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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 / Personal recollections and observations of General Nelson A. Miles embracing a brief view of the Civil War, or, From New England to the Golden Gate: and the story of his Indian campaigns, with comments on the exploration, development and progress of our great western empire
(1896)
Chapter XXXVI. A campaign against the Apaches (Captain Maus' narrative), pp. 450-479
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450 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CHAPTER XXXVI. A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE APACHES. [CAPTAIN MAUS' NARRATIVE.] BEGINNING OF THlE CAMPAIGN OF 1885-CROSSING INTO M1EXICO-METHODS OF TIHE INL)IAN SCOUTS- LITTLE MEXICAN TOWNS AND THEIR PEOPLE - MESCAL AND) ITS USE BY INI)IANs - FIRST NEW\TS OF TIlE HOSTILES -BEGINNING OF A MOUNTAIN MARCH ON FOOT-ABANDONIED CA.MPS-TIIE DEVIL'S BACKBONE-FINDING TIlE HOSTILES-TIIE ATTACK-A BATTLE WITH ME.XICAN TROOPS TIIAT WAS FOUGHT BY MISTAKE CAPTAIN CRAWFORD MORTALLY WOUNDEI)- LATER ACTIiON OF TIHE MEXICANS -TIlE HO1IE- WARD MA RCI I-MESSENGER FROmI GERONI MOO-A CONFERENCE- AN INI)IAN TRICK- DEATII OF CAPTAIN CRAWFORD -BUR- IAL AT NACORI, MEXICO-UNFRIENDLY DISPOSI- TION OF Till IMEYICANS-ARRI\-AL IN UNITED STATES TIERRITORY - RETURN FOR TILE HOSTILES-TIIE SIGNAL- THE ESCAPE AND PURSUIT -RESULTS OF TIlE E XPE1)ITION HE following sketch graphically illustrates the warfare of times of peace, and the duties and perils of the American regular soldier. Such narratives, were they all written, would constitute much of the history, almost to date of the southwest. The narrative has an added value in the fact that it is the story of personal experiences. Tlio ovyn n qiind1 f l1v oi x nP, r - fa f ial" 4 RIor "-lr 1,,f+ A __ -I- Arizona, on November 11, 1885, for Fort Bowie. Here it was inspected by Lieutenant-General Sheridan and Brigadier-General Crook, and with words of encouragement from these officers, the command started south by way of the Dragoon Mountains, endeavoring to find the trail of a band of Indians who were returning to Mexico after a raid into the United States. Thoroughly scouting these mountains without finding the trail, we went on to the border and crossed into Mexico twenty miles north of the town of Front- eras, with the object of pursuing the renegades to their haunts in southern Sonora. We believed that if we could trace this band we could find the entire hostile camp under Geronimo and Natchez. Under instructions from Captain Crawford, I preceded the command to the town of Fronteras to notify the Presidente of the town of our approach, of our object in
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