Arizona citizen., 1871-12-16

subdue those who are making war unonus. These terms were not harsh, and they insured for the first time in managing them, good faith on their part, and the people fully appreciated that a man equal to the task had been sent by the President to deal with the Apaches. The first trial of this
 ,o1;o,, Iewarded by Miguel say ing to the General "I and my branch of the tribe accept the terms, and to show you I am in good faith I will send my young men to fight with yeu," and the General accepted forty four of his men, and enlisted twenty five for field duty and the remainder as reserves. There was no mistaking the fact these Indians meant what they said, and to-day there is not a citizen of Arizona who is not earnestly. desirous that these Indians shall be protected and cared for as any friend of the Indian can be anywhere. This faithful alliance to our cause was the severest blow the Apaches ever re- ceived; 1t at once made them suspi- cious of each other; they did not know what band would go over to our side next, and had General Crook gone on with his plans it would have been but few months before the entire tribes
 would have sued for peace upon terms that would have insured the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of this Territory.
 THE CRIME OF COLYER'S PEACE.
 Any other kind of peace is mons trous crime against this people and a swindle upon the Government and the whole people who are taxed to feed and clothe them. This brings me down to the consideration of the h. dian question as it now exists. Shortly after General Crook had made a faithful ally of Miguel and his branch of the tribe, the Rev. Vincent Colyer arrived at Camp Apach4, in Arizona, with delegated powers to make peace with the Apaches. He at once, as asreported by telegraph from Los Angeles, Oct. 18th, revoked the order of General Crook arming h. dians to fight against Indians, and with presents and promises brought in large number of those who had only few months before left their post, where they had been we'll fed, without the least provocation, killing the herder and taking with them a band of cattle. They had during many previous months been fed at this post, and had constantly con- mitted outrages on the highway and in the settlements. They came in un- repentant, and without any guarantees or guards to secure their good be- havior, and were received without rebuke for their last treachery, or a reason to believe they would not pursue precisely the same course in the future as they had in the past, viz: Spend their pastime murdering the citizens and when there ceases to be variety enough ill this kind of sport, make open war. They declared eternal vengeance against poor Miguel and his faithful supporters, and the latter are in daily and hourly fear of their lives, because they were true to their promises and faithful to the whites.
 At Grant the same course was pur- sued, notwithstanding that there is an abundance of evidence that these h. dians, while before fed at Grant, con- stantly engaged i'll the murder and robbery of citizens. The recent United States Grand Jury report that such were the facts as proven before that body by undoubted testimony, and every day the evidence ac- that they are still engaged ln the same infamous work. Now let us see what has been the practical result of the peace MT. Colyer says he has made. Peace should mean cessation of hostilities cn the part of both belligerents, and this is true so far as the whites are concerned; but have the Indians stopped the work of robbery and murder
 Here the Governor recited the par ticulars of twelve distinct Indian den- relations involving loss of several cit izen lives, much property, and one battle with the troops in which the h. dians were successful all of which were committed between the date of Colyer's arrival and that of this letter. and have been heretofore given in THE CITIZEN - hence omitted now.-ED.