The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-10-07
THE INDIAN QUESTION AGAIN.

rycr since our advent Into this " dark and bloody nnl hl. been ths main question with inc civil. izsI and ,emiciylzcd people of this Territory. And never bei)rc in our career as q defender of white men anl their rights, has occasion demand cl au ahler, fuller and clearer statement Of facts than a; prc,cut and if we fall Co prcscn, such ths tlalt lies with Us, for the suhcc, Is not u any f.itare, exhausted This being the cAsc wc will enter upon the consideration Of this question: and as right reason, truth and humanity are on our side we expect, a; least, to receive 'ust and Lair interpretation. Then be t known that an il wind from the Putonc regions, has waited to onr Territory demon of III omen, Q mock priest aud pseudo.phllau'Aropist, if not Q sugar co1tcd thicfand scoundrol. in the person of one Vincent Coycr who, it is said. has fnll power to pacly the Indians Of thls Territory and gather them upon reservations, whcrcoa they will be content to live a, peace with ol their ucighhors Now could we but imagine that Colyer pos ses,e, Uni, power, and that he means Co Use it, how gladly would we hail hin, dcllverer-as a new St. Patrick-cOmc Co gather the Apache snakes of Arizona and then extract their G,ugs, that hereafter, the accarsed reptiles would be un- able Go harm peaceahlc citizens Bu, this we cannot believe Our bitter experience of ten
 
 cautions IS against placing any trust whatever, in tAis man and bis plans. For Is it not notorious that be comes Lcre--a fanatic at bestto serve the interests of the yllcs clique that robbed the tax-paycrs Of America; a clique that seeks Co stay the cAastsning hand of justice, which, for once, after long, arduous and uuavaling efforts to civil izc the slyages, has been raised to chlstl>e them and to retain these same bar5arilns in power over .t.f. .s.. .--f... totled tor money to contribute to tho taxes from which Coyer x CO., urc now drawing heavily. No this Is too absurd for belief aud Colyer is too great liar for Us to believe that his intentions are either honest or honorable for has he not as- serted that upon white men rest. the sin of all Indian wars, especially this of ours, which state mcnt every citizen and soldier upon this coast know to be a lie-black, damnabie and sepuchral told by dend without regard for us or the h. dians, and with other object in view than that of preventing proper pcace-InaAcrs from cOnclud. ing lasting peace.
 Had his coming occurred two, three, four, or five years ago, the consequences would not have been se depressing apen eur spirits. Rst na. He watched his time, waited until, through the labors Of General Crook and his ot!icers and men, ,hc lEdllns werc--to use homely Ehrase-"in in chan ccry" and, but for COlyer's interference in their behalf, might, ere this, have had to submit 10 the Army--the only power in America capable of "recOnstruCting the hostile Indians oi this Ter ri;Ory.
 And how did this craycn-who professcs to have SO much faith in the "honor' Of the say agcs-cOme: Why, In manner that has given the lie 10 all hls assertions at the the centre Of group O: welarmcd soldiers.
 And what good has he accomplished? None that we know oE With $300OJ in his pockets to delray the expense of taking Cacbise to Washing ton, Cachisc Is still at large murderinr and rob- blng the people of Arizona, and cannot be induced to abandon business profitable, even by the tempting offers which Colyer has made him. thro' spies employed hY Cachise No, Cachisc has not asked for peace in fact does not want il neither do many other Apache chiefs who spurn Colycr and his offers notwithstanding the many presents he has sent them still all this has had no effect on the old psalm-singing hypocrtc he is still ob- durate to the facts callOUs 10 all our past and present wrongs, and gathering all his energies for the purpose of keeping the bitter cup to our lips
 fAe harm he has done is great, if not irrepar- able. In the first place his mission has nterfered with General CroOk's plans and may have demor nlized some military officers With his white flags; hugging Of red murderers and robbers his presents and his ample cavalry escort, he has sue cccded in making his way through the Indian country from New Mexico 10 Fort Whlpple where, at this writing, he is trumplng up more excuses for prolongng the official lives of him self and co robbers
 Believing it our duty to see and sound Mir Col yer, VIC called upon him Thursday last, and afteI having been introduced 10 him, argued the whole matter iu question in an earnest, forcbe and re spcctable manner, but, We are sorry to have tc say without having made the least change in hi. Opinlons,-so far as we could observe. Earnest ly, fecl!nsly did we relate 10 him how the earlier pioneers of this Territory met and greeted tn, hostile Indians; how said pioneers-Ctizens anC soders-sharcd their scanty supplies of proyis ions, tobacco and clothing with them, and how soon after, said Indians repaid all this kindness of their white fellowcreaturcs by first robbin. them of their animals, etc, which unlriendly act were soon followed upty murder most foul Tn, relation Of this did not 10 effect him for th, better, and we hastened to inform him how whit. women had been brutay outraged by the sayag, tehds; how, innocent white children had beer picked mp, on the points of ances and held oye slow-burning fires, to writhc in pain and hnsl their existence in misery; how men who wer, taken capiivcs had In some instances beer stripped naked, abused insulted; their make, bodies fastened to cactus plants, from every hal Inch Of which three.inch thorns protruded, au, how, while thus crucifed, heated arrow heads an, other sharp-pointed instruments were run into their lesh until death came 10 their relief; how near Apache Pass several captive white men wer suspended by their feet, from trees, slow fire klndled under their heads, which fires were kcp burning until the poor creatures had been tor tured 10 deatb how others, again. after havn! been shot down, and while still clinging to life had their fingers smashed -- one by one ;- lAelr bodies opened; their hearts taken ou and burning coals of fire placed in the cavi ties! by the nhuman wretches whom Coye ms come 70 "ieed clothe, protect and defend And again, We related how, since March 1864 nearly fire Hundred perSORS hare pe,ished in on or another manner of those we have named These are iacts, to which we with hundreds Q soldiers and citizens can testify. And this is no aII' Hundreds or houses, fences, etc, have beer burned 10 the ground thousands of animals sto len, and reign of tcrror-the like of which wa never before experienced by AInericans-has beer kept up, terror which has kept emiDra,io, away From our Territory and crippled the ener