Show A FAITHFUL DOG An Incident ol the Keccait Indian outbreak in Arizona Mr R M Weyins the mining expert says the Denver News relates the following follow-ing story of an Indian raid which took place in Arizona during the late Indian troubles in the Territory of which he was an eye witness During this outbreak of the Indians the settlers in the neigh I borhood of the White Mountains suffered considerably from the frequent ravages of i he White Mountain Indians Murder and arson were prevalent and immigrants I immi-grants were ruthlessly massacred While I these scenes of horror were being enacted one of a still more gloomy character was being carried out at Fort Apache At I sunrise on a pleasant Sabbath morning I lie red devils made the hour hideous with their yells and discharge of musketry mus-ketry Inspired by a transient rise in their courage they rode within 200 yards of the fort and kept up an incessant fire from their guns doing however no serious damage They then rode off in the direction of Sevenmile Hill where some Mormons i were chopping wood for the government Here the work of murder was actively I taken up The fight that ensued must have been a fearful and stubborn ones one-s nearly 150 cartridge shells were found I by the side of one of the Mormons named I Patterson two hundred yards from Paterson I Pat-erson was found another dead man a I Mormon also and between the dead bodies was a wellbeaten trail made by a dog that had belonged to Patterson lIe I faithful animal had kept watch over the two bodies fighting away the coyotes and other animals for nineteen days without I food or water When found by the pack i train which went to bury the bodies the dog was in such a weak condition that he had to be lashed on a mule and carried Ito I-to the fort where his forlorn condition I enlisted the sympathies of Mrs General Car who gave him the best attention He soon became the pet of the regiment the Sixth Cavalry and retained his place until the company was ordered out of Arizona when he lost his kind mistress and was transferred to the care of Messrs Stewart Norton post traders at New Fort Grant where he can be seen at all times standing guard over the butcher hop |