Arizona citizen., 1871-08-26
INDIAN WAR IN ARIZONA.

NEW MEAlCAN INDIAN AoEN IO-
 CACHIsE's FAMILIES AND INTERN
 MEN FED AND CLOTHED BY THE
 UNITED STATES WHILE H.S WAGES
 wAR-cROOK BENT ON VIGOROUS
 WAR.
 After leaving Aribaipa canyon Au- gust 1, the expedition crossed the Gila, Prieta and White rivers into the White mountains and called at Camp Apache on the 12th. The scouts Were vigilant, but no hostile Indians could be found, and for a good reason, as will here appear. Before the con- mand left Tucson, news reached here that the Indian Superintendent and sub-officials in New Mexico had paid runners out coaxing in the families and cripples of Cachise's band, there by setting at liberty the able warriors to war at pleasure, and like Hazards flee among rocks and to their we'll known hiding places on the approach of troops. We acquit the aforesaid officers of any purpose to effect what they did, but as before, we again charge that they have materially as- sisted Cachise and thwarted operations which otherwise would have brought him to battle or caused him to desert his dependent ones. The hope of the General commanding was to find and capture the families and infirm of Ca chise, and thereby compel a surrender of the warriors or get information that would materially aid him in the war :; but the Indian officials of New Mex ica found the families first; took them to Canada Alamosa, and there feed, clothe and protect them while Cachise wars at will untrammeled by them or any care for them. How do we know this! We'll tell. The truth came out at Camp Apache while the mii- tary expedition was lately there, and is about as follows:
 A Justice of the Peace (Mexican birth and six Indians from near Fort McRae, came to Camp Apache with a letter directing him to bring in Ca- chise. The letter was signed by Agent Piper. Other instructions were in their possession. Several of Gen. eral Crooks scouts were captives for years with Cachise's band, and they at once recognized some of its worst mem bers among the six. The Justice aforesaid admitted that he was paid $1,OOO for taking 40 of Cachise's s c-ipples, women and children to the reserve at Canada Alamosa. He was paid $1, ,O00 for the search he was then making for the Chief, and promised $3,OOO for finding and inducing him to go Ill. Incidental statements of the New Mexican press confirm these facts, but they are esta blished without. While at Apache these paid runners boosted that the families Of Cachise were being fed and cared for by Gov ernment on reserve, and that he was then on the war path, and that this was policy that willy Chief always favored, and that when hard pushed, be would himself go to a reserve for protection.
 The country at large should note the above facts. Government has i'm proved and strengthened the army in Arizona. The Indian Bureau at the same time sends out instructions which enforced by officials advised of the facts, paralyze and defeat the labors of an energetic and enthusiastic military. While the latter are marching and searching anxiously to give victorious battle to an acknowledged band of savages dete1mined On acar, the former are as industriously searching out and caring for the families of that mur- derous band. It is no excuse to say they are hunting for Cachise, for they