Year: 1872

Ineed not think strange of 1t, because | he was afflicted with pain in his | stomach, and nearly everything he ate gave him pain. He then asked if 1 desired to go to his camp, and upon my affirmative reply, he said that some of his men had drank too much tizwin " the night before, and he feared if l went that night, I would so away and give bad impression of what l saw, and hence he preferred 1 should camp near by and defer my visit till the next day I told him if l went to his camp and partook of his hospitality, that did not think it

 would be proper to afterwards report any irregularities I might observe.

 Without saying anything further, we

 started and upon arriving at the water

 about one mile from his camp 1

 stopped. He inquired if I had any more food with me. I said no. HeI then said I had better move on to his

 camp and eat with him. l found him

 camped among the rocks at the foot of the mountains "a place evidently

 selected with care to prevent surprises,

 and from which, with five minutes

 notice, he could move his band beyond

 the successful pursuit of cavalry. His lodge consisted of few sticks set up in a circle, and skins placed

 around the base to break off the wind.

 Here he has about four hundred h.

 dians of all ages. He has three

 wives. The last or youngest lives

 with him in his lodge and makes his

 clothes and does his cooking. Each of

 the others, has a separate lodge and

 their respective children live with

 them. Upon our arrival Cachise di-

 rected his wife to prepare supper, andI

 we were soon informed that It wes

 ready, # consisted of thin baked

 cakes, boiled beef, coffee and sugar.

 We were not troubled with dishes exI Icept tin cups for coffee. A long march and keen appetite made the food very palateable, and certainly our host had no cause to complain

 that we failed to do 1t ample justice.

 Captain Jetferds told me l need not give myself any concern about arti-I cles l had with me as nothing would

 be stolen. All were curious to sec . and handle everything 1 had, N l.

 their credit, ! must say 1 did not lose

 pins worth.

 In the morning breakfast was pre-

 pared the same as supper, with the

 7. # ,lo S,Gv, - covered with four made of mesquite

 beans. It vas sweet and nutritious,

 and would pass for delicacy any,

 where. After breakfast, cloth was spread upon the ground and the head

 men were gathered around in circle ] Cachise then said he would like tefl have @ talk. l

 He said he was glad to see me, GQd the fact that l had come among theIh l unprotected, was an evidence that 1 i had confidence in his professions of t peace. He then said that prior to the | i'll treatment he received from Lieu | tenant Bascom. he had been 6 good | friend of the Americans, and that ! since that time he believed he had | been their worst enemy; that the | time was within his memory when the plains were covered with herdsf and the mountains were filled witI Apaches, but now the herds are aI gone and the number of the ApachA 1 greatly reduced that when he openfd hostilities against the Americans, he 1 and his tribe made promise to fl fdht until the last one was exterminatedto hold the country, but now he was de- termined to live at peace with eve3y one on this side the Mexican line. | told him that the conduct of Lieutent ant Bascom was disliked by our peoA i pie, and if he had not gone to war; Bascom would have been punished \ and many lives would have been ' saved. He said he was now satisfied -hatlt was wrong to go to war on that account, and that both sides were ( Olameable and had suffered for 1t. I old him that the President was anx- ous that our people and the Apaches ihould live in peace together, and had g old me so more than than three years lgo. He replied that he was satisfied ( he President Is good mar: and loved III his children; that General How .rd had told him of the President, and hat he liked General Howard because ie had the heart to come and see him ut for long time previous the only / rlends he had were the rocks that !