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’K tfl.l (Hihi «i it«. lt;.*•n «IMP m•»! ygiitei?... -. 7 . . ' , 7.. 7 7, - - 1 ■. 7.7 7 • , 7 7 7 7 - 7. ■, 7 7 7 7. , I 7.77 'I ...... -7- _ . 7'.. 7 7 7 7 7 .7 7 17 . 7 . - -7 7 7,.7 .7. -7 7the toil\ tfrti rHJ* thftt heLSMK?m*n nighu Wt nil t. !. !•■lt;! f ?ft»* ! 1 },.»I,, ir«1 »r*!»**:»I, «*»» **, y t‘ilt;$ h* M » mw., iwjjrw from the savage fno a* they The . nils of bothAI)r*0iU#radi-tII1, Ihiirlcd themselves upon the reara$£*Mik7j..-* | ftl» fill K KimtNOOS.ft* ft*w; .1r||]Iguard, and alter a desperate hand tow AtnERT J, I t af AIX,Tk« flattie tf ,ti»a«*be §*«««.$1*1 lilt MMMHer l»f Ifftf It tM’Tufhand conflict succeeded in draggingoff O Brim'ii bodvWhen the first volley came, theand they were of action.(fay put outwmRoberts Poked intently at ihohighest hill, to the left of the spring,%f #?»«•*:# 11, ChrtefcfiV *,'0o%»r; *i f mwriter «raa concerning with CVptain Robed*. That gallant officer quickhr realiacd the art oat ton. he shoutedSfilRlt fbfftla** Wt-4# b r\«.V | nth“ Fall in, men ! Fall* in ! Form tc*:v‘m.I*, f a!1 s-ty« | ta J; f» ft cAt !•» t, 4imctcf! skirmisher* ! Keep cool I We'll whin|«|| ,77. 7,,.7..7.71 cut of them yet! Fall in !”then, turning to me he said ; “Womust have that HII, and you musttake it; it can he done. Take twentymen and storm it/' I called lor voluntccrn and immediately had theentire command to pick from, t detailed the first twenty, and deployw hack thea fafrdoac4 X # Mexico. The” .c«tks*r.nf cf the f 14 the men responded to their officers ’nr.lc ed to advance alternately, thatQuickly, vigorously and bravely cd them as skirmishers. They weroifRtpwimBap*Ifihfiit'v (\»i foam \% no m, command ; there was no thought of is, ten men would da»»ima t ! i byC 'J . R.W . * Crewn-1* n0 d«ffit“* of panic. The Jyunli to the front, lip down, andcover the other ten as t! . made a swept down on the In* dash, and so on. We pushed slowly dines who had assailed the rearoy*a company of* the J*h *ond Califor jn,rn 1 • a lt;* ivolry, tw.» comj an* *s of Col. \*h^men fell into lino as coolly as if on*• F iwitfs Filth California infantrv,mm.p the hltl in liio faro ol a gaffing!#7.#I’r!tand .Shinif« Battery A, Third IT.S, Artillery, In nil about eighteenhundred fighting men, had rendeX-guard. There was desperate hand fire. Below stood our comntdito hand fight ing ; many an Indian hit the dust. They were drivenwatching cur effort, and pr* ,lt; vdmake a dash on the spring should w«succeed in carrying the hill. WhenItlt;* *lt;l at Ami, «rhtn. nt • .lew. »**»V lwo I’'’. 8,1,1 ■««» ** 1,8,1,parade held on the 4tli of July, 1802, www^ Oil en'a at ripped and ‘ near the summit I lilted my cmp'yThen hy order of c mUen to iny lips in iho Vi«‘n IIthe announcement was made that mmIthe column would proceed hy forced ***#• sUiw!v hack to the lt;* *g a drop of wat * t.»marches to the Mcwtlla Valley for *lat «*h tlm men under pi tect moisten my p itched tongue, and1 disciphti 1 ■’.the purpose of driving the Oanfedtfthere came uIt and report fromate enemy under Sibley from t’ atfportion of Xew Mcx eoivi.snow nearly noon, ami water Jl *nol* 111 fhe l» east woffc a t* vyards above me, and a h . Impanics of the fir*! cavalry under Lt a*w 3 o‘* life. We ha i marched fort|t’ol. Kyre hud been sent in advance n \s over alkaline p!a:ns, and hadJ#*- I1 inch*Two com* j was iw^iqmmwt for the enntiuu’ ti *ugh the canteen w-thinmy mouth, I im* net vdyed to the gward Robertsapprehended that they had met with mutt have, and tho spring was six - I arose, u 4 / w*and vindictively an* y towa rd ihtto reconnoitre, hut no reports had fought timely *fx hours under «•:d op**U r God V*»r been received from them, and u was A,,wmuimer san. Water weet/.4*l tiiitaint niyself,disaster.This was the situation when Gap* tain Thomas l« Roberta command*j hundred yf»* ?s tip a cafton between 1! two steen Iv la 300 feet li'ili, theh*I ordered t.ia ni \i'thetngftmipany MfV* first Califortiia InsttTTT ts crowned with fortifications b *yotic 1 sand make one dash filled with well armed Apaches. The . *»mmit. As we«* lt;a-g»d, fifty iifltsallots came from the breastw *»k*fan try, was ordered to push on to! siliinKon was hy 110 means an enthe Han Simon, there fortify and viable one. Men and officers wen* * bey overshot us, and i te i xtIh it, worn nut with fat *ue, w.m we wetp over a r*tp «Itestahli-h a depot and afford relief to Col. Kyie should be be driven back. lt;*f sleep and intense pi v o o» a **l*1*5 all and on the ins e of a c u e aSoucrrs commsmi consisted of litsj own company “F” ninety men fit smlt;* *rt obtain it wefor duty, Crt motiyV eompsny of the tme»y*s almost imp vg tgarrisoned with sevenexcitement; hut w: *r w«» mmt have,} * ’ ’fication some thirty feet in diaoetefs fifty or more Indians u re go it 4sit »Jsecond cavalry, twenty*five meni1 *met -*and down the hit! on 110 op site side.ifThen thirst, hunger auc*uanWruf the bn.Mi mntew ot j mt. Or««rtt««. tlw M«. I.j-IMW 1 bum ^ It# tuonntftin now , f .#l ^ ^ ^Ham drawn by n»k». T„, relifl •'«' Itehwt. *' not besilstetrain ol supplies consisted of twentyIFsix wagons, Xo inforinsttoit had been■*received of hostile Indians, and in ** or die; I ask no man to do moreays,'' no r.l v}J e trsed they htirloi tliommlves uponthere is the water, we must have the flying foe and slaked Mr venfcai (*o in blood.fi(* i;i,v ni (4*ni}it j lliftti I tdwttt iry In 4% 1 fippjl m to otsdntcl our progress horn such a »n®** to do less. Tics b no ma 1 f *apprehensio i wasAs we carried the hill a ikeerearns Irom below; as out* comradessource.cowards or sUu’kers ; if In1s17. mv diitv men sb«ot me down for bvTho crmmand rettebed Dragoon ‘u • ” . A.__*G—d I will shoot down the first manSprings on the 18th of July, and ex1perieneed some difficulty in obttti i*tng sufficient water to supply theashed to the spring with camp kettles and canteens, fi.o wt- 1 dupon them from the op;icqiiirctncuts of men and animats.»ifhe heat was veiy oppressive, theimereury standing at 118 In tho sbndewho *MM dw fc.lbw Iww«» •*'-vt ***»!»» 8 ’The mu IWMSM with » « “m*1'11 ““O »««day**The Itowiixersdwer tint diiMk Uw racky rib. ol |,wm * *ul* '‘J1''11.0 rafta% »'U t-i i tl« »•) **• **'* •cUu“ “Jsi H had m« ca-y tafk before*from our elevated po.-tti *n wo couldand tlie infantrv, cnctlinhered withtheirarms, m outre men !*, forty j rounds 1 their *1 mm * Mvl^d pkadei**oyIf s,■mf4, tlf | «m bumirdb of lifftoti#!lo lb# liilU to etespe the t)or»i(i»g]►litr; tmm4m .totikig but pleas‘j tonnd-tftarch'mg ftant over the Ar x ma deserts. On the‘evening ol Jiily I lib t *e infantry andhow oxer hat it iy wtii seven of OreLmony*s cavalry Jolt D agoon Springsto make a night march til ApachePass, foi ly miles away. Orenumy,with the balance of bis cavalry, was ____; shells, \V tien tho 011 cmy bad been \£LlTI make a d®d» few tne sp. *g a id . * routed, I lost no lima in sending oneto hold it tin I we could obtain suf of the men down to the spring withfic ont water for our immediate ne our canteens, and they were shortly1 , returned filled with clear, cool, deli*MHit ,w. 11.0 Mwwd pl»too. »P IMW WBtcr. fMMfcenmmit of „,cporieJ 1I10 hifHit | Iiill wc hccu|ho4| tho viow oxton lodmander was directed t«» throw sltclls ; beyond the pass to the plain overover our I.cads Inyond tbs spring, which we had msrtbed the rightwhore it w:.» ccrt.ilt a Iwge number . Tho »un « Snki Bg a„J. .. was due. I looked longof Indians were lying i» ambush t“ a)u; iinxiously for some sign of itdefend the water* Our line lt;kvshedIIt ft with the train At Dragoon Springswitli orders to p sh on to Apache-Pass the next moioing.The march to Apache Pass washim never forgotten hy those whomade il j all night lot g t«)0 burdened*i* 7 7- 7, 77. 77 .77,7 7.7 ..... 7 7 7. 7.777 . 7* -7 _ 77 - 77 7.7, . 7 7 . 7. 7 . 7 7 .7 _ , - .. 7. 7 . . . .. - ’ 7 ■mfentry marched over tho fortymites of dusty road, the heat wasoppressive and the pace fast enough to test the muscles of men who had0 hardened by their marchcoast.7 — ■ .. . , . 7 *7 . 7*. ■ 7 ■ • .morning of thoififteenth of July, the weary andthirsty coin ntn staggered into themouth of Apache Pass. The tiredforward, and advanced under a eon* ti nitons and galling fire from b‘dh i l)1011 Another nod »nlt;^ larger group,Then I saw a small group of mounted men riding rapidly from tho pass,.. then puffs of smoko and signs of ak»Io« of lb, lt;•*lt;•»» »ti I '*« i.o'bo'l Wll,„ w0 (.arr%,, ,a point within fifty yards of the spring. As it lt;a.ns in sight the men chcerofl. There it lay| water sadjmand ofa beautiful pool of limped water, only a few yards from us Then from the ro^ks and willowsspring Captain Roberts dispaf * »the seven cavalfiUll, under c^4 *Hrlife,above tho spring came a sheet lt;tSergeant afittcheii, worders to (.aptain Cremony, dmg him to park the train, an r *attempt to er.ter tho pass nut.; ie mtorced. This was the small groupof horsemen we bad seen emergefl .me. thrt u hundred rules sent a from the puss, n't ! they had no .......Pi ivato Barr, ol fc* company b II -----1 ! I* jasissstiiiriil xd, ttcn f lio SssSB- SAsasiIMshot through the head. I saw several of the men stagger hack woundstrayed, I hurried informed Canit.aut ieJ. From tho fortifications on the■ :r.' y;.', nnunalS'._ iy* 7*summits of the hills to our right andthe hill and what had■loft inrno .which couhl no' 7 7 I 7 7 I \ J 7 7tions of soonI P. ' 7 7 7 .7 ' . I 7.7 7 . 7 \ ‘'m-mit‘.V ' I7.ill. ir thirst■...I;. '7. 'Olscatx*ihoil banger,gj'rturn?/•1.,ra.■ i r ■and |okc«l and sang ;-.■ (pv, *ill?,- ■was intranspired.Volunteers were called fov to go out and rescue the train, then supposed to ho near tho pass. Forty men were accepted and under comandfor I artedwithout waitiii on tho doubstation wnstns»nearlyX. i :j our dat; - J'mk'It .■.ir’:■a-.• :f .7 ' 7 77k-ere*lt;* . V'-S.'.’-I' 7_ .1.X • ■ I,' ■ -..... ■ .7 ... ,'W '..LJ-7 ■ .7. 7 II'•* ■ ■1|7T , 7mi...7.7 ■ . »7 , l .7- Intchl marcii.ClIS..: 1-3'■I:C- 7 '7shot.iVL- ;••1*5'vi7 ....•kV'i.. It* -VII'. :• ' 7.Jfc.':v~iS..Ar..':nii -V.ti[i-tm... ■:or*es h dong* detachment: they}‘ A Cftpmen. It wasnieht was.'til.|*7 ' If I.Virv; - V .■i.1.i. '. * ....T ' ' i / 4 .7.. . .7, 7 . - M. .A* A.. .7- „• 'Im.1.7- - 'is'• '.-‘v;■ sixIn.V- ■‘■ti' ...ftIff• -1 t.|s Jlit7illadesiil: is:I 1 O'. I V - 7.- '7 ■(if: a?I H5S -a- •• ■: - ■■I'-,.-!.V:| f .-■curses7-■7 *. ' ’I- !• -train*1 ■ JL 7.77ill■ ■ ; ' - 7. .• « Ad ,'t7.-7. .'17.ing colama atThe surprise wasi -t.*-;: - *.t yy-Sic-V'.'r.’ X'fJo -xj.v-i,*•’ . - 7.- 'masboth sides of the battlement gnrdeath. Captain was as noble a man, as true an, as gallant a soldier, us evereight hundred well armed Apaches j livednonred a fearful ram ol tire and lead• 'V'^:'2^kIinto the devoted column. Notani | I*’: £enemy wai to Im srei», but frombehind the natural and almost unassailable defenses afforded by theImpatient and impulsive atimcs, lie was as cool as an icicle.on we ex-to come upon jhtcred com the ruins of our weuntil two o'clock in tho morning on I when wc eamo upon a body of In ! diaiis, evidently upon the v?a lt;h.. oy fled in the darkness us we approached. A few minutes aiterwn.dK we beard the sound ot mule chains and the biixx of a c than came the welcome bail, “Halt ! who comes\ \ '.. ■ j- -• •j-' 1 - ■ - .W.-J ' .'.'’..tv''. - '•*. •••. * i- ;».* '• i-s'ti-!. ... lt;■** ■with a nerve ol steel, in Iho face ofiItugui*•ft*VhtmtiIt was our train, intact and. ■ ' ' : 7.7*^ 7 7 ' .‘7 7 . 7 j ' ; ,v ■ V 7 V v t. .. 7*. 7 y . . . 7 tsafely parked at Fwell’s Si;, n n, 111-teen inilen Irom^Armohe7 *7 * ^ ^ . A .“Keep cool hoys, in-' ^‘i'b i j*ounded by Indians, through whoso “I’ll get you out of tins scrape all linoa we bad broken at too end otright; we are going to whip those our fifteen mile march. vocky sides of the canon came the Indians and get that water. Obey[TO DE CONTtXUitO [
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 02, 1891
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