Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1885 — APACHE HOSTILES WHIPPED. [ARTICLE]

APACHE HOSTILES WHIPPED.

The Savages Break away, and 'Are Endeavoring to Get Into Old Mexico. The New Mexican Indians have for several days,back been on the rampage, killing settlers, stealing stock, and generally painting things red- The palefaces axa,,uow having their innings,' however, and the copper-colored cutthroats are on tho dead run. A dsipatch from Deming, New Mexico, reports: “Capt. Smith, of the itu cavalry, had an engagement with renetades, about thirty miles irom Alma, in which three soldiers and three Indian scouts were wounded. The Indians were repulsed, but with what loss is not known. Sixteen companies and sixty Indian scouts, are now in the field and will be shortly re-intoroed by two hundred Indian scouts from the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, composed, of Tontos. Mojaves, and Arivapai. At the time of the engagement with the troops Geronimo had his women, numbering about one thousand, in advance of the warriors, of whom there are thiity-fout' adult and half-grown braves. Gen. Bradley expresses the Opinion that the renegades will, if pressed too closely, strike for Cook’s Canvon, und into Mexico, east of Deming. In anticipation of this move, two companies of troops have been sent to intercept them at the canyon. The troops are crowding the reds on all sides, and another conflict is expected at any moment. So far eight men are reported killed, three near Alma, and five in the Mogollon Mountains.” A Waehington dispatch states that a telegram in regard to the recent Indian outbreak, of which the following is a copy, has been sent to the commanding Generals of tho Divisions of the Pacific and of the Missouri: “Use every exertion possible, and call for all assistance of Federal troops you may require, to suppress the Indian outbreak in Arizona and New Mexico. These outrages must be stopped in the shortest time possible, and every precaution taken to prevent their occurrence in the future. By order of the Secretary of. War. “R. C. Drum, Adjutant General.” The above order is the result of a conference between the President, the Secretary of War, and Mr. Oliver S. Teall, of New York.