Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

upon US The next morning Lieutenant
Brown put Captain Lswton's command on
the trail Later in the Day we came up
with Captain Hatueld's
spells OF a skirmtsh.
Captain Hatfield had run upon the In
dams early on the morning OF the 14th.
and had captured their entire equipment.
consisting Of twenty ponies loaded with
plumber. their riding ponies-in fact, their
entire equipment. Later. on this day, as
Captain Hatfield's command was water
ing in a very narrow and rocky gorge,
within three miles of a Mexican town uhe
command had had no water since 4 a. M,
the Indians suddenly opened upon him.
they having been able. due to the nature
Of the country, to slip in between his
flankers and In rear Of his advance guard.
A stiff fight resulted, in which two SOL
diers were killed and three wounded. The
following day (the 1Sth) we left Captain
Hatfield and Lieutenant Brown, and pro-
ceeded due west, and continued on the
trail for the next four days, when it was
lost near Calabasas on the I'D.
May ~ was the only day during the
entire campaign when rations did not
reach the command. On this date the
pack train and the infantry did not come
into camp, and l went back to look for
them. II developed that the officer in
command OF infantry had become intoxi-
Gated, had taken his command and the
pack train and proceeded to Nogsies
where 1 found them at II o'clock that
night. I took g portion OF the pack train
and hurried back 10 Captain Lawton and
the cavalry. having ridden ninety miles
in nineteen hours. The infantry officer
was put in arrest. charges preferred
against him, and he committed suicide.
From May 20 until June : Captain Law
toms command, as q command, did not
follow the Indians. Lieutenant walsh
who had Joined on May 2O-en myself
made several scouts from Caiabasas. On
June l. as Il had been concluded that the
expedition could do no more, as the trail
had been lost in the United States, we
were ordered to return 10 Fort Huachuca.
The infantry had already returned. not
from being worn out, but as their services
we're not then needed, the First infantry,
under Captain Tisdall. being then in camp
at Calabasaa and doing the scouting from
that point. As Captain Lawton was alb
sent in Nogales, the rest of the command
did not 20, but remained at Calabasas
awaiting his return. Before he returned
Lieutenant Walsh on June 6 took troop b
out on the trail toward Harshaw mine
and soon struck the hostiles, had a fight
and captured ten ponies and a cooking
outfit.
short of Rations.
cantain Lavton went out to Join Lieu
tenant walsh the evening OF the 7th, and
on the nth DR.. Wood and I started to
ioin him with ratlons and the remainder
Of the command. On the 18th instant, l
was ordered TO Huachuca to conduct a
fresh command to Captain Lawton. This
ommand consisted of-first, a detachment
Of Indian scouts under Lieutenant r. A.
Brown, Fourth cavalry; second. nineteen
men selected from four companies OF the
Eighth infantry. , TIL detachment was
made up as follows: Two men, Company
c, First infantry; six men, Company D.
Eighth infantry; eleven men, Company X,
Eighth infentry. (No officer was available
for accompanying this command, 80 thai
the detachment was In charge OF q non
commissioned officer); third. a wagon
train and a pack train. I left Huachuca
with this command on June IS and pro-
ceeded via San Pedro, Millers ranch, etc.
toward Oposura. and crossed through thai
country with the first wheel transportation
that had ever passed over II. AZ
Bncuachi I left the wagon train and In
fantry, and cut across the mountains to
Arispe with Lieutenant Brown and his
scouts and the pack animals. On the 18th
we joined Captain Lawton about twenty
miles below Chinoquipa. From this point
Lieutenant Finley returned with his scouts
and Lieutenant Brown with his scouts
became a part Of the Lawton COMMAND
On June q I crossed the mountains. &C
companied only by a guide, and late thai
night reached the infantry and wagons al
Curnpas. On June % Captain Lawtor
reached Cumpas and went into camp
where he remained until July g. On July
6 he started on his march to the Yaqu
river. striking the Ipdian trail some
distance below Nakori. 1t was on thii
date-that is, July e-that DR.. Wood tool
charge Of the infantry detachment and
looked out for II during the next three
or four weeks, marched IN the wax Of
the Indian scouts, who were commanded
by Lieutenant Brown. This detachment
never got into a fight, and after the dis
persal of the Indians on the Yaqui river
the command returned to Fronteras. OF
information furnished by %couriers and by
myself that the Indians had proceeded
~northward on the other side Of the noun
tains, UP Sonora river, and had crossed
over near Carroll's ranch, whore on Augus
10 they had a severe fight with six ranch