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PRISONER OF WAR, OR WHAT?When General Miles offered $500 for old Geroninio'a scalp, dead or allye, Arizona, New Mexico and the rest of the United States said, amen! The horrible outrages perpetrated by the old Apache and his band had grown unendurable. The Ions Hat of cold-blooded, brutal murders committed by them had sickened the very souls of all who read of their hellish burbnrities,and there was but one thought, that of the speediest way of ridding the earth ot such a moster In human form. The patient, fatiguing, exhausting chase by Captain Lawton and his devoted soldiers has been followed by the publio from day to day until the country almost despaired of their success, so wily, subtle and untiring was their oe. At length, however, he is captured, when the power of resistance could go no farther. Ills ammunition gone, his ponies unable to carry him another league and his provisions exhausted, he finds himself surrounded in the mountains and surrenders; upon what terms we know not, unless as first announced, unconditionally. The incalculable damage done by this bloodthirsty savage has kept all Arizona in a stale of terror for years. He has been faithless to every pledge given by him and recreant to every oath sworn; he has abused the confidence reposed Inhim flhtl thU’mlvfintflirfi nf **vi-rv art
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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 16, 1886
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