Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-27
.o,p,RhK MURDER BY INDIANS.

A correspondent Of the ooi0saao
P,oi,t,r, writing from the city OF res
10y, Arizona, gives the following shock
;na details of two murders by Indians,
one of the victims being the Indian
Apeu, of that Territory:
e..Leihy is dead, murdered oy his
~f.vor;tes: another pledge OF Indian
friendship held sacred: The Partlca,
iar. are as follows. Having, obtained
from the military commander OF the
Instruct an order for the release OF an
inSian prisoner held at Fort WhipPie,
taken in a late fight, and after obtaining
his release, and while carrying nun
bnus 10 ola Paz," in his carriage, his
cIsrk Mr.. Evarts, following on mule
hsck' thew .were attacked, and both
G,e;by and Evarts received their death
wounds at the first volley. Leihy, when
found, was hardly recognized, MS neau
being mashed into ajelly, legs ana arms
broken and heart gone, a pair bullet
moulds being left in its stead. EVarts
vas found some distance from Leihy,
also horribly m~utilated, his BODY nav
ing been ripped open, shot full OF noies
and arrows, and head gone. No'ning
of the prisoner has since been seer or
heard. Leihy was appointed SuPerin-
tendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona
over a year ago, and spent much OF ms
time industriously among the Indians,
upon their reservation, teaching tne~
| the use of the tools, farming Implements
etc, furnished them by Government,
and in defending the rights Of the In
dams he was first Of all others n at
| the ton of the ladder, and at numerous
times became offensive to the whites Tor
placing too much confidence IN the
s~coundrels, who at last betrayed aim,
and the forfeiture Of his life was the
| fruit of his own recklessness.
Hardly can we pick up a western
newspaper but that we can see an &C.
count Of some massacre, theft, or some
other crime committed by the Indians.
And murder after murder, and crime a.
ter crime looks up into the face of our
Government and cries for vengence; but
the noise is hushed by the worshippers
Of Mammon, who cry $50 the poor In
dian" and old U. S. is deaf to the cries
Of revenge. And so poor do goes
unpublished, while carload after car
load of Friendship" sent to the dusky
tends to smoke while at the feast Of
"pipe of peace who raise the wNr-cry
when the smoke gets cold, is the VEN
geance received for the many headless
and heartless bodies, doomed and tor.
tured victims of the stake, and poor, in.
nocent women and children torn from
their homes and dragged prisoners to
the filthy haunts of their prosecutors.
Have we survived heathenism, and
having reached this stage of civilization,
acknowledge this as the most humane
mode of warfare2 but our Government
must recognize it as such or it would
take active, determined and exciting
measures to force the marauders into
obedience, and that without pettifog-
cling, coaIing or wooing them to be
friends, but to drive them out Of exist
euce; for a liar by Inheritance, a muir
derer by profession, and a thief by pro-
%scription, the Indian, if trusted as a
friend, will bring every vein to the res
cue in practicing his cunning and
treachery upon the whites. A creature
foreign to any manner Of civilization
why hold him in terror2-a worthy sub
ject to treat with! Why give him @
chance to break a treaty to make a new
oue-and why let him roam at pleasure
and murder withimpunity?
A few days ago fifteen "big %1njuns'
came boiling into La Paz, well armed,
throwing in sight quite a number OIL
g~reenbacks for whisky, etc: The pres
emit agent suspicioning, asked what they
did with Leihy? One ''big brave step
ped out of the ranks and in tolerablt
English pompously answered, "killee
him, by.G-d."