| Show KilLING OF THE APACHE KID Was Vas by Two Men lie Had Robbed Squaw and Also Shot Details were receIved toda today ot of the ot of the Apache ICId near Pacheco Mexico a few days ago event Was heralded In I the dis patchell as an Indian attack on the Mormon lormon colony of at In which tour Mormons und and Indians were fuld to have been slaIn elain As It killed comprise three Indians on one or oC them supposed to be the notorious Apache pache II Kid for tor whom th the United Stute States government has orere offered 1 a reward of at The other dead are an In indian dian squaw and who tel tell In Inthe Inthe the fight It not beIng known that the adult was I a woman and the tho child was not nol seen tl till after atter the Ight fight The shot shoot In was done b by two men whom the Indians had robbed und and who hat hath tal fol followed lowed the tho band but had decided to let the robbers go only the tho later latter came forward In I a tri trail that made Ilc the shoot shootIng hot hotIng necessity Following Is a letter Ing 0 a 1 leter giving the tho ful full stor atory written by Apes tie Abraham O 0 Woodruff to Presidents Snow and George Q Cannon I It Is 19 written at Chihun lu Mexico and dated Nov iS 18 STAUf START ON TIlE THE You wi will b by this time no doubt have receive received various ad and exaggerated re report reports port ports about our Apache Indian trouble ad and Inasmuch as I have b been ln over ocr al cli clithe the ground and assisted In the burial ot of the tho Indians who were kIlled I thought you would lIke an account of at atthe the affair from me After my arrival here PresIdents ivins ond and Prat Pratt with withIel Iel myself to make mako 0 a complete tour of r th the mountain We held helda 0 a meeting at Pacheco also one ot at Gar Garcia cia then went to and ond or organized ca the tho people there Into n a ward with George 11 M 01 as with J Johnsn Johnson as his and Samuel J Brown as his second counse hors Ater After a a number of oC god good meetings wIth the Saints ot of the Chul chupa ward we drove back to Garcia ad and held another meeting spending the night there The following day which wa was last Tuesday we V drove through Ind and down to Caes Cares Valley to tho ho ranch The same afternoon wo vu held meeting wih with the Purr family and the Alen Alien and Harris families as welo vell as some few tew other people lumber number lag Ins about thiry thirty In al all The Sacr ment waa 6 admInistered and the addressed by Ivins Pratt and TUE RODDEn I It was 8 nt at the close ot of this meeting that Martn Martin Harris anI and Thoma Alen Allen mazie I it known to us that they had been robbed the Saturday night previous ot of 10 1000 pounds of at cor corn 30 pounds of at potatoes a bolt ot of which had been let left out to bleach and anda n a number ot of other thing things The morning ater after thi this tok took place morning they followed the thieves Into the ho mountains thinking perhaps the they were Mexicans and coull could be arrested and brought back back On One of oC these broth breth brethren ren wu was arme armed wih with a shotgun loade loaded wih with buck buckshot hot while the other crl carried 1 n ft goo good Winchester rile rifle rhe fhe crossed and the traIl ot of the A a number of at times following the trai trail over n a large mesa until abut about 3 oclo k km kAtter p m After Atter having crossl crossed a very ery dep deep canyon about feet teet blow below the sur surrounding rounding country they followed up a alie aside side lie canyon some quarter of at 1 a mile then climbed up the side ot of tIlls canyon eanon to the top tOil of at ft a ridge that tan ran out to toV V the deep canyon they had just crosH crossed This ridge was hIghest near the deep canyon and sloped eloped back toward the tho main ridge of at which tt it formed a spur DISCOVERY OF TIlE THE INDANS flight on the Iho pint point of at the spur or ridge In a place commanding 1 a Perfect view of at the tho surrounding cun coun country try six Apache Indians were veto camped The Indians h cl ascended the tho steen rIdge at the point where It runs out nut and overlooks the canyon camon below The Tho brethren by going up the side canyon avoided being seen b by the I Indians 01 1 n 9 as they would hI boon It if they had followed th trai trail but going as they did tho they cut the enemy ar oft In the they were going to at attempt tempt to travel The Tho brethren came out In plain sl sight ht ot of the Indian camp betor the they discovered thom them and were fore to retrace their steps nt at lest least 0 yards before they were out of at sight from the Indian camp and could take cover IA YE LET ir GO When the they saw IW that the thieves were Apaches instead of at Mexicans the they se secreted themselves behiM some me rocks und and hold held a council o deide ISOlde ns to what they had better ItO The Indians were about to break brenk camp and the brethren decided that It the Indians woul would go a out nn any other way a so thA that they would not be discovered they would let them themo 10 o and It nut attack them As a son soon lS its the were mounted however they rode straight towards the where the brethren had hid behind the rocks and were only furnished Ir iro toton tram one side b by them As they rode out or of lal tA th wee wire close to together 0 style ether gether one behind the othe other Indian i GIG THE ThIC The one In iea Wl was a young squaw probably years old As AI she he approached the breth brethren n drew A bOl bOlon d don on her wih with their bI gun but Ing hat thal It was 11 a squaw thu did not shot shoot She hall just lassel them when her e eye caught sight of at them Item She first II something 1 Ip 1 a low vo volpe and then Rave gave a scream her horse and fled to 10 the lie rear DETAILS OP Ol TH FlOUT A At this signal the next In hue n a In fine looking Indian about e sprang to within t two wu rods ot of the men and trIed to get hil his rifle loose from the tho saddle The fhe brethren both fired one I shooting him In the lef left cheek 1 Ith Ind and the other oilier piercIng hI his chest wih with I a rifle bal tall and killing A 1110 little one strapped onto his hla bark back Still ho he held hil his horle horse facing the men and continued to his It tug nt at gun to ge get loose until he received another eliot and fell lifeless to the ground his horl horse turning and running to the rear The next Indian In line was als also shot and the bue horse turned and run ran but the Indian still clung to the saddle and went out ot of eight Ight The fhe three remaining Indians at what had been done turned also and went want pell l mel down tM to rock rocky dene defile the tho same Mme WI way the they had tome come up As soon ns as the shooting WI was over t the he brethren led lied also without ascertaining what had hod leen been done one FIND TIE TIlE DO BODIES DES When we e arrived the next day the they told us what had happened hut but dil dId not know of at the tho results Early Burly net next moring morning A W 11 Ivins ni lela ucla roan Pratt harris Thomas Al AI AIlen AlIon len Ion Lucian Farr and myself al cli wel well mounted And armed started back to the scone scene of at the shooting We approached the place very cu In iii skirmishing lne line No attention was paid to the bodIel bodIes un t Ii we ve were that no live In diane wore within title We then turne turned our attention to the carll corpses Se ot of which there were three and Indian a squaw and n a The he scan wore OM OMU U a cartridge belt fled Illicit wih with cart cartridges ridges 1 a knife an awl a pir ot of Ine fine finefield field glasses besIdes a CAp feathered and ornamented wih with varl van vanous OWl ous neck trophies and bendl beads on wrists ant and ntH TIl Till DEAD 41 All or of we 0 took or off but did not disturb his clothing which con conI consisted I ted or of a suit or of buckskin We also took the squaws bel belt contain containing Ing a god good Colts reVolver n a knIfe and man many medical roots etc We found 1 a good crevice In the rocks rock to bur bury them In first spreading out one of oC their blankets and laying the bodies In one on top lop ot of the other then theta them wih with another blanket and cheat three t feet t ot of rock I found I a splendid bow with a quiver and sixty arrs arrows In I It Iton on the trai trait where the they had dropped I it itin II in their flight OTHER INDIANS FLED When we 1 ha had given ghen them the most respectable burIal 10 could we ve then followed the trai trail Which the tho escaping Indians had taken for some come distance but as we did not find their packs or sIgns to IndIcate that the they had come comeback comeback back or were In the we turned and went buck lele to the Williams ranch where we e spent the night night We came down dawn to Ceases Grandes as soon loon 0 a awe we could after arranging for tor the safety or of the scattered families on the outlying and made a Cul full repent to the delivering the spoils The lat Politico telegraphed the tho news to the governor anti and to he ordered out n a company at who arrive arrived the same day and have gone to the scene cene to make nn an Investigation und and reo re rePort Port II In detail This promptness though perhaps not needed plo pleased me I It showed that the are In the welfare and nd of at our people WAS TlE TIlE APACHE II KID There Then Is but little doubt that the dead chief is 19 the famous Apache Rd Hid for tor whom we understand the United States hits offered a reward of oC 60 le lIe is II the mOt most n tc character among th this Apache Th io do not censure our brethren for tor their aton action The only r re regret gret that tl they did It Vt ki kill them al all Frosts Smith and oung arrive arrived yea e and we have hae hold three excel excellent excellent lent meetings tol ode |
