On Friday last, the 10th inst…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

On Friday last, the 10th inst., two flocks of sheep near Sheep Tanks, 20 miles from Solomonville, and on the edge of the reserva- tion, were being herded by Mexicans, an old man and a boy in charge of one herd. The herders of the other flock were asleep when the two bands of sheep were coming together and to frighten them apart the old man fired his revolver in the air. This stampeded the sheep and the dust with the noise of the shots awoke the sleeping Mexicans, who rushed to Solomonville with the tale that the Apaches were on the warpath. A posse was at once formed and investigation disclosed the fore- going facts.