Arizona citizen., 1871-10-07
GEN. CROOKS OPERATIONS.

Philanthropists-A Couple of Pictares | for Public ConSideratiO1a-Re ReacardinS Thieces and Murderers- -Wh0 Does It.
 My last letter was from Mcdowell.
 On arriving there unofficial word was
 received from General Crook that the
 Peace Commissioners had come out,
 and that the war was virtually
 stopped; even if the Commissioners
 had only certain fields of operation.
 the Indians, if pursued, would of
 course run on and off the reservations
 as they saw fit, rendering perfectly
 useless any work of the troops. Troop
 F, Captain Alex. Moore, was sent to
 Tucson; Troop H, Third Cavalry,
 Captain Frank Stanwood, and Lieu
 tenant Robinson, A. o. M., was or
 dered to Camp Grant; and Troop D,
 Third Cavalry. Captain Guy V. Henry
 and Lieutenant W. H. Andrews, was
 to return to Camp Apache in order to
 escort to their homes (and at the same
 time to prevent them from killing any
 Indians, giving the Peace Commission
 any cause of complaint the Apache
 Indians of the tribes of Miguel, Chi quito Capitan and Pedro, who had
 served as our allies. These men had done good service, and had our war continued, would have practically il- lustrated the wisdom of General
 Crook in arming them-the first time the experiment has been tried in Ari- zona. The usual marches across the country, climbing one mountain to see another higher one beyond, defining cavalry in Arizona to be Corps in which you walk, have the privilege tI help your horse-he in return carrS- ing your saddle-was our fate till ar irving at Canon creek; at this Joint we were met by deputaion of h. dians who informed us tiat the Peace Commissioners were a. Apache, and that the Indians wTe there in num- bers, and in their Opinion had gone in for fear of our Indian soldiers and the effect upon others; the chiefs fearing that some of their Indians might turn against them; thus proving that General Crook was doing and had done 8 great deal towards peace-and a permanent one. The tribes of our Indian friends were nearly all starved quite a number sick with fever, and 14 dead; they were indeed i'll a pitia- ble condition, and if missionaries wish a place for doing good, they have an abundant field for operations in Ari- zona, and the sooner they come the better.
 Excuse us, but at this moment we heard our First Sergeant say to the cook: "Are your beans boiled soft! " The cook said: "No, sir; if they don't rattle, the boys swear they don't get any," I suppose a missionary here would not get enough credit, so they do not come.
 A great responsibility rests upon the American nation for the abject, pitiable condition in which the Indian is allowed to remain. We will now present two pictures to view, and let the American people judge upon which they prefer the curtain to drop. A picture is bad simile for me, as I can neither paint nor draw. A the atrlcal grouping would be equally bad, for we don't have theaters in Ar izona. My first picture represents General Crook as ordered to the De- partment, as its commanding officer :; 3 man of character, soldier (and a Christian and gentle man), selected for solving the Indian problem, not by killing all, as people imagine, but as in Oregon, punishing the bad and causing the rest to be put on reserves and taught the advantages of civilization, in farming, raising stock, etc. At a great expense he or ganizes his pack trains, buys horses for his troops, (said troops being con- posed of the old Third Horse or Mounted Rifles, than whom no finer or gallant regiment ever was organ ized, and part of the First Horse, of fine name and reputation, their num- Der indicating their condition), sends word for good Indians to come in, or ganizes them as scouts, travels over the country to learn all about it for his Winter campaign, and when he has all reQGy to bring about a perma- nent peace, To! the curtain drops, and he great American nation views Pic 5ure No. ?. An entirely civil scene,