Arizona miner., 1866-06-13

are the right men in the right place The two companies have killed and captured (al- though kept in camp much of the time from lack of snpplies. l more Apaches than have all tbe other troops in the Territory, within the same time. Since the lst of February one company and a detachment of another have in several scouts from Camp Lincoln on the Verde. fifty miles east of Prescott, killed more than nitety Apaches, without the loss of a man. The efficiency of the natives may be at
 tributed to various reasons: They are stim- uiated b, a desire to ayenge the loss oi friends and property at the hands of the Apache hy which nearly all have suffered, ] they are entirely familiar with the country, and with the haunts and habits of the lndi-
 ans they prefer active duty to life in camp ! they understand the art of making long
 marches without transportation, cheerfully packing their provisions and blank
 cts upon their backs. The night
 march, SO repulsive and fatiguing to other
 troops, is their tOrte, as 1t IS secret ol the'r
 success. UOncealng themselves by day, and following the fires by night, they enter the
 very heart of the Apache country without
 being discovered, and often come upon the
 enemy before his dogs are aroused. In the
 matter of subsistence they prefer pinol.
 (parchcd corn or wheat ground) and jerked
 meat, which may be readily prepared, oi
 which many rations can be compressed m a
 small compass, and which American troops
 would consider intolerable fare.
 do not hesitate to say that these native volunteers, whose hearts are m the work, and , who are at home in the country, are the mer
 to hunt the Apache, to follow him from fast ness to fastness, and, by concerted, continou, and harassing movements, from many points in the Territory, to force him t'
 terms, or, if necessary, to exteuninate him That they are not comparable to the regulars
 or to the California volunteers, in many res poets, is c,meeded, but for the work in ham
 they are much better adapted than an. , troops we have had.
 With the regulars at the posts and tel companies Of natives in the field, led by ener ! getic captains chosen from American citizen long resident in the Territory, and familia , with the Spanish language, 1 ain confiden that the Apache may, within two years, be :
 thoroughly overcome that he will gladl accept a reservation and never again be
 terror or an annoyance. Moreover, the pla . oommends itself to the Government on th " score of economy. IL is my beliei that u expense of raising and maintaining ten cou !, panes of the natives in action for a yea !. will not exceed that incurred in transfe ring the Fourteenth Regiment from the Ea, " to the Territory. l sincerely hope that tL !. order of the War Department stoppin " recruiting for the Arizona First, because tt
 war in the east had ceased, will !
 revoked, and authority given, ', accordance with the request of the Territ' \, rial Legislature, to have the regiIneI H filled Ga work of no difticulty,) and keI U in service for the term of two years. Thu
 with less than thirty companies in all, the pos " " may be well garrisoned, the trsnsportatic :: protected, and an unremitipg and telling a, n gressiye war be waged upon the Apache so thi x. within brief period the whole military fore ". saving few troops to guard the reservation ~ may be withdrawn from the Territory, and . large possession bc made the secure and | .i cratiye home of great population, and .i source of revenue to the Government s - will only add, that in order to prevent del. ,a or interruption in the movements of the yC m m untecrs, the frontier posts, or advanced cam " from which they would draw their ration " should never be without abundant supple
 v and that pack-trains from those posts
 camps, properly guarded, should follow Il l.. troops so that there may be no occasion f ., ', them to come in, unless, at lo<g intervals, e' rest, but that they may constantly keep Il
 track of the enemy.
 V send you a copy of the official map of tl i, Territory, just published which will enat, ,1o you more clearly to comprehend the i'm
 and localities to which I have referred, ar IT, the wide range Of the Apache.
 m am, with much respect, your obediel a servant,
 fL RICHARD c. McCoRHIcK