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"November 10th, G. W. Leihy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and his clerk, a Mr. Evarts, were most foully murdered while passing through Bell's Canyon, by Indians whom Mr. Leihy had treated with great kindness.
"In 1866 or 1867, Steinbrook was killed at or near Walnut Grove.
"April 27th, E. A. Bentley died from the ef- fects of a wound received in a fight with Indians at Weaver Hill, a short time previous.
"February 19th or 20th they killed, near Mar- tinez's ranch, on the Prescott and La Paz wagon road, Jack Gould and two other men, whose names are unknown to us.
" About this date two soldiers, named Harring- ton and Duvall, of Co. B., 32nd Infantry, lost their lives near Camp Verde.
"In March J. Taggart was murdered in Mo- have County.
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"In the same month D. T. McCall was mur- dered in Mohave County.
"June, 1867, William Taggart was murdered in Mohave County.
"July 27th, near Walnut Grove, Harvey Twaddle received a wound, from which he died August 5th.
"August 1st, they killed a soldier on Big Bug Creek.
August 3rd, two soldiers were killed in Bell's Canyon.
"August 7th, I. A. Wamsley was killed on the Lower Agua Fria.
"September 10th, they killed W. M. Sexton near Burnt Ranch.
"March 31st, 1868, Indians attacked a mail party between the Willows and Cottonwoods on the Prescott and Mohave road, killed two sol- diers, Corporal Troy and Private Glover, and wounded the carrier, Charles Spencer.
"May 13th, Joe Green and John McWhorter were attacked and killed between Camps Mc- Dowell and Reno.
"May 18th, they killed John C. Baker, east of the Rio Verde.
"May 29th, a man was killed between Prescott and Skull Valley.
"June 16th, between McDowell and Reno, four soldiers, Sergeant Lemon and Privates Murphy, Merrill and Morrow, were killed.
"July 23rd, a soldier named Joachim was shot dead near Williamson Valley.
"August 30th, the savages killed a man named Oscar Kelly, between Wickenburg and the Vul- ture Mill and Mine.
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"August, John Altman was murdered in Mo- have County.
"September 2nd, a Mexican, Juan Teps, was murdered between Prescott and Lynx Creek.
"In September a man named R. C. Bean was killed near the White Mountains.
"September 4th, Robert Smith was shot and killed within sight of the Big Bug Mill.
"October 28th, they killed B. F. Thompson, one and a half miles from Prescott.
"October 24th, J. J. Gibson received a wound, from the effects of which he died November 7th, 1868.
"October 25th, they killed Josiah Whitcomb near the Burnt Ranch.
"October 26th, they attacked a party near the Cienega and wounded George Bowers mortally. He died October 30th at Camp Verde.
"November 26th, they killed a soldier near Wickenburg, and a day or two afterwards a man named Robert Nix.
"November 8th, they made an attack on a pack train in Big Bug District, and killed Jose Rico, Secundia Lopez and Jose Molino.
"November 12th, Frank Pougeot fell into their clutches near Wickenburg and was cruelly murdered.
"December 1st, John O'Donnell was killed near Camp Willows, about sixty miles west from Prescott.
"Some time in 1868 they attacked John Dick- son and Matt Welsh, who escaped.
"In 1869 they killed as follows:
"February 22nd or 23rd, William Burnett, near Granite Wash on the Prescott and La Paz road.
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"February 25th, John Howell, between Skull Valley and Kirkland Valley.
"February 26th, David Osborn, near Pres- cott.
"April 18th, Milton S. Hadley, at Camp Toll Gate.
"May 29th, J. Sheldon, near Willow Grove.
"August 18th, Harrison Gray, at Walnut Grove.
"August 21st, a Mexican, name unknown.
"August, William Taylor, murdered in Mo- have County.
"About the same time, near Beale Springs, a man called 'Doc' was murdered.
"September 8th, four Mexicans, near the Vul- ture Mine.
"October 16th, Julius Pelet, at the old Mexi- can camp, lower Lynx Creek.
"November 27th, George Melvin, near Will- iamson Valley.
"November 11th, they captured John Y. Shir- ley near Lynx Creek, about twelve miles east from Prescott, and burned him at the stake.
"November 27th, Thos. N. Berry was killed near Prescott.
"December 28th, an unknown Mexican was killed between Camp McDowell and Phoenix.
"December 13th, Wesley Finnerty was mur- dered at Kirkland Valley.
"February 10th, 1870, Indians stole four ani- mals from some placer mines on the Hassa- yampa, about twelve miles from Prescott.
"February 21st, the reds visited Phoenix, and got away with sixteen head of cattle.
"February 28th, a man named Jacob Smith was killed on the Mohave road, seventeen miles
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from Prescott, his body stripped, horribly mu- tilated and filled with arrows.
"March 18th, they made a raid on the herd belonging to the Big Bug Mill Company, wounded the herder, and got away with ten horses and mules.
"March 22nd, a party of three men prospect- ing about eighty miles northeast from Prescott were attacked, all seriously wounded and their animals stolen.
Ferdinand Wander was wounded mortally and shot himself dead with his own revolver to end his sufferings. The other two reached the settlements two days later, nearly dead from loss of blood and want of water.
"About the same date a party of prospectors on Bradshaw Mountain, about forty miles south- east from Prescott, had four pack mules stolen by the Indians.
"April 1st, the rascals drove off a hundred and thirty head of sheep and goats belonging to H. Brooks, one mile from Prescott.
"April 7th, a Mexican was shot through the arm while cutting wood, two miles above Pres- cott.
"The same day a large band of Indians made a descent on a herd of mules belonging to Mr. Ariola, Wickenburg, killed one Mexican herder, badly wounded another, and got away with sev- enty-four fine team mules.
"April 17th, the Indians murdered William Pearson while he was plowing in Mint Valley, fourteen miles from Prescott, and drove off his animals.
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"April 18th, P. Dorgan was shot and seriously wounded while prospecting near Camp Date Creek.
"April 19th, a man named Greeley, a station- keeper on the road ten miles below Wickenburg, was murdered near his house.
"April 23rd, a Mr. Seebright, who had charge of a herd of three hundred and fifty sheep, near Williamson Valley, was murdered and all the sheep stolen.
"May 18th, Oliver Peterson was shot and three animals stolen, at Walnut Grove. Mr. Peterson died from his wounds about three weeks afterwards.
"June 3rd, the Indians made a raid on a herd of sixty head of cattle between Fort Whipple and Prescott, belonging to A. G. Dunn. The herder was shot through the hand. Although the Indians were closely pursued for twenty miles, they got off with eleven head, and killed six head on the trail.
"June 4th, Indians attacked the Government herd at Camp Verde, killed the corporal in charge of the herd, and drove away twelve ani- mals.
"June 6th, Alfred Johnson and Mr. Watson were murdered on the road between Skull Val- ley and Camp Date Creek.
"June 13th, Indians stole two horses and ten burros from Burger & Lambertson, at Walnut Grove.
"July 24th, Messrs. Thomas, Elliott and Daw- son, coming to town with a load of barley, were attacked by thirty Apaches and, after an hour's
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fighting, were obliged to abandon their wagon and load, which the Indians burned.
"August 10th, Apaches stole six head of cattle from Joe Fye on Salt River.
"About the same date Indians stole nine horses and mules from the Eureka Mill, at the head of Lynx Creek, and drove off three animals from the Davis Ranch on the Hassayampa, also shot and slightly wounded S. Ball near the Bradshaw Mountains.
"August 27th : during the week ending August 27th, the Apaches gobbled up fourteen head of horses and mules in Williamson Valley, nine near Camp Hualapai, two at Wickenburg, and five at Deep Wash Station on the La Paz Road.
"September 14th, Indians stole nine head of cattle from J. H. Lee, at American ranch, in Round Valley, twelve miles from Prescott.
"October 6th, Wm. E. Dennison was murdered by Indians at Davis' ranch on the Hassayampa, eight miles from Prescott.
"November 13th, Wm. Farley and J. T. Bul- lock were brutally murdered by Apaches near the Big Bug quartz mill.
"November 15th, Thomas Rutledge was mur- dered and mutilated by Indians within half a mile of Prescott.
PIMA COUNTY.
"March 1st, 1864, Gilbert W. Hopkins and W. Wrightson were murdered near Fort Bu- chanan.
"Here follows a lapse of two years during which no newspaper was published at Tucson, and consequently no record of the Indian depre-
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dations in Pima county for that term is extant. It is probable that during this period eight Americans were burned at the stake near Apache Pass, and that murder and robbery became 'wholesale' on the Santa Cruz, Sonoita and San Pedro.
"March 26th, 1866, Major Miller, U. S. A., and four soldiers were attacked and murdered at Round Valley, on the road from the Pima Villages to Camp Grant.
"June 7th, 1867, three Mexicans were mur- dered between Camp Grant and Tucson.
"June 4th, a white man, name unknown, was murdered on the ranch of Jesus M. Elias, near Camp Grant, and on the same day, another man was murdered on the ranch of Tomlinson & Co., on the San Pedro.
"March 23rd, 1868, Johnson and Daniels were murdered near Picacho.
"May 6th, a Mexican, three miles from Tuc- son.
"May 26th, four men, Brownley, 'Tennessee,' Knowles and King, between Tucson and the Rio Grande.
"July 13th, near the Cienega, Soto and Barba murdered.
"July 15th, near San Xavier, a friendly In- dian was slain and a woman carried off into captivity.
"July 16th, Alonzo M. Erwin murdered at Camp Grant.
"July 23rd, near Camp Crittenden, two men were murdered and a man named Carroll cap- tured and carried off.
"July 24th, a Mexican named Cozozo was murdered near Camp Grant.
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"August 27th, James Pennington, near San Xavier.
"November 10th, a Mr. Ballon near Apache Pass.
"November 13th, a Mexican near the same place.
"February 26th, 1869, they murdered two men, Price and Davis, near Camp Grant.
"March 19th, two Mexicans were murdered near Picacho.
"March 23rd, a white man was murdered near Camp Grant.
"April 13, seven Mexicans murdered near Camp Crittenden.
"April 14th, near same place, two soldiers were murdered.
"May 11th, between Tucson and Camp Grant three men murdered.
"March 28th, a man killed at San Pedro.
"June 10th, the savages murdered Mr. Pen- nington and son, of Sonoita.
"June 19th, Jose Jaramillo was murdered at Soldiers' Farewell.
"June 26th, at the same place, two men lost their lives.
"July 3rd, on the San Pedro, three men, Johnson, McMurray and O'Donnell, fell victims to the savages.
"July 15th, a Mexican at Palo Parado ranch.
"August 25th, man murdered at Soldiers' Farewell.
"October 6th, seven men, four soldiers and three citizens, were murdered near Apache Pass. Among them were Colonel Stone, Presi- dent of the Apache Pass Mining Company, and
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a Mr. Kaler. The names of the other victims are unknown.
"October 13th, two Mexicans murdered near Tucson.
"November 26th, Benjamin Aiken and a Mexi- can were murdered on the Sonoita.
"November 30th, Richard Halstead was mur- dered near Florence.
"December 14th, they murdered the mail car- rier between Florence and McDowell.
"About the same date they murdered three men near the Cienega.
"September 7th, 1869, Indians made a descent upon a ranch at the Rillito, and captured thirty- five head of beef cattle, the property of Don Pancho Gomez.
"September 9th, two Texans, named Benton and Foster, returning to their native State, were murdered by Indians at San Pedro.
"October 13th, a band of Indians captured a herd of ninety cattle at the Rillito, and killed one Mexican and four horses.
"October 21st, a Mexican named Pesquiera was fired at by Indians near Nine Mile Station, and his horse shot dead under him.
"November 27th, Indians captured Govern- ment herd at Camp Bowie.
"November 27th, Indians stole two horses from the station of J. Miller at the Cienega.
"November 28th, Indians visit Camp Critten- den at night, kill a cow at a distance of two hun- dred yards from the post, and carry off a tent.
"About the same date they attacked the prem- ises of Mr. Barnes at Camp Wallen, carried off his effects and then burned his store and store- house.
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"December 1st, Indians steal thirty-two head of mules from the ranch of Mr. Allen, bordering on Tucson, in view of Camp Lowell.
"December 4th, the bodies of three Ameri- cans, recently murdered, were discovered near the Cienega.
"December 10th, the mail rider on the route between Florence and Camp McDowell, was murdered and the mail captured. Indians en- deavored to fire a ranch at Camp Grant and stole a Government mule.
"January 8th, 1870, Samuel Brown and J. Simms were murdered by Indians at the San Pedro settlement and their team captured.
"January 17th, Indians invaded the premises of Clint Thompson, at Sacaton, and captured forty-five head of cattle.
"January 18th, thirty-eight head of cattle cap- tured by Indians near San Xavier.
"January 20th, they attacked the Sonora mail stage near Sasabi Flat. E. Aguerra, his clerk, and two passengers were murdered.
"January 31st, Indians made a descent upon the ranch of Mr. Morgan near Camp Crittenden, and drove off three mules belonging to W. J. Osborn.
"February 2nd, Solomon Warner and Dr. Wakefield were attacked by Indians near Camp Crittenden, the former wounded, and the latter killed.
"February 3rd, Indians attacked a train near the Point of Mountain, drove off the escort, killed two men, wounded one, drove off twelve mules, and carried off a considerable amount of property.
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"February 8th, Diego Campio was murdered by Indians in the neighborhood of Florence, and teams and other property captured.
"February 22nd, Indians stole six fine blooded cows from the ranch of Mr. Allen near Tucson.
"February 26th, Indians visited the premises of Colonel Ruggles, near Florence, and stole two horses from the corral.
"March 1st, Indians made a raid upon the ranches of Brown and Gardner, near Camp Crit- tenden, and captured all the stock belonging to both ranches.
"March 7th, the Paymaster's clerk, en route from Camp Reno to Camp McDowell, with an es- cort of thirteen soldiers, was wounded, and one of the escort killed.
"April 6th, a Mexican named Siez was mur- dered at Rillito; his horse and the horse of his companion captured.
"April 7th, a herd of two hundred cattle, the property of Juan Gregalba, stolen from a field in the vicinity of Tucson.
"April 10th, A. J. Jackson murdered by In- dians at San Pedro.
"April 11th, a Mexican named Soto was mur- dered and scalped in the neighborhood of Camp Wallen.
"April 18th, Indians visited Camp Grant and stole three horses from Captain Hinds' wagon, and four mules, the property of C. Conwell.
"April 17th, Indians visited the ranch of J. Miller at the Cienega, and killed one of the sol- diers stationed there.
"April 21st, a party of Mexicans coming from Sonora were attacked by Indians at the Potrero, and six men killed.
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"June 6, two hundred Indians attacked the wagons of Messrs. Kennedy & Israel, near Can- yon del Oro, murdered both men, captured the teams and goods, and burned the wagons.
"June 8th, Indians made a raid upon the ranch of Mr. Gardner, on the Sonoita, murdered David Holland, captured a Mexican boy, and ran off a herd of cattle.
"June 15th, Indians take twenty-eight head of cattle from San Xavier, the property of Mr. Lazard.
"June 25th, Indians attacked a prospecting party near Cottonwood Springs, on the road from Florence to Camp Grant, wounded Messrs. Myers, Johns and Curtis, and captured the wagon and its effects valued at about two thou- sand dollars.
"July 1st, Indians attacked the train of Mr. Yerkes near the San Pedro and killed one mule.
"July 10th, Mr. Yerkes' train again attacked, at Oak Grove, fifty odd miles from Camp Good- win, and one animal captured.
"On the same day Messrs. Smith and Ynigo were murdered on the ranch of Peter Kitchen, fifteen miles from Tubac.
"July 14th, Indians visited Point of Mountain Station, eighteen miles west of Tucson, and cap- tured six mules.
"July 17th, Indians attacked the ranch of J. C. Blanchard, near Tubac, carried off all his effects, and fired the buildings.
"August 7th, Thomas Venable, Peter Riggs, and a Mexican killed by Indians at Davis Springs, eighteen miles from Camp Crittenden. Wagons and goods to the value of over six thou- sand dollars burned, and the stock driven off.
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"August 8th, the mail rider and two other men, Scott and Young, were murdered at the Cienega, twenty-five miles eastward from Tucson. The station, with much property, was destroyed.
"August 13th, Indians attacked station at Point of Mountain and seriously wounded Mr. Blowe in the left shoulder.
"August 18th, mail stage attacked by Indians halfway between the Cienega, and the San Pedro; murdered Wm. Burns, driver, John Col- lins, stage superintendent, and two soldiers of Co. D, 21st Infantry.
"December 28th, they attacked a freight train between Tucson and Camp Goodwin, killed Mar- tin Rivera, wounded two others and captured thirty head of oxen.
"The same day a party of Sonoranians were attacked near Tubac and two were killed.
"September 23rd, 1868, John Killian was way- laid and murdered within one mile of Hardy- ville.
"October 1st, in Sacramento District, four men, Messrs. Woodworth, Benjamin, Judson, and Baker, met their death at the hands of sav- ages; Sam Knodle wounded, lost the use of his right arm.
"June 24th, 1867, the savages killed a mail car- rier, name unknown, near Beale Springs.
"August 20th, James H. Stimpson, Frank Messeur, and Edward Yonker lost their lives while visiting mines in Sacramento District.
MISCELLANEOUS.
"January 5th, 1871, Indians made a night at- tack upon Lieut. Cradlebaugh's command, con-
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sisting of the Lieutenant himself, citizens Peck and McCrackin, Surgeon Steigers, and twenty enlisted men, which resulted in the wounding of Dr. Steigers and private Meyers, the killing of twenty-three government horses, and the capture of three. This happened about forty miles east from Prescott.
"January 11th, a Mexican train was attacked near the Agua Fria Station on the road from Phoenix to Wickenburg; one Mexican was killed and three were wounded. The savages took a horse and thirty-two head of cattle after having destroyed the contents of the wagons.
"About this date the savages made a raid upon the Gila, and stole eighteen head of mules.
"January 14th, Apaches stole thirty or forty mules from the vicinity of Arizona City.
"About the same date they got off with seven head of cattle and twelve horses from Culling's Station on the Prescott and La Paz road.
"On the 19th, near Camp McDowell, they at- tacked a train belonging to W. B. Hellings & Co., killed George King, wounded P. Fenton, and an- other man. They then burned the wagons and their contents and put off towards the mountains with Mr. Helling's animals, twenty-five mules.
"February 8th, Indians fired on some citizens near Camp Verde.
"About the same date Indians stole four horses from Phoenix.
"Also at Willow Grove, a party of Wallapai Indians shot a man and ran off with several head of stock.
"February 11th, a party of fifty savages was discovered when about to attack Beach's train,
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near Prescott, and being charged by the whites, fled.
"Soon after this they visited the ranch formerly owned by Littig on Lower Granite Creek, about twelve miles from Prescott, and opened fire upon two men who were at work for A. C. Williamson. The men held their ground for awhile and then fled.
"About the same date a party of them paid their respects to the settlement on the Rio Verde, five miles below Camp Verde, and robbed a poor woman, Mrs. Ralston, of a lot of clothing and other property. Previous to this they tried to get some animals out of the corral, but did not succeed.
"They next attempted to capture the stage be- tween Phoenix and Wickenburg.
"January 23rd, the savages made a raid on the ranches near Tumacacori, wounded a Portu- guese named 'Joe,' and drove off four horses.
"January 31st, near Sacaton, a party of Apaches attacked three men who were at work for D. C. Thompson, cutting hay, and at the first fire wounded a man whose name we do not know. The Indians were followed, but eluded their pur- suers, one of whom, A. Gonzales, strayed from his comrades and on returning in the night was taken for an Apache, shot and wounded by Frank Griffin.
"On the night of January 29th, they attempted to steal some horses from the San Pedro, were discovered, when one Indian was killed and an- other wounded.
"About the same time they attacked a party of three men and one woman on the road near Camp Bowie, and robbed them of their stock.
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"February 1st, they tried to steal stock near Tucson, but were unsuccessful. They tried again on the morning of the 4th with better suc- cess, for we learn that they drove off 110 animals from Adam Linn's ranch.
"February 15th, Indians attacked Lieutenant Riley and ten men while guarding a government herd, near Infantry Camp in the Pinal Moun- tains, killed one soldier, wounded two others, and captured about seventy head of mules and a num- ber of cattle.
"About the same date they pounced upon a herd of beef cattle near Camp Thomas, now Camp Apache, and drove them off and subse- quently they attempted to capture some stock near Camp Verde.
"March 2nd, a white man, while at work near Phoenix, was chased into his house by Apache- Mohaves.
"About the same time, near the same place, several Pima and Maricopa Indians killed about twelve head of cattle belonging to Messrs. Hol- comb & Murray.
"March 7th, a band of Indians captured and destroyed the U. S. Mail near Gila Bend, wounded the driver and drove off the mules.
"March 10th, Mr. Ainza's train, en route to Infantry Camp, with Government supplies, was attacked by a large band of Indians, and two teamsters were killed and one wounded.
"On the same day Indians attacked the train of Manuel Ynigo between Camps Grant and Pinal-killed one soldier, one Mexican, and cap- tured sixteen mules.
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"March 11th, an Indian walked into the store of the post trader at Camp Apache, and stuck his lance through the body of Mr. Redmond, kill- ing him instantly.
"On the 14th, Hinds & Hooker's herds, at In- fantry Camp was attacked; two herders were killed and their arms captured by the savage assailants. Later in the day the sentinels at the post were fired upon.
"March 18th, a band of Indians made a descent upon the ranch of Mr. Hughes at Camp Critten- den, killed Mr. Cook; captured his team, and sacked the building and premises.
"The same day a party of savages attacked a ranch within sight of Camp Crittenden, mur- dered two men, robbed and burned several houses, stole two horses and other property.
"March 21st, Indians in strong force de- scended to the valley of Tubac, killed L. B. Woos- ter and Miss Trinidad Aguirre, and destroyed property to the value of fifteen hundred dollars. "March 24th, Indians carried off ten head of cattle from a ranch five miles west of Tucson.
"On the 26th Hanna's freight train was at- tacked near Agua Fria Station by about a hun- dred and fifty Indians, Apache-Mohaves, who killed Mr. Hanna and one other man; burned the wagons and their contents, and took twenty-two mules.
"April 1st, near Camp Date Creek, a large party of Indians attacked a train of five wagons, four belonging to Dr. W. W. Jones, and one to Henry Lachman. The savages killed Mr. Lach- man, wounded another man, plundered the wagons, and drove off the animals.
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"April 2nd, near Peeples' Valley, a party of savages killed a man named Wykoff, wounded John Burger, got three animals, two guns, and some ammunition.
"April 9th, Indians captured the herd of Juan Elias, near San Xavier on the Santa Cruz.
"April 12th, a band of Indians from the Camp Grant Reservation swept over the San Pedro Valley, killing Mr. Long, Mr. Mckenzie, and Mr. Chapin, and wounded a Mexican.
"April 5th, Lieutenant Howard B. Cushing, W. H. Simpson, and a soldier named Green, killed by Indians in the Whetstone Mountains.
"April 14th, Indians captured twenty head of stock from a herd belonging to Hinds & Hooker near Cababi. The U. S. mail wagon was cap- tured twelve miles east of San Pedro, the driver, Mark Revlin, killed, and the animals captured.
"May 1st, Indians captured forty head of oxen from a train near Camp Verde.
"May 8th, Indians captured eighty-seven head of animals from a train on its way from Camp Verde to New Mexico.
"May 15th, the reservation Indians stampeded from Camp Apache, drove off the government herd, and captured the military mail.
"June 3rd, Indians stole four head of horses from a ranchman on the Upper Verde.
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