. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . an ambush was so greatthat pursuit was not advisable. Besides, the whole band hadbeen alarmed by the destruction of this camp, and the troopsmust wait to execute a second surprise, after the Indians hadquieted down, or else accept their surrender. The fight took place May 16th. The succeeding day the Chiri-cahuas tried to treat through squaws, but Crook demandedchiefs to act as representatives. In obedience to this, a Chirica-hua, a leading man of the tribe, though not a chief, came in onthe 18th, and gave much information as to the movements of hi
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . an ambush was so greatthat pursuit was not advisable. Besides, the whole band hadbeen alarmed by the destruction of this camp, and the troopsmust wait to execute a second surprise, after the Indians hadquieted down, or else accept their surrender. The fight took place May 16th. The succeeding day the Chiri-cahuas tried to treat through squaws, but Crook demandedchiefs to act as representatives. In obedience to this, a Chirica-hua, a leading man of the tribe, though not a chief, came in onthe 18th, and gave much information as to the movements of his 652 APACHE OUTBREAKS. people. One piece of news was received with satisfaction : a lit-tle white boy, captured in New Mexico, had been in Chatoscamp—the one attacked—and that the squaws had carried himoff when they broke away at the first sign of an attack. The chiefs came in, one after another, and professed theirreadiness to surrender; but Gen. Crook would make no promisesof pardon for such offenders. Hieronymo, Chato, Benito, Loco,. TRKATUJ^Q FOR PEACE WITH GENERAL CROOK. Natchez, Kan Tin No, all begged for an assurance of safety ;but Crook told them that he could not allow them even a fewdays to gather up their followers; that they must take thechances of a fight with the exasperated Mexicans or Americansif they could not catch up with the troops. Indeed, he could notwait for them, as his supplies were not sufficient for troops andprisoners. Three hundred and eighty-four Chiricahuas had been taken,mostly squaws and very old men; and six Mexican women had APACHE OUTBREAKS. 653
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