The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-10-10
LIFE AMONG THE APAcHEs

John C. Crcmoncy. gentleman fully qualified to do the above subject justice, has recently written and published work entitled Life Among the Apaches." From review ot the work in the san Francisco Bulletin. we talk" inc following: Mir Crcmoney made re- markablc good use of his opportunities during his protracted .ojourn in the country of The Apachcs He amiliarzcd himself with their tribal characteristics to such an extent as almost Co cxhast the subject His observations with re- gard to how they shall be treated are entitled to special weight. and are in accordance with the testimony of all who have travelled over the same field The Apache, he insists, is utterly un- tameable and intractable. He hates the white race with hatred that is stronger than death. His mission is to kill kill kill, until not pale face is left to dispute his sovereignty. He can no more be coaXcd or bribed into good be- hnvor than water can be made Co How mp hill The only argument be can be induced to listen 10 is the argument of the bullet, and it is di1i- cult Co reach him even with that. owing 10 his vagrant habits. There can says the author, be but one policy pursued towards these Indians, with any chance of a satisfactory result They must be subdued by force oi arms and after sub mission they must be removed from the country. It will cost much Co effect these objects, but ihe | expense will be mere drop in the bucket. ' compared with that which must be disbursed 10 maintain the miserable little guerrilla warfare heretofore pursued. and which has only imbued l them with contempt for our much vauntcd pow CT. It will require force of 900 or GOO men to ehcctually subdue the Apache race in New ! NexicU and Arizona but with such force prop. erly olcercd and appointed, that work can be done in less than one year The wisdom of such a policy is enforced with convincing argument Mir Ceremony says: While Congress has been voting millions for various improvements, would it not have been wise 10 appropriate sma
 amount for the pacdcation of two immensely rich and extensive Territories ia the very hear of the country? If Alaska be worth seven mil lions. Arizona and New Mexico are worth one hundred lt has been suggested hy one in higl authority, that an appropriation of three millions to assist the Sutro Tunnel project would be an ac of wisdom. as 1t would increase the yiel, of the Comstock lode but itseems never to hay, suggested ltscll to Inc minds oi our legislators that jhc region withheld from our occupation bl ihe Apache race contains more mineral wealu than twenty Comstock lodes. We are founder ing under great national debt, and fnancer are puzzlng their wits to determine how it shai be eXtiugushed; but they never dream of th
 untold wealth buried in the mountains which form inc stronghold of the Apaches. We have behave' with the most Christian spirit of forbelrance to
 ward that people. Every time they have smitte us on one cheek we have turned the other to re
 ceive an additional slap. which they were D
 means 10th to bestow. Is 1t not almost time [
 put our Quaker" one side and perform wba
 We have so long threatened, Is our Goyernmer
 aware that the people of those Territories cOul
 present bill for over fifty millions of dollars fo
 damages suffered at the hands of those Indian
 during the past twenty years ,'"