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SEP 1 61936
0Lar w. %den, Yield iter
0550.700 311 qUerlalos NAM*
MESICAll MY COMM BY APA I IAMB
loday 'Moro livee up a picturesque canyon six males southeast of Omens&
one a our. most reliable pioneer itexican Citizens, Ors ftlipe Padilla,
mho ma born May Mill6CC, one who lived for guar years at the original
pito of 0usmado, nom emeaseats ran*, five males east of the %spent
location of the tow. At that time tbc place mac celled 11 Mu oaarm40,
The tomcats established in 18%, and Mr. Padilla ham lived in Cotryn
()aunty 65 Were.
In a aervenni interview, be Wm
leeo, sometime in May, some Apache Indians under Chief 'Uteri*
captured me, a muchasho, about 14 yeare of age, male vac herding sheep
on the hills in thc, Rita lake (=MU
'Viva the Indians surrounded and captured me, they took me on
horseback around t e mountain° several males north of Owesseaville. On
the mess the?, o M a large herd of mild horses and mere so anxious to cane
lure some of the (*hallos that they loft mo in core of a saner,.
ethoa the Tndians returned from running, tho horsey they told tie to
go on in front of them. Aftor traveling no° or :TO yards, one of the
troves struek ms ogress the faee mith a quirts then the Indians, thinking
perhaps they bad killor.. me ren their horsee at 0111 speed mestmard.
rin 1381 a band of Apaches killed three Vemitrins near Tres Legumes
and stole several teams of oxen, burned two wagons leaded with mool. lift&
belonged to mV grandfather. Jesus PadIlls. Then they passed thru quemede
and killed three men, Auguoti of that year; Creecencle, from Old manes.
Juan Celia. on Jose Ortie. These men mere buried in the old cemetery at
8messeate randh, now called *Zoothill Cemetery.* The some dor the enn.
tared Imo young amebachos, about ten yeare of age, Milton Wield and
lelesfor sandhes„ on kept them vith tileir tribe far three years. After
capturing these too boys, they node their may to Lae Cebellse (Onione)
rancho, ounce hy Mural() Oaroia, north of Quemado. There the Maims
murdered Ude more men and Copland a young unman. Plasida, August 10,1881.'