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An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre: An Account Of The Expedition In Pursuit Of The Hostile Chiricahua Apaches In The Spring Of 1883
An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre An Account Of The Expedition In Pursuit Of The Hostile Chiricahua Apaches In The Spring Of 1883 Author:John G. Bourke Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: III. About noon of the loth we had descended into a small box canon, where we were met by two white men (packers) and nine Apache scouts. They had come bac... more »k from Crawford with news for which all were prepared. The enemy was close in our front, and fighting might begin at any moment. The scouts in advance had picked up numbers of ponies, mules, burros, and cattle. This conversation was broken by the sudden arrival of an Apache runner, who had come six miles over the mountains in less than an hour. He reached us at 1.05, and handed General Crook a note, dated 12.15, stating that the advance-guard had run across the Chiricahuas this morning in a canon, and had become much excited. Two Chiricahuas were fired at, two bucks and a squaw, by scouts, which action had alarmed the hostiles, and their camp was on the move. Crawford wouldpursue with all possible rapidity. At the same moment reports of distant musketry-firing were borne across the hills. Crawford was fighting the Chiricahuas! There could be no doubt about that; but exactly how many he had found, and what luck he was having, no one could tell. General Crook ordered Chaffee to mount his men, and everybody to be in readiness to move forward to Crawford's support, if necessary. The firing continued for a time, and then grew feeble and died away. All were anxious for a fight which should bring this Chiricahua trouble to an end; we had an abundance of ammunition and a sufficiency of rations for a pursuit of several days and nights, the moon being at its full. Shortly after dark Crawford and his command came into camp. They had " jumped " " Bonito's " and " Chato's " ranchertas, killing nine and capturing five—two boys, two girls, and one young woman, the daughter of " Bonito," without loss to our side. From the dead Chira...« less