Arizona miner., 1867-11-30
"A Backward Movement of the Whites,

Ns the fate of the once large and powerful tribes of Indians that resisted the encroachmcnts of the whites upon their hunting grounds, step by step, sometimes with great ,alor, and at all times with energy, hatred and yindicti'c- ness The editor cite, the fact that, hereto fore, civilization has, in spite of all obstacles. kept advancing its banners to the front, but he is now of the opinion that it has met with barrier over which it cannot pass, for some time at least lie says:
 At last. however. in a quarter not dreamed of by Bishop Bcrklcy. the course of empire westward ha- run against barrier of barh5r- ! ism SO stout as to set it back. For the first time in the history of tho country, SO far as memory serves Us, a partially settled region ! half as large as the State of Pennsy ylyania has been abandoned in Arizona, simply because . the AplChcs were too strong and too active and too we'll defended by the climate and topography of their country to br success fully resisted by the whites \ iGircr coun- try than that part of Arizona which lies be- tween the san Francisco Mountains and the l Territory ut Colorado is not to hc found in the unsettled part of the United States. ! Well wa;crcd and tmhcrcd. rich in soil and ]
 erals, with Q climate proc! against disease, neither inc'cment in winter nor cucryatu- in summer, this part of Arizona was the most inviting field for immigrants on the cogti- ncnt, and, what is more against uS, abOut the o,}v part of that isolated Territory worth possessing or settling That it has Teen abau- doucd k something to hc deeply regretted. lt was the home Uf several thousand whites oi a class greatly superior in morals and pub lie enterprise to the od Arronians who in tested tLe region along the Gjia. The people Q: the Prescott country settled there with 6 view to agricultural mining and pastoral pur. suits as soon as the ApacEes could be whip ped or persuaded into term, Of pca"c. They
 will hardly be content Co settle in the mcanCr
 region south ot the GiIa They will be mere likely to come to California or strike cut for
 Colorado. The Apache will take fresh cUur-
 age from their exodus and the circumstance
 is likely Co set back tho settlement of that
 country for years. Yet he must be suhiuga-
 tedifit takes all the power of the Govern
 mcmt; for we need and must have q great
 Atlantic and Pacific Railway right through
 Central Arizona They are the fierCest, cruel
 est and most indOmitahle race of natives on
 tine continent. In New Mexico and Arizona
 we lave been fighting them for thirteen
 years without results. The most expert
 thieves, they are at the same time on occs-
 ,ion the boldcst of warriors. Their noun
 tains save them from pursuit. and their mid , climate always gives them the means of say
 age subsistence which the mountains afford 1; Treaties are to them mere waste paper. anC all is fish that falls into their net Tn,
 half-CiyiliZcd ruins abounding around Pres colt indicate that the country was cnce pos
 sessed by another sort of people. who wer,
 overcome and driven out by these IshmlcIite of the west. Did they conquer the conquer
 ors of the Toltccs and send them on th, southern exodus which resulted in the cStab
 li>hment ct the Aztec empire Whatcvc
 they arc and whatever they have done. tn,
 wave of white civilization which they hay, rolled out Of Central Arizona is sure to rol
 back again and at length exterininate tines, l most obstinate and cruel of al American
 Indians.
 { We, and the people of Central Arizona
 thank the Ueioa for the above truthful ac 1 count ot this part of Inc Territory of Arizon
 and its inhabitants and will always rcmembe Q the many kind and encouraging words 1t ha e written and published about us and our coun '- try. At the same time, in justice to Ccntrs . Arizona and her people, We must say Chat th .Sc Union, unintentionally, makes a msstatemcn
 Of facts. This section of Arizona has Ho' Jec
 abandoned 5y Me rbUc, and, though sorel e pressed by sagacious, never-tiring, murder O ous foe. ogr people have never yet drcame n of abandoning this-the fairest and best pol e ton of the Territory to worthless, villain ? ous race of Jshmaelites.
 l. The Usi9n is mistaken when it speaks ( 'f the country lying between the San Francisc IT mountains and the Territory of Colorado q k the farest and richest portion of Arzoa, !, and the part said to bc abandoned to the IT y dians. That portion of the Territory neye l. has been settled by whites, but is, negerthC 5, less, fine country. The Prescott countr $, lies south of the San Francisco or Mogollon r, Mountains, about midway between thes ,f mountains and the Gila river, and is evident d ly the region alluded to by the Uaj0n.
 The editor is right when he says that ";he5
 (the people of Central Arizona) would hardl e be content to settle in the meaner regio $ south of the Gila." That portion of the Tc "a ritory has no inducements for our energcti mountaineers. Basking in the sun, on tli l. warm side of an adobe house, would not sui q our people, and the Union Is correct when u says i've would be more likely to go to Ca e Ilornia or Colorado" than settle in "th n meaner region south of tho Gila." But. nc y having the remotest idea of flrling the bar e, ner of civilization, we will continue to fgl
 the good fight until the white enemies of th
 country north of the Gila and their allies