The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-23
TTE WEEKLY ARlZONAN
ocToRER 2s..............-Is69.
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wsl,st veek gave an account Of the late msssacre at DragoOn Springs bJ which Arl> ao,s lost one of her best and most entsrprising ci,izsus, Col. John F. Stone by which an other widow and i've orphars have been placed in the ranks of tho destitute through the mur- dsr of Joseph Kaler; ssd by which fUnr sol diers belonging to Co D, Plat U. S lniy', 1os, their lives and fonnd common grave in | x;ldernsss, remote frSm civilization, and never to be looked upon by those who hold it's occupants dear.
 Truly may vs speak of them asliTes lost, fOr, .br,ngk no fault of theirs, they fell without the ohiset for which their lives were sacrificed having approached nearer to consummauon' Other lives there have been which torn from earth and hone by the hands Of sRvages, ID
 .---------s-a zt most forgotten; and how many have yet to be sacrificed to the hatred of our savage foe we would faiu never know, but under the present state of affairs miracles alone can avert in stances in future as dark as those which ws have, up to thIs tneI fecordeu'
 The people tt the Uuited States boast of a model system of government of many gori- GUS and original institutions, of power, of fres- dom, of liberty, of protection, nor is it empty vsunt;ng, but how much of this do we find extended to the Territories, more especially to Arizona certainly neither freedom nor p:otsc- ton. Quite free we are to leave the country if VIC are not satisfied with the protection afford ed us by government but there arsfe who eau leave without first sacrificing all that they have labored for during period of ten. and even fifteen years. Bat il would be mere folly to think or speak seriously of abandonment; the action would be quite as impossible as the bare snrgastiop vonld be absurd We are therefore hound to Arizona and must remain with her, ct every hazard-whether protection be ex- tsRdsd to us CT that we shall continue 10 fight alone in our own behalf. We have long and AnziouEly waited expecting our government would take some steps toward tho delivsrance of the Territory and the protection of its citi- gems bero, but no nothing has been done aud we fear, nothing is intended. A few hundred -ti '7u 's itisn- .-A,'' thing of importance toward the subjugation of B numerous enemy they march and coUuter- march, and indeed exhibit much more energy than the hopeless pursuit in which they have engaged would wsrrsnt-for it must be dis hsartsning 10 the soldier to find himself in the face of an undertaking which bs is well aware he can ueYor accomplish and finally after years of hardship and sergivce, the work re- mains unGccompliEhed, and al least four per cent of those whO have been engaged in the service of the country never return to their homes; their graves lie by every roadside, or far from scenes of civilization, among the un- known retreats of ths ssvages, in the interior
 But now, on the other hand, let troops be furnished iH sufficient force to meet the enemy at every point and how rapid and certain will be thoissue, 4 single year might accomplish all. To be dangerous the Indian must live, and if sufficient force were on hand to protect life aud property he could net live by plunder. while separate force, securing the mountsins ard valleys of the interior, destroying crops and breaking up encampmsnts, would soon lesva him no other alternative than to submit to any terms offered, if he would not rather perish than to accept terms at onr hands. One year would be sufficient to accomplish all this, and the millions which are now wasted in maintaining this u4eless war would go far toward ciyilizing a barbarian once thoroughly subdusd