Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11.
Frank Moore, Ed.

[519] continued to fire at them until they were out of the range of the guns, and then the man who was too badly wounded to walk was placed comfortably in a wagon; flankers thrown out on both sides of the canon, deployed as skirmishers, one line of skirmishers in the road in advance, and the rear guard at its post. I moved slowly down the canon; the Indians continued to fire upon us from the mountain tops until we reached the open ground this side of the canon, without doing more damage than that of wounding one horse. We arrived at the mouth of the canon at eight o'clock A. M., having been just two hours from the time of attack to the time the last shot was fired. The mountain summits were now covered with the cowardly assassins, who had collected there to take a farewell look upon their much-coveted prize. Upon my arrival at San Simon station at eleven o'clock A. M., I found that Corporal Vanolstine of my company, and the four privates of company C, had arrived in advance of us, but private Henry I. Doshier, of company I, Fifth infantry, California volunteers, had not been seen after entering the canon. It is the most painful part of my report to record a man missing in action, but it is only thus that I can report him. My loss was one man missing in action, one mortally wounded, one with arm broken, and three others slightly wounded; one horse killed, and one slightly wounded. I killed ten Indians and wounded at least twenty more. The non-commissioned officers and privates of company I, as well as corporal Roberts and private Ellis of company C, cannot be too highly praised for the prompt and gallant manner in which they executed all orders, and routed a force of thrice their number, and then marched through one of the worst canons in the country for a distance of about two miles, where the whoops of the savages were ringing from the rocks above upon either side, and an occasional bullet whistling over their heads or dropping near their feet. Juan Arrozas also deserves credit for his brave and cool conduct throughout the engagement. I arrived at Fort Bowie at eleven o'clock A. M. to-day, fifth instant. The wounded men are doing well.

I am, Captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,