| Show APACHE they are on the karpath warpath War path in mexico murdering and horse steeling apache indians are on the karpath warpath in mexico through courtesy of mr A J steward r of thia city we haye been pr emitted to cull the following from a letter received by him dated at jimarez Oo ionia sept 1892 about one hundred and fifty apache indiana have broken away arom their reservation we do not know whether they are all in thia vicinity or not we have hail apaches aromnd ua for about two weeks but they did not do much mischief until last saturday they then came down to charley Whipple fl ranch chasing a borso which they bad stolen from the jones family charley caught the bourse and tied it up the indians had out pieces ol 01 cow tide on kg feet to keep the men from tracking it it had on ao american bridle and an indian saddle after chacky had tind the horse ha ran for his own forsea which were hobbled near by but three indians roie pas thim cut the hobbles from laid hor MS and made off with than A pose of men went after the indiana and were gone three days hut could get no trace of them oil monday morning five indiana having with them a equaw and a papoose came to pratts ranch where tho thompsons Thomp sons anre living they were in the yard ncr when the indians came up and fired on them wounding a little boy and killing hyram a man mis thompson was hurt but not killed the indians hit her in the head with a rock and finished her tho indians then into the house aud took what bedding and provisions they could destroying the rest chopping open the trunks emptying the beds etc A little girl was left unhurt the indians pushed her out c the house and she ran and found her little brother who bad been wounded ded and they hid the indians made off taking with them fifteen head of horses after the india ana bad left tho little girl and boy started for wi lams but the bey fainted and the little girl ran on alone I 1 have not yet heard whether the boy is dead yet or not mr thompson was over at aco threshing when the killing was done all the ranchers around have moved in except pratt who is at the santiago making cheese from loyell twelve men have gone from here and an equal number from the other settle menta chasing the indiana |
