The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-06-19
ONLMnNE OBSTACLE.

that of sandy waste broken at innumerable
 points by craggy and naked rocks containing
 minerals of limited value. The aboriginal in-
 habitants were looBed upon as people who at
 various times sougi learn civilization in all
 its branches but ng 5,O' good intentions were
 not duly appreciat1i&S by tbe few white settlers
 in the Territory ilese latter, according to the
 preachings of peacs societies, were known to
 have roPulseI the unfortunate denizen of the
 mountains whenever lie sought their counsel or
 instructions.
 30 s'ronewere the prejudices which had pos,
 session of the public mind in the East, regarding
 Al zona, that representations, even by the few who had travelled through the Territory and
 knew It's resources and, therefore, ho@ miscon-
 ceived vast the prevailing opinion, were regarded
 as no1gh:. Bat the people could nctforever re-
 main in ignorance, and few remarks hy J. Ross
 Browne in his "Repo-; on the Mineral Re- sources of the States and Territories West Of
 the Rocky MOun,ains,' published in 1868, were
 followed by inquiry, until the country of "hot
 saad.aad barren rocks" proved to be land
 where numerous rivers w;r1 :i,-o- -L fertile and extensive valleys which, ega;o. repose ;r the shadows cast by mountains bearing geld, silver, copper, iron and lead The wonderful resources 0! the Territory having become an established fact he people with one accord, and apparently without besoWing Iruch attention apon what they did, next instituted indirect enquiry rea gard;nG the "wronged Indian" of Arizona and were rewarded by the discovery oc the facts ir his case: The New York Hera75 says "the ' Indian Of to-day, is 9 lazy brutal cGt-throaa Io 6Hal with lin upon any other suppositon s to make hir: verse" The t-2.A of this re~ ( noFE, ss applied .c ihe IaL;ans cf Eg;zona, has 'ssn proved q hundred tinca ove~, au5 yet the ar'9 whining policy which rendered tAo Indian
 cd end we-!iie, vA.cl lega ,.zea his mos. rul@. on.ragaa and whicl has r.ade him ar npodilaeGt aol aco~.2a [. c.,il;2ation, is sill ains advocated bya po,:::ca!r2tbie who preach = e2ce and c;2;,,.;. ion a-L advocate sLa support - fc0-TnPt ~nd-..n agencies, hoiins ,Lete5y .o ,-' csla;ah the government and forward theg -- --' VT ends of cupidity -.
 But it may De aiUB4 that the people Of Ari- Il, , 2-l. have little capse to complain, r2w that
 ai. :.isA h-s been g.a':aed i. .Le permission '. Voa ,Le n,itry within tho Territory to rla:.,- l j; opcL hostility as,.inss ;he Indians. We'll, ~ :s, n jtse!f, IS great satisfaction when con- ' tered in connection with the state Of affairs '' x months ESQ, at which time the Indian drew ratons from ;Le government, and thus se~ sal red from hunger could afford to spend his i&7 ne n killing settlers anl stealing stock. But the license 80 generously given to the troops il oG U
 zona, to retaIiate upon she savagea, is about S'i the encouragement given toward conducting ecampaign. Troops from California were, four ton five months ago, en route for Arizona. Where adj } they We have heard of @ company of cav, ter y going to Camp Mcdowell, and one con- rag ny recently passed throughtb place en route aIr
 Camp Goodwin, and this IS about all the unl
 that southern Arizona has recaivad iron, the 'se sons of promise. Do these two com lieS comprise the boasted array of which so giv ch was spoken and before whose onward mig rch we were led to expect that the Apache vel st fade like the softer beauty from forest nev dscape at the approach of winter Ifso the Dix Iian may repose secure; h. has nothing to Ioc r; at least, no cause to fear eztermnation I decisive subjugation for years to come, Am The dismissal ofall Indians from the mili- 14f reservations, and the inducements held out Bo7 military officers 10 do taeir full duty in con- All ting hostilitie5 vigorously. some six months con ce, @os evidently step in the right direc- Son l. But instead of parsuing this, the only Tbe h which can lead to the ultimate prosperity ins, Arizona, by sending gsulicient troops to carry rag
 the design so iulciousiy conceived. we are
 with only about sufficient troops togarrison l various military posts. lndeel the number ',o nen who, under the presen. arrangement, 'r7 ain ondutyas any military post lrom which ''v. ,. outing party has been de'airI, could hard -'' efend the position from parry of I59 h. nos x, IS if these latter were 10 make an attach. "e oT, if the government has decided to with ;. ..L
 further ail from tue Territory, let the rH.