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mmlof bit safety. Ho nt»d Natchez had beta suffering with tlx idea tbal they wore to be instantly executed. They looked miserably at the ahtnJog weapons of the (Cnitks. anaaver and again glanced at Ihelr couchant braves will* a kind of tcetbat-■jlriroll.keptgrfiii pare- (terernl Stanley Mood squarely In front of Ike wholesale am! retatl tnunlattr A littleapart was a erowd listening to thcuueer language anil III tramlailoai.The tnterpretcr a cartridge loll crossing his broad breast, waited for tbn general to ■peak,Tell him, Mid tho commander. •'that whim the white mee makes peace bo makes paaca. Tall him that 1 an now hi* best friend Let IIIir. go to his lent ami rest. Tell him that I will llt; war during tho day. fie and lii* friends Muill not bo burned.-The Speech wns .lowly pal into ItiC . tongue of cough* and grunts. A« II* meaning came to tbo broazrd hand whidi bird gathered nr oil ml. they broke into a chorus of grateful ugLs’ sad Ihelr white tcetli tlMbcd.lilt Till UK n UL'C.tn.Nat.be* Is S Min nf CliC.UiSe ncd hoted-. Jtary cbloftan of iko Cltcriealiuas. Uo U described hy clAccrs who know him .aa a serv reu»nrkablo man lie Is by loag odds the flnesl-lnokloeol tho boail. Hois *Ii feet In lilgbl, sparely built. • muscled like a rare horse, and straight as an arrow, lie tot an open cod espies-site countenance, whlc'u enjs a* plainly aa It could be laid Hint tlx man ii a dauntless, despeiate nnd competent warrior. He woro a kind of lirarrc drewmade un apparently from oikls aod ead» from dead men.pulled from dead men. There Is a great ‘ difference between hire and his mtdb eiao •an. Geronlmo. In the Aral pltcc ho is much yotiogcr. Secondly. he ii a mb of at* word while hit attlttini ; ruler in a moat wonderful atJ onetto - liar.'•WbetNechei ley*, remarked Cap-iawws, -can be drpeadcd ■pea . II* will aunt by ifl forever. That other one hwrec coder aay csrcoBiileBcee meins what he says, and would rather tb. than out what he means Nacbcc is a man of mhos’ ■■* trails. He is biave. wily aud tmthfol.m«»»OKO*rT»j.Cape. H ■- Lawtoa. the gel. eat cffl-* who had the honor of lt;hptar.Bg Natter- taA CVippe. Cyws--- r.wlsh “ —lays that when tho cntni*len wns organized. Cnptnia Lnwtou lied n comraacuof forty cavalrymen and thirty-two scouts. Those wore afterwards eat down to about thirty cavalrymen and twenty-five scouts.Peroral Infantry coratiseles tilesl tokrep tin with the command, hot falleit for thoreal'll) tbat they could tol travel • fast aa tliose on liorwt, and Iha captain was determined to go through successfully or burnt io lire »tUuj|«t That be luccceded i* Brent , canso for congratulation by I Ue i lion lands of people who reside no the wild mid oloioot unprotected frontier. All the provision* and baggage on tbo expedition were car oo packrled on pack mules.■ uu hwtiia stmt vitv ^Whaley, generally kic George Wrnttcr, the :rjvoi r s mi.Tho scouts witli fire party arc A D.nowa as 'T«.' ntrrprelcr, and Montoya, n Mexican. The two latter speak Apache.1 bnvc been Kvinc In Arizona for years, solr. To*, nnl I aeve.r n niountains in my life uolil - I got to the Sierra Madre. That’s the awfullcsl country a mao over set eyes upon. Wo followed these _ people day in and day out, nnd sometimes it looked like tbo mure we fnlluwcd the fartherthoy pot. Captain Lawiea has put Inaa awful bard mmir.cr'iW3fk. Hu was oa fool. I reckon, morn time than ho was la tho saddle. Ho lead bis won aid ho cheered them, and 1 don't beltcvc l.e ■ over down-hcarlcil n minute. He was bound to havo ’em »nd Lc got ’em. rhey knew tbocounirv nnd thoy etc stayer* from ‘way luck: but they couldn't go forever. There *,ro at bccki in thi* gang and Id squaws »ad papoose*. When thoy were captured tboro were only tUreo boya in ll.ccrowd wire didn't bavo on * pistol or carry a weapoo of some kind. Tho squaw* egbt liho the. man and aro almost at hard to whip. They are wild cats aid last en tho march nbout as well at soy body. I was doing Courier work most of the tinr. but Iknow them well. They were captured on tho llavltpe river and that's 12) mile* iojld. the Mcitcao lice- Ye*, that’* about as dimly aetnmirjr a* any of it. A roan can fall so far there that be will get sick before be thinks of hitting the ground. The Mcilcao* did ooiaaaisl in the capture. It was doca by Caput a Lawton. Neche* and hi* peopie had come to the place wl.ere they ooolda any further. They wara all off their leg*. They didn’t ■maautrillOD end their ko poor- They war*A?bVwere taken by Interpreter Written b the lop of the toll tower. They had a view of the wklte men’s Mg camp. a»d woec maeh Impressed. They were afraid to vent ere to tbo edge of the gallery, bet suhl close to the wall. They cotud to iccnby watcher* below pointing »id»y to the weak They were probably calcu lating tbe distance to tho land they weio never loero again. They examined ttc werhs of tbe clock, and were both pa/.-zicd and amused.A SAOlllj; FOH . IJKLieutenant Fountain, ibe court corns otBeer of tbo day. regarded the dusky children Of the west wltl. more tbnn ordinary Interest. He knew thare aad they hoow him. Uo halt;l grown weary many a tirao curslog Ihelr agility over bsok. busli and scour. When n wacoc drove up dlled with the hosliles’ saddlM. he looked at there with a frown. Thev were a hoterogcnccus coDeeiloa of well-oigh every know mate, except the list English, which. preramsbly. they wouldn't bavo.Each oalt;* rep»C‘eots a boroao life, said tbe lieutenant. Thai Is the wt.y Jkcy ore supplied. 1 fought Uie»i on t»e *th of DeCBcubOr a ad got about ail they bed. I fougbt them o» the 10th ard thev were reasonably well off as to ac-eouiirrmeKis. You despoil tbem. and they murtler tho ranchers ter a toddle. bridle, blnoket or a pair of tpur* There nre two reasons why they are difftcult to hold dowo. One is they Hve by m»r«W. and yoo never \now where nest tbey will acquire cnougbtokeep tUeot m run. ■lag oetlei: tbo other Is tl.oy arc thot-ougbly coatrollcd hy their medicine man. IU make* mcdiciaeand starts tlretn up a hi)L Half way up be makes wedkiao again, and If lie »»ys gb down, down they go. When their aeer happens io be suth ua ubreliable and ernfiy villain -t tlcroomo. calculations no thrlr future cout»o arc readercd doubly coot plex.vuxv ah. oconr to ue Knu.r.n.W.wiutoTOK, acpt*mbar 10.—The Andy and Xavy Iteglsur to moncw will *ay that If public ofdmoe in and out of the army has any wmght in decklleB the fate of Gcrooiao and his mutdcrea* btod. they will be tried by a mditary (otnmtMkin and apeeddy coavscted and executed without delay. There 1* -precedent for lutb If one isof the trial by Uoa of*, the .•treaUBeat of thrco, in the aw Uiury eo»»n after the Five Mb
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San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 11, 1886
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