The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-10-28
REPORT NO l.

ln ,ho Los Angeles Sor of October |, we fni. detailed. au interview hal with Vincent Colycr by reporter for that journal. From tli, we sum up the following statements made by Colyor:
 "l travelled about two thousand miles thro' tho Territory, nearly all ;hc time with the widest Apachc,.'
 "I found the Indians harmless and very ordcrly.'
 "Thc females are model. of virtue and l observed no liceutiuu,uc,,.'
 All they require is kindness, and food to eat Gen Crook i, also of Uni, opinion.'
 The Apache posses, high intelligence and abilty'
 | had no guard while travelling; few of u, travelled together The Apachcs slept around our camp at night. and although they frequently outuumbered our party five 10 one, none of our animals were disturbed, or prop. crty stolen. We would often lend the Apa- cLc- our guns Co hunt for game
 Now, to review these statements, we will begin by saying that, had this man been com missioned by the devil to misrcprescnt every thing in Arizona, be could not have done his work and served hjs master more faithfully than by submitting report of the character of the above.
 He travelled with the widest Apaches "- We can prove by one hundred citizens and as many soldiers, tha, he never travelled loo yards with even one Indian; not even at a military post would he go among them unless be occupied the center ot military guard.
 He found the Indians harmless and crdcr- ly'-Hc was on his Way from Camp Apache to Camp Grant when the Indians ran of the Government herd at the former post; be was ln the Territory when the Indians ran otf 15 head of horses and mules at Camp Crittenien: he was on bis way from Camp Grant tO Prescott when the Indians with whom be had settled old tcuds,n at Camp Grant. ran of a herd of cattle from the San ta Cruz, and captured the L. S mail and murdered the mail rider two miles from Tue son be was at Kirkland valley one hour after the Indians had made an united attack upon that settlement and were rcpulsed and under the protection of his escort did the wives and children of the settlers fee for safety to Camp Date Creek.
 "The females are models of virtue and | observed no licentiousncss n-Strange, indeed, that he did not make this discovery in open day, and on the middle of the parade ground at each one of the several military posts 1t would not have answered his purpose, though to have stated what he could not have failed to observe, viz: that about one out of every fifteen squaws in the Apache nation has had her nose cut off. This being the punishment for adultery we have proof of the quality of Apache virtue.
 '' All they require is kindness, and General Crook is ofthis opinion"-Gen. Crook main taius that the Apache can be subdued and civilized only by relentless war, he eutertains no other opinion, and never expressed any other opinion and when Colyer made a statement to the contrary be did so with the full consciousness that he then breathed forth q base, wicked le
 "The Apache possesses high intelligence and abiltvn--This bears the brand ot false hood, as well as the brand of trliiug non sense, upon its face for did they possess in- tclligence they would be at peace and in the full enjoyment of comfort and plenty and as to their ability to rob and murder, there can be no question. but beyond this we have not seen it eynced
 He had no guard''-IIc travelled the cen ter of group of r cavalrymen and one off cer, making guard of Is men and without this guard, in full, he never ventured beyond the limits of any military post The other statement, that their guns were | borrowed by the Indians, is too silly to need ! refutation-U. $. cavalrymen know better 1 than to let their guns pass out of their hands. Now, these are the facts in the case, and it | is not only an outrage against our citizens, ! but it is likewise a disgrace to the Govern ! ment that its agent, entrusted with an i'm 1 portant mission, should be man not only tainted by the spirit of injustice and car ried away by cupidity, but that he should l likewise be a slave to falsehood, or in other words, tarnished, contemptible, criminal liar.