endurance
against lndian crsftiness and endur-
ance.
Week succeeded week. Men drop
ped iainting In the hills and their
comrades passed on. There was no
time TO stay. They were LET'S to find
their way back TO the reservation as
best they could. Finally, one night
just as the sentries were set, there
was faint hail and an Indian stood
before them. He was worn TO the
bone, but dauntless still He said
his chief would talk TO the white
man, but would talk to him alone.
His camp was some miles further on,
but the messenger offered to guide u
soldier to It. Lieutenant Gatewood
volunteered and after conference
with Geronimo, brought the chief to
Lawton, who received his surrender.
Is was George Grebach OF the
Eighth United States infantry, later
OF Wichita, Kan, who personally
took Geronimo and put handouts
on him at the time OF she chiefs sur.
render to General Miles.
There was q bitter iued between
Grebach and Geronimo, and on sew.
eral occasions they tried to kill one
another. At one time Geronimo
caught Grebach in an exposed posi-
ton away from the camp, and be.
sieged him for more than two hours,
firing thirty shots In an Intellectual
attempt to dispose Of the soldier who
at a critical moment had fallen by
accident into a ravine and was shell
tered by overhanging rocks from d.
rect attack.
"There was the closest call ever
had on losing my liie," Grebach said
aiterward, land it also gave me a
startling object lesson In the blood.
thirsty ways of the master fend. In
1885, Geronimo and his band were
plu ndering and killing settlers in
So uthern and Central Arizona and In
New Mexico. The Apache chief was
as we'll posted on international laws
and boundaries as any white diplo-
mat. When too closely pressed BY
the American troops he would re-
treat across the border line into
Mexico, knowing that they would
not dare to follow him into that
country, and when the Greasers
plucked up courage and took the
warpath against him, he would
quietly sneak back into United States
territory.
"He kept up this sort of tactics for
years, killing Americans and Mex
leans alike, and plundering and
burning ranches and even whole vii
lagos on both sides OF the line. His
bloody raid on the town OF Pima, on
the ella river, is still fresh In the
minds OF old settlers. 1t was In the |
early dawn OF December day in |
1884 that Geronimo and his crowd |
OF warriors crept into the town, and
before daylight was fairly on, almost
all OF the 200 men, women and chill
dren who lived there were killed and
mutilsted, their valuables stolen,
and tho huildin0a huynod Onlv Tan