The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-11-18
THE DRAMA or BLOOD.

the urafla ot BlOou H ahN 'HO o'"' "P''" ! whom rests the responsibility Is there one ! American citizen, who has heard ot the pro cesdincs of the Indian Bureau in Arizona, through it+ representative, that will fail to p,nt out the assassin Let none claim tbat the cold.blooded, savage Apache, whose pro fesson is murder, is responsible to God for the blood of these men. Widows and or phans cast upon the charity of heartIess world: parents, sisters, brothers deprived forever of the society of that son and brother whose mutlated body rests in an humble grave, among tho mountains of the south west, the cause of your unutterable aitilc- tion rests not with the agent, but with his master. The Indian simply pursues the career in which he has been encouraged, while he follows his vocation and knows not what he docs. He is responsible to that law of the country which, unfortunately, has been set aside in his case, viz death to the murderer; bis master is responsible to you. You know who that master is. We will not mention the accursed name, which, from its murder aus associations, carries about its very sound che efffuvium of death and hell. We refer to the Peace Commissioner who, SIX weeks ago, left this town on his return to Wash ington, freighted with prejudice against every honest man and replete with falsehood which he freely vomted forth at every station, town and city on his route. Neither let 1t he said of this man that his course was con scientous, and that be is therefore irrespon- slble: the man who bas belied the,ltving and sandered the murdered dead as this guilty wretch has done, knows no other cause for action than the acquisition of dollars, though every cent should cost a human life.
 Had General Crook been left untrammeled to pursue the only course which can ever overcome the natural rapacity of the Apache Indian, this calamity would not have fallen. But DO. The representations made by one soulless intriguer who has succeeded in cast ing bis Embellishments around the President, constitute the {" wisdom of the Administra- tion, while the truth plainly stated, by the citizens and the military in Arizona, to the number of ten thousand people, goes for naught.
 There are hundreds of Indians in Arizona who declined the peace offered by the Com missioner-whole tribes, no member whereof could be induced to visit any of his rcserva tons-they chose rather to pursue theil course of murder and robbery. But such arr not the offenders in the present case. Indian: .tei, clothed and armed by the G0rernmeat, al Camp Date Creek, were absent from thei reservation for nearly three days. The sec ond day of their absence, six persons wer murdered and two wounded near Wicken burg A competent guide and trailer, at th head of party of men, followed upon th trail of the murderers, which led him to th Date Creek Reservation. These are the facts to which citizens and soldiers at Date Creek as well as the citizens of Wickenburg cal testify. Does the Administration requir further proof that the character of its agen and his representations, are just as we repre- sent them If so, let Lieutenant Wheele and tue surviving members of his expeditio be consulted These are men whose soca worth, aside from their high positions should entitle them to be heard where th pampered murderer, of the Indian Bureal may not enter. Let these men, then, | consulted and if We of Arizona have mi represented aught, according to their stat, ments, let us suffer still; but if on the cor trary, a paid agent of the Government b shown forth as the guilty party let him su fer the penalty of his prostitution of trust
 Up to the present hour the indignation ( the people and press of Arizona has been theme for ridicule, if not for actual reproac by the phlanthropists of New England bu now that the scourge has reached their ow doors, we may hope for change in the sel tmcnt of that people upon the Indian Que ton. We do not make this remark in spir of exultation because a representative of u best talent of New England, in the perso of Mr. Loring, has fallen at the hands of Il Apache; for the same blow that struck dow this gifted young author, settled forever u career of one who was returning to his hon imbued with the principles of justice an right regarding the issue between the Go ernment and the hostile tribes of Arizon and resolved that his first effort after his r turn would be to establish proper unde standing in this direction.
 But the matter is now before the peopl and We shall see whether further sacrifice life will be necessary to accomplish the tr nf anit n1