. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . alone would have nochance. The fall and winter were devoted to the work ofpacification, in the hope that war might be averted. But a so-called tribe consists of numberless bands, any one of which maygo to war while the others faithfully keep the peace. Even whileCrook was persuading the Apaches that they had better stay ontheir reservation, the Chiricahuas, the most bloodthirsty bandof the tribe, had crossed the boundary, and were pillaging andmurdering in Mexico. Early in the spring, they recrossed theline, bent on the same errand in the United St
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . alone would have nochance. The fall and winter were devoted to the work ofpacification, in the hope that war might be averted. But a so-called tribe consists of numberless bands, any one of which maygo to war while the others faithfully keep the peace. Even whileCrook was persuading the Apaches that they had better stay ontheir reservation, the Chiricahuas, the most bloodthirsty bandof the tribe, had crossed the boundary, and were pillaging andmurdering in Mexico. Early in the spring, they recrossed theline, bent on the same errand in the United States, and againthe border was devastated by the pitiless savage; the hardypioneer was called on to defend himself and family from fierceattacks by night and by day, and massacre and rapine formedthe burden of news from that region. Among their earliest vic-tims were Judge McComas and his wife, who had gone from to look after some mining interests; their six-year-oldson Charlie being carried into captivity. 649 650 APACHE OUTBREAKS*. APACHE OUTBREAKS. B51 This occurred within twenty-five miles of Gen. Crooks head-quarters, but so little did the savages fear pursuit that they mur-dered twenty other persons before they took refuge in the fast-nesses of the Sierra Madre. May 1st, 1883, Gen. Crook left San Bernardino Springs witha force made up of one hundred and ninety-three friendlyApaches, and one company of cavalry, consisting of forty-twoenlisted men. The Indians were commanded by white officers,and were relied upon as the most serviceable part of the com-mand in catching the slippery foe in that inaccessible country. Moving southeast through a region desolated by the savagemarauders, for three days they saw no human beings but eachother. Through the jungles of cane and mesquite that coveredthe once cultivated land they followed the trail of the hostiles,the guide Peaches leading them on. Crossing the line, theywere received with exuberant joy by the Mexicans, who live
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