Arizona miner., 1866-11-30
DEATH OF GEORGE ". LELnY.

DEATH OF GEORGE w. LEihl Nr Leihy. Superintendent of Indian affairs, left Prescott for La paz on saturday morning l7th inst. accompanied by Moha'e Indian, whom he had brought from Maricora Wells, and a La Paz Indian, who was captured m
 the Skull Valley fight, and had been held as prisoner at Fort Whipfle until Col. Lowell at Mir. Lcihy's solicitation, gave an order for
 his release.
 As there was much feeling in this conmu-
 nity regarding the freeing of this savage, known to have been concerned in bold at
 tack upon the whites, NIT. Leihy sent him oit
 tine trail to meet hun at Ehle's station in Skull Valley They met there on the after
 noon of Saturday and proceeded to Bells ranch, where they were joined by NIT hyarts,
 clerk to the superintendent. On sunday
 morning they started, Mr Leihy occupying
 with the Indians, buggy, drawn by two
 horses, and Mir Eyarts following on mule
 back About an hour after their departure
 the mule returned to the ranch with several arrows sticking in him. The settlers there
 immediately sent word to the camp at Skull
 Valley, and, with a squad of soldiers that hnr
 ried Co join them, went out upon the road io
 Date Creek until they came to Bells canon,
 where they first found the boiy of Mr Evaris
 beheaded and filled with arrows, and near at
 hand the body of Mr Leihy, drcadfully mn'
 tiated The head had been mashed witL
 stones until it was literally hattenei-thc
 arms and legs were broken in many p!aceS and the heart gone, pair of bull t mould.
 being left in its place. The buggy hal beer
 burned, saving a wheel or two- one If th'
 horses had been cooked and partly eaten. O the other horse and the two Indians notniu.
 could be found It is believed that they wen : otT with the attacking party, which, from tn sign, is supposed 10 have consisted of ircm i to 70 sayagps. The bodies of Mes rs leih.
 aui Eyarts were buried near to those of Mess
 Bell, Sage and Cunningham, killr, in D same canon about a year since.
 Mr. Leihy was native oi New York, age' Ig He came to Arizona in 1868, from Peta luna, al, where he has a wife and daughter 2 He was interested in mining operations. l the first Legislature he represented Yum county, in the Council, and early in 1865 h
 was appointed Superintendent of indian al [ fairs in place of Col Postcn. Hi, policy i the administration of that office was not . popular one with the people. He was though D too lenient with the Indians, and it was otte
 predicted they would reward him with treaei 2 cry rather than with gratitude. When | n c.me here on bis mission of mistaken kin,
 ness, be was told that he was making hilhse
 offensive to the whites, and doing the rg
 skins a service which they would not appr il cate. Some went 50 far a> to suggest that - would not live to get to La Paz; that the s
 called friendly Indians who accompanied hi + would take his lif-. And it is reported tA It he said at Skull Valley, that he felt that r. might at any moment be slaughtered by tho Q whose interests he had SD jealously deiende II It is of course not known that the sayages wi D. him had q hand in his murder, but it h '' common belief that they had.
 y But while.it was feared that the Superi '' tendent was dealing too gently with our |
 tural enemy, the news of his death in b
 barous manner was shock to the whole co
 munity, and is sincerely deplored. The ,o NER, although at variance with Mr. Leil an honestly believing his policy to have be in wrong, deeply regrets that he should hi ,e. fallen a victim to it, and extends its warm .oe sympathy to his bereaved family. The dei he of any man at the hands of savages is to he mourned the death of one whose error '
 an excess of kindness to them, is but fr, ,lv and impressive evidence of their utter unw his thiness, and powerful appeal for the exerC l9, of the scyerest measures in their treatme sa As we have repeatedly said, force is the O ln- argument to use with the Indian. The so ac CT he is made to know that the whites mt, tend to hold this country, and to govern h as as the better for all concerned