CONTINUOUS TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE.
Far westward beyond the Rio Grande are the Warm Spring Apaches, who killed many Mexicans and soldiers and stole their horses. They (the Warm Spring Apaches) are bad and fools.
Some cavalry came here under an aged officer of high rank, but of inferior intelligence, to capture the Mescalero Indians.
The Mescaleros wished to have their village permanently here by the agency, and to receive their rations, i.e., were peacefully inclined.
Our village was over there. I saw the general come with troops and San Carlos scouts to surround (or capture) the Mescalero Indians. There were a great many San Carlos scouts and soldiers.
I saw that my people were afraid, and half of them fled.
Next morning the Mescaleros did not shoot (were not hostile). The others came and killed many Mescaleros. The cavalry and infantry brought us (the Mescaleros) to this camp as prisoners.
The San Carlos scouts were well supplied with ammunition and guns, and shot many Warm Spring Indians and Mescaleros.
The San Carlos scouts are brave men.