Arizona miner., 1868-03-14
The Apaches.

As the season is now close at hand when it is hoped, the military will "stir up" our Apache brethren, few remarks by us on the subject, will, we trust, not be consid- cred foolish, impertinent or out of place But few white men have ever travelled through the country proper of the Apaches, and we have a great deal to learn in regard to this-the most yillainous tribe of Indians on the Continent. We know that when least expected, they always come to see us, and scarcely ever go away without leaving the record of their visit written in blood, on the bosom of Mother Earth, behind them. Upon every road and trail in the Territory can be seen the graves of their victims. Nearly every old resident of the Territory remem- bers and can tell of scores of raids made by them. Every citizen, almost, has lost at one time or another, all the property possessed by him, and worse, even, than this, his dearest and best friends. True, great many Apaches have lost their lives in these raids, but we must not reason from this fact, that the spirit of the confederate tribes known as Apaches, has been broken by these losses. On the con trary. the loss of so many warriors has only served to fire anew the Apache heart, and con centrate their undying hostility to the whites As yet we have encountered only the weakest bands of the nation. The head and front of the tribe has not yet been reached by our pioneers, and it would be the height of folly 4, ltu imagine that the power of the tribe was crushed-broken-exh Such is not the fact. Unless God should soon work a miracle upon the tribe, and change them from devils to saints, next spring and sum- mer will see them engaged in their much loved business of killing and stealing with as much, if not more energy, industry and per severance than ever before, and We warn our citizens to be on the alert for them Like us. they cannot always carry on offensive warfare without cessation of hostilities in order to agree upon new plans, manufacture weapons. collect war material, and distribute their sup plies in the various caves used by them as comnissariat.
 During the past winter they have not trou- bled us much, but recently they have gi ven proof positive that though derelct in their attentions to us during the past winter, they are now ready and willing to mash our heads in and steal our horses mules, etc They are now well rested, we'll armed, ready and eager for the fray. The Tontos. Cosninos. Coyote ros, Sierra Bancos and Finals have coun. l.t-ff mals stolen from us, burned asescal together examined and learned how to use the-to them-strange guns captured from whites whom they have murdered. Like us, they are divided by petty local jealousies, and oc casionally two different bands of then engage in a death-struggle for the ownership of a patch of meseai land but upon their great national questions, they are unit. The Cos ninos, Tontos and Finals, from often coming in contact with the whites, and the Pima and Maricopa Indians, (who, by the way, hate the Apaches worse than we do,) have suffered considerably and are today but mere skele tons of bands or tribes The Sierra Blancos and CoyOteros, on the contrary, have an idea that they cannot be whipped by the whites They have been so accustomed to whipping NayajOes and Mexicans, that they have come to think themselves the ''ruling power," and are today, as relentless, as bloodthirsty, over bearing and naughty as when they hung white captiyes up by the heels and burned their heads to ashes in Apache Pass Thcir chiefs, save and accept the head Chief Eskel.  thesela, are as black hearted a set of scoun- drels as ever went unhung Cochisse, Co- ehillo Ancho, Miguel and others of them hate the whites, and are backed mp in their hatred of us by the two or three thousand warriors whom they command and who are ever ready to spring their bows at a word or a nod from their chiefs. Eskelthesea is old and feeble and opposed to war with the wbites, but although out of respect to the former deeds of valor enacted by him, he is loved by the tribe; yet he cannot control his Indians, and the other chiefs are always conspiring against him. This band or tribe is the largest in numbers and the most intelligent of the Aparhe family. They reside in the hest DOT