SILVER CITY, N.M., May 30.-Since the Apaches’ outbreak at San Caslos Reservation on the 17th inst., it is estimated that sixty persons have been killed…..Among those who have been killed during the raid are the following settlers, prospectors and scouts:
………The most horrible butchery was that of the Phillips family, consisting of old man Phillips, his son, Gen. Phillips, wife and three children, the former fifty-three years old; Gen. Phillips, aged twenty-six, and the children, one, three and five years old; Gen. Phillips’ family were killed on their cattle ranch within three miles of Fort Bayard, where they had been living for several years. Last year he had added blooded stock to his herd worth $30,000, much of which was killed by the Indians. It is believed the family made a hard fight. Phillips would fight fifty Apaches, single-handed, if necessary. The fact that the bodies were horribly mutilated is evidence that some Indians had been killed or wounded, as the mutilation of bodies is done by squaws to revenge the death or injuries of their braves………….
Source: Weekly Banner-Watchman, Athens, Georgia, Tuesday, June 9, 1885; Pg. 3
NOTE: The above information, abstracted from the article, is limited to genealogical purposes; the detailed descriptions of the brutal violence to each family member is ommitted; perhaps another researcher can identify this family so that we may learn of which DNA family group they may belong.
