Bisbee daily review., 1912-07-30

He was one OF the brightest, most
resolute. determined looking men that
/ / have ever encountered, He had the
! dearest, sharpest dark eye think |
have ever seen, unless II was that Of
Gsn. sherman when he was at the
prime Of life and Just at the close
OF the great war. Every movement
/ indicated power, energy. and deter
mination. In everything he did he
/ had a purpose.
HE first wanted 10 surrender as
they had been accustomed TO surren-
der before. by going back TO Fort
Apache and taking their property.
arms stolen stock. and everything
with them. replied 10 this proposal
that / was there to confirm what Capt.
Lawton had told them, and that was
that they must surrender absolutely
/. as prisoners OF war. They could not
go back 10 Fort Apache as they had
done on previous occasions, but what
ever we told them TO do that they
must conform to- And more than
that, said, ii is no use for you
10 ask TO go back 10 Fort Apache, for
there are no Apaches there now
what, no Apaches in the White
Mountains he asked in surprise.
/ No. / said.
Where have they gomez he ask
ed.
1 have moved them all out OF the
country ] replied You have been
at war with the white people for
many years. and have engaged in con-
slant hostilities. ! have thought il
best that you should be removed from
this country to some other place
where these hostilities cannot be re
sumed.'
This seemed to dishearten him
more than any other fact of the sit
uation The idea that there were no
Apacbes in the White mountains was
something that he had not anticipat-
ed, and he seemed to be wholly I'M
manned"
Il was the heliostat which convinc-
ed Geronimo of the superior powers
OF the white man Gen Miles show
ing him how il worked. and how mes
/ sages could be flashed many miles:
and so impressed was the warrior
that be sent for Nachi to come in,
which this chief did.
First Ride in a Railroad Train
The day after the surrender the
/ troops and Indians started for Fort
Bowie. where the Indians were dis
armed, much to the relief Of the peo-
pie of the entire country. The
! Apaches were placed on cars and sent
TO Florida, and Arizona and New Mex
leo took a long breath for the first
time in years, OF the journey to the
East Gen. Miles tells an interesting
story
Near St Louis one OF the Apaches
managed 10 elude the guards. and es-
. capped from the train. He avoided
settlements and although in a coun-
: try entirely different from anything
he had ever known, he worked his
= way back TO the San Carlos reserva-
ton, an operation which consumed a
, year, during which time ne escaped
detection in thickly populated coun-
TRY.
T The shipment of the Apaches to
] Florida was one of the most remark
able experiences Of their lives. Most
+ OF them had never seen a train. and
r they had no idea where they were go
5 ing, or what would happen 10 them
r Gen. Miles SAYS that on one occas-
e ion, when their train passed through
= a tunnel, the Apaches thought they
{ were being swallowed up by the
= earth. ard uttered shrieEs of terror.
e Gen. Miles was honoTed by the PEG.
pie Of Arizona with q sword in recog.
milton Of his services. He SAYS that
a after the cessation Of hostilities ia
3 1856 the expenses Of the department
2 Of Arizona were reduced at the rate
l. of more than 81 zoe. 600 A year. and
/. more than 400 enlisted scouts were
. discharged.
q Some Of the hostile Anaches were
e never captured. but as late as No
b Fember, 1900, manifested their hos
e tile character By an attack on Norm
q on settlers in Chihuahua Only re
o. Gently reports came from FL Pasc
i that Apaches are still living in the
! Sierra Madres
J, The Apaches are divided into many
r. clans, Of which the Chiricahuas
v those sent to Fort sill were always
5 the most troublesome. The men arc
j well built, muscular, and have abund
e ant hair; and the women are ever
n more vigorous both sexes hayina
e pleasant. smiling faces. They TILED
y the ground little with wooden nipple
2 ments, obtaining corn and melon
s seeds from the Mexicans. in theil
II clans all we're equal II is said tina
e they poisoned their arrows By irritat
I. ing a rattiesnake with a stick anl
4. causing it to bite into deer's liver
k which, when saturated with the ven
D ON, was allowed TO putrefy. in war
0 rare they attacked at night. and couI.
v SO successfully conceal themselves. b.
dressing in tufts Of grass and bits o.
q brush, that in broad day they could
y not be seen as they hid themselves il
< the mesquite desert Children Of
q both sexes had perfect freedom. were
q not required to obey, and we're never
!. punished. The members OF Geroni
! mos band now at Fort sill numbered
!. In 1907. 29S.
: The hostiles, by authority Of tn.
Z act OF Aug 6. 1894 we're transferred
: ron Alabama TO Fort SIN. the wal
department. expending about ss2. 50l
Al IN establishing them there. The rec
3 ords OF the Indian Office show tia