The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-07-30
qHE WEEKLY ARIEONAN
JULY 3O...,.....- -.................loLO.
TIE WEST IN DANGER:

and bloody lndlah war A'' char ac,er than they now present in hi0' ,G of GU Western States and Territories I' ..oughoutth tn States and Territories of Ie- -ias, Minnesota Wyoming, Montana, lpAk',sa, Colorado, Nev Mexico and Arizona, tte work of devastation at the hands of s'va ages, pr ogresses with a much earnestness nd ferocity as it did in those days when Danie Boo1e fought for vengeance and Noa the brighteI zem of immortal fame From every point. the West the same cry goes forth to W ashinkton-for protection d life aud P~or, ,erty upon the frontiers; for vsp- geaRce Jon the authors of misery infinitely more appalling than death itself; and the re.non5e to this cry is, ''Sufier yet while We "nust ci7lize these Ind dians must teach them dbv humane measures the enormity of their
 '-ondIct; muaJ caIi them ,,.stlren ana give them missionaries and schools and presents i; "must not take vengeaace upon them for mur- 'deriug and robbing you until we first teach 'hen that it is wrong 10 rob tha. it is bar 'barous to roast one to death before slow fire ''and equally barbarous to fay on before put "ing him Or her to de eath that it is cruelty "to compel husband and father, by binding "him fast to log or tre 2, towitness the fearful "Pieading, agonzo1 lbol, turned to him by "Biie and daughters subjected to tortures which tHell might blush to initiate. We must teach them all this, and the glory of being martyrs ''to the cause shall be yours. This IS clearly the answer which the adtion of Congress on ths Indian question has give qn to every appeal from inc West.
 An un1ednal Indian policy ofseveral years duration has germinate 1 n the Indians ofto- day feeling which awk kksns dj&tgust with reS gard tO tba motives of white men, whenever they ave called upon 10 enter into treaty or to respect their obL ystion1 as wards of the gov. eEnment provided for h resacvatiors Dis, trust so brought ahoat hRs at length matured into 'ss:ond ra:use,' which, it is nov evident, Tlii urge the savage to leeds of violence until tbc iron hand of war sh all have extinguisbed she last smouideTing em5er of that presamp, tious fire which has led them to regard them selves as nation cOexistent with that of the people against whom tiey wage this savage, depiora6le strife Yet, notwithstanding the many evidences Of the $tice of this conclusion which are every week furnished by official and other reports from the frontiers, the military force in the West remains the ssme-a mera handful of men :" hardly sufficient to hold the various military posts, much less 10 wage an aggressive war or to compel the Indians to remain upon taeir resefvationS.
 That the present half 1andeaaIf policy ad here3 to by Congress with regard to the Indian is not the policy which pd puar sentiment de- manosJ may be inferred from the following very plain view Of the matter taken by the l Ne" York Herald. It says:
 IL appears that there ars nov stationed at | Fortress Monroe fnur hundred and fifty men | where probably there are only fifty men nctu- ally required. There are kbout seven hup3rad l trJops in the for5s arouaA New York. Why six hundred O. these troo lz cannot be saare3 | for service on the Plains, where they are nead ed, who can tell h the tarrisons of inc New E Eh&'saa e9"et--f of- A1atns, at Newport, and Fer Warren, iu Boston darbor, and others there are not less tbaa sit hundred men. In .he forts st Baltimore and around Washington l9eTe are nearly tour hundred soldiers, while along ihl 6ou.aera coast, l eorn North Carolina 10 Honda nearly eigst hundred men are scat. ie,e1,
 ow, when 1t is considered that we are at
 e7 ".d a aas tais reglon Of country and we a.7 'iee'1edty engaged iu bloody war ',
 '-' 5h'usahde 't savage damoHs on our Vest = i4 Tont.eri "ho are daily murdering our iar- :, asrs, their wives and children. wouiS7 if not ba (
 'o ".sIaE some ot the unemployed soi- -'..s ron oar sATrIsons heTe to help Sheridan 'ls0a o5 '45 forts ou the Eastern sboro 7,,. - naas u9 chiefly of artillery To this yra a- '.'s' as..'.7iy men have made as good cav,
 '.,t .--s4'fg SO 4le's ln ihe frontier as 'Ss7 Ss arms or the secv1ce lore new. F.
 He repeat ths5 ,; IS use.azk t9 talk abo,t s,b II aeatag the .adaas--; iy is Dot ,o bs aII taIt. Il
 f1a Interior Den neaE-unIess zTa ,,r. .t -o.,s eHough oa ta= Pla:us to 6r;ya tba fb ,i s'aata tribes Or sections of tri5ps mon Ike tbo II II
 ''''''''S I4- cpmfe! them to remain there. fa