Show ATTACKED BY INDIANS now HOW JACOB JACOR S ferrin MET Ms HIS drath DEATH IN ARIZONA we ard are indebted to peter H fmc mc bride of smithville arizona for the following account of an attack attach on bome soma of the brethren by indiana on tho the 19 th of july brother jacob samuel samu e I 1 F ferrin e arin m met e t his death as follows on tho the dinst while on his way from globe a point to which he had been freight ing ng in company with brothers john joseph ros Kos berry and nod oliver lewis they camped for the night about five miles above ban san carlo carloe A T while pre preparing parin supper three mounted indians indiana viala visited ed them to all appearance they r were vere ere very friendly so fo much BO so that the brethren were entirely off their guard supper being ready at dark they all sat eat down to ca eat t at this point the indians with a whoop and a yell ran to the wagons seized their guns and commenced shooting and swearing telling them to run for there were 35 hostile Chir indians indiana in the brush close by the brethren secreted i themselves ves vea behind their wagons as best beat they could I 1 should judge from the splintered spokes and felloes they were vere in a very critical condition the savages then ceased firing and surrounded the horbes brother fernin perrin thought the indians would not kill him and not wishing to lose his bis team he walked out to them thein the tho boys pleaded with him not to go he spoke to one of the indians when one ono of them shot and killed hilled him instantly st when the other brethren saw him fall thoy thought it beat to leave as quietly as possible in their excitement they got separated brothers and going down the river to san ban carlos oliver lewis went want up the river and arrived at tho the sub agency at daylight ho he procured a horse from a freighter who was waa camped there and made all possible haste arr arriving lv here on the doth both at 3 pm A company left that evenin evening 9 to bring in the body of the deceased they traveled about 12 miles when they met J X roseberry bringing the body he re reported ted that a company of scouts I 1 left sa san ban u carloa in search of the hostiles ho stiles who were ChIrri chaus there were five in all their trail crossed the river gila about 15 miles below camp thomas they are supposed to be making their way to their old haunts in sonora bonora A com corn pany left thomas to try and head them efrat off at eagle creek another company left camp grant to bead head them off before they reached clifton asyet AB yet we have heard board nothing from them further than that they had killed one horse for food J nattle nuttie arrived here on the he stated he had bad found eight horsem and that six are still missing ml esing which the indians have got without doubt on the a company of brethren went to bring in the wagons and make another search for horses borses |