Apache raids & frontier conflict

…n removed to Fort Riley in Kansas. How he escaped with three other Apaches from prison, how they found their way back to the Mescalero reservation, a distance of twelve hun- dred miles, without being seen by a white man enroute, is the subject of…

…serve his style. “There were four of us,” said he, “all Mes- calero Apaches; every day the soldiers would march us out to work; there were hundred sol- diers, thousand soldiers ; when Apache no work hard, soldiers hit him with gun, say ‘d— n Apach…

…raw. Roman tells how they added a hog to their commissary although Apaches have a su- perstitious objection to pork. It must have been at an isolated station on the railroad in Kansas. “It was dark,” said Roman, “we come to one house, all dark…

…om the May 15. 1891, Issue of The Enterprise HE HAD SAND Even the Apaches Respected Him and Did Not Mutilate His Body From the Arizona Republican. We were sitting one night at a freighter’s campfire, around which were drawn a score or more of t…

…sand in a man to try and stand off single- handed forty or fifty Apaches, when he knows how the scrap will end, and that the end will be his own death. But that was just the kind of sand that Felix Knox had when he was killed by the Apa…

es from Clifton, all right, but were told there that signs of Apaches had been seen, and that they had better go into camp there for a few days, but Knox, who had fought the Apaches dozens of times and didn’t know what fear was, said he…

…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…

…y all young gentle- men who take their girls out riding. Yuma Ferry Massacre We are indebted to Prof. John Spring, of this city, for the following excerpt of early pioneer history in this territory, then a part of the state of Sonora, Mexico. It…

…at Yuma, in 1850, now 41 years ago, and known as the Yuma Ferry Massacre. We have been treated with a glimpse at an old copy of the Weekly Missouri Republican, yellow and rusty with age, of the date of July 19, 1850. The address which is wr…

ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their e…

…amento Transcript of May 31, 1850, has the following account of the massacre of eleven Americans by the Yuma Indians:Near the junction of the Colorado and Gila rivers, a ferry was erected over the Colorado sometime in March last, by a company of A…

…Pewit, of Texas, and John Dorsey, of Missouri. At the time of the massacre Dr. Lincoln had in his possession $50,000 in silver, and between $20,000 and $30,000 in gold, belonging to the ferry company, which it ap- pears has fallen into the hands…

…Pewit, of Texas, and John Dorsey, of Missouri. At the time of the massacre Dr. Lincoln had in his possession $50,000 in silver, and between $20,000 and $30,000 in gold, belonging to the ferry company, which it ap- pears has fallen into the hands…

…ey beat about in the Mayflower district. They cut the trail of the Apaches, but not before they had killed two miners, and fol- lowed them rapidly. The Apaches doubled and divided into two parties, one crossing above and the other below Duncan a…

…ar as wonderfully rich in minerals. At this time, the Mimbres river Apaches, under the leadership of the famous Mangas Colorado, held undisputed sway over the entire country now embraced in Grant county, as well as what is now Dona Ana, and a po…

…sent to keep them com- pany. Mangas Colorado, chief of the Mimbres Apaches, led the hellish horde which extermi- nated this band of brave determined pioneers. Indian atrocities, let us trust, have become things of the past, in this vicinity, and…

gas Colorado, chief of the Mimbres Apaches, led the hellish horde which extermi- nated this band of brave determined pioneers. Indian atrocities, let us trust, have become things of the past, in this vicinity, and…

…New Mexico to the Rio Grande. For gallant conduct in a fight with Apaches Fountain wascommissioned second lieutenant. He served in New Mexico during the war. Upon his regiment being mustered out in August, 1864 he was commissioned as captain of…

…same time together with but other evidence left no doubt that these depredations were committed by Indians.

…same time together with but other evidence left no doubt that these depredations were committed by Indians. It is reported in the neighborhood that J. J. Bell is writing a novel or book, the title of which will be “How to make an honest living with…

…by any parties not honestly in possession of them. In view of the depredations upon the cattlemen of the Gila river ranges, I would urge upon them the necessity of a general attendance, that they may identify and claim such stock of theirs as may b…

…f the situation and asked for volun- teers to go and hunt down the Apaches, and the following Americans came to the front: James H. Kirker, Floyd McMann, John Thomp- son, Jack Ophner, Tim O’Brien and Press Hatcher, the ranchman, six in all. The…

…the immediate vicinity occurred some of the most bloody battles and massacres known to Indian war- fare. Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent- ly, almost under the shadow of the walls of Cummings, and some of the most desperate conflicts rec…

bloody battles and massacres known to Indian war- fare. Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent- ly, almost under the shadow of the walls of Cummings, and some of the most desperate conflicts rec…

…way without furnishing the particulars of some brutal, blood curdling massacre, and Cook’s canyon will always be referred to with a shudder by those familiar with the scenes en- acted in its dark and bloody passage. Little reck we who live in sight…