New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-09

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hat .he ,ra could u,- be onow.i ms. me rs.oes
were s1h.u-ted o. tosf the Indsn- were evidently
TOO i,r in adysLCe - ~ oseTtAk=n. EVea Il TIE
ehsse lie Kept up day ~ two .; toe r.'e 81 tSebV
or h-ty niles per cay, Il - thoa, re- -. u losty
rre csges oct OF huajred the Enemy escapes, aud
nothing else j. ever expected sIcep., Indeed, tnat
faint rope Is sometimes Idnlged "a 3 the lndlaas en-
bodeIeJ by previous succes-, Usy hot apprrleuu
rursuit or pC. satisfied E.h re booty nr.t o,tln-
msy lo,.r in ssarch II more Now, J Elsh 70 ask u
Il r.ssoI abe 20 suppose tina, tlls Is 'he kinl 81
protection expected 70 recys II return loi n7
mltoLs r.lsr0srr4 yearly fIr orr defence Inc IL
diane are v-l arrrs TIA. forced N arch Tor ore dAy
and rgpt places Il beyond parent Sod the MISTER
IL reduced y gllar ysten, the N7lknoRn resaA
Il many ye.Ts e1ptTencc.
LIT Is iook roF 81 OpeTsrioJs on larger sra@.
Whtn bard oi lnd. rs COMM; - many mar
jers ard robberies as % render furtlsr dA'
tor,uess ire1cussble. or when they touch the
Department itscii, then az expedition L. sen;
INTO ttrir country. ~ Indians 30 not n-uS tor
glory they ofsr peace. Il This = rot scc-p'ei tue
eommsId proceeds slowly Gr,ugh their country on,
vst,hed by the Ircian spies On The nils sroun1 VAC
marx every movement, reaoy To take adVau' ~ OF
any Opportunity OF attsck, har4ssDg The troops II me
difficult pssscs ever 3: hard when least expected, anu
di.arrearicc when pursued. Disguised, a. length,
with tbs klJ %, warfare, the troops are recalled aul
e pesce made. The Indians, OF c'u-se, look upon
81 prOce.d.rg S. IN admission ttst tine whites at
tired Of the wsr, and accept the peace as rev q
ceuse 70 commit depreciation for al Indefinite PERIOD
Tie con man ing Uicer OF tie troops CONSIDERS taat
he las haj lucky escape iIom Eos pTehc'-
lent ard is glad Of gO0d excuse 10 return y CON.
Portable qlerters. NoF what nss not been achieved
IL lie fed mas, be accomplished on paper AM one OF
those brilliant treaties is date which promise 50 macn
IL the eye %, fro which no good ever vii or u ever
expected t. arise un.ess te 70 the commanding ON
Ger who gets credi, tor doing that which hsve no
doubt he really wished he had beer sois TO do.
The military are 80 Een awsTe that they gam no
credit by this msnDer of operitIs against Indians,
that The. ayo.d acting IN any way 80 long IS t cth
possibly be avoided ami when they 90 sct, II s son-
efficiently that thOse who have ca-eI on them never
wish 10 make sn0;her application. IL Tor thlsreason
that 60 little OF what's done by lncisns 10 made kno vi
beyo1d the immedia leigbbOrhood where It occurs
ard the people suffer in - tnce TIA. which they consi
der IS beyond remedy. short tue since reported
b. 1se Ga-ete what the U.ahs and J.calil. Apacles
were doing in this vicinity, and received Only sOlse
through is columns Tor NY trouble lac iact was,
these InciaDs were receiving rations IN Corn ana
Wheat fr0r. Government which hey came 70 receive;
bu, az they needed meat we other things, they
commerceI slsughteIipg cattle, and have No doubt,
that duru- tIeIr short stay hey killed pF8sls OF
fifty head Of hseves, and stOe bes de oo'h sheep and
horses. Tn, troops were naaliy sent u DIVE them
awsv hu' they ell h. 20, and presented their
arm aid II WIS with drift uity thar light avoid
Cd. Only few days since, received letter ffom
tue Moro stating tnat an express sent % ezen OF
that pace, with important letters 10 Ietalote, was
st0ppeI by ten Apacbes who tore up the sttefs and
robbed the express man.
The fight hiCh is mentioned in the last Gd:e'e, as
having occurred with the Mescaerro Apschel IN con
.eGueuce If their having Oien stock from the ne,sh
boruood oi Fort Bhss. IN which several soldiers lost
their lives, aid the officer IL commsld was danger
ou,y wourlst fought against Indians who are IN
the regular receipt Of riUODs and presents rou Gov
f.ufleL'. since begun tins eter mSr has arrived
from tine .'.,k ranches Rcd River abOut ID miles
east % tuis vino states that r party OF Comlnches
visited one Of the ranches ono killed cattle 70 eat they
went to smother, and left So broken down horses aud
took two st ones; they proceeded 10 smother where
the Government beef cattle are kept and took tour
riding animals Jom citizen, sid then went on their
gey rejoicing How much more mischief they viii DO
viii depend entirely on Their own VIII, sn1 tue opp'r
tulites which may be offered then. They stated that
they had come to this frontier, TO escape from the
troops sent against them from Texas.
Nov would be the time 70 pitch into them from
New Mexico, and settle the MISTER at once bl. sap
po,e instead of this they viii rob our trains aud re-
Ceye present. from Government at the same time, on
the Afkansss this Summer 20 usual Reports are clr-
rent here sso that the Navaos are steslDg stock
again and that they wounded one VINO attempted
10 res.t them Should all suffer daily from the In
diaLs who are under Government protection be pub
lished, il would require mammoth sdeet 10 contain
IT, yet the cry ,til Is, "Lo the Poor Indian! while
the wrongs Of the poor white man are forgotten.
Such is briet Statement OF how military affairs
among M are managed. II would be easy 70 80
more INTO details but II L. enough 10 szytnat the army
has through the inefiicency OF a few, become the
laughing stock Of all Indians incuded) and although
il Is painful 10 state these things, Il l. absolutely
necessary to DO fer selfpres-ryaton, and 10 the
hope that tsntiOn may be drawn 10 the subject, and
the evils under which We now labor be removed.
When It is considered tnat two thousand soldiers,
more or less are stationed among us, and that the
yearly expenditure for defense is enormous. while
twelve ycsrs experience finds us still unprotected
and still the prey Of bands Of sayages who nfest our
borders rot one of whom respect our power, or
scknowlcdge our superiority, suspicion may well
arse that there is somewhere the crosses, mismsnage
ment and il is earnest desire that such suspicion
nav lead TO an investigation, which cannot result 9TH
erwise th.n 10 our advantage. Under present men
ard measures, countless army may be sent US, and
the Treasury Of the United States Dc cmpted, end 1t
viii benefit rs nothing. Remove old fogylsn, and
give the amy chance 10 regain the lsnrels lost,
solely through TER inefficency, and New Mexico will
soon flourish ard blossom ike the Give us the
protection solennly promised us-ve ssk 10 more