Arizona miner., 1868-02-29
Indian Matters.


 X short time ago we published an item which stated that party of citizens Of this 1, county, who were going from Walnut Grove Co Wickenburg. and who had encamped on a small creek about ten miles from the Grove, had their animals stolen by Indians and that after the citizens reached Wickenburg party was organized and started in pursuit of the Indians Nothing was heard from the party until the other day. when Mcssrs. Hodges, Brooks and Taylor arrived here from Wick euburg. Alr. Brooks called upon us and gave particulars in regard Co the loss of the stock and the scout made by the party from Wick
 enburg. We stated in our account of tLc stealing of the animals, that Mir. Hodges was in the party, from whom the animals were stolen, but in doing SO we stated what was not so as he was not along. The names of the persons who lost animals and the num- Der of animals taken from each are as follows
 NIT. Brooks, five head of horses Mr. Garlic, two mules: Augustus E. Swain and Fred Henry, one hyrsc each. Ali of the sioremcn- toned gentlemen arc old mountaineers, iron ticrsmen and Indian fighters of the right stamp, and it surprised us not little when VIC heard that they had allowed Johnny Apache to pull the wool over their eyes, and eobble their animals. Indeed we felt like hurrahing for Johnny and laughing at the woes of the veteran frontiersmcn But to our subject. The party that went in pursuit Of the Indians from Wickeuburg consisted of twenty-four men. They travelled afoot. and had their provisions packed on animals They struck the foothills of the Walker range of mountains somewhere in the ycin- ity of Castle creek, at which place they saw the trail of the Indians and the animals going north. towards the head of Humbug creek which rises in the Bradshaw mountain The party traied them for several miles over the extremely rough mountains of that region of country, until they came to an old blind trail from east to west. The Indians had followed this trail, as it led right straight to the Agua Fro and Verde rivers, beyond and east of which streams all hostile Aparhes have their permanent abodcs The party kept on their trail to the Rio Verde, when, wearied with their long and fatiguing night marches, and knowing that the Indians had reached head quarters on or near Tonto creek, in the basin of the same name, where they could hide the animals or run them further east into the Pi- nal or Coyotero country, they made up their minds that further pursuit would be useless. % they went to Camp Mcdowell and laid their grievances before the officer in command there. Owing to their long tramp their boo and shoes were well worn out and they had to get raw-hides and make mocasins after doing which, they started for WickenbuFs at which place they arrived on the nineteenth day from that on which they started out.
 Ali concur in stating that 1t was a party o the Indians that have been fed all winter out of the [. $. Government commssary neal Camp Reno, who stole their animals Th, tracks of all animals stolen from this section of country, of late, were seen going in tha direction If this be the case, and from oul knowledge of the Indians and their country we believe it is SO, we are sorry that the off cers in command of the troops len route tt Rsno" do not keep their 'friendles' at home We knoT that it is easier and perhaps cheap CT to feed Apaches than it is to fight them and if the Ishmaelites would make treaty and live up to it's agreements, our people would like it very much, but they know iron history and experience that Apache Indian care no more for treaties than a shoddy ite snob cares for the suffering of sick ant impoverished widow. The Mexicans, th' Pimas and Mareopas understand this trait O the Apache character, and look upon treat, with Apaches as a farce. Their great gam is to be friendly with the military at som convenient post in their country where the, can draw rations from the commissary, an' upon them travel to the settlements, steal Kill and hurry back with their booty. w do not blame the officers at Mcdowell or Re no for treating with the Apaches, as we sup pose they are carrying out instructions iron their superiors. In fact we know of no off cers who have been here long enough to be come acquainted with tbe ssvsgea, who Woulc