The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-20
THE APACHE WAR IN ARIZONA.

Letter from Hon. sylvester 1Eaury.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD--
SIR--'rhe following appears in to-days Associated
Press kilograms
THE INDIAN WAR IN ARIzoNA-LIEUrENANr W. B.
CUSHING AND ONE SOLDIER KILLED.
SAN FRANCISCO. May IA, 1871.
On the 9Th inst. Lieutenant ". b. Cushing, with
twenty men OF the Third cavalry were routed by
Cacnies, a noted Apache chief. with $50 warriors,
nj Whltestone Mountain southeast of the Tucson.
Cushing and one soldier were killed The remainder
were compelled to retreat to Camp Crittenden.
Captains Lanwood and Moore with forty men each,
gave pursuit TO the savages, who are committing
Numerous murders.
BY this time the people Of the United States must
have had surfet Of Apache atrocities in Arizona,
while English, French and Russian officers and
people nave come to regard these nnwhpped hor-
evidence OF the inability or this govern
ment TO protect Its frontiers. The English whip into
SUBMISSION their recacitran East Indian poulation.
the French the Algerian hordes the Russians the
mountaineers OF Caucasus and the tribes border
ing on india. The United States permits It's
most important territory to be overrun
by small Tribe or Indians, who have
rejected Kindness. religion and civilization
for three hundred years. 1t permits the people to
violated the territory to be depopula,ed and IT'S
mails to be scattered from the Rio Grade to the
Colorado. More than thar, II establishes II reserva
ton where every Indian can go, stay long as he
pleases in safety sally forth on his errand OF rapne
and murder and return TO enjoy his booty in safety
benefcent government sends young man, like my
dead friend. Cushlng%poor, dear fellow. u man the
men, to fight the bravest widest Indian chief
on the Continent. Caches, with $50 warriors In
Is as familiar TO the Apache as your own doc step
is toyou. Ttis not simply the killing Of an o1lcer.
goes out to be killed, for In Arizona the troops
always fight at a disadvantage in numbers and
position. spent night In the field with Gushing
few months ago, and ne was IN great hopes and
determination OF capturing Caches and his band,
ana ne woua nave done so aao ne n neeh aa
on the warpath fourteen yeals-wno num-
bers hls white slain by hundreds ana counts
his Destruction OF property by millions, sought
the protection OF Major -, United states army,
said he was tired, wanted to sleep and TO live on
the agis OF the United states General - OPP
posed it. The War Department records viii show
this atrocious fact, against which protested IN
person ana In writing. Now we have the result.
There is not a hostile tribe in Arizona or New
as great triumph. lie was beau Sdbyeltr, an I'M
reientng fighter, and although the Indians have
"got him. at last, he sent before MIN long process
sion OF them to open has path TO that undiscovered
country To mis- brother ''Aibermarlen Gushing, of
the Navy, and mis- other relatives IL will he consol
a name that will not die in this generation.
have no apology to make for my own indipna-
pseudo neutrality-suspicious. senators or members OF
Congres5-who, from a uIaudling sympathy, cry
out for religion and blankets Tor the Indians, or
the troops to put an end to their bloody orgies
lf IL was IN my power TO call down on them
some curse as potent Tor eVii as that we OF
the frontier have suffered and are suffering under
so that their eyes might be opened, not
only would l do II, out my prayer would
be echoed by ten thousand people IN Arizona
The President mas just assigned a most gallant
AMI effective Indian fighter General Crook. To the
Arizona command Let him do more. Give Crook
all the force he asks for-he viii not ask too much
and give him perfect freedom OF action. J Will
guarantee HIM the support OF every able bodied man
In the Territory. We have asked long enough for
justice, we demand vengeance. our obedient
servant SYLVESTER MAbRf.
UNION CLUB New York. May 15 1871.