Show FhfltTtNG 1NDPtNS PARTICUJllS 01 i J ctLrAn SAIlS FAIlC WJTrI A JUcc OYiVAItM HaLIns arouInJUnsIs unlike any other warluring in Which inimn engage Tindlu Uieni not fihUnt thtiii is the difflcult problem prob-lem tosolyc 51tth0 trailer will consIder that h rteep the theater o ujHraUons In an Indian In-dian canialin whither in Vjt IulhliR Dikota the Indian Territory tend rcxus or Anzona is about u large as the Nets KniIanU States WIlls New Yort ridded that each of Unto pOMiiMu tlieatem of var Is aUfvuuinhibltnl wllderne that they are without roauft and often U i IUth J Ik ithpetoetrlilos fur hundrcdf of miles becau < of arid deteretsoclmisuealile lon lli mountain rungrettiat vtLile all forts of each Territory Ire to the Indian as familiar as the haUls of the home orchard are to the firmer and lib children chil-dren it baud of necessity must bean be-an unknown land to the boi informed in-formed white man that in three racklrm wilds the nol Is II has uo dint habitation that upon belli discovered by liH eii i my lIce dlr > lion of the trail lie takes is a matter of iudllTirftietito him that where night llnd him Is hU home and that isis hlssuUifttencoiUKl cl < thlntaie always with 111mIf all theu and collateral matters depending on them are considered an idea ran In ormN of how tiilllcult It is to make successful worm the Indian lunar the Indian though ar tially eivilixrd reverie to his obL phase OJf savasery Much his been written as tothcfjI M UueuUhty which crops up In the discussion roe r-oe IndLia ijutlon by hudlanl minus and livers of fair 111r 1IIcb it is not Intended here to re itik Hut It may prorerlv U ol erred that It is wore thin lIon CIo 0 ur ethAtthe InJiau njpinln the hlte intruJem as the dcsetndants f thio who two centuries nnd none ago came tj 111s country andy > and-y might deprived lice Indians ot Jielr lauds aud hunting liclds and 5 through his cliIIJivii lUrHjlng th I I red nun toward thuwltincfu Tic I ndlans knowledge hbjtory scarcely extends IVJMHI one gene ition ilia white uiiLUiy U served to i Li any othir enemy and for theme the-me reamnd He has no iulierittd hooslliea iatinp runt the lime cf fie Pilgrim rather nor JOtS he eel I gratitude fur kind usage hwn J > IIIK anmton or llnlr Tjie 4inultles ididhini aru looked upon is tribute isacJfJ by fear or fonie letS northi principle and hind h I crete thown him are eidencra tunis tu-nis mind that thj = e by whom they are show u are Wlalo and afraid of him L ionunateiy for llio whiles the IULIIUS in their wartire an latin he laltlt of altnehinc our pscsiuhec ftjrts on the froutp elae the horron If past wirs woukl qaal Iirany year the earful pictures of the Indian mutiny against tIn English Our frontier forts have ofltn been it the merey cf tbu Italians but the apturu in any Instance ivuld not have bueu made without great W if life and Jl U eliaraderUtic of the racethat thJ arts slow to attack when certain death aw aits any great number fh j are brave where U > erititioU3 elif make tin hamta of nafety greatly in their jror but will net take the iKki hat hatfrfy tile civilized tarrlt > r A landleogram fumed bi n line Trotafajio VerJe eantuord to tin White Mountain south to began Cairo continued westward Camp McDovttll and theueu uotlh to the point flrst named would contain loutJHjuaro miles of rocky mountain moun-tain pcalf l deep canyons heavily wooded mountain tnanif nnd datk hie I furits Jleruand there beautiful beau-tiful htllaifllleiborrarksarefojne sari an 1oLited oral and it N its this isolation and the intervening arrlcro that the culiar difficult if the region for caiuj Igniiis pun iiose are dieco cvd Jncredibletiimrd toil along the zigzag trail the routing heelS readies the rlarp rocky ridge heuce the almost precipitous des cent begins to thu plitisaut camp round far below rind Jt h plainly seen from the cominanJlLg height that tlm beautiful graf y plain is ol very IlmiUd 1 extent and eliot in on ill tiJe Tiy alnictt Inn nctlcable mountlln Tims are anticipations of nst and refreshment fcoiuevrhat dashed Ij the ° Jccl of the Interminable heart breaking roekcllmbing nine gle to lieslii again at daybreak Inmost In-most wild mountain regions the narrow nar-row bernie on the edge of stream or the Led of the stream itself is I the only tiasable route but here the nl r i JtL le mountain torrentstlat pourlueery direction from thus great ranges pa for the most hart through dark precipitous pre-cipitous box canyons which cut otr communication between the park fining together like beads by there the-re clear deep ttream and all who would penetrate l the mountalr rauges must do no bv h painfully climbIng their rugged sides In this Apache paradisa nun varieties of climate aru found Fiom List cool shade of tins pine fire ts on this lllatk Misa 1 o the burning andy wastes that form the valleys of the Halt and Gila rIvers OUt mesas from one extreme to the other but would prefer rather to remain In the worst than encounter the torture of a Journey over tho miles ou miles of confu < d and jumbled jum-bled masses of JSocky mountain peaks to reach the bctttr Tho theatre of opentlons thus faintly outlined as well as adjacent jorUons of tho inmienyi Territory Arizinahas been for many years the scene of innumerable conllicls lietvrttn the troolL and the Ajache tribes A record carefully com piled bJ the historian of one of the cavalry ngimenbi whlcli took Ib share IhctalTeringsaiid hardshIps the mountain avoidIng between the eats 1S71T3 thows that In that penod the remnant hid ninety seven combats SlUt marauding savages Eirlyiulhejtar 1SI2 itbecaoc evident that a inrtion of the Arivjpa Ainchc were uiing Cainp Grunt usa us-a ba > offupplle and pushing tin Ir numudlng paitiix tut In every uf rectiou into the telthd jarts of the Territory The lread entertained Hy the settlers for Uicsc marauders is 1 best appreciated SaudI the character char-acter and mcdc of warfare cf the mountain trilis ire understood 5 As an aM wnontnvtir remarked to a cavalry olllccr Vc have a horror them that you feel for a ghott We neer tees them but jvlitn on lite rpad l are always look lot over our Uiouldejif iuaiiticljd lion When they strike nil creoto Is Uio flash of tho rllle resting with cure aIm OU a pile vf stones behind w hicli like a snake this ml murderer lies at full length All the Attaches are footmen mountain climbers They will steal horccs ansI tins them lout whoa driven Into u mounlalus thuliors es become a part of their rations Graceful well formed rfith Itgs of ttetl wire light nnd active as a cat tbeApacheonthe rocky iiHUlde U unapproachable and to light him with any chances of nuocses he has 16 La attacked with skill and fcreat caution at gray tirrtituiit his bivouac far up among the reeks Many surprise iso been cflectcd by night marches against natural fortresses absolutely uu nabje In the daytime by any number mend men-d whets if tilt Indians had discovered 1 dis-covered the ascending columns even In l the night they could have repulsed re-pulsed them with great laughter Asu first sieho lti thecuiiipaign the commanding general directed that eU warriors receiving ritlonsshould I > e counted every daj at a place to le selected within five miles of the jott Ji order t be cfllccr detailed for this dellcaU and dangerous duty I lIght be able to identify and keep a record of the young men a metal lag fctainrcd with a number was is > ued to earls Indian of lighting age llany of the Indians ncclved the order with tullen dUtallf faction lie cause If carried put checkmated I their ravings BwatieTon thulrhtela In Iiureaelup concentric circles Jn front of the General the crouching althtude nnoltlsetoadyglazeof theIr bnlhaut beadlike eyes made them resemble snakes colled ready to strIke and It was plain that when omortuulty oOerct they would re lli I4t1 eist ru the most deadly means thla chISeL to scotch them Tbenextday tim cavahy officer detailed rode out four miles from the post accompanied by one orderly order-ly to meet the young IItV gen and make lila fln count Theofllcer Eclected wa3one who had PCCU considerable nrvlcu and lighting but he euUapjently confessed that he would have been glad to exchange the Uuty aligned him for a detail to lead a forlorn 1010 tern brssa ° twork However he had been told by the I General that it was undesirable to I tend a force on the duty as some of the warriors might becomealarmed and In their Ignorance make trouble and that the object was to give the Indians a fair chance So out he rode w lih his heart in his throat feeling pretty confident that unless he kept hU head some oung buck would tab him lu the back and thus distinguishing blmtclf take his departure for the warpath The place selected was at the foot of a hill ou which wa situated the larxe Indian village of tlie reservation reser-vation Arriving at the point the ofllcet was met by the whole band rushing down tics hilUIde with yells and rhouts and as they approached nearer ho had tho horror of perceiving perceiv-ing that they were nearly all drunk They had lent celebrating the disagreeable dis-agreeable order of the day before by a5ctswin0npree The lieutenant received thin deeres tie drcmcuntlni nml Aunt lug with a nonchalance which star s-tar from natural at the foot of a large cottonwood tree the orderly mounted holding the horxs n few yanis Ito rear It oIl apparent that several cf this chiefs had remained re-mained sober and were doing their utmost to prevent trouble and by their exertions theralble was halted about twenty 3 > rJa from the tree anTseated wiUs 60mIJ nUeUlIt nt fhu utual halfelide formation The counting cflicer then approached willl baok and iiencll lu liana ana though appreciating the danger of ax3inatiou he resolutely poised along thu front of each circle and Checked of the numbers on the toge Mniij of the rascals with Impudent Impu-dent drunken leert shook the tags In hUfacc and one fellow refused to show his Taking the mutineer for the lime being the lieutenant concluded thu checking 1fCC lie was now confronted by a formidable for-midable problem either he luuit capture thu drunken young savage submit to the Indignity of seeing tics orders entrusted to him fur execution exe-cution treated with contempt of whIch the Indians were Mire tu take advantage taking It Is a confeMlon weakuex In his icrplexity he called up the orderly with the hone and thin turned to one of the most reliable of the chiefs fctand lug near and made tigns to him to tiring up thu young ruin ainfface him to olson his tag Till young fellow lounged up when bidden by the chief but ttcod Immovable staring at the reprcsentatlvu of the I government with drunken lose Inure living the orderly who was btlll mounted a few words of direction the liiulniant mounted his own horse as If to riae oil and at a flgnal the orderly a tine old soldier Mid dcnly drew lib rcolveran covered the young tavage at the name time making au m > crlous sign tti him to jump up U hi nd tho otllcer The old chief took in the situation Instantly In-stantly andfctzlug the fellow under the arm almost threw him up on the croup of the horse behind the lieutenant and to covered by the ttidv Ilotol of the orderly they redo on Tire Indians were quick to appreciate appre-ciate the defeat of the braggart aud the little procl lon of prisoner aud caj ton was followed by yell scruans anti jeering laughter The prifonrr was safely landed in tin pott guard house a substantial witness wit-ness of the nerve aid rxurage of a resolute oflHcr over the savage fury of this Ainche Such cat tures were not always made H successfully A few mouths later two soldiers approached i ap-proached to arnst a ycung fellow who was seated ou the ground wrapped in a blanket Quick ns thought the Indian threw off the blanket Dud by a right and left stroke wills a kulle killed one soldier sol-dier and severely wcunded Ute other oUero further trouble occurred at the dilly trillcntlon of the Indians The young men who preferred war to steady rations quietly tllrped away and were seen LO more and a correctistlmate of the number of the hostilities was the result of the counting proofs |