Hatch, finding himself outgeneraled and…
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Hatchperson
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a.k.a. Hatch
Mescalero Indiansorg
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a.k.a. Mescalero
twenty-two Mescalerosthing
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Hatch, finding himself outgeneraled and
outfought at every point by the hostile chief,
sought to regain his lost prestige by an unpro-
voked attack upon the then peaceable Mesca-
leros. He invited them to meet him in council
at the Mescalero agency. Unsuspicious of dan-
ger they came ; Hatch surrounded them with
the ninth and tenth regiments of cavalry, and
without warning opened fire upon the mass of
men, women and children. Twenty-two Mesca-
leros, mostly women and children, were left
dead ; the remainder broke through the lines of
soldiery and fled to the mountains threatening