The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-07-17
THE WEEKLY ARIZONAN
THE INDIAN.


 of'68-his numerous robberies of mails and trains; the several attacks made by him upon settlers. involving the destruction of property and loss of stock; the many scenes in which his brutal nature sought satiety in the blood of the pioneer, and his gradually increasing hos tility from time to time-we are, to>day, to a greater extent the victim of his ravages than at any former time The people and press of Arizona have repeatedly entreated, begged for assistance represented the thrilling condition of affairs here, in which homes have been deso- lated and families massacred by the Indian but to no purpose, Nothing has been done which can lead us to hope for any important change. Trne, there are reports of troops be- ing sent to Arizona-two or three companies The department commander must, indeed, have taken very contracted view of Indian affairs in Arizona if he suppose tha: couple hundred men can work any important change when, perhaps, an equal number of these at present in the Territory will have been discharged by the time that the promised reinfo-cements arrive Perhaps our military commanders believe that thismode of furnishing troops-seldom, and few at a time--is real economy; that to kill of the Apache by p;ece-meal is less expensive in pro- portion, as the maintenance of few companies amounts to less than that of many-very good policy if the work of ridding the Territory of Indians were mere contract backed by a limited amount of capital. but pernicious policy when viewed as it should be: that the work must be done, and that the interests of the people, of the Territory, and of the nation at large demand that it be done quickly.
 Let us here take view of the results of this piece-meal system from January 1868 up to Che present time, and within a radius of less than 200 miles from Tucson:
 January 2d, l66s-Indians capture 10 mules from herd near Tubac.
 Jan. 27-Indians capture Col. Lewis train, near Tubac, and wound driver.
 March 23-Indians capture 700 head of cat tie near Picacho two men, Johnson and Dan- ies killed.
 'f---A--o-,I I'd -IJa%sUu anu burns, wounded, and five head of cattle captured.
 March 27-IndianS attack Montgomerys ranch on San Pedro, and run off : mules
 May GA Mexican killed by Indians three miles from town
 May I3-Indians capture l4mules, theprop- erty of Hinds and Hooker, near Apache Pass.
 May 26-Indians capture and destroy the mail from the Rio Grande; four men, Brownly. Tennessee, knowls and King, killed, and four mules captured
 May 3l-Indians capture 200 mules and horses from herd, between Apache Pass and the Miembres.
 July lS-Indians attack the train of Tuliy & Ochoa. at the Cienega two men, Soto and Barba, killed; four men, Castenedo, Baregeu. Moreno and Lucero, wounded, and 3S mules captured July l5--Indians attack a party near San Xavier, kill friendly Indian and carry woman into captivity.
 July l6-Elonzo Nj. Erwin killed by Indians at Camp Grant
 July 25-Wm. BOthnell killed by Indians near the Colorado mine ; J II Osborne ofCamp Crittenden, wounded,
 July 23-Indians attack Carroll ranch, near Camp Crittenden, carry Mr. Carroll into cap- tivity, and kill two men,
 July 24-COrozozo killed by Indians near Camp Grant.
 August 8-Indians attack the ranch of Mir McCormick on the Sonoita, drive of two men
 
 and destroy everything they are unable to carry of.
 Aug. 27-James Pennington killed by In- dians near San Xavier and his stock captured Aug 3e indians attack the California mail, near the Nine Mile station, and wound the driver, Mr, Lynn.
 November IO-Indians attack a party of men near the Pass and kill one named BaIlon, and wound two named Knox and Font.
 Nov. l3-IudIans kill Mexican near the