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Show 336 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. Indians gathered around them, and in a good- natured manner loaded all their stuff into their wagons, then by main force of numbers picked up the whites, loaded them on top of the loading, then seized the wagons by hand and hauled the whole outfit off from their lands laughing and joking all the time. The whites dared not make any resistance. This raised a big excitement, and armed companies commenced to gather both at Tempe and Phoenix. It lookecj now as though blood would be shed. I went to McDowell and reported to Major Chaffee, he said he would be ready at five minutes' notice to come to the protection of the Indians; for me to go back and keep watch of the moves aud let him know the minute any violence was offered. This whole business was broken up by the cunning of an Indian who lived at Tempe. The Tempe company was headed by a captain who said the Indians had broken into his house and robbed him. He had raised a great excitement and quite a com-pany, and was getting ready to join the company from Phoenix to make war on the Indians who had ran them off from their lands. This Tempe Indian was standing looking at Captain J ' s company, when someone asked him if the Indians had really broken into Captain J ' s house. Juan said: " Yes." " What made them do it?" Juan said " the captain owed an Indian for his squaw and would not pay him, and the Indian had got into the captain's house and stole his breeches to pay himself." At this the company turned on their captain, gave him a good cursing, broke ranks and went about their business. This soon reached the Phoenix company, who |
