Arizona miner., 1866-06-13
 HOW TO sUBDUE THE APACHE.
LETTER. FRoN GOVERNOR a'coRNIcE TO SEC
 RETARY STANTON. "h TgRafToRy or ARIZONA,

OFFICE or THE GOVERNOR.
 PREscoTT, June l, lSG6. Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War,
 Washington, D, c,
 Sr-I deem the occasion of change of commanders in this military district and the incoming of new troops, as we'll as the fact that the question of sub duing the Apache is attracting unusual at tention, fitting time for the presentation oi the following conclusions arrived at after . residence of several years in the Territory, and some of which have here tofore made known to you.
 In \ statement, published in New York last summer, estimated the total number of hos tile Apache warriors in Arizona at less than one hlousand adhere to such belief, and further am of the opinion, that the whole membership of the (hostile) nation, including every family, does not exceed ire thOasnHi.
 The Apache has no permanent home ! he seldom plants the same land for successive year, his rancherias, or camps, and hunting grounds are so frequent | ly changed that, to use military phrase, he ! is constantly "in the feld.n COwardly by | instinct, stealthy and treacherous, he seeks every advantage in his warfare, never attack ing equal numbers, and by his alert move
 nents, in small bands, over 25,OJ square miles of mountain and desert country, or an area a. great as the States of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined, be eludcs detection unless constantly pursued. His range is east of Tucson, the Pima Villages
 Wickenburg and Prescott, and he seldom ventures west of these set
 dement's His raids are upon the roads connecting these towns with ca, h oth-
 CT, with the forts to the eastward, and with
 New Mexico, and upon the mining and farm
 ing camps scattered along the liassay
 the Agua Frio, the Verde, the Salinas, the
 upper Gila, and throughout that part of Pima county east of Tucson, and that upon the
 Sonora line. His repugnance to civilization
 is based upon the yiciOusness of his nature
 and, in my judgment, he will not abide by
 treaty stipulations of any kind until thor
 oughly impressed with the power of tn, Government.
 Since the Territory came under th,
 American flag, despite the array O theories, the clamor of preparation and thu expenditure of large sums of money, no sys ! tematic and effective plan to assure him O . this power has been devised, or if devised i has not been carried out. The shuffiing O
 the Territory from one military de
 partment to another, the frequen change of commanding oiieeu am
 troops, the lack of cooperative move
 ments, and the inopportune abandon
 ment of posts and campaigns, have inspire
 him with the belief that the Government trifiing, weak and incompetent to his subjt f gation.
 . Without discussing the measures of tn past, or undertaking to faSten responsibilit , for their insutiicieney upon one party or ar i other, it Is obvious if the Government woul 2 do more than simply hold the country: if would overthrow and forever destroy tt
 power of the Apache, make life and prope ty secure, and thus open this opulent mnc \ al Territory to rapid settlement and deve l opment, it must, from this time forwar' l, pursue a new policy.
 What this should be is to my own min
 clear and conclusive, and although making I claim to military knowledge, and having T | desire to interrupt we'll meant military plan $ l state it boldly, and, 1 believe, with th
 sanction of the people of the Territory.
 begin with the assertion that to obtai permanent peace with the Apache he mu, . be fought and conquered Defensive moy, , Dents will not do; the most offensive ar , necessary. While ! would always ofieF Lii reservation, to expect to get him on l
 before he is soundly whipped would be [
 exhibit gross ignorance of his disposition. E He must be fought with system, stratageI { and persistence. He must be fought upo his own ground, driven from his retreat , however difficult to reach, and followed wit relentless vIgor until he sues for peace. 1t great point to prevent his planting, I, with all he steals be does not get enough { e live upon without raising crops Of his ow |, To occupy the mescal ranges at the prop. I season, and prevent the preparation of foo . from that wild plant, is also important, as = is to press him SO hard that he cannot hay F time to preserve what meat he secures | [, hunting or theft
 ' Everything goes to prove that regular, ( .- irregular, American troops cannot, from the :. mode of life, their ignorance of the countr
 its great extent, it's rough and trying coDfo U nation, and their distaste for the work | t expected to achieve marked success in figh n ing the Apache The regulars here beio e the war, and the California volunteers ju
 relieved, made many toilsome marches au
 killed, in the aggregate, large number
 the savages, but great proportio e Of their scouts were profitltss, an > they considered their service, as a who'll h most irksome and unsatisfactory The regt
 lars now here have no knowledge of the cour
 try, little interest in it, and feel, with few c, { captions, as did their predecessors, that the l, are in exile. While they hold the forts, e, cort trains and travellers, and make occasion
 al scouts at distances of from twenty to lift
 miles from their stations, another force fc fighting the Apache, must be provided. In the spring If 1865 my predecessor, UT - der authority Solicited in February. 1864. 7 from the War Department, began to recrui 2 men for the First Regiment of Arizon
 Volunteers.
 The American settlers in the Territor
 were so much engaged in mining and ranch ing, and had given SO much time ( ? battling the Apache, that the four companie ? mustered into the service up to the date ii the sumrner,) when owing to the close of tn
 war further enlistments were prohibited were two of them composed of Pima an Maricopa Indians, and two of native Arizo . nans (MeKicansl