, 1870-07-22

u4rlenbe wealth Ut the West from couceal1nent
iu,o light and use. Could the money used in
this purpose, then tho West would not ouly be
r:clc rich herself. but the whole country
woE'd feel prosperity and security never be-
fore experienced. M black Fridays could
crush legitimate business aui would no longer
te able. By fraud and perjury, to control the
r:eney markets Of the country,
4 few days ago Fax letter from ! gentle
nan pow visiting the silver mines Of .arizona.
He gives yer! Interesting account Of affairs
there. and states that, although the ore il not
oEe-qnaItet II raluabie as represented, get.
ese14M it were one-tuelfsh ~ %aiuAble, they
xotld he the Richest mines in the world. There
is no wnter Of auy account within fifty miles.
and wells have been sunk 80 feet without s1c~
cess. Tie leafs are 15o feet wiue aud Il miles
toEs, This, be sars. Is truc, Notwithstanding
sud the Indisns trouble them = great deal.
Flour is worth $50 CT sack, and poor board
is so week. While there are immense
fortunes to lie taken ont every month, it is
hia opinion that nothing viii te dnns
for vt II. It least, Oh account Of tbs scarcity
Of CHI isa1 aud the great distance to water.
That conEtrs is the home Of the moat coward
~ a. well ~ tho uaost cruel Indians in the West.
The ApacLes mako it ! point nusor 10 attack
Iatty unless thcs arc certain to make way
| With them. Eut woe unto Auy unfortunate
ssraEg!ers or foo1-hardt adrenturess who are
caught alone. These Indians II III indulge ia that
| at,csent Practice Of roasting prisoners a!lYe,
and their cunning Is said to be marvellous.
! i: night they hover about the towns, waiting
| fora chance to rtAnptde ntock or Eaut1lal
eomc white msn. and iu the morning they re-
| treat to the trnsh. where it il impossible to
| take them. II Is said that fully one-eiehth OF
| the population Of Arizona have been Killed By
these 1nlians during the past year. There
Reems 10 be = belief throughout the West,
| that the 1ndi:na will inanSut1te : general
| wa1 this summer. The return Of Fed Cloud
! aid his rartF hAs been Looked for
| ward to with the greatest anxiety, Eince
| very mary Lcheyed it would be tho siSua1 for
| breaking out. TIE military posts ara very
| we1k, and entirely unable 20 protect those
settlements Il bich are 1t al exposed. None
/ know this better than the Indians, and 1t Is
! feared that they will take advantage Of this
| defeuceless position Of the country to rob and
murder uithinpunity. lou hsar noae, here in the
| West, express tAat lore and admiration for the
roble red man which very many Eastern phi
lanthsopHts are so fond Of indu1ging IN. Let
them see the Indian, in his career OF blood,
numbering women aud children and, on i
einglt night, auhlhlating scArs OF labor, then,
pe1hare, their philanthropy would turn 10 com.
mon sense then, instead Of supporting = 1ot oi
thr.ing vagabouds in id1cnees upon
the land. merely becsase they may
bsvc shot buffalo otcr It, they would
be in favor Of giving its acres to the us,
willing to improve and make them u God in
tended they should be-s benefit to tho yaee
1t is Ill very fine to make speeches abort th
vrungs done to thc srd MN, Md to :masin
Coopers nosela, while every ona Ne4o i Il d