Show WORD FROM MEXICO an interesting article on the indian tile the following letter recently received from mexico by lion hon bleses thatcher ilia y be of interest thour to our readers your kind ind favor of the oth inet reached tere here on the llie since then our colonies have been thrown into considerable excitement about two tuo weeks avo asro a band of apaches Apai hes number numbering numb crine inz or eight made a raid upon tit the e san nn pedro ranche stealing some scillie nine or ten tell borses the they were ere pursued by somo some of the san pedro y people antl ami the indians indiana made their way by any of 01 the T benaja west seat near this point tor for the mountains beyond yan DICKO ranche handle abey were ivere after afterwards warda seen been by sonic some of the people of ancon rucio a formed by oon doi luis luig on the san river river ten tell miles above san diego acx next t tn two 0 or three of them gnaden a raid in open da day light near whipple whipples Whip ples q ranch capturing one of 4 harles whipples Whip ples hows horses that wag holi hobbled bled out not far from the louse Anum berof the brethren went ent in pursuit but owing to the rocky nature of tile soil oil lo lot lost los t tho the trail a and 1 id gat gae up the chase mexicans catis were vere a also so 04 out t titer them but all failed to reach them next I 1 am pained to record a terrible tragedy brother liana A thompson who ito occupies brother pratts ranch went ent over to ila c heco on oil sunday sept irth to ehalt to work on ell tile the machine lie iio left at home ina its wile son soll IS 18 pars old another boy 11 arid and a little grand dougli ter about 10 on li monday londay morning kept 19 the two hoys boys started out to go to tire alic field when they bcd tire the lorril corral an indian who lie was secreted 1 behind the fired and nt nit antly tautly killed the other boy and the little 0 girl garf who was near by feeding the pigs ran to the lie house bouee i hen another ahot was died hitting the boy and calls ing a cound in his side eido aich may prove fatal then the mother rushing mailing out oui of tile hoube was shot by another indian who ito was secreted behind the cellar I 1 fhe fell mortally wounded and was finished by pounding po her ter head with rocks tho the little girl milling hing up to her grand t grandmother rand mother was pushed aside by the indians indiana but not hurt jiust then t lie murderers enter ed the house brol brok open boxes cut into valises vali ses and ransacked everything 1 emptied out feather and straw beds a and nd carried ol 01 with them a lot of bedding guns ammunition and finally a ba band of fifteen horses when the indians etc in the hou house se the wounded boy cram crawled led into the chicken coop the llie little girl 1 following prom from there they watched tho the movements of the indians and found that tile raiders consisted of five nien inn one woman moman and one child As soon as the indians left tile the children started for williams Villia lins ranche Itan che the boy fainting lain tiu by the wayside way may side the girl met brother S C richardson ichardson II acho lio was waa on bis big way bodry to dry valley where he be arid and brother whiting have families located hearing aiom the llie girl what had happened lie hastily returned and raised thim tin cc men to accompany him to dry valley fearing that the apaches had fiad also also attacked ins his family however they were found all right fill and immediately I 1 removed to the williams wil dianis Itan clie on tuesday morning about 4 the lad ead news reached us its here a and lid steps were at once taken to send 0 oil 11 a posse to cut oft off tile retreat betre at of alie ta ic indians 1 n ians brothers Bro theis taylor ividor 1 I turley 11 II J judd arid eight others fitted up immediately arid and started about 9 a ell yesterday morning we also 11 0 posted pealed guards on ell the benaja as it was wag thit that they would strike tho the upper under benaja i on in their way may back to san pedro anie bume time yesterday forenoon another express cattle came from pacheco reporting that brother williams was fitting up tip a pirty to follow the alie indians trail bishop linit emilli if biad ila also sent a messenger to sall pedro arid and to inge the people of those places tu to operate ni ith us and if bleto pet get in ili ahead of the indians all I 1 think all lias has been done that can be for the present we wc advise iho elio bleth bieth ren of f the ie outer ranches to move their families into tile the towns but not nol to abandon their locations but to strengthen them by the addition of a few more men I 1 i emain your brother in christ Cl irist clesky eysom |