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or:uocitbs age 84
irteces e.Totty
July6,193f
Wogollons of the iiarly 'aye.
elegollon is a proper noun and and a common noun alsoothe mountein
received their name from the early Jesuit Fathers from the parasitical growt
of mistletoe ueon the oaks, cottonwood and other tree of the forest for the
word mogollon ,aeans a "hence*, on 0 a parasiteonthe Jesuit fathers were in
the district in 1876 end thie be really the soures from which the plies rece
eivee the -demo of Mogollon but nearly a century later -October 5, 1712
the epanieh government appointed Juan Ignacio Florea Mogollon Govornor and
eeptaineUeneral of all the vast empire embraced within the limits of the
Stetes of Texas Coloredo,Utah, Novelle, eelifornia, Arezona, and New eexico.
In 187e Jim teller, Maurice Ooaten, John Roberte, e.H.jaevers,
Zto ert. tubblefield and Uorris Ith and family left krescott Arizone for
the Frisco 6alley„ and settled where elan is now situnteJ.
Late in t4ay of 1379 we were out in field ploeine uhen a
rOvine bend of 2Peeh s five in namber,fired upon in, we made a ruse eer t
hoase and after gett!ng our guns we crossee the Frisco river up into eh
Uedurs, we were t tec present site of aenwood when we saw the indians
coming.Deming wee eolne on don the valley to warn the settlers and Houston,
aeaveriKeller and I hid after staking out a horse as a ileeoy. s fired on
the Indiene when they case insight for they had made for the horse re, they
eere all a foot,Deming came back as he wss afraid bhst the Indians were
heavily red and he wee baking to much of an risk to continue on down the
velley.ee fired too lot and broee three of the warriors lege one of the
warriors had been left on the hill to watch and the other when we fired
ran up the hill to escape. Al camped for the night and the next morning took
the trail of the 'bawl that we had injaree that went over the hill we
tIn Indian up Jn the hill covered with 6 blanket 1Zr. lioster thinking that
the warrior was dead lifted up the blenket end was surprised to fled that thlie
man had boon asleepar osteleraisc his gun to dhoot the Indian began
to beg fer his life, but "r rather ran so disgustee *Ith the raids of the
tht he pulleC the trigger end blowed the Indiane head off.
Terribiu VJ'-r a eon-in-ler oC Victorio and was kills,' by us durini the
tightly° s -on heerd that Vletorio wee on tl war-eeth au he wee going to
revenge the deeth of his son- n-lsw.
th mqlth of epril, 1680, there wore many humors that
Vleterle yes out.eteve a sub;echief' of the epaches was up, in the hills
wee et:, le the -hite Reeks celntry cemping for Indians on the warpath.
teve. 71n n hunttne trip when Victorio arrived on the scene and tried
to cet 1Vrl to throe in with him teo atteek the settlers in the territory
Victorio beceee enery eith et,ete beeeuse he wouldn't attack tho whites, and
ettae%et,i the suti-cief.Three of Vletoele's warriors eel's killed and eteve
left the rellen.
On 1.pril the ?lth Victerio mad e his presence known by
eet the lecetion ef tn C,Inney mine worked by0.C.7111leeas,
?ran Vineo,::.1.eren,arey Meellieter,leerge Doyle, John Lembert,Alex
YeLauehlin end ergeeent CooneykIllinn tly men. The rest of the party hid out
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rceree :1111eTte bra -i tle7 news into the esep that the
tee of their rup.J'm Cooney and Jack
-:111o1; went to elan to lye t1c Clare. while eroup went Clairmont to
alarm whil :leerre Doyle e.ndJohrt LLmbert remained en the grounds 0
The tribe coon took ever the Te7ning camp an( burned the c0Jine around
noon one of tha br ves toek a leiteow and tied around his neak.The egues
were -oon fighting for e chance to get e gli no of their dirty factures
in the eirrow.
When Chick and Cowley sr rived at 1ps with the nees that aright
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mEn and one other had been killed ,we begen at once to go* out and round up
the live stovk e spent the entire night on the range htnting the stook*
Conney end Chick rent to the "lender ranch to carry the news and Ur ;leader
mede the remark that well wa have tee earden planted and I dideet think the
indiens nre going to bother us*Nirs aseder remarked that she belliveq ;he rep
port and stertedet once to laeld bullets*Cooney desired ttlo rt-ur to
early, nnd iArs &clatter begged him te not leave, but he ineistee that he 4118
goine and it wnn not long uetil th horeod of Chick and Coeney returned
without riders* .ben the horses w re seen without their r..4e a the
elarn waa sent put at onceOr %nett rushe d over to the eeeder ranch and
,avo tho alarm*The- ender fevelly ntertee nt once for t..e loberts eanch*
the wey over the Indians fired upon the family and as the wagon was be twee
the heuee tnd the Indiens there ween't much that the peoeie in ti ce in
eolld do to hele the fanly AInc 'ead_ ..11yder (livinE) had an ar.:row shot
thr9.1r,h her 1.)onnet wee at near nn the Indians same to hiting eny of the memm•
lx.rn o!' the .2717,fLAr !Aid .2-1c poodle to fill of the brrele and
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vrIter beforz! the water Alut off and it was only a shr1, time
vIneel vier:, filled tt tho diteA rias cut.
ve of ne men .eecidoe te
boiil A It7,Ino and vsoot at the
inertno rern zt there on17 ah.::r7; t11.11 when they Wf:Jr5 fired upon.
e'e eerie re 71 flr th,1
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lt of cerexecicce &nd piste'.
There a i here icdtvme 4‘,Ir feet f.7.1:1 tee house. An
Indien 11410t44d to t the horse when he rsieed u: to cut the rope he was
surpriEed with a shot from Jim ,eallers eunef3ome tie later whea it woe
decided safe to go. oet to where the Ind!. n was it found tilt h hud on
the gun that ler.)2.1— aed lost earlier ia the dayeThe body of the Ind'
vas removed duritv- the night f om where It as laying.
eilcox rnised up to look over the barricade an was sho through the
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her?rt,The only nember of the party to be killed after the fight startede
he nerie of these in the fight were James Alen. John gottsinger,
Autteingr, luc rd,A1 Luter„ '.41rpente akelt
;lop nK, tobert 1tuhhieVIel, ilil Aleox„Jim Kellcr„
John ?oater,Joe obortA,:ttrah ..-oberts4eorae ,oberts„ ran'4 :,obt.rte„
John .oborts,J.. ..orvos,reen In( .ifetiLobort ;,ipespia7tes Coulter., ;ohn
odor J and rLfei'd :eadt:,-, and kgnes !lender 5nyder.A rescue
in-rty vas sent f:om ilvcr A.tv to the old of te besieged, hut as the
Indiana left the ornIrc f,fter tho f t cnc tore not to be find.
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