, 1869-06-25
TEE ApAcVEE

u! Ill fle cueInleg OF clHHZation that in
feat our frontiers, rendering the lives of
re'tlers End travellers insecure, and their
Possession of property precarious, the worst
rre the Apaeles-a series of affiliated
t17les, whose raEgo extends from the Rio
Colorado Of .Lc West to the eastern bound
sEy Of New a.e1ico, and from the Mexican
s.Ases Of Suzorn md chihuahua north 10
the thirty-ffth parallel Of latitude. These
tribes are respectively known as Tontos,
Coy"ter''5. IoGo1lones, etc, according to
TIL ai-trict they i1lhaIit or the families Il,
ssllicE they belorR bat they are all Apacles
so designating themselves. and being
50 d6Esgc.a'-d By others, Their chief
sa'o3eA arc near the boundary
between Arizona and Souora, in
trua of country represented to be e1-
ceet1ingly rich in mineral md agricultural
ev>oI!ces. and whese they are said to culti-
vAtc tie sol to so.ae extent, and to possess
Large focks and herds, the Accommodations
Of mcoy Years Of predatory warfare. It,
stsns impossible to a-7iTe nt uny defuita
rorclusion in regard TO their nun,bcrd, some
writers estimating their warriors at from
nteea Luudrel to tEo othoubaud, and Others
u from tcn to Glteen 1hoasaad-a wide
difference. CoaaiderinYthe extent Of coun-
Try el.hice. to t4eir depredaioas, and the
fact that 60 portion of it is ever entirely
free fre.a tlt;r presence, it il probable that
.lc higher estimate is the nore nearly cor
rect, tlongh, perhaps, exaggerated
Il is Incredible tltat 40 more
.haD two Thousand savagea should
1uaintain for years successful warfare,
not only against the people Of two United
:S:e.eS Territories and two Mexican States,
lLclu1i1g The powerf III tribes ii the Pimns,
al-rictpAa, Yaauis, and other Indians, hut
sANo hgaiust tha United States troops sta-
slouea in 1a@ny different parts Of tie coun-
Try Notwithstanding the great amount Of
punishment which has been inflicted upon
,he1r, 1ad the loss oi life which they have
sustained il iunuinerable conflicts with
soldiers and citizens, there is no apparent
lini1ution Of their strength or abatement
of tLeir hostility, whi1o the vast theatre q
their operations hae been but little circum-
ncribed.
Most Of tie Indian tribes in our Western
Territories are only periodically hostile, and,
sItrr AloH career Of blood, nre quoted By
.'rcsentA nIl treaties highly advantageous to
lcsn Gt= Apaches, on tho contrary, are
t'er OF the war path, and scarcely week
-lapseh without their adding some new
tirocity to tleir bloody record. They seorn-
fruy zeict:: Ill pacidc orcrtures, declaring,
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mi, ro..r,-r. I'M tb;9 tbor aor. taer do
,,t u+.t ~ 10 ,,ocanza Il Eonld 1enriee
them of ,bei,1,repnlar suopliea Of horses,
n,uJcs, o,ra. clothing md ammunition.
bfany CT the Apachez arc well armed,
s;pcy uesrly every murder they commit
gives then, possession Of O. good repeating
rife and one OF more revolrera. with aua-
munition. It Is said that thcy also procure
,sh1nu1Etlon, urd sometimes "eapo:Et BY
trudiug With rasea1ly HeHcaus residing
ncar the borders of Sonora and chihuahua.
Certain It is that their war parties arc rare
ly wi.Lo,.r firearms end good supply OF
ammunition, although the majority Of them
are armed oaly with bows and a17ows and d
species Of jsr.l;a, which they hurs at short
range with great force AID effect Their
Wiz parties are never mounted; because,
ass., tAcr invariably nttack from nn am.
bush. end lo-ses o1males would he aptto be-
trlr thGtc and, secondly, Immediately 1fter