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LHuS:'.vi 'wmm~*v:mmm■gr*wf-■7:^it';-.-; v-life i'l-: I-*:Imi■m■l; 1imiV!Je•lt;mV-.V-»•«*I--.1 •::?•;IS;ivi-II?iK»'*:‘S».IVU:OfC*AM AltY SO. 1891--i •«.{.5lii'-i-wV.,«’rv“r.•I :V :-?•ii-ivv lt;■-ZZyi:mmWM■t ■ '■/*■n- lt;;i»«SM«r !!■:directly towm«tUi» III.- sN .:v' \mmI?■8»IHIVi IipmP4* FOfMMN.tdyeafM M•Sf liok:l.thoui#'■'•MweSlf lull*».mmmm- w ® i/-—Vf.«8lt;i*1**}^ n^.V \rtt l,lt; rth«*t*n «mJ mid •••••m.'%\*m ,r:,§ 115S* *' lt;Mmt*«964y |i*tlt•*- 'O lt;»*» tip •fK ...........ajw*«*i*tain i t tlisU vUtiiiity.I'ftmiwMl niKlANtiimnto%ctieinaudrtk, whicham«*our tlcHth, orr, |)(tiU(l captmtk, wiucii however meant%e wra within live liumlre*!'the «ame tiling. We \ werei» of the wnl«‘i\ siikI *»* fmtians in no conditi(»ii to tight, andhad norun lor life. Haatilyere t licita**s.f.11fo /VMpU, . ,t;„. i'**’*0H•tog:It vm *lioitly lt;«lore day hreakij»A« . _r* When Wr rlt; arlMtfl tlte water lades; throwing »»ur coalfr and blanketsit' 1 *'** ^^n-tlitm* M1 v* ‘‘*15*■•■• AIt rriion nlto sr*mrrl t^avr 1 /''% ’ ,7’$ tV«t the Indiatisover smio tall Miajiwoods «.* as toMere, «kodycive the**1 Hw»wpfkairanee of men 1.1 (tested jgu»r«l and thus divert the atteit***rn?i*ne: retnsed tion of tkn Indians for a short■though *fmy thirsty; time and enahle us to get n start; *«» » « j dtit their ears and we mounted our horses, whielt we * *it i'M*ry itidieufton of there had led during the night, and1 ‘tiring obnoxious to the ga 11 oping up the de|nea*ion ip**. been eamfied forr^-^{Indians «:mstahieh in»' ■'* * jUi-ingoghtmate mvieinity. Theae un- which we hadm• if the |iMxiniity of h.ill mile,we emerged on the plaind Us to fall hack fully two miles from where the% *rv^H. .u therli*X! othiiP, willl,,aisi the matdid atler having watered Indians were standing grouped.mr ttuiiuafs ami re-fdled our dim.- We were ea$t from the wagont was well we did so. road crossing the Jornada del•cceed, itcMioig a had mile from the water-Muerto, the old Chihuahua trailr. m« -iiicw,■if' IIIt*• atys tM'fofe t•uake their repsholes w* came to a depression in and some thirty miles or more which we descended with our ant south east of fort McRae. It wasywe foundi«4tti nwhencross we can take llttuents and v *mw » * died at what pointt.c Indians have dcterinttteil tonewsMcRae and Craig and have oij hand to head them otT. •Tills advice liarmoni/ed with mv own views and I determined follow it.V lightsummit of a litih( xeelhnt grass[tny intention to roach McRae if1 would there tittd:0 riv‘'1’';»nd having unsaddledftti.alt;ie camp.[ptnwihlr'I'.*# ';**• ty,. At daylight we crawled to the;soIdiers, and couriers to conveykind Ineat owntr news to r ort Craig.camping place, and fruit here ive Rut it was not so to be;hefore wejh.su the horses of the haiid had gone ahalf dozen miles we dising graxing within covered that the Indians had di-!a tni!e of the water holes; we could{vtncd out* intention and werethe IndianHaving waited aigillticient length of tunc tot hea to get..ff, we cautiously decamped,having leacheit the plain'an*--range we dueled, mhiic lh*twc« n us and our destination.’ wetv lying down and others mov- We were cut of front McRae.To reach Paraje, sixty milesour trouble began. My-distant, was now our only hoa cons and. unless we encountered anotherwas very earttless hand of Indians, our chances wereI of tire, rcmarktihly so for one who favorahte. We turned to the north ^fcad ae«pi*red the reputation of be and keeping the Indians well toing the liest scout in New Mexico, our left and towards the main road4 nrotlttd to MMicii «i an outgoing; Several liincs during the night;we rode hard and fast over theteat! we were not long m nwdt*i||ij been etmifietSed to per empindling oonntry at the base of the (Uic; Iwrc it 1*; a plam, tri'sii trail?(„p|ty „rder him to abstain from font lulls sweeping fromHow it Andreas towacpmgru s 1tile .S:l!|the Jornada..lt; from twrwrty 10 lliirty ln.r-. - ligUtii.jr hi- djpurstta.going in a Miuthwesterly (lire** haptMMM'd 1 do not know; but we Several times during the day weturn, toward* the Airmail.llcfot*(refct ©orLhorses anti muleste in the afternoon... were lying on the Miuiuiit of the changed saddle* »o asdaylight we lt;M|ne dan ^kiioli, I was watching the move- animals, riditigeroilsly **|o*n to the tairty w«* „M,„tlt; uf ib,. Indians through m\ alternately, late inwere 5r , ^ R hrikl glaaa; suddenly I ohporvwe came to the “Ojode Anal la/’uftlilcnt w wail Wjh ao»I ptroit them nimting to aod fro, gather a snmll spring on the Jornadatitwrtoae tm4 distatm Is* ing their horse# and looking in nl-amt twenty miles southeast t wtwii us. ©or direcikm apparently alarmctl, Paraie, on a wagon road from that-aMl: ... ... . . 7.*#, A -. r ± wm \ my' ______ *On the Jure »dii d«df thirty mile-north of its stMuerto, ut the same time 1 heard an ©§»©* -outhern utatioii from my conipanion,town to Fort Stanton. I was __________ my companion, aUntt to congratulate my comiterttiiiius h the I bint ©f Rocks, a,„jf turning, 1 saw him vainly anion ii|hhi our e#ca|ie when mn pta»#i dreadi'd ^ hv Itwvclciy, jBNgtt^n; “ing tin msm*of iiuiuuicraMcludian ftaiire. attack*. A few mile# north of11© extinguish a stm of retiuestnd me to hand him myman\ the lMnt of Rock* are shallowad in some,Held glass, I did #0. andht« lookedmanner communicated tire to the long and intently in the directionthe wagis h- « 1,,* , dry grass, which flashing hkeofhowpcwhich usual! v hold mokdaoTgunpiiwder,Ivatu v»4tcr to supplyJin* wants of spread iwyond his m d m animals The Indians The Imlian* had ofJin an* instant Handing me the glassonie fjuietlyremarked 44There, are the Indiana\n\iHtrsc seen they are about 6v© miles from 11
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 30, 1891
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