INDIANS OUT
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

secretary of the Union Iron and Foundry company at St. Louis, are here today en route home from Grant county, where they and their associates have just purchased from Mrs. Caldwell the famous “ricolite” quarries. They brought letters to several prominent citizens. INDIANS OUT From several localities, reports reach us that roving bands of Indians have been seen during the past two weeks. Numerous signs have been seen, quite recently, and a militia company has been organized at Chloride, for protection. The Black Range has always been a favorite haunt for the murderous Apaches, as they are familiar with every portion of that country. It was here that Victorio made his headquarters during the dark and bloody days of ’80 and ’81, from whence he sallied forth upon his mission of bloody butchery. Times without number, he has, with a handful of war- riors, met the government troops and whipped them most unmercifully. The Apache, true to his cowardly nature, fights from ambush, and the boys in blue, when in pursuit, and all uncon- scious of the impending danger, are mowed down by the bullets from the hidden foe. Capt. Byer’s fight on the middle fork of the Palomas, was a one sided affair, as the Indians esconsced behind rocks and trees, poured a murderous fire upon the troops.