The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-01-22
ROLL OF MURDERED ARIzoNIANs, With Some Account of What the Peo- pie of this Territory Have Done and
 Suffered, in the past Six Years

cry implement and article used by us, at prices { fully as high in proportion. Since then, we have ceased to import many articles having produced { then. at hume, and consequently enjoyed them I for much less money. This, too, in time of war and general stagnaton. Our foe-the Indian has ftequeutly come down on us like the wolf on the fold, killed many good and true men, ard robbed us of our property, but, we have always recuperatcd, and to homely but expressive phrase 'come up to the scratch" like men. Our fair and rich Territory has been sneered at as a worthless, barren region, and grand Federal ofh- cias have accused us of staying here for the sole purpose of living of and neecing the government. This Is all mistake There are not to exceed 300 white citizens in the entire Territory who | would stop in It a week had they no other hope of ever making money save out of government, for, | be it known, ;ha; the chances h ;hs; line arc ew and far between. In saying this much, we do not wish to be understood as asserting that gov erument hes not aided materially, for it has, | and to deny it would be base ingratitude. There | may be those among us who assert and believe ! that we could have got along without govern ment aid. but we deny 1t. But for the small force | of Federal troops furnished the Territory, 1t would not have been possible for citizens to have remained here cultivated ranches, built towns and worked in mines. Citizens cannot do these things and fight. To hold their own, or get ahead, the ] people of new as well as of old countries must not be tormented or harassed with war. They and their property must be protected by govern ment, else they cannot accumulate and develop. These are acknowledged facts, and no one will have the hardhood 10 gansay them. Now let us see If the people of this Territory have had suiil cicnt protection from government tbatis pledged to protect ali it's citizens, and which was organ. ized and is continued for that special purpose The Territory is sad to contain nearly lS0O00 square miles, over which scattered in tribes and bands, about 5000 Indians, 5000 of whom are deadly enemies of the white race. To con quer these Indians and protect life and property, there is 1t is sad about 20O0 troops in the Terri , tory, fully one-half of whom employed in do- ing camp and garrison duty, with perhaps from sIu 10 SO always on the sick list. Now, most of
 these troops scattered In small bodies through out the southern and middle portions of the Ter. ritory, convenient to large towns and settlements,
 while few companies-perhaps four or hye-are
 posted far away from any settlement of import anee and where, in our humble opinion, they
 ought not to be, so long the entire force Is SO small. Then, again, the cavalry are poorly pro
 
 trains, so that when they do move after Indians u their movements are most generally, altogether n too slow to catch the heet-footed mscrearts thai
 prey on us. Again, so soon as officers and troop'
 get to know the country, and the ways ana haunts of the Apaches, they sent out of tho
 Territory, and new green men, put into their pla VI ees. Again, commanding officers here are ,00' e. miles from the headquarters of the General com u manding the Department, and, of course, have tC act in accordance with his instructions and orders If and beg him for troops and material Again th y settlements are scattered far and wide, so mucl
 so that it would take at least four times the mum
 Der of troops now in the Territory to render then os proper protection, and chase the Apaches. Know re ing these facts people at distance will not won
 der at the slow pace this Territory has advanced
 the great length of the almost fruitess war tha
 has been waged against the Indians. The won h der ought to be, that we nave held our position ce the Territory, despite every drawback, and it is ne wonder. At times, our people have been almos It's ready to abandon the contest and throw up tn
 thankless, unproftable job of holding the Terr to tory tor country that left them to shift for then to selves But, at these junctures, braver counsel
 would prevail and new determination be forme
 10 stick to it at all hazards They have stuck as i retaliated on the sayages, and by dnt of har
 work, have succeeded in making homes for then
 selves, cultiyatiBg the soil, opening and workin ias mines, until We are almost tout of the wi est demess," and the labyrinth of difficulties wit its which we were formerly surrounded. in fc nat years should government abandon us entirel is we will be able 10 shift for ourselves Even no, the we raise neariy enough gram to Iced ourselve
 the troops, the Apaches, and the animals belon
 ing 10 all three of the aforesaid parties. We ali
 raise vegetables of every kind, and mine out a
 nually, over sl, ,0000O0 In gold,silycr and copper "u Of which We have an inexhaustible supply. To g
 our fellow citizens of the States an idea Of tl
 murderous war that has been waged against | r1 while accomplishing these things, we, below, gi re- partial list of the persons murdered by the sn
 age aborignes of this Territory from March his 1864, up to the present time. The list is, iad course. incomplete. many persons having he ed ,,,,.a..oa ar ,e ~, ne. kept We will commence with Yavapai coant ps, where, on March f. 1864. the savages whom we h oi partially clothed and fed, dug up the hatehet, or, without cause or provocation, commenced not reer of murder and robbery unparalleled in { of history of the West, by murdering five Mexica !, m and two Americans, whose names are to us | @ nes known.
 flee March l6, they attacked the ranch of Sheldon ing Forbes, near Prescott, and killed Mir. Cosgro ms. ms. June 6, they waylaid and killed W. P. Jones, t ort Big Bug District and shocklngly mutilated the body
 my On the same day, Samuel Harrison was slain ain Battle Flat
 July 24, poor Jack Beauchamp lost his life wh
 exploring the country East of Preseott T